This problem is thin and hard. Start on obvious right hand half-pad crimp, left hand edge on the bottom of boulder, and slap your way up and to the left, topping out on the slab above the bulge. This is a project, and it may not go; the grade is approximate, it could be 9 it could be 12, IDK. Needs some opinions, needs some traffic, needs some love. Sergio, Thanh, BA where yall at.

 Edit Jan. 2020: was informed that this problem has been done in previous years, not a project any more. was wildly wrong about the grade, both times I posted it. was a fun but sketch climb.

The Hard Bulge Problem

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Tricky problem that goes up the center of the face of the boulder, with a bad landing. Start standing on the back-breaker boulder under the Hard Bulge Problem, left hand side pull, pull up onto the face and slap to the big left-facing flake, top out above flake.

An amazing arete climb! Start low on the right side of the left-leaning arete, and ride that bad boy up through some crimps and some blocky holds, reaching the sharp point at the tip of the boulder. The boulder to the left of the arete is off, don't put your feet there. There may be a hard sit start or direct start to this climb, just waiting an ascent.

A truly badass free-standing boulder that stays out of the water pretty much year-round, except for maybe floods. An unknown, unnamed arete climb marks this boulder. This boulder is about the size of a full-size Mercedes Sprinter van.

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