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BOULDERS IN DB
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| Dan Osman Arete (7A) |
6 May 2024
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| Unnamed Face (6A) | Wonderful final mantle. Bottom has cool holds but they climb a bit unenjoyably. Not too much so, but enough to merit less action. That and the name sucks... why not something like "Grillin' with Mr Dylan"? That goes. Unnamed is the worst. Thank you Sear for getting AK down here (Happy Bday you old man in his 30s), and thanks AK for a wonderful weekend. So great having you and sharing some thoughts experiences and emotions. You were much appreciated. Especially that prompt on my dating profile. That was hot shit. I have never been so outclassed. You wit and charm are next level... no wonders I'm so single. Also Thank you Nate for coming down, it was weird to have you not sleep on the couch. Nice to meet you GF, she rad. Gets the Grecian God stamp of approval. I am so beat from another exhausting weekend.. hopefully work the week won't be multiple 12 hour days... =/. SOCAL ROYALTY LOG YOUR NEW FAS I WANT TO LOG |
6 May 2024
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| Wonderful final mantle. Bottom has cool holds but they climb a bit unenjoyably. Not too much so, but enough to merit less action. That and the name sucks... why not something like "Grillin' with Mr Dylan"? That goes. Unnamed is the worst. Thank you Sear for getting AK down here (Happy Bday you old man in his 30s), and thanks AK for a wonderful weekend. So great having you and sharing some thoughts experiences and emotions. You were much appreciated. Especially that prompt on my dating profile. That was hot shit. I have never been so outclassed. You wit and charm are next level... no wonders I'm so single. Also Thank you Nate for coming down, it was weird to have you not sleep on the couch. Nice to meet you GF, she rad. Gets the Grecian God stamp of approval. I am so beat from another exhausting weekend.. hopefully work the week won't be multiple 12 hour days... =/. SOCAL ROYALTY LOG YOUR NEW FAS I WANT TO LOG | ||||||
| Chillin' Left (5C) | I don't actually think this is what I did. What I did was start on "Chillin' like Bob Dylan" and go into "Chillin' left" which was rather chillin. Started on the obvious feature and climbed through the obvious feature... sometimes my sport embarrasses me. But you know I love it. Cosmic coincidence is strong today. First people I ran into (ignoring Mountain King Encounters) in the last 6 weeks was on this super super popular climb.... PLUS then Kevin goes home to Mr Dylan in his house? I know there is a thing called confirmation bias, but dang that's some conscious universe having fun. Now I have to go back for the real "Chillin' like Bob Dylan". To be fair, this was very fun, rad cross into the knobarino. |
6 May 2024
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| I don't actually think this is what I did. What I did was start on "Chillin' like Bob Dylan" and go into "Chillin' left" which was rather chillin. Started on the obvious feature and climbed through the obvious feature... sometimes my sport embarrasses me. But you know I love it. Cosmic coincidence is strong today. First people I ran into (ignoring Mountain King Encounters) in the last 6 weeks was on this super super popular climb.... PLUS then Kevin goes home to Mr Dylan in his house? I know there is a thing called confirmation bias, but dang that's some conscious universe having fun. Now I have to go back for the real "Chillin' like Bob Dylan". To be fair, this was very fun, rad cross into the knobarino. | ||||||
| Love is Not Loving (6C) | I really wonder if anyone has done this since the guidebook. Cool features, but a real piece of wonk with a big wonky yeet. Thanks Kevin for psyching me up for these 1 star blue tags. Would not have tried without you. In fact, shout out your psyche in general, having you and John out here today made it much more special for me and Akhil. Thanks my dudarinos. By "big wonky yeet" I mean this is a dyno, and an awkward one at that, but still fun. Top was actually wonk too. Impossible to grade. I need some love. The loving kind. Not the not loving kind. |
6 May 2024
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| I really wonder if anyone has done this since the guidebook. Cool features, but a real piece of wonk with a big wonky yeet. Thanks Kevin for psyching me up for these 1 star blue tags. Would not have tried without you. In fact, shout out your psyche in general, having you and John out here today made it much more special for me and Akhil. Thanks my dudarinos. By "big wonky yeet" I mean this is a dyno, and an awkward one at that, but still fun. Top was actually wonk too. Impossible to grade. I need some love. The loving kind. Not the not loving kind. | ||||||
| Roadside Slab (5C) | This slab is so good. Glad we got AK up this for that days climbed metric. |
6 May 2024
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| This slab is so good. Glad we got AK up this for that days climbed metric. | ||||||
| Dan Osman Arete (7A) | Proud of this flash. A crew does wonders. Committed as little as possible, and surprised while I was up there that I didnt even have to talk myself out of bailing. Great day romping around and sampling the wondrous movement climbing provides.. this squeezer, resonator crimper, roadside slab footworker |
6 May 2024
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| Proud of this flash. A crew does wonders. Committed as little as possible, and surprised while I was up there that I didnt even have to talk myself out of bailing. Great day romping around and sampling the wondrous movement climbing provides.. this squeezer, resonator crimper, roadside slab footworker | ||||||
