Solid fun boulder climb. Another Palisades Classic. Start on the two obvious jugs under the arete, heelhook and reach a bad left hand sloper. Crux is a deadpoint for the lip.

Necessary Contrivance

Stitching the Seams SDS

Puppy Love

I Seam Stumped

The Delicate Pinch

Contrivance

Grenada

Dirt

A MUST DO CLASSIC!! Hardest route on this boulder and great movement. Start to the Left of "Stitching The Seams" and very close but to the right of the Arete. Begin pulling up on the bad thumb pinch. Your right had comes off the lower part and sticks the hard crux move which is the horizontal seam in the top corner of the arete. ( Make sure to stay on face and not so much the arete!) Make sure that move is chalked and solid sticking every little grain of rock. Pull up slightly making beautiful friction moves to a huge left hand throw to a decent top out. Friction and pull is the last key to this problem.  This problem is open for discussion didn't feel the need to grade it. Its a challenge! 3 Year project finished...... :)

Sit start in the left seam side-pulls with a nice sandy ledge for feet, move the right hand through a pair of neat thumb-catches and finally to a sloping bread-loaf pinch, make a powerful high step and delicate footwork will lead to the top of I Seam Stumped.  

  This route is very difficult if you are shorter. Lots of fun! Go ahead and use the right foot ledge for the final moves, it just seems more fun that way. 

Climb near or left of arete. Introductory moves lead to difficult side-pulls, crux is a high step and a stab to top out jug. 

  Right of I Seam Stumped and left of Necessary Contrivance.

I Seam Stumped is a classic problem at Palisades. It is the most sought after V4 and by far the best. The name comes from the seam feature on the boulder. There was originally a old jagged stump that one would have to cover with pads and it made it less than ideal to fall. Around 2011 the Stump was removed and for about a year it lay next to this climb as climbers who couldn't get established would grab the stump and place it back in the whole as a cheater start. I'm guessing the stump has now been completely dissolved. Work a series of side pulls and underclings. Smearing is key with the feet. This problem is one of the few in Palisades that actually gets good friction with the feet. 

Start sitting on the rock at the base of the climb, move into the very good undercling then up to the "fragile" looking pinch. The top is a bit dirty and smooth but off right is a decent hold.

This problem is a contender for best V2 in the park. It is also the most climbed problem at Palisades State Park.This route faces the bridge on the side of the river boulder. Cleaned the route and its a fun sit start. Sit start with feet below the lip at the bottom. Using the bottom side pull with our right hand and the GRANADE looking hold with your left pull yourself up is the complicated part once onto the face slowly lean into it as you bring your left hand to the flake pinch. Pull your self up and bring your right hand and slap the top. The top is slope and smooth nice jug right at the top in the middle. V2 is sit start!

Nice juggy pinch quickly leads to a difficult top out.

The bridge boulder is directly under the bridge opposite side from the Pig Boulders. This boulder likely has the highest concentration of "the best" bouldering at Palisades. If you only have limited time here this would be the boulder to check out. Its close to parking and offers some of the best stone in the park to boulder on. 

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