Favorite bouldering traverse?

Even if the bouldering purist thinks they're lame, we all have at least one fave, eh?
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edit- with the Rocky Top finish!

Observatory Park. A successful lap around the building would be worthy of mention in Climbing back in the day. I know Pat Adams made it to a 2nd floor window once, I wonder if anyone sent the entire traverse.
Noobs: don't even think about it now.

Paul Carlson wrote:gunsmoke!

2nd that

There's an exciting 140' V2 or V3 in the Candle Area on Flaggie that is stellar for the grade.

compound on the 2nd flatiron
the wave at lincoln is nice too

Gunsmoke for sure. Aside from being close to my house, there are lots of variations/eliminates, there are 3 and 4-star vert problems going through it at points, it's a solar oven for cold days, there are always fit wimmin hanging around, you can play the bumbling old guy and then burn off the pasty Canadians and shirtless flexing OC gym climbers, and there are more very good problems within a 2-10min walk.

Gunsmoke is ok. It would be great if the movement weren't so boring and there wasn't a no hands rest in it, and it finished on a summit of sorts (at least a top out). In SoCal it's no comparison to The Sandbox that, at least movement wise, is the best traverse in SoCal. I think my lifetime project in the Wasatch is the best traverse ever(of course) but there are a few other notables that, unfortunately, as seem to be across the pond as they take their traversing more seriously over there.

Leviathan at Kyloe in the Woods. If I could choose one to have in my backyard and work on forever this might be it.

Powerband at Raven's Tor. A bit polished for visiting but, again, to have hear home would be amazing and it has oh-so-much history.

The long thing that MacLeod does in Echo Wall looks amazing.

The Green Traverse. A bit short but movement is brilliant.

There must be more. I traverse all the flippin' time. But this is all that comes to mind.

Gunsmoke is cool and pretty hard to beat for aesthetics, though like Steve Edwards mentioned, it could be better. I found the Sandbox to be just OK.

Caveman is pretty cool, just have to do the whole thing.

Iron Man Traverse. Short but quality.

Round Room at Hueco.

Base of the Apes Wall, Malibu.

I enjoyed the Guerin traverse at the base of the Bastille. Hard.

Not sure if it qualifies, but Tendons Give is good as well.

Too bad the Ripper traverse is on private land. Looks awesome.

Torture Chamber Traverse

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I've never been on it, but Crack House seems pretty cool.

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Dammit! Where is Jack Roberts saying the 'Hinterstossier Traverse' on the Eiger when you need it. Wish I could say that.

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Indian Rock in Berkely is great.

as is Turtle Traverse
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Ironman? Really? That wouldn't even make my top 5 or 10.

Another good candidate is Hand to Hand Combat in the Happy Boulders, stellar pocket pulling where the crux is probably finding the easiest sequence through the swiss cheese maze of holes before you pump out.

I personally really don't like those maze of pocket traverses in the happies.

I agree - casting my vote for Punk Rock Traverse.

Sacred Traverse at Sailing Hawks in Durango, CO. vimeo.com/16046747

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Will S wrote:Ironman? Really? That wouldn't even make my top 5 or 10.

This is always going to be an apple and oranges thing. Nobody claimed this was objective, e.g., tons of folks have chimed in for Gunsmoke, but the biggest thing it has in it's favor is length. Not a lot of footwork or technique required, etc. Plus the crowds of people standing in line only to flail in the first 10 ft. is kind of annoying.

I was thinking Ironman, even though it's pretty short, because the latter portion really requires you to use your feet and core strength and has kind of a dramatic finish. The setting is great too.

Another great "Ironman Traverse" at Corona del Mar (aka The Beach).

Fat Dad wrote: Plus the crowds of people standing in line only to flail in the first 10 ft. is kind of annoying.

If you changed that 10 to a 2 I would have thought you were talking about Ironman.

Gunsmoke

Ryan Kelly wrote: If you changed that 10 to a 2 I would have thought you were talking about Ironman.

Amen. The last time I was out there my wife, who was five or six months pregnant, cruised way past the point where all the shirtless posers fell off.

Fat Dad wrote: Amen. The last time I was out there my wife, who was five or six months pregnant, cruised way past the point where all the shirtless posers fell off.

She must have been wearing a dope beanie.