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I recently purchased Chris Redmond's bouldering guide to the Red. What a joke! There is only choss and rotten rock. I hiked all the way up to tower rock to work on one of the "good" problems. I broke off a hold and got a sweet puncture wound in my thumb. The pearl is the only problem I've found worth spending time on. I'm glad I threw 13 dollars against the wall.

amen.

hoss, i'm afraid you suck nuts. why in the fuck would you think by purchasing a "bouldering guide for the red" that badass boulder problems would suddenly appear? even the "good" problems are usually wet, cold, damp, and/or choss.

Well horatio I'm afriad we're not all seasoned veterans like you. I've only been climbing in the gorge for one season and I thought there might be good bouldering. fuck off

i thought it was common knowledge that bouldering in the red is similar to bouldering on piles of human excrement.

Gobstopper and T-Bone Traverse are worth doing if they're not mossy as hell by now. They're both as good as any problem at a "real" bouldering area.

Also, there's some fun stuff up at The Cove. Domestic Violence is pretty damn cool. There's a V9 up there that's very cool too. Actually, almost every problem up there is pretty damn cool if you ask me. There are no topouts but the problems are mostly all roof problems with cool pinches and stuff.

The Watchtower at Coffee Shop is very cool also.

Other than that, the guide isn't worth much.

yeah i was over at the junkyard yesterday too. T-bone was wet, and Gobstopper was way too mossy to clean with a toothbrush. I've been to the cove, it's a hell of a core strength workout, but I just can't get into bouldering without top outs.

anyone checked out the buffalo boulder, I have not been there, heard not so good stuff about it

the buffalo boulders are really bad.

they are incredibly chossy. not worth the 2 minute hike.