Northern PA Bouldering

Wages of War

brian — Sun, 19 May 2013 03:25:15 +0000

Nina putting solid effort on a new line at Long Valley, Wages of War. Really fun gymnastic climbing followed by technical crimpy-lock-off-ness.

Sinful Nature

brian — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:38:06 +0000

Nina on the beautiful compression problem, Sinful Nature @ Coal Run

Blood Diamond

brian — Fri, 03 May 2013 02:52:51 +0000

Long Valley had a few trips for initial development trips and only a select number of boulders were cleaned and sent. About 50% was left untouched and untapped. A couple trips during the early winter allowed more exploration and cleaning.

By some chance decided to head out and the access gate was open! Finally had a chance to go out and get back on some of the boulders that were waiting for ascents. Blood Diamond is another Long Valley compression problem. This one is a little unique with an interesting mantle onto slab then another mantle again. Double mantle! One month of open gate will hopefully lead to more development of this amazing area.

Beautiful new line at Falls Creek

brian — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 21:57:42 +0000

Falls Creek is a small area with a handful of boulders, but these boulders in my opinion are nearly perfect. Amazing features, rock quality and an approachable aesthetic location makes this area a worth while visit. Since discovery, I have been working to try and take down one of the most obvious & beautiful lines there. The sit start to Sleepwalker , which climbs the arete on the first boulder you encounter. Finally what has seemingly been a constant battle of failure became a success. So syked to take this down.

Battletoads

brian — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:37:41 +0000

Nina holding the swing on the FA of new line out at Falls Creek. Battletoads is a cool climb with woodgrain like sandstone with iron band flake features. Pretty unique!

Bonecrusher crusher

brian — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 13:33:08 +0000

The other day we hit up the Sunfish Pond – Southside. Nina quickly dispatched Bonecrusher. She survived the scary ordeal. The flake is still there. Yay.

This One’s Paleo

brian — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 23:12:57 +0000

Andy made the trek down to the good ole Northern PA region to get some early spring climbing. We spent the day sessioning at Triple Roofs which is pretty awesome because 2 new lines came out of it. Here is the final link up on the Fast Food roof, This One’s Paleo. Nice work Andy!

Ducktails 2 Ways

brian — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:57:56 +0000

A quick video of a super fun problem out at Sunfish Pond. Ducktails, I common refer to this as Tailspin’s little brother. Such an awesome boulder.

Long Valley Newness

brian — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 02:00:27 +0000

A return trip to Long Valley allowed sometime for a second wave of development. No sends occurred primarily due to some seepy wet conditions shutting down topping out. Once the snow is gone, it looks like there will be a crop of new classics. Syked for spring.

Nina on the almost send action of a sweet compression problem.

Still More Out There!!!

brian — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:57:46 +0000

I have recently been super surprised with amount of boulders being found recently. Everyone has been out there getting after the seek and destroy missions coming back with some big news. 2013 is going to be a huge year for regional development.

Sunday, as usual I zipped out to Northern PA to continue where I left off last weekend. When I got there it was white out conditions so I had to rely on the trusty GPS to get me up the mountain. Where I wanted to search was to my right but, for some strange reason when the sun came out I decided to look over that way. Just on top of the hill appeared to be something large with snow resting on it. What! I changed course and headed that way. As I approached closer it was clear this was one massive boulder.

I wish I had something for a point of reference but the small roof on the very left of the first picture is at head height. Boosh!