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All Locations > California > San Bernardino… > Big Bear Lake Area > Big Bear North > Big Bear City Area > Holcomb Valley… > Central Pinnacles > Motherlode Rock > Motherlode Rock… > Powder Keg (5.10a 6a 18 VI+ 18 E1 5a)
Starting the climb a little bit to the right makes using the dihedral impossible, but offers a nice undercling and better approaches to the feet you need to stick the reach to the big jug at the lip of the roof.
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Tom D starting the true crux of Powder Keg - the slick and very thin slab at the start.
Fun climb!
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Jonathan Bent
Oct 1, 2007
“Starting the climb a little bit to the right makes using the dihedral impossible, but offers a nice undercling and better approaches to the feet you need to stick the reach to the big jug at the lip of the roof.”  

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