I got a call from Nic a few minutes ago and he just polished off both Alpine Club and Beautiful Soup! Nice work man! Sounds like he took a pretty brutal fall off of the last moves of Beautiful Soup and cratered into the talus.
I'm not sure how many ascents Beautiful Soup has but this would be Alpine Club's 4th or 5th ascent maybe. Glad that I had a chance to show him around the lake a little. I'm also very glad that there seems to be some interest growing in the bouldering at DL again. Nice to see.
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Sweet! Congrats! ce
ReplyDeleteSolid and expected. I believe I did advise to just drop off of BS for just such a reason.
ReplyDeleteI would love to do more bouldering at the lake, but I feel like there's just so much there that's either not super well known, or is supposed to be a secret and no one wants to give up the beta.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who ever wants beta on bouldering at the lake can always send me a note and I'll be happy to give whatever beta I can. Hopefully in the near future there'll be more info available.
ReplyDeleteThe bouldering there is spread out but very high quality and just takes some exploring to find a lot of the stuff. Like I said, very soon there should be some more info on bouldering at the lake.
Narc-- not that it's happening anytime soon (or ever perhaps) but so once you hit and stick the horizontal on B.S. you drop off? ce
ReplyDeleteBut does he have video????????? ce
ReplyDeleteno Video, no charge in camera and no one to hold it.. doubt if you want I could care less. I did not drop off, I climbed to the arete and established around he corner to a good stance. then climbed down (with use of the tree). I DID NOT GO TO THE TOP OF THE BOULDER IN FEAR OF DEATH.. OR ANOTHER BAD FALL.
ReplyDeletemy foot is swollen along with my hand but I think they are just bruises.
Looking back I should have tried harder to find someone to climb with because I could have been seriously hurt, I am lucky that I did not break anything. If you go there you will need at least 3 pads. I had 1 big Organic and 1 small... this was not nearly enough for B.S.
It will go down as one of the proudest things I have done and the stupidest. I will be back sometime in the fall and wold love to check out a few more things.
Key Maker (I have scene it but now want to try it)
Greatest show
and the Gill problems
-nic
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-nic
I forgot to say this....
ReplyDeleteSteve-
thank you, I would have no idea about what, where, and how to do things if you did not extend out your hand. I think that the future of "midwest climbing" will be sharing of information. You will always have a place to stay when you need it. That go's for REMO, AND NARC TO.
-NIC
Chris, I just joke about not traversing to finish the problem because a) it looks hard and b) traversing off is kind of a lame way to finish a boulder. Props for Nic to doing it that way though. SCARY!
ReplyDeleteI wasn't bustin' balls, i've never even seen B.S., I was just genuinely curious. I only wanted video for selfish reasons, namely beta!!! Nice job! Super cool. ce
ReplyDeleteYeah good work Nic, we all knew you would send, you were just too close on Monday. Keep us posted when you will be visiting us again, and the spray about new shoes! A trip to Cali may be in order this fall aswell.
ReplyDeletePeace, Remo
First off, thanks a ton Nic for coming out and trying this stuff. I'm really glad you liked it and want to come back! Can't wait to show you the rest of the stuff!
ReplyDeleteIt's been fun to watch the last couple weeks. Interest is starting to grow about the bouldering at the lake and people are starting to get psyched again on repeating some of the other hard classic lines out there.
The climbing there is SO good and it's a shame to see it not climbed on.
Well done Nic! I was glad to get the call that you did them! You always have a place in Madison to stay.
The FiveTen van has been spotted at the South Seas parking (Wrinkled Rock trailhead) in the last couple days. I never ran into Nic but was assuming he was at Old Baldy? Steve- any word on his sends? BTW, if you have never been to Old Baldy, holy crap is that place awesome. ce
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