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Kong Boulder Climbing

Climbing Area Map

Routes in Kong Boulder

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Elevation:	79 ft	24 m
GPS:	42.61929, -70.72531 Google Map · Climbing Area Map
Page Views:	2,690 total · 14/month
Shared By:	Bjorn on Oct 22, 2010
Admins:	Derek Sullivan, Old Timer, jim.dangle, Joe M Page Updates (admin only)

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Description

On the way through the woods toward Down Under (home of Doug's Roof), one of the landmarks to let you know you're on the right track is this enormous, taller-than-it-is-wide boulder. Any face of the Kong receptive to a climber's inquisitive stare is also quick to frighten. The Kong is huge, strikingly featured with weird, swooping aretes, stray pockets, and discontinuous crack features.

I have no problems to post on the Kong, but I wanted to document its existence and general badassery.

Getting There

Begin with standard Red Rock approach. Just uphill of the storage units, cut around them through the woods. Do not cut through the final storage units to save two minutes and endanger our access. Hike up the aqueduct trail and keep your eyes peeled for a cairn on the stone wall to your right. This cairn is the first that marks the approach to Down Under. The trail is faint, but if you pay attention and scan for cairns, you will probably avoid getting lost. After 5-10 minutes the unmistakeably monolithic Kong will rear into view.

Nearby Crags

In the Redrock and vicinity area, there are a number of small crags. To facilitate the user finding these, they have been left in the hierarchy they were submitted which splits them into the general Massachusetts and North Shore / Cape Ann sections. To facilitate a better understanding of their relative locations, we'll list them North to South:

Down Under
nearby Plateau Boulder
Kong Boulder
Oz
Master's Wall
Redrock Main Crag
Pink Floyd Wall
Sunshine Wall AKA South Wall