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THE EGG BOULDER
  The Egg Boulder
  1.   Campus Problem - V3 **
Start standing below arete on the left side of Norma and Rico face. Reach both hands high to good hold at lip, pull on, mantel and climb easy jugs to top.
  2.   Name-Unknown - V2
Start sitting and climb the left side of the crimpy face to the left Campus Problem.
  3.   Snuff the Rooster - V8
Start sitting below arete 8ft to the left of Campus Problem. Climb up arete on super sharp holds. AKWARD and PAINFULL.
  4.   Chemical - V9 ***
Start sitting in the middle of the downhill face with left hand low on small incut crimp, right hand high on small slopey crimp, and left foot on good flake. Pull on then move left and up to top.
  5.   Project - V??
Start sitting several feet to the left of Chemical at the base of a thin right-leaning seam. Climb up the seam until you have your right hand in th the Chemical sloper pocket. Proceed straight up to the top from there. Where's Sharma when you need him?
  6.   Neil's Nuts - V10 *
Start sitting slightly to left of project, with right hand on decent crimp and left hand on high undercling. Power up into undercling, match right hand next to left, move left hand up to pinch on arete, and make long reach with right hand for good edge over bulge. HARD - Has not seen many repeat ascents. [Stand start goes at V5]

[Helps to have 30" biceps - or lots of people yelling loudly in your face :)]
  7.   The Aid Problem - V8 *
Start standing left of the Neil's Nuts prow. With hands on small holds in thin right-leaning seam. pull on and traverse right around arete until you reach a good edge. Mantel and climb to top to finish.to lip of boulder.
  8.   Highschool Egg Project - V9
Start standing squeezed between Egg boulder and small boulder behind it. with hands on good holds in a crack at head hight, pull on and follow the crack right to join up with The Aid Problem. A bit contrived, but more or less a good problem.
  9.   Over Easy - V3
Start sitting on prow left of the start for the High School Egg project and right of the Norma and Rico face. Climb up and over the bulge and top out on the slab above.
  10.   Hard Boiled Arete - V5 **
Start as for previous problem, but traverse left with hands following slopey arete. Traverse all the way to the middle of the Norma and Rico face before manteling.
  11.   Norma and Rico - V7
Start standing in center of Norma and Rico face. With hands on high crimps, pull on and make hard move for lip of boulder. Mantel lip to finish.
 
 

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