Type: Trad, Boulder, 20 ft (6 m)
FA: Justin Edl and Jeff Wendt, 2003
Page Views: 4,076 total · 19/month
Shared By: JNE on Sep 27, 2006
Admins: Leo Paik, John McNamee, Frances Fierst, Aeon Aki, Mike Snyder, Taylor Spiegelberg, Jake Dickerson

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Description Suggest change

This is a beautiful, overhanging, right leaning splitter, wide crack.  Start on the backside of the boulder on two good hands and a left toe stuck in the crack above these hands, then climb down and around the bottom corner of the boulder and across a steep face before rounding another corner on the boulder, after which a short slab leads to the apex. The crack grows quickly from hands to offwidth and then slowly pinches back down to hands as it goes across the steep face, finishing as a finger sized crack by the time you have rocked over to the slab. This one is bizzarre and beautiful, and very much recommended. The name was inspired by the Shel Silverstien song "Boy Named Sue".

Protection Suggest change

A couple of pads are nice because you will be upside down for a good ways and it's not super short.

Location Suggest change

The best way to get to this problem is to take the trail that runs along and to the north of the three Blairs. After the trail bends right (south) and goes down hill, keep looking to the right to see this distinctive boulder about a hundred yards off the trail.

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