Since we left pretty early for New Hampshire, we were able to explore pretty much all of Boulder Natural, but I didn't know it at the time. I wasn't sure how big the area was, so I kind of didn't know what I was climbing until I looked it up later. This was probably for the best because I probably would have been incredibly disheartened to find that routes that I couldn't flash as a warm up were V0s on Mountain Project. I had a feeling that the some of the routes got sandbagged or had changed a bit since the FA.
This is hobbit hole. It's a pretty cool route and it very highly rated. I was really hoping to flash it, but I think most other people were too. All of the hands are chalked up perfectly and in excess. There's really no need to chalk up for this route, unfortunately, it's popularity also means that a lot of the holds hands and feet are smooth. I was kind of disappointed to find that my hands would actually back down as I tried to go hand over hand.
You may be wondering why this final picture is here. It's mostly related to our unfortunate luck of finding that there was a gate blocking the road to the bouldering area, so we drove around it. On the way back, we had to drive around it again, so I got this poorly framed close up.
Pawtuckaway was incredibly fun. I hope to go there again soon. The more I climb outside, the better I will get at it. I can't wait to go again there's definitely a lot of exploring that can still be done.
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