| Largo Stem (6A) | Followed instructions off David.vaskos.gov and flashed after downclimbing twice. |
27 Apr 2024
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| Followed instructions off David.vaskos.gov and flashed after downclimbing twice. | ||||||
| Squozimodo (7C+) | Squozi, modo, and next to a tree |
27 Apr 2024
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| Squozi, modo, and next to a tree | ||||||
| Squozimodo (7C+) | The setter really took from every hold bin for this one. Very cool variety on a heavily featured boulder. The moves are really learned and each one is droppable. Full body and quite tired once on the top. V10 seems fair to me but I can definitely see where people are coming from taking V9. |
27 Apr 2024
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| The setter really took from every hold bin for this one. Very cool variety on a heavily featured boulder. The moves are really learned and each one is droppable. Full body and quite tired once on the top. V10 seems fair to me but I can definitely see where people are coming from taking V9. | ||||||
| Mega Ghost (7A) | so tired |
13 Apr 2024
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| so tired | ||||||
| All Dogs Go To Heaven (7A+) | AKA Squozimodo Left. Bubba Marmaduke Vasko, the legendary black beast, the handsomest good boy, the dog incarnation of a Goron, the water loving ludicrous log fetcher, the "If I spoke my voice would be Morgan Freeman", the grand patriarch and honey badger of a dog... this magnificent furry friend left us today... right around when I sent this climb. Shoutout to all our furry friends who bring so much joy and love into our lives. Special shoutout to Bodhi who also left us a few days ago, another special family member of my sister, Richard and her kids. A goodest boy with the most beautiful dichromatic eyes and majestic coat. Its so hard when we have to say goodbye, but don't worry bc All Dogs Go To Heaven... This climb starts in the same place as Squozimodo but instead of following the natural compression cut left with some cool moves into the jug crack system. For anyone who does this please send a thought out to all the beautiful loving puppos, nekos and all other furry friends in the world. |
22 Mar 2024
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| AKA Squozimodo Left. Bubba Marmaduke Vasko, the legendary black beast, the handsomest good boy, the dog incarnation of a Goron, the water loving ludicrous log fetcher, the "If I spoke my voice would be Morgan Freeman", the grand patriarch and honey badger of a dog... this magnificent furry friend left us today... right around when I sent this climb. Shoutout to all our furry friends who bring so much joy and love into our lives. Special shoutout to Bodhi who also left us a few days ago, another special family member of my sister, Richard and her kids. A goodest boy with the most beautiful dichromatic eyes and majestic coat. Its so hard when we have to say goodbye, but don't worry bc All Dogs Go To Heaven... This climb starts in the same place as Squozimodo but instead of following the natural compression cut left with some cool moves into the jug crack system. For anyone who does this please send a thought out to all the beautiful loving puppos, nekos and all other furry friends in the world. | ||||||
| OK Arete (7C) | This was the hardest climb I did today hands down. It deserves the upgrade my dudes and dames. Absolutely harder than cosmos. Although.... I realized the way I did it was super fucked up. Getting home I realized the classic beta is the big left hand move to the pocket. I did the normal first move of cosmos, then full spanned right hand to the pocket doing a desperate heel perch where my left hand desperately slides on nothing until I'm actually perched. Once perched in do a big ol' cross to the fin, pausing briefly on the dimple. Also this climb is reachy. Still decently cool, but hard. Shout out send kisses from Kodi!!! |
22 Mar 2024
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| This was the hardest climb I did today hands down. It deserves the upgrade my dudes and dames. Absolutely harder than cosmos. Although.... I realized the way I did it was super fucked up. Getting home I realized the classic beta is the big left hand move to the pocket. I did the normal first move of cosmos, then full spanned right hand to the pocket doing a desperate heel perch where my left hand desperately slides on nothing until I'm actually perched. Once perched in do a big ol' cross to the fin, pausing briefly on the dimple. Also this climb is reachy. Still decently cool, but hard. Shout out send kisses from Kodi!!! | ||||||
| Man is the bastard (7C+) | I think this climb is amazing, been inspired by it for years and so stoke to finally put her down. My send burn was sweet bc I unconsciously pumped myself up for the jump literally saying "Okay, Come on Baby!", thank goodness for footy or the world would never know that. I also said "No fucking way" after sticking it which sums up my experience on this climb and today in general actually. Black mountain day dreaming to the max. Literally did more hard climbs in this single day at Black than I have done in my entire career up to this point (57 climbing days at Black!). So surreal. The world is a simulation and I'm Neo. Before today I had 3 V9s and 3 V10s, after today I have 7 V9s and 5 V10s! What!? Sorry for shoving my psyche down your eyeballs, but well shouting to the 8a ether feels good right now. I also think that its one of those "threshold" climbs where once you have sufficient strength in the right areas (pass the threshold) it feels soft. Its not a very tricky climb. One dead point to a huge incut then a huge move to a jug from said incut. But it is a test piece for contact strength, essentially a board climb. I suck at board climbing so this was a big milestone for me. |
