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Boulder problems are generally shorter than 20 feet (6.1 m) from ground to top. [49] This makes the sport significantly safer than free solo climbing, which is also performed without ropes, but with no upper limit on the height of the climb. [50] However, minor injuries are common in bouldering, particularly sprained ankles and wrists.
In addition, boulder routes that connected various boulder problems into a single longer bouldering route have been graded as if they were sport climbs. A notable example is the 2004 boulder route The Wheel of Life , which is graded V15 (8C) as a boulder route, but also f9a (5.14d) as a sport climbing route.
The hardest boulder solved was at the boulder grade of V17 (9A) for men and V15/V16 (8C/8C+) for women. The hardest multi-pitch (or big wall) redpoint was at the grade of 9a+ (5.15a). The hardest single-pitch free solo was at the grade of 8c (5.14b), and the hardest multi-pitch (or big wall) free solo was at 7c+ (5.13a).
Boulder Mountain (11,328 feet (3,452.8 m)) on the Aquarius Plateau. 38°05′N 111°30′W / 38.083°N 111.500°W / 38.083; -111.500 The Aquarius Plateau is a physiographic region in the High Plateaus Section of the Colorado Plateau Province
If a climber starts their journey at an elevation of 1,000 feet (300 m), their CAG is 4,000 feet (1,200 m) by the time they reach the first summit (i.e. 5,000 ft less 1,000 ft). They then drop down to the 2,000 feet (610 m) low point between the summits and have to gain another 3,000 feet (910 m) to get to the top of the second summit.
Giant Rock is a large freestanding boulder in the Mojave Desert near Landers, California, and the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms covering 5,800 square feet (540 m 2) of ground. Giant Rock is the largest freestanding boulder in North America and is purported to be the largest free standing boulder in the world.
From the peak of Flagstaff Mountain one can see Boulder, Metropolitan Denver, and the surrounding mountains. There are hiking and bike trails, picnic areas, the Summit Nature Center, and an outdoor amphitheatre, as well as the Flagstaff House Restaurant on the mountain. [5] [6]
Midnight Lightning is a 7.62-metre (25.0 ft) high granite bouldering route on the Columbia Boulder in Camp 4 of Yosemite National Park.When first solved in May 1978 by American rock climber Ron Kauk, it was graded at V8 (7B/7B+), which was the world's second-ever boulder route at that grade, and the first in North America.