On the leftmost side of the boulder (facing the block, back towards downstream) sit start on the lowest possible holds and go straight up the face and merge into the arete early.

Miner Contemplation

Vial

Salmon Ladder

Warm-Up

T-Rex Arms

Pullin' On Chedda'

The Meteorite

Miners Gift

Crimpin' On Clampers

On the left-most side of the block (if facing the boulder, back towards downstream) use jugs and pockets to climb the left arete.

Start low on a small sloper right over the roof. Make a few tough moves to grab better holds, and pull yourself onto the slab.

Climb the right-most arete (if facing the blocks tallest face with back towards downstream) on jugs. Pretty tall, fun easy climb.

Sit start the shortest problem on the boulder. This problem also serves as the downclimb.

Sit start as for "Miner Contemplation or The Meteorite". Move up through the pockets and crimps, but instead of going out to the hueco, head straight up through more pockets and jugs. Really nice movement on good holds. If your looking at the block beta map, this is the route that begins in the green, traverses through the pink and ends on the green again.

On the backside of the boulder facing the shore, sit start on a good full hand pocket and a two finger slot, bust a couple strenuous moves out the slight overhang and gain the jugs up top. Short, but powerful. Cool climb.

On the tallest flat face of the boulder (faces downstream) climb good solid rock through pockets, crimps, edges, and jugs to the top. If you are facing the face of the boulder (back towards downstream), start on the lowest holds available on the left side of the block, move out right towards the middle of the face, do some stylish moves into the hueco that sits in the mid section of the block, and go straight up from there topping out on jugs.

Background:

Although it's only a V4-5, it is definitely the gem line of the boulder, very pure and sustained. It was a project for me when I had first started climbing again, and at the time I thought it was upwards in grade. I met Jakob later on that year and decided to show him the block, and after warming up on the other jug-fest lines, he casually flashed the problem haha. He gave it a grade of V4. Jakob is a strong dude. I repeated it shortly after him. Since that time, I've developed lots of other boulders and grown significantly as a climber. I've brought other folks to this block, and to me this line still definitely feels like it's on the high end of V4, most likely V5. Jakob has yet to name it, so I've kept the original project name on it until he otherwise changes the title. For those who don't know Jakob, he is now one of the co-founders and owners of the climbing coop Gold Crush Climbing Gym, and he is also responsible for many of the other first ascents around the Yuba River and many new ones in the Tahoe region as well.

Problem Beta:

Sit start on the far right of the block on decent holds. Move up left into the crimps on the face and go straight up through crimps and pockets and into the hueco. Very sustained beautiful movement. One of the better lines that has been found and climbed in the Edwards Area thus far...

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Routes in The Meteorite