Chili Sauce (aka Moffat Problem) V7
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| Type: | Boulder, 20 feet |
| Consensus: | V7 [details] |
| FA: | Jerry Moffat |
| Submitted By: | RTM on Apr 5, 2003 |
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Chili Sauce (V7), Joshua Tree NP
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Description Chili Sauce is a fairly obvious dihedral on a boulder that lies near the right side of the formation on the desert floor. Climb a short, overhanging dihedral with sweet diagonal rails and stems. Move out left to a pockety seam and a diamond shaped black diorite edge. Power through the crimpy crux to a jug over the top.
Protection A pad is nice to cover a rock underneath the crux.
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| BETA PHOTO: Chili Sauce (V7) an area classic is found near the...
| "Chilli Sauce". Photo by Blitzo.
| Chili Sauce by headlamp. Miramontes Photography
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| Comments on Chili Sauce (aka Moffat Problem) |
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By Adam Stackhouse Administrator Dec 28, 2006 rating: V7
| Originally regarded as the hardest boulder problem in J-Tree, its then rating of V9 has been twice down graded to the current V7 (still wildly hard). |
By Will S From: Joshua Tree Feb 5, 2012 rating: V7
| One of the best in the Park. Requires an equal mix of technique and crimp strength. Multiple choices of sequences up to the diamond knob, and multiple ways of pulling the crux past it. |
By RTM Feb 6, 2012
| Kinda funny how big a deal peeps make of the final sequence. Whether you are heel hooking or not, the hands are still the same. I have also heard some call the sit start v9, and others say it does not add anything to the rating!? |
By Will S From: Joshua Tree Feb 6, 2012 rating: V7
| I'd agree, both finishes felt about the same to me. One is more technical, the other requires more crimp strength. I think people get wound up about it because they aren't strong enough for the "easier" heel hooking beta and get bouted on the techy stems with the original beta, or they sent it back when people called it V9 and are still nursing the butthurt from the multiple downgrades. |
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