Vertical-Life
Black Mountain
3 596
ASCENTS
3 %
OS RATE
973
BOULDERS IN DB
3 596
ASCENTS
3 %
OS RATE
973
BOULDERS IN DB
| Name | Style | Route | Comment | Properties | Date | |
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| Black Mountain (7C+) |
4 May 2024
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| Where the Wild Things Are (7B+) | Me: "Check out Style!?" Me: "URRRHTTTTT!", "BURRRRHT!" Drew: Hell yeah Davey!, Dang that was totally inspiring!" Me:"WOOOOOOHHHOOOOOOOO!" Me: "That climb is fucking NUTS!" Me: "Did you check out my style?" Drew: "Yeah, what did you want me to do with your style?". Me: "What the FUCK!?" Top tier world class boulder. Hard a tits and should probably be V9, but if you have sufficient body dimensions this is an absolute must do. Wow. Several trips back and forth to Howl's for extra pads were... fun. SO close.. but so far away... Chase I wanted to call you when I sent this but I felt guilty... you know you being a dad now and all and not being able to get out here. Love ya and miss ya buddy. HOLY SHIT this was my 200th V8! What unintentional cosmic luck!! |
27 Apr 2024
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| Me: "Check out Style!?" Me: "URRRHTTTTT!", "BURRRRHT!" Drew: Hell yeah Davey!, Dang that was totally inspiring!" Me:"WOOOOOOHHHOOOOOOOO!" Me: "That climb is fucking NUTS!" Me: "Did you check out my style?" Drew: "Yeah, what did you want me to do with your style?". Me: "What the FUCK!?" Top tier world class boulder. Hard a tits and should probably be V9, but if you have sufficient body dimensions this is an absolute must do. Wow. Several trips back and forth to Howl's for extra pads were... fun. SO close.. but so far away... Chase I wanted to call you when I sent this but I felt guilty... you know you being a dad now and all and not being able to get out here. Love ya and miss ya buddy. HOLY SHIT this was my 200th V8! What unintentional cosmic luck!! | ||||||
| Dark Horse (7C+) | Personally felt easier than Stretch Armstrong. Comes down a lot to personal strengths I think. Such a fun one! |
27 Apr 2024
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| Personally felt easier than Stretch Armstrong. Comes down a lot to personal strengths I think. Such a fun one! | ||||||
| Dark Horse (8A) | Millionth session! Psyched |
27 Apr 2024
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| Millionth session! Psyched | ||||||
| Dark Horse (8A) |
27 Apr 2024
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| Showtime (7B+) |
20 Apr 2024
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| Showtime (7B+) |
20 Apr 2024
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| Pummel Horse (7C) | What an enjoyable end to the climbing day. Nom nom another mantle in my belly! Pretty wild hop into a left hand fliparino press. Start hold is so going to rip-arino. Marcus finding a micro crimp to avoid the beastly mantle. So apparently you either have to be a Grecian God with amazing pressing powers or SoCal Royalty with insane crimping powers. Thanks Marcus, Woo and Kevin for another wonderful day on the Mountain. Lets start later next time kay? Also getting home an 1:30 is rooouuugh. |
20 Apr 2024
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| What an enjoyable end to the climbing day. Nom nom another mantle in my belly! Pretty wild hop into a left hand fliparino press. Start hold is so going to rip-arino. Marcus finding a micro crimp to avoid the beastly mantle. So apparently you either have to be a Grecian God with amazing pressing powers or SoCal Royalty with insane crimping powers. Thanks Marcus, Woo and Kevin for another wonderful day on the Mountain. Lets start later next time kay? Also getting home an 1:30 is rooouuugh. | ||||||
| Showtime (7B+) | Agreed, definitely flash-able, I just didn't lolz. Really need to start warming up properly. Third go. Consider this a quick temperature reading that I'm not 100% today... oh well. Speaking of temperature, this season between spring and summer is rough... have I really forgotten what "hot" feels like? Historically my most climbed months were June and July... but the 70 degrees of today felt MISERABLE. We didn't even get to the Gate until 3:30 so I thought it would feel okay. Damn I'm a spoiled little beezy. That morning hike with Sear Woo got me tired. We did bag #10 and #7 of Pikes Peaks which was neat. The run to the car ripped a big blister on my heal which was not nice in a climbing shoe. I got so thirsty today I had to ask SoCal Royalty for water, I never get thirsty. 6 Sanzos were not sufficient for Morning Hike + Climb day. Oh climb right! This things is real fun, quality power on nice holds. Wish it was still cooler and I think I would have flashed. |
20 Apr 2024
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| Agreed, definitely flash-able, I just didn't lolz. Really need to start warming up properly. Third go. Consider this a quick temperature reading that I'm not 100% today... oh well. Speaking of temperature, this season between spring and summer is rough... have I really forgotten what "hot" feels like? Historically my most climbed months were June and July... but the 70 degrees of today felt MISERABLE. We didn't even get to the Gate until 3:30 so I thought it would feel okay. Damn I'm a spoiled little beezy. That morning hike with Sear Woo got me tired. We did bag #10 and #7 of Pikes Peaks which was neat. The run to the car ripped a big blister on my heal which was not nice in a climbing shoe. I got so thirsty today I had to ask SoCal Royalty for water, I never get thirsty. 6 Sanzos were not sufficient for Morning Hike + Climb day. Oh climb right! This things is real fun, quality power on nice holds. Wish it was still cooler and I think I would have flashed. | ||||||
