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ChrisYang
Apr 16, 2010, 8:10 PM
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I was watching a video about Beth Rodden and there's a boulder problem that looked interesting but I don't know the name or grade. Can anyone tell me what it's called and the grade and where in the Valley it is. Here's a screen shot.
thanks. I've never bouldered in Yosemite but I'm looking forward to trying it out soon.
In case you want to watch the video too.
http://www.5min.com/Video/How-Rock-Climbing-Brought-Beth-Rodden-Out-of-Her-Shell-255976987
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summerprophet
Apr 17, 2010, 4:03 AM
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I don't know the name of it, but it is at swan slabs, just across from Yosemite Lodge.
It is actually pretty easy, I would guess V1 / V2 for the traverse.
Of of course.... the thousand foot tall walls all around you might offer a little more.
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kriso9tails
Apr 19, 2010, 11:26 PM
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summerprophet wrote: Of of course.... the thousand foot tall walls all around you might offer a little more.
Be sure to add another crash pad and a couple of well trusted spotters if you try to top those out. Can't be too careful with those highballs.
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squishy654
Apr 19, 2010, 11:44 PM
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I thought they were 4,000 foot walls? They shrunk?
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bill413
Apr 20, 2010, 12:18 AM
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squishy654 wrote: I thought they were 4,000 foot walls? They shrunk?
Well, when you stack the pads high enough to catch you...
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dugl33
Apr 20, 2010, 12:33 AM
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squishy654 wrote: I thought they were 4,000 foot walls? They shrunk?
I believe el cap is around 3000 vertical feet, with everything else in the vicinity being shorter.
(Edit to add: the boulder in question is indeed at swan slabs, just east of camp 4 parking lot. It is unnamed in the old Reid bouldering guide, but the problem is labeled "I'm pumped, V3". I'd say V2ish for the problem as climbed in the video.)
(This post was edited by dugl33 on Apr 20, 2010, 12:38 AM)
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garythenuke
Jul 27, 2010, 2:48 AM
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Hehe!! I was there two days ago with my sons. We played on that boulder (no one elseIn reply to: there all day) and on the little faces adjacent during the boys' intro course. Now back to work tomorrow... 
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majid_sabet
Jul 27, 2010, 6:03 AM
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dugl33 wrote: squishy654 wrote: I thought they were 4,000 foot walls? They shrunk? I believe el cap is around 3000 vertical feet, with everything else in the vicinity being shorter. (Edit to add: the boulder in question is indeed at swan slabs, just east of camp 4 parking lot. It is unnamed in the old Reid bouldering guide, but the problem is labeled "I'm pumped, V3". I'd say V2ish for the problem as climbed in the video.)
@ 2200 feet from edge of the nose to top of it.
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giggly
Oct 7, 2010, 11:52 PM
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The monkey traverse V2 on the Sloth boulder.
Half dome is taller than el cap
(This post was edited by giggly on Oct 8, 2010, 12:06 AM)
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