I had the opportunity to take my kids to the boulders this past summer. Of coarse I want them to love climbing and so far they do. At this point though I think it is because there dad loves climbing which is great. Some times the trick is to find problems that they can do.
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| Holdless Slab at its finest. |
Luckily for me there are lots of boulders with slabs around to climb.
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| Woods in the Northwest |
The goal for this day was to get my daughter on some boulders and try some of my projects as well. I had a slab in mind with lots of little chicken heads on it in mind for my daughter so off we went to that.
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| My daughter in full onsite mode. |
This problem has lots of chicken heads on it which makes the climbing supper fun and easy. It is about 20 feet high and full slab. A couple of days after this photo was taken I bought her some new climbing shoes.
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| Passing more boulders in the woods. |
After she sent and had a second lap for fun we headed of to a different part of the boulders for daddy to try a project for a little while.
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| My little one heading by the boulders. |
This project I have been trying for some time now. I get on it when the conditions are good and each time I manage a new move and get a little further.
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| Notre Dame V7 our harder. |
My high point is one move past this one. I can now get to it most times. All holds on this one are terrible slopers with big throws between them. I am sure of how it is going to end but I have not managed the move yet. Supper excited about this one. After a few goes it was time for a transition problem then on to the next project.
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| British VB |
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| Sweet Pocket! |
I love the pocket on British. Great texture and moves make it a supper fun one for sure. With my transition problem done I moved on to the next project. On this next one I had come close before but not figure the upper part of the problem out on the last session. This time was different as I had an idea of how it would go so all I had to do was put it together.
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| Excalibur V4 FA |
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| Excalibur V4 crux move. |
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| Excalibur V4 Final move to small pocket. |
Excalibur starts on a small pinch and an undercling. Then progresses through some small high side pulls to set up a high feet move to a right undercling sidepull. This brings us to the crux which is setting your feet high and turning in to a small pocket so that you can reach to the last pocket and rock over to the top of the boulder. Turned out to be a great boulder problem for sure with a bit of a commitment factor.
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| Staring lunch and looking at what I just sent. |
I love the woods and climbing so much I find I am happiest in the forest climbing when the to can come together.
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| My kids sharing lunch with me. |
After lunch there was just enough time left to hit some classics.
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| Mini Cooper V3 |
Steep, punchy, crimpy Mini Cooper is always fun as well as it opposite Centurion V2.
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| Centurion V2 |
22 feet high with a solid start leads to very committed finish way off the deck. This problem is one of the greats for sure. Well it has been a long day at the boulders once again and now we must go home. Until next time keep sending.
