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Pressure Drop

V2, Boulder, 12 ft (4 m),  Avg: 3.8 from 68 votes
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New Mexico > Socorro Area > Box Climbing Areas > Southern Box areas > Unbeatable Boulder

Description

Sit start with a couple small but good holds. Make a first left hand move to a large jug sidepull and do the arete with some jugs on the left face. Great fun, a must do. It can be done using *only* the arete but it's significantly harder (V4-V5?).

Location

Further South down the road from the main Box parking lot, through two washes, up over the hill, park just before the cattle guard. Looking East from your parking spot, you'll see an obvious boulder in the valley South of Major Wall and Alcohol Wall. This climb is located on the big, undercut Northwest face. Downclimb the juggy West face (V0-).

Protection

pads and a good spot as it is easy to barn door off the last move and end up missing the pads or in a cacti.

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e block climbing Pressure Drop.(Photo: Bob Broilo)
[Hide Photo] e block climbing Pressure Drop.(Photo: Bob Broilo)
About to make the big move
[Hide Photo] About to make the big move
The final jug
[Hide Photo] The final jug
Warming up
[Hide Photo] Warming up
Juana working up the arete
[Hide Photo] Juana working up the arete
staring down the illusive top out
[Hide Photo] staring down the illusive top out
Eric O topping out on his umpteenth lap of Pressure Drop
[Hide Photo] Eric O topping out on his umpteenth lap of Pressure Drop
Jason V doing the 1st move on Pressure Drop.
[Hide Photo] Jason V doing the 1st move on Pressure Drop.
Adam on the finishing moves of Pressure drop.(Photo: Bob Broilo)
[Hide Photo] Adam on the finishing moves of Pressure drop.(Photo: Bob Broilo)

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William Penner
The 505
 
[Hide Comment] Such a fun problem. Thanks for adding all the Socorro stuff recently. Mar 1, 2011
Taylor S
 
[Hide Comment] Great problem to wrap up warm up. Top can be intimidating if you don't like top outs, but it's fun nonetheless :) Jun 13, 2020