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I've been to this area some... I think the above pic might be on private property but the hemlock cliffs area is on NFS land and is legal for trad/bouldering. The closure areas are around a waterfall and don't seem all that good for climbing anyway, think it is mostly to stop the rappellers. I have also looked at mesmore ridge on a topo map and think it might have more promise than the hemlock cliffs area itself. Corona, I am sending you a private message...I would'nt mind getting out there some more and looking around.

p.s.

Muskatusuck is crap. One good long traverse that is boring after the first time and the only other stuff worth doing is V.hard and few and rar between

That sandstone sure looks steep and solid! Actually, the only thing more steep and more solid that I have seen might be the bottom 30 feet of Madness or 40 ounces.

So JR, I'm back in Indiana again for a little while and I was wondering if you've ever checked out Deer Creek in the Hoosier National Forest. I ask because of page of this report on cliff ecology in the (climbing legal) Hoosier National Forest:

https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/bitstre ... sequence=2

The problem is, as always, discerning what constitutes a "big boulder" to a non climber. On the plus side, it is in the vicinity of Oil Creek and Poison Creek, both of which have decent sized chunks of sandstone.

Oh, I also found a short but very long limestone cliff with interesting features and a 40" is ampitheater along the Ohio River. Access seems okay. I was just more interested in the quarry next to my childhood home (which was much, much chossier, but 200" tall and 35 degrees overhanging, but unfortunately, it was turned into a gravel pit a couple of days ago), and so neglected to investigate it further. I've been back to boulder at Salt Shake some more--it's good, but lacking a partner sucks the enjoyment out of bouldering. I might go back and climb some of the short cracks there and at Carne's Mill (now that it's no longer Nature Conservancy land.)