Groom Creek Bouldering: The Crucible V10
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Paul Roberts, of Mindful Routes, lays down The Crucible (V10) at Groom Creek, Arizona.
“Standing tall at 18 feet, this thing is full of hard, long lockoffs to eighth-inch pad crimps and a heinously unforgiving sloping topout,” Roberts says.
“If you deck from the topout, you’re flying back onto a boulder that the spotter is standing on, adding a bit of spice to the mix.”