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adenparker
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May 20, 2017 - 10:07am PT
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First time back at Woodson in a while. Here's a fun slab from last night. Anyone know it?
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gonamok
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dont make me come over there
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May 20, 2017 - 08:04pm PT
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i will defer to your memory bob-o, mine is getting worse all the time
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Friend
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - May 22, 2017 - 08:50pm PT
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I haven't done Hardy Boys but would like to. Who's got photos and stories of that one?
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bvb
Social climber
flagstaff arizona
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May 23, 2017 - 01:16am PT
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Hardy Boys is a LOT like Hear My Train but is NOT at ALL like Hrear My Train, slightly right leaning at the bottom in a really shallow, barely-there right-facing groove. The big difference is that the hard moves -- tips jams in pin scars -- are way off the ground, over a not-so-good boulder-strewn landing. So there is quite a bit more committment involved. It's a for sure puckerfest. But it is also pretty manageable -- you can climb up and down and up and down pretty easily before committing to the ankle snapping finish. And it's on that killer Roubidoux stone, so baybee man that's just the frosting on the cake! It was my first trip to Roubidoux, Jan or Feb 77, just me and Mike ditching school, no rope, no pads, scats on the hoofers, not much spotting going on. It was a good day.
Like I say, I only did it the one time, scared myself,
one and done on a perfect winter day, so everything I just wrote could just be an epic case of confirmation bias smothered with rich creamy euphoric recall.
But I don't think so.
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nathanael
climber
CA
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May 23, 2017 - 08:22am PT
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[Click to View YouTube Video]
Definitely feels reminiscent of Hear My Train.. maybe a bit harder but I haven't spent much time on it. I played on it a little bit on TR. The first 3-4 moves off the ground are real tough and I couldn't quite do them. Tips in pin scars and some laybacking.
Then a few steep moves on ok fingerlocks to the jug, still pretty hard but doable for me (I'm weak). Then it eases up.
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Jon Clark
climber
philadelphia
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Jul 17, 2017 - 05:41pm PT
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video screenshots from this past weekend
A nod to Eyonkee for setting the precedent of bouldering this one.
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henny
Social climber
The Past
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Jul 17, 2017 - 10:02pm PT
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Hardy Boys is, well, let's just say, sort of a wanna be Woodson crack. A little to short and not quite hard enough for Woodson (although close.) This is not to dis Rubidoux. It has slab/face problems that can rival anything at Woodson. There are just to few cracks at Rubidoux, especially of difficulty.
There was rumor at one time that some Woodson operatives had snuck in and done Hardy Boys. Names being tossed around were BVB and Mike Paul. I had completely forgotten about BVBs post re Hardy Boys. Guess the rumor was true. I can't help but notice the dig BVB got in when he mentioned scats as the shoe of choice, haha. Trying to get even with KP for 10a on the Outside I suspect.
Friend should consider doing Hardy Boys if he hasn't already, it is actually quite good. By the sounds of it, BVB and Mike Paul may have soloed it. I know that Tim Powell essentially soloed it because his girlfriend didn't take rope in and he didn't notice until toping out. I don't know of any other solos BITD, and I'm out of touch with the current scene. I suspect solos are still fairly rare?
Re the Hardy Boys video clip, love that orange/red rock. Good stuff, that Rubidoux rock.
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henny
Social climber
The Past
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Jul 17, 2017 - 10:11pm PT
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Re the passing of BVB: as I mentioned in the dedicated thread I hope someone can get around to doing a new problem or two and giving names to them that commemorate BVB. If I was down south I would try to do that, but I'm rarely down that way anymore.
Maybe that is wishful thinking, as the current crop of people doing new problems may never have met BVB. Sigh, time marches on. BVB will always be a name associated with Woodson.
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Tom Patterson
Trad climber
Seattle
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Jul 18, 2017 - 04:41am PT
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^^^ That's a really nice thought, Henny. I hope the same.
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Friend
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 18, 2017 - 08:32am PT
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not quite hard enough
Henny, my sandbag meter redlined when I read your post. Not that that's unusual. Hmm guess I will have to pay the HBC a visit. I've seen it some years ago and remember it looking Quite Hard Enough. Perhaps when it cools down.. the thought of downtown Riverside in July is bleak.
I'm pretty sure crack wizard Paul Parker has bouldered it too?
Awesome shots Jon. That's an easy one for you but it sure is beautiful. The snaps really capture the steepness and elegance of it.
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henny
Social climber
The Past
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Jul 18, 2017 - 06:36pm PT
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the thought of downtown Riverside in July is bleak
Yeap, fact. Pretty miserable when it's hot.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jul 23, 2017 - 08:15pm PT
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Good day on the hill with Hubbard digging out some freshies.
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nathanael
climber
CA
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Jul 24, 2017 - 09:37am PT
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glad to see this thread resurrected
lol at saying hardy boy is too short and easy compared to woodson cracks
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Friend
climber
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Topic Author's Reply - Jul 24, 2017 - 10:03am PT
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That's a nice angle on Jaws, and some sweet-looking finds Contractor.
Is it just me or does Woodson and Josh season always seem to end too soon? I find myself sweating and gasping up the hill, searching for shade, scrambling for a few more climbs as the summer heat descends.
Here was a fun one from a few weekends ago. John and Chaz scored finding this beauty. If it had been discovered in the 1980s it would be enshrined as a must-do Woodson classic, but as it is I don’t think it gets climbed that often. Shame – it's really cool.
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Jon Clark
climber
philadelphia
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Jul 24, 2017 - 04:36pm PT
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^^^It doesn't get climbed that often because it's really friggin' hard.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jul 24, 2017 - 06:36pm PT
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That does look hard and classic! That forest continues to give up her bounty for those willing to suffer.
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Contractor
Boulder climber
CA
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Jul 29, 2017 - 03:09pm PT
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Yet another new (old) crack on the hill.
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adenparker
climber
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Jul 30, 2017 - 09:57am PT
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Good lookin stuff Contractor, but this is the real gem of the hill ;-) haha!
Some more stuff
Not the best photo of it, but a very nice looking face climb.
AJ, I got on that climb once..felt impossible. Nice job!!
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theAntiPaul
Ice climber
Niwot
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Aug 24, 2017 - 09:16pm PT
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Sad to hear of BVB's passing, missed opportunities, would have loved to have sat down and had a beer back in the day.
This one's for you,
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theAntiPaul
Ice climber
Niwot
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Aug 29, 2017 - 11:31am PT
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I doubt it's the same route, that photo is about 35years old and has nothing to do with the routes in that link, we're lower down the hill.
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