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Getting matched in the pocket

Description 

This is an excellent boulder with two stout lines in the main gully on the backside of Baldy. It also has one easier line. The left-most route is "The Calm Before the Storm" V8/9 FA Greg Parker; the route to the right of this route is "Wife's Wrath" V8 FA Greg Parker; the route to the right of "Wife's Wrath" is called "Deceptively Easy" V2. The first two routes are both three star problems (***) the last route is fun, but probably gets no stars. "The Calm Before the Storm" is crying for a sit down start. There is a low-left rail that could mave into the low pocket and then up. This SDS would be V11/12 no doubt.

Getting There 

From the backside of Baldy, simply walk down the gully in the main area. The boulder is on the left. In order to find the backside, you may need a little local beta. The gully is just down the hill from "Scary Trees" V8, if that helps at all.

The Classics

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Jaba V4  SD : Mount Rushmore National Mem... : ... : The Calm Boulder

An area classic! Start sitting as low as you can matched on the undercling rail. Work left then straight over the lip to finish with a small jump for the finish jug. Very fun/short problem. ...[more]   Browse More Classics in SD