Hear My Train A Comin' 

FA was John Bachar's onsight solo.

Here are some excerpts from an email from myself to JB regarding it's FA:

John,
...P.S. Fill me in on the story behind "I Hear My Train a Comin'" on Mt. Woodson. Rumor has it that you third classed this on it's first ascent. I've always wondered over the years.
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From: bachar
Date Sent:
Mar 4, 2006, 12:37 PM

Hey Gary! Thanks for the compliments! I'm pretty sure I did the first as a boulder problem but I also could have top-roped it first - just can't remember. I know I did Drivin' South as a bouldering first ascent however - pretty scary!
cheers, jb
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Peace,

Mr. McCay

If someone wanted to go to the trouble to aid it, today's finger-sized cams will easily get one up in a flash.

Named after a semi-obscure Jimi Hendrix song

My sometimes unreliable memory recalls Rick Piggot telling me that it had already been freed before Bachar's ascent. Locals had been bear-hugging up an oak tree and reaching out into the good finger locks past the crux.

Then Bachar showed up and onsight flashed it from the ground, and I think Rick told me it was 3rd classed too.

It sent all the locals running over there to try the additional moves.

The convenient tree limb is long gone now. And all this was in the 70's, before I was hanging out there.

Here is a cool video of this "boulder problem"

Fun and classic Woodson. Only a couple of crux moves off the ground make HMT an awesome boulder problem. Or you can even batman up a rope to gain access to the clean, upper corner.

Adam,

Thanks for posting the video link...;-)

Nice! I remember helping you film this - I miss all the beta you used to throw at me Gary, and old stories about the climbs. When you're back in SD hit me up for a climb or two