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Spaceship

V4-5, Boulder, 5 ft (2 m),  Avg: 2 from 7 votes
FA: Ben Collett, 2008
Colorado > Boulder > Flagstaff > Cloud Shadow

Description

Start matched on a good hold in the horizontal seam like feature. Then stretch up and left into a crimp gaston. Lay into it and make a dynamicish move to the lip Pull up and over.

A video: https://m.youtube.com/shorts/jGKuChcLV2Q.

Location

It is located on the same boulder as Stranger Than Friction, V6. Scramble up the boulder to the right of Stranger Than Friction. Once up there, the problem is a little to the right.

Protection

A pad - it's a lowball.

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A gaston move.
[Hide Photo] A gaston move.
The top.
[Hide Photo] The top.
The photo is bad quality, but this is the start.
[Hide Photo] The photo is bad quality, but this is the start.

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Aidan Shelburne
Boulder, CO
  V4-5
[Hide Comment] Actually thought this was a pretty sweet, little route. I just set a heel-toe cam and popped straight to the lip, no gaston or swing. Not very often you can dyno off a heel-toe and feel comfortable doing it. Aug 22, 2022