| Pummel Horse (7C) | Better than it looks! Used some micro crimps to get around the cruxy press. |
20 Apr 2024
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| Better than it looks! Used some micro crimps to get around the cruxy press. | ||||||
| In the Hall of the Mountain King Part 2 (7C+) | Such a great boulder. Fit me very well, loved every move. 9/10 range, 10/10 stars |
18 Apr 2024
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| Such a great boulder. Fit me very well, loved every move. 9/10 range, 10/10 stars | ||||||
| In the Hall of the Mountain King Part 2 (7C+) | Psyched on this one! Found new beta (for myself) to link into the "stand" that made it feel a lot smoother. Maybe chiller if you have the span? Could see 9 or 10 but we'll see where it settles. Either way, it's quality and the low will be even better. |
14 Apr 2024
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| Psyched on this one! Found new beta (for myself) to link into the "stand" that made it feel a lot smoother. Maybe chiller if you have the span? Could see 9 or 10 but we'll see where it settles. Either way, it's quality and the low will be even better. | ||||||
| Sans Soleil (8A) | Davy coming in clutch with the new beta, its amazing that this will be his first v11 |
14 Apr 2024
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| Davy coming in clutch with the new beta, its amazing that this will be his first v11 | ||||||
| SNAFU (7C) | Another great day at Black. All I can think about is Sans. |
12 Apr 2024
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| Another great day at Black. All I can think about is Sans. | ||||||
| SNAFU (7C) | team send with genius beta master gregor recian god |
12 Apr 2024
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| team send with genius beta master gregor recian god | ||||||
| lobo (7B+) | Did it twice one with a dyno from the two crimps, the other the normal way |
10 Apr 2024
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| Did it twice one with a dyno from the two crimps, the other the normal way | ||||||
| Showtime (7B+) | Probably flashable, almost exploded my knee with silly topout beta. Proj was baking in the sun so I waltzed over the way over here |
4 Apr 2024
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| Probably flashable, almost exploded my knee with silly topout beta. Proj was baking in the sun so I waltzed over the way over here | ||||||
| Parallax (8A) | Hard |
31 Mar 2024
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| Hard | ||||||
| Hall Pass for a Grecian God (7A+) | Exit the uphill side of the Hall of the Mountain King and go right (east). Follow the boulder on your right hand side like 20 feet to the end of a decomposing fell tree. There you will find a cool crimp at head height. Pull onto said crimp, and use crumbling nothing feet for a near campus to a grainy sloper, then do one more thrutch with equally bad feet to a jug. The quality of the starting crimp makes this climb worth doing. I would not be surprised if Kody has already done this. Also could be V5 or V6 but grades are very hard to discern at the moment. |
29 Mar 2024
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| Exit the uphill side of the Hall of the Mountain King and go right (east). Follow the boulder on your right hand side like 20 feet to the end of a decomposing fell tree. There you will find a cool crimp at head height. Pull onto said crimp, and use crumbling nothing feet for a near campus to a grainy sloper, then do one more thrutch with equally bad feet to a jug. The quality of the starting crimp makes this climb worth doing. I would not be surprised if Kody has already done this. Also could be V5 or V6 but grades are very hard to discern at the moment. | ||||||
| In the Hall of the Mountain King Part 2 (7C) | Simply one of the best there is. Looks great and climbs even better. I'm still slightly ill with the flu or a cold and still sent this in just a handful of goes. This is absolutely my style, temps were crisp and I'm climbing better than I ever have, but I think V9 is more appropriate. I've done a bunch in the 9/10 range last week and this seems on par with Squozimoto, personally slightly easier. Grades are funny though bc I think Man Is The Bastard is harder than this by a good margin (although I'm sure many would disagree). Drew is that "LEGIT SAVAGE" and will level up to unlock the low!! you got this my dude! Great day climbing with you and the mountain to ourselves. |
29 Mar 2024
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| Simply one of the best there is. Looks great and climbs even better. I'm still slightly ill with the flu or a cold and still sent this in just a handful of goes. This is absolutely my style, temps were crisp and I'm climbing better than I ever have, but I think V9 is more appropriate. I've done a bunch in the 9/10 range last week and this seems on par with Squozimoto, personally slightly easier. Grades are funny though bc I think Man Is The Bastard is harder than this by a good margin (although I'm sure many would disagree). Drew is that "LEGIT SAVAGE" and will level up to unlock the low!! you got this my dude! Great day climbing with you and the mountain to ourselves. |