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No more bouldering at the Evandale Quarry

Postby theriault » Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:02 pm

I was there last week, the quarry is active again, some walls are completely gone already... Ian, you should up date this on Mountain Project....
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Re: No more bouldering at the Evandale Quarry

Postby sam » Mon Sep 09, 2013 12:48 pm

lame! :( if it's any consolation, adam thimot and austin have cleaned the sh*t out of the woodlot (I'm helping where I can) and there are quite a few V0-V3/V4 problems ready to be climbed (and plenty more ready to be cleaned, as hard as V6-V7). Two are highball and terrifying... fun ;) We'll post pictures soon in a grand revival-of-the-woodlot thread...
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Re: No more bouldering at the Evandale Quarry

Postby austinconrad » Wed Sep 11, 2013 9:05 pm

Lots of potential in the wood lot you just have to scrub through alot of moss sometimes to find some holds :P So far we have thouroughly cleaned four really nice boulder problems. Two are short with interesting top outs another is a fun long arete problem and the other is a nice highball with a spicy top out. We also cleaned a fifth problem that hasn't yet seen a first ascent (although Sam may be getting close). I guess the highball is still open since so far it's only been done on TR so we decided to leave it unnamed (yes it is pretty high). I may be missing a few others but they either sucked or aren't completely cleaned yet and i just forgot them. Don't expect anything like you would see on Dover but it's still worth checking out if you are looking for a convenient place to go that's close and is a refreshing change to round out your gym routine with a little bit of outdoor climbing on real rock.

Godzilla Banana V0
Adam's route and choice of name.

Kissing the Stone V2
Originally called kissing the dirt because of the ackward way I slid my face along the top of the boulder when I first toped out. Later renamed kissing the stone after it was thouroughly cleaned and buffed to a sparkling finish :wink:

Between a Rock and a Hard Problem V2/V3 (a little debate on grade and yet unconfirmed)
Climb the slopy features arounf the arete and top out on opposite wall. Same got this route after only a handful of attempts using completely different beta (mostly because of his freakishly long arms that I envy). Very fun climb but watch out for the boulder behind you as it would be really easy to crack your head off the lip of it if you are not careful.

Unnamed Highball V?
Ladder climb up the face to bad heartbreaking sloppers :wink: landing is sloped and would probably end badly :?

I'll add more descriptions and photos later. Specifically where you can find these problems :)
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