The first shows the downhill side of the boulder we spent most of our time on. It's a fairly big block of sandstone, probably 18 feet high or so. The line of slot/crimps coming out of the overhang on the left side of the boulder is Deadpool Low (V6?), which is likely the hardest problem at Bear Mountain. Deadpool (V1+) starts at the high positive slot / jug at the top of the crimp rail, and heads up and right on perfect sandstone slopers. Chris's other problem, Modern Merc (V2?), starts at the right side of the face at the arete, and follows the slopers and slots at the lip left to join the end of Deadpool. All three problems are really fun, despite the sandy rock.
The next photo is me on Barney Rubble (V5), which starts on a huge flat jug and heads up and left on thin pockets. I've included a photo of the key pocket on Barney Rubble - a shallow three-finger pocket. To do the problem you reach up to a much smaller two-finger pocket, then do a big move to the lip of the boulder. Good fun! The other problem we did on the boulder - Betty Rubble (V1) starts on the same jug, but moves right to the arete, then climbs the arete to a cool topout. Technical, but easy.
We finished the day by doing Shaman and Trickster, fun problems in the Shaman Cave.
Our day of bouldering essentially brings the number of problems at Bear Mountain to 10, not including eliminates. It'll be nice when there are 50 problems or so, so climbers can do a bit of a circuit on the mountain.
What next at Bear Mountain? I have a project on Carlee's Boulder that should check in around V5 or V6, and a STEEP roof problem on the boulder next to the Rubble boulder, that I'm hoping will be a little harder, maybe V7 or V8.
Happy Bouldering!
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