Lesley, Nathan, Amber and I went climbing at Green Mountain last Sunday after a fine morning of church. The hike in was approximately 1 mile, and was fairly easy until the last quarter mile or so when the trail quickly ascended to the top of Green Mountain. Nathan and I found a boulder that was not in either of our bouldering books (Colorado Bouldering vol. 1 and The Best of Boulder Bouldering). It was just to the north east of the "Sub-Boulder." We did a little adjustment of the natural state of the route (moved the dead tree away that was leaning over the top of the route, removed a dead bush that was at the base of the route, and brushed the lichen and moss locally from the foot and hand holds on our soon to be sent route). The route's first move is a dynamic move with the left hand, no feet to start. Once you find your feet on the minute little features down below, the next move is to reach for a small crystal protruding from the boulder and adjust your feet such that you can get a high right foot. The last difficult pull is to a fairly large pocket for your left hand. Find the rail for your right hand, and the route is done. I was the first to send, so I named the route "Obstruction" (thanks to the help of Lesley, who noted all of the trees obstructing the top-out of the boulder) and give it a rating of ~V4 not a real difficult one, but fun nonetheless.
We started the hike back to our vehicles once dusk was creeping upon us
and most of our extremeties had gone numb. The hike out seemed much
longer than the hike in, and it was fully night by the time we got back
to the road where we parked. The moon was very helpful in enabling us
to follow the trail. After this little adventure, I thought about how
blessed I am to have a future wife and good friends that have the same
love for crazy adventures as I do, and I look forward to the many
adventures that lie ahead.
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