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Dreamtime is a 10-metre (33-foot) long bouldering route, on the boulder of the same name, in the gneiss bouldering area of Cresciano, Switzerland.When first solved in October 2000 by Swiss bouldering pioneer Fred Nicole, it was graded at 8C (V15), making it the world's first-ever boulder route at that grade.
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.
The boulder covers 5,800 square feet (540 m 2) of ground and is seven stories high. [citation needed] Giant Rock is the largest freestanding boulder in North America and is purported to be the largest free standing boulder in the world. [1] Native Americans of the Joshua Tree area consider it to be sacred.
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.
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.
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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).
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.