I'm not sure what this one is actually rated because it was on one of my gym's competition walls, which they leave unrated. Given how long I had to work on it, how technical the moves are, and where I normally climb at (I can get about 50% of V6's within a few tries at this point), I'm guessing this was a V7. The wall is tilted at about a 30 degree angle, and is completely smooth, so you can barely smear it. The top left holds are fairly smooth sloper/pinches as well that offer almost no help if you aren't directly underneath them (hence the trouble I was having on this one). This one took me probably four or so hours to figure out, spread across maybe 6 sessions and a month of time? To be honest, I lost track of time on this one because I had given up, but decided to come back one last time when I finally figured it out (after probably 5 more attempts). If you watch what I was doing in the first 4 clips, you may notice I was stablizing the last move by bicycling the big foot hold to the left. This had the unfortunate effect of causing you to barn door as soon as you moved for the last hold on the top right. After spending _a lot_ of time on this, on one attempt I happened to feel a move accidentally which ended up working great! It turns out if you "leg jam" the lower foothold by placing your right leg between the hold and the wall, pressing your shin into the hold, and twisting your foot/toe into the wall, the last move becomes incredibly stable. Once you have the last hold in hand, it's a simple move to stand on the volumes, flag, and send! ? Once again, thanks to the Earth Treks Englewood problem setters for yet another fantastic problem!

I worked on this one for a few days. It was located on what is referred to as "the 45", which is a wall tilted at 45 degrees inward. The problem consisted mostly of jugs and pinches, but the last move was the real trick: a dyno to the last hold from about 9 feet up, up and back at 45 degrees. Definitely a mental crux!

I always love it when our problem setters set more advanced techniques on easier problems so those of us who aren't super great at bouldering (yet!) can practice those techniques in increasing difficulty. This is another example of that. The setters put a V4 dyno on the slightly inverted (probably 20 or 30 degrees) wall next to our arch (to the left). It's a dyno up and out to a jug hold. The holds are all great, but you need to control momentum or you'll slide right off the target hold. Great dyno practice!

This V6 was truly a fantastic problem. When I first saw this, I was almost completely certain I'd never send it. I learned a lot about dead pointing from this one. If you jump with too little movement, you won't reach the holds or get enough traction. If you overshoot it, you have to stop your downward momentum, and the holds aren't good enough to do that. This problem took me I think three weeks to send. Absolutely a great set by the Earth Treks problem setters!