Puukko

Start the same place as Briar Axe and the middle variation (v9/10), perform the same opening move as Briar Axe (big move to arete), but instead of climbing around the corner onto the slab, compress and squeeze up the arete, eventually rejoining slingblade at the topout. Felt a touch harder to me then the v9/10 version of slingblade that starts on the same holds, but my beta may not have been perfect.

Although I did give this a name, I am hesitant to call it an FA as it seems almost to obvious given how many other people have climbed at this boulder. That said there was a thick layer of moss on the key arete hold and face crimp that unlocked the sequence. If your a fan of compression dont miss this line, its very good.

Puukko: (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈpuːkːo]) is a small traditional Finnish general purpose belt knife with a single curved cutting edge, solid hidden tang, and usually, a flat spine.

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