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realization
Oct 9, 2003, 10:36 PM
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What's the highest you've ever bouldered before? Be honest!!! don't make up height's - approximations are cool. That's no fun and eliminates the purpose of this post. Thanks guys, I'm just curious, obviously not to mention bored!
-oh yeah, for me ... i'd have to say... ~17 feet :shock:
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coldclimb
Oct 9, 2003, 10:46 PM
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I'd say around 25 feet. This was buildering though...
On real rock, probably more like 20.
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braon
Oct 9, 2003, 10:52 PM
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Where do you draw the line between bouldering and freesoloing? Is it in height, difficulty, ... ?
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flying_dutchman
Oct 9, 2003, 11:24 PM
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I did a 20'-25' route once. It was only like V0+ or V1. Nice landing except for a long rock right in the center of the drop zone.
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rizzuh
Oct 9, 2003, 11:26 PM
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probably like 30 or 40 feet up... but easy 5.6 or 5.7... awesome way to get use to lead runouts. It's the hard climbs with the nasty landings that freak me out... fall on those and you might get a rock up the a$$ :shock: instead of a broken ankle.
rock on
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realization
Oct 10, 2003, 12:01 AM
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I agree, but I don't think one can exactly draw a consistent line for where bouldering ends, and free soloing begins. Just, if you plan to top out, or fall down onto the pad at the end? I prefer to down climb on problems, *if possible* that's my p.o.v
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flying_dutchman
Oct 10, 2003, 12:46 AM
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If the first ascentist gives a climb a V grade, then its a bouldering problem.
It that first ascentist did the climb with a rope n rack, then its not a bouldering problem so when you climb it with no rope, your free soloing it, not bouldering it.
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joeschmoe
Oct 10, 2003, 1:32 AM
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i personally like rrradam's approach to it
highball - you're gonna get hurt pretty bad when you fall
free-solo - you're gonna die when you fall
so a 40ft bolted route, w/ a good landing and a spotter, you prolly wont die = highball
40ft bolted route, no spotter, no pad, bad landing, probally will die, no rope = free solo
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timmah
Oct 10, 2003, 3:12 AM
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Led a grade 21 (5.10d/11a) 'sport' pitch last night with a 17 foot (crux) runout off the deck - V0 highball.. :)
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curt
Oct 10, 2003, 3:56 AM
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In reply to: top bouldering height?
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coldclimb
Oct 10, 2003, 6:25 AM
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Then again, if you count the inside of my school gym, I'd have to say about 40 feet on one side of the beams I was on, and twenty on the other (raised track around it), and the lights were off, and those beams were dusty. :lol: As far as I know, I'm the only one to ever climb up and leave my fingerprints on top of the scoreboard. My footprints are probably still on the beams, and this was almost two years ago. :D
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gunther
Oct 10, 2003, 5:44 PM
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30ft pr so.... a limestone tower, pretty firm face, with a decent view at the top, the kicker is getting back down!
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gat
Oct 10, 2003, 6:49 PM
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Couldn't even spell my own name. 8)
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styndall
Oct 10, 2003, 7:00 PM
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I hopped on this sandstone slab at rocktown, a big boulder back in the woods with a couple of obvious problems, and then a high face that goes I guess at around 5.8. I was about four body lengths up, mantling on the slopers and about to peel, wondering why the hell I'd gotten up this high in the first place, why on earth 5.8 seemed so hard, and whether I'd put the crashpad over that stump down below, when I look down and see the gigantic foothold. It was like a saucer. I could have stood there, no hands, and eaten lunch. I plant the foot, make the mantle, and stand proud, a little more than 24 feet up, or so I estimate.
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Oct 10, 2003, 7:18 PM
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about 27 (feet)?
prolly would call it more of a highball...pretty risky...chossy and wet no pad. V1+ish?
i dunno. kinda scary.
ROCK ON! :mrgreen:
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realization
Oct 11, 2003, 4:16 AM
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Nice visual! wew :shock:
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craggy
Oct 11, 2003, 5:00 AM
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I "bouldered" a 60 rock slab in Oz... can't remember where it was but I was alone and it was pretty stupid.... other then that I go no higher then 25feet ...
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valeberga
Oct 11, 2003, 5:14 AM
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You guys must really trust your friends, or that guidebook (shudder). I hope that these boulder problems are easier than they look.
Somebody says "it's only V#," and that alone makes you feel comfortable going up 40 feet to verify? What happens if the crux is at 40 feet and two grades higher than you can climb? I hope you know how to downclimb!
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leaverbiner
Oct 13, 2003, 3:37 PM
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I do trust the guidebook and friends to a degree . . . but I wouldn't get on a problem of this height if I didn't beleive that it was well within my limits . . I think the arete was rated at most v1 and at the time I was climbing v6 so I felt quite comfortable with my ability to onsight this one . . . and yes the "crux" was a bit past the safe fall zone.
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tweeking
Oct 13, 2003, 7:44 PM
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For me its not the height, its the amount of moves. Bouldering problems range from 1 move to 15 probably.... usually 1 - 5 moves
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fear
Oct 13, 2003, 8:07 PM
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15-20 feet for me max. Some stupid boulder problem isn't worth breaking bones.
40 feet? LOL. Dirt nap time if you land wrong. Hospital time if you land right.
I do enjoy the "I jumped off 35' up and was a little sore" stories though.... Good stuff....
-Fear
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dredsovrn
Oct 13, 2003, 8:30 PM
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My highest is about 18'. It started as a V1 and then got easier after about 12'. The problem was that I had not placed my pad in the right spot, and the top was real slippery. It added significant pucker factor to pulling over the top. For me anyway.
I think you are still bouldering when you are unlikely to do more than sprain or twist an ankle (or something of that level) if you fall. If you will die or end up in the hospital, you are probably soloing. It seems to me that would take another level of commitment and mindset.
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alwaysforward
Oct 13, 2003, 8:52 PM
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Where is this. I have a really good picture of a dude on that climb.
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alwaysforward
Oct 13, 2003, 8:54 PM
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Actually, I think it might be your "spotter". In the picture there is a guy who looks like he could be you in the background, closer to the big boulder to the left.
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