Sorry, not newly scrubbed problems waiting for second ascents. I’m talking about new problems for me! This weekend I climbed 7 problems that I’ve never done before. This might not seem like a big deal, but for me it’s exciting. Lately I’ve been struggling with motivation to boulder in Squamish. I’m sick of doing the same old circuits and trying my same old projects. Show me something new! So here’s the list of problems I did this weekend.
- Mr. Bigglesworth Low, V9/10
- Immunity Challenge, V7
- Stalling Tim, V10
- Phantom Power, V8
- Missing in Action, V7
- Missing Reaction, V7
- Prime Time Sit, V5
I’m also a proud owner of the new Squamish Bouldering Guidebook, written by Marc Bourdon. In it are tons of new problems that I’m super psyched to try. Even though I consider myself a Squamish local, there’s no way I can keep up with the latest and greatest. I can’t count the times I’ve had people tell me about newly sent test pieces only to forget their names and where they are 20 minutes later. Thanks Marc, for a fantastic guide!
Picture time!
Ryan Olson on Mr. Bigglesworth Low, V10
Yeah, What?
Vikki Weldon, Monkey Brushing
Vikki Weldon, Killing Me Softly, V6
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[...] Jamie Chong mentioned it in his blog recently, but there is a new guide book for Squamish out now. Version 2 of Marc Bourdon’s guide. It now has color pictures, a top 100 list and a color system denoting the difficulty range of problems. All in all it is a much more polished guide book and almost to the standards of the Bishop/Hueco guides, but it still lacks page numbers on the maps and the top 100 list. The grades were also taken out of the index. I am not sure why this was done. It’s still a great guide though. [...]