22 Mar 2024
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| I think this climb is amazing, been inspired by it for years and so stoke to finally put her down. My send burn was sweet bc I unconsciously pumped myself up for the jump literally saying "Okay, Come on Baby!", thank goodness for footy or the world would never know that. I also said "No fucking way" after sticking it which sums up my experience on this climb and today in general actually. Black mountain day dreaming to the max. Literally did more hard climbs in this single day at Black than I have done in my entire career up to this point (57 climbing days at Black!). So surreal. The world is a simulation and I'm Neo. Before today I had 3 V9s and 3 V10s, after today I have 7 V9s and 5 V10s! What!? Sorry for shoving my psyche down your eyeballs, but well shouting to the 8a ether feels good right now. I also think that its one of those "threshold" climbs where once you have sufficient strength in the right areas (pass the threshold) it feels soft. Its not a very tricky climb. One dead point to a huge incut then a huge move to a jug from said incut. But it is a test piece for contact strength, essentially a board climb. I suck at board climbing so this was a big milestone for me. | ||||||
| Parachute Problem (7C) | Man the cave through this rock is such a cool formation! That gives this climb an extra star all on its own for novelty. Unfortunately, that about all it gets. Short with okay movement, starting on Jugs is sweet though, so is ending on Jugs. The distance from jug to jug is probably like 6 feet or less which is crazy. AMAZING solo day out here with the mountain all to myself (except that one couple who was hiking.. so no other climbers anyway). Shout out Kodi (not the black mountain pup, but Kodiak the snow loving pup!) for being my climbing partner today and being the soul witness of my best climbing day EVER. I was able to slap from the staring jugs to that sloper, completely skipping the classic gaston sooooo maybe I cheated. Certainly easier if taller. Its my first time being in charge of a dog at the crag and you have so much responsibility! You have to carry poop water and food!? Normally I bring like 2 SpinDrifts for myself but I brought 4 whole liters of water just for the pup, and she drank it all! She's worth it though |
22 Mar 2024
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| Man the cave through this rock is such a cool formation! That gives this climb an extra star all on its own for novelty. Unfortunately, that about all it gets. Short with okay movement, starting on Jugs is sweet though, so is ending on Jugs. The distance from jug to jug is probably like 6 feet or less which is crazy. AMAZING solo day out here with the mountain all to myself (except that one couple who was hiking.. so no other climbers anyway). Shout out Kodi (not the black mountain pup, but Kodiak the snow loving pup!) for being my climbing partner today and being the soul witness of my best climbing day EVER. I was able to slap from the staring jugs to that sloper, completely skipping the classic gaston sooooo maybe I cheated. Certainly easier if taller. Its my first time being in charge of a dog at the crag and you have so much responsibility! You have to carry poop water and food!? Normally I bring like 2 SpinDrifts for myself but I brought 4 whole liters of water just for the pup, and she drank it all! She's worth it though | ||||||
| Squozimodo (7C) | It's crazy when weather likes to be pristine on the weekdays and terrible on weekends. Thank god I have a job where I can simply transmute a weekday into a weekend when need be. I love that there are still good FAs visible from the road at black. This thing is sweet. Was really hoping to follow in my boy Aden's footsteps but the flash eluded me. I think MAYBE if I waited for temps on this one it might have gone, but that wide pinch was harder to grab right than I thought. A few susses on getting the right heel up then it went smooth as Leo's bottom. I squeeze professionally so as soon as I was through that crux nothing was going to get me off.. except this climb.. which it did 😉 |
22 Mar 2024
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| It's crazy when weather likes to be pristine on the weekdays and terrible on weekends. Thank god I have a job where I can simply transmute a weekday into a weekend when need be. I love that there are still good FAs visible from the road at black. This thing is sweet. Was really hoping to follow in my boy Aden's footsteps but the flash eluded me. I think MAYBE if I waited for temps on this one it might have gone, but that wide pinch was harder to grab right than I thought. A few susses on getting the right heel up then it went smooth as Leo's bottom. I squeeze professionally so as soon as I was through that crux nothing was going to get me off.. except this climb.. which it did 😉 | ||||||
| Man is the bastard (7C+) | if prestige was here he probably wouldnt have done it |
9 Mar 2024
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| if prestige was here he probably wouldnt have done it | ||||||
| Hueco Wall (6A) |
1 Mar 2024
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| OK Problem (6B) |
4 Feb 2024
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| Squozimodo (7C) |
30 Jan 2024
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| Man is the bastard (7C+) | Kachigga -chick hicks |
29 Jan 2024
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| Kachigga
-chick hicks |