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Crimp Slap
Description
Begin with your left hand on a pretty bad low pocket and your right and on a perfect crimp with a spot for your thumb. Begin the problem by slapping a sloper with your left hand and then bumping your left hand to a high sidepull. The sidepull has a bit of a lip to it at the highest point that makes it a usable hold. Next move your right hand from the crimp to a weird hold 2-3 feet directly above the crimp. Then bump your left hand up to a pinch that can also be used as a sidepull and bring your right hand up to a two finger pocket sidepull on the right side of the arete feature. After you get this hold and get your feet under you, grab the jug on the left side of the arete near the top and then finish the boulder by matching both hands on the jug at the very top of the arete feature.
Most people will probably climb this boulder different than I did but that's the beta I used. There is a large hold in the crack just left of the first sloper in the problem that looks awfully incising to try to throw to but I found getting out to it is harder than the route was intended to be and takes you pretty far off route to the left.
Location
This boulder problem is located on the face between the cracks You Sure? and Roadside Distraction. The section of wall has a large overhang and Crimp Slap is located right in the middle where it climbs up to the corner of the roof to finish.
Protection
One pad, super safe. You can even get away with no pads.
Routes in Overpass Wall
- 9Crimp SlapV3-Bouldering