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Jun 25, 2024
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Just added a couple photos. One of my favorite routes ever!
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Jun 4, 2024
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According to the park website, the area is reopened as of May 18. dnr.maryland.gov/publicland…
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May 18, 2024
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In response to Dylan's question, both Odd World and Kiss the Prow are old names, and I don't know which act…
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Apr 28, 2024
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Mike J thanks for catching that! Actually an error. The traverse line listed in our guide is actually an…
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Feb 1, 2024
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Lee, the boulder at 3:45 in that video is From the Depths, listed on here under the Anklebiter area. If yo…
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Jan 13, 2024
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Here's the sequence I used for this one, using the lower crimp line. I also did it using the higher jugs,…
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Dec 12, 2023
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landow69, it's actually a pretty big deal that the award is going to a problem that's not a Secret Garden v…
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Dec 8, 2023
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Video beta: instagram.com/reel/C0m6O81u… Did this one today after trying it a couple weeks ago, an…
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Sep 15, 2023
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Video beta for a harder Joes to Pros variation (starting foot ramp eliminated). instagram.com/p/BM7eM9cga…
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Sep 15, 2023
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In the photo that Taimur posted of me, my left hand is on the starting pinch, and you can see a chalky spot…
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Jul 26, 2023
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Caveman Y, thanks for the heads up! Loose rock can also be an issue at the top of some of these areas, som…
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Apr 30, 2023
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Milt, thanks for sharing! Gotta love that 5.9+
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Mar 12, 2023
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I think this may be the same as one we were calling Attercop a while back ( vimeo.com/71613139). I don't th…
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Dec 30, 2022
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Looks fun! Love that cross at the beginning. There's definitely been a traverse extension from the regula…
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Mar 24, 2022
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Ian, thanks for posting that video. Those are the start holds that I've seen used most often, whether or n…
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Feb 4, 2022
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I think I used the same start as Ian, or at least something else that was basically from a sit. The top ha…
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Feb 4, 2022
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Lee, I think the oldest description I had basically just said to start on small holds below the jug. Hard…
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Nov 26, 2021
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Nathan, once you get onto the right hand sidepull, the heel hook is just to the right of that. Sort of loo…
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Oct 25, 2021
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Lee, no offense taken. The description in my guide was based on a pre-existing one (which I think might h…
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Sep 11, 2021
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Justin, the big detached foot is usually considered on, and eliminating it adds a grade or two.
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May 15, 2021
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This looks so fun! Haven't heard of anyone doing it before. It's on the same boulder as an old problem ca…
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Apr 2, 2021
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Video Beta: instagram.com/p/CNDqmW2jclt/
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Mar 30, 2021
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John, for context, we're spending our spare time climbing rocks and then coming on here to give names to th…
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Mar 9, 2021
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Nathan, I've heard that there's good street parking on Devere, but it's extremely limited so not a good opt…
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Feb 23, 2021
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Nice! Also fun to do the other way, starting on Belly, then turning the corner at the lip and finishing on…
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Feb 13, 2021
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Ian, good call on mentioning the lack of downclimb. My first couple times climbing the Dirty Ernie stuff,…
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Jan 5, 2021
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Video Beta. youtube.com/watch?v=zGcsmzB…
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Jan 5, 2021
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This problem was called Lost Ledges at one point, but there may be older names than that.
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Jan 2, 2021
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From what I remember, the compression block on the far right felt easier than Stannard's Overhang, but it's…
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Jan 1, 2021
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I have an old PDF guide draft that I put together with just short of 80 boulder problems we'd done there, t…
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Dec 11, 2020
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Here's a link to an old post with a mini-guide and video for some of the other Murray Hill stuff, I think a…
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Dec 11, 2020
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Nice to see this little one getting some attention! I only climbed it once back in 2009, and I only rememb…
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Sep 25, 2020
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Martin, I'm not sure what the original start holds were intended to be, but I would probably use the big le…
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Jun 29, 2020
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Starting with the heel already in place always made this one feel a lot easier to me, maybe as low as 5ish,…
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Oct 4, 2019
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Granted a lot of holds have broken from this one, but one of the old guides lists the stand as V4 and the s…
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Jun 5, 2014
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For some reason my first comment got cut off. Here's another video of a recent repeat of The Squeak, using…
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