Stella Mascari

This felt so hard back in the day, but today it felt V3, yay! Thanks, Rojeen, for being willing to climb it with me!

Went down easy today! Cool. IDK how I'm staying this strong while barely climbing, but I'll take it. So excited.

The topout is easier than it feels. Could use some more cleaning.

I love me some V0 NRG slabs.

So scary at first, but then I got brave and it was fine. Thanks roommates for giving me the beta I needed at the top!

SUPER hollow flake jug. Scary.

I got to teach a little bouldering development clinic for Bryan's Affinity Weekend and it was SO FUN.

I got to teach a little bouldering development clinic for Bryan's Affinity Weekend and it was SO FUN.

Hard!

I got to teach a little bouldering development clinic for Bryan's Affinity Weekend and it was SO FUN.

Lol, so hard to get off the ground.

George broke the beta on this one. It still technically fits the description, but is definitely not the V6 beta. Fun though.

AKA HAPPY PROBLEM. Team send for the win.

I wasn’t sure it was possible, but with Matt Threlfall’s broken beta, I did the thing. Yay!

Somehow a little scary even though it's not that tall. I still liked it tho.

Possibly my favorite of the day. A HUGE move, but the feet are great, so I could lock it off. Made me feel powerful.

2nd GO. Cool holds, I just wasn't strong enough to do it first go. Super fun.

One of the start holds is slightly uncomfortable, but other than that, it was perfect. Lowball and only a couple moves. Big moves, but not TOO big of moves. As per usual, Rojeen's beta was clutch.

At the end of the day and my hands were failing me, this was a desperate send. It’s always fun to find a sub-V6 compression problem.

I admit that I DID dab on a dead tree on the onsight, but I don’t believe it helped me at all. I did it again for good measure and it felt the same. Easier, I suppose, since I had the beta figured out. But I did it hilariously awkwardly both times.

I made the topout awkward.

Tricksy

This one was harder than I expected.

Ooh so fun. 2nd GO. I botched the opening sequence by missing a huge jug.

I love me a hard mantle. I don’t love me a HIGH hard mantle usually, but I felt secure enough on this one unexpectedly.

The landing is weird, but the problem is pretty fun.

SO hard for me.

Lowball traverse. Love. These problems are all hard.

WAY more fun than I expected.

I sat and was like 'how TF' but then Rachel was like 'you're probably supposed to start on that hold' and pointed to a jug. So I squat started it. So fun.

It was wet and I STILL did it. Topped out with Onions Have Layers.

Minus one star because it gave me a flapper. The problems we did today were on the softer side. I love that.

Hilariously hard for the grade. Slightly lower quality rock. But I still had fun.

So fun!

This seemed way too easy. I didn’t climb up the upper slab. Possibly there’s a scary AF V6 crux up there? Aaron and I both agreed on V4.

Fucking fantastic!

So so hard and with a flexing crimp that’s definitely going to break on someone. I still had fun though.

Harder than I expected!

Probably V6 instead of the original V7 estimate, but maybe I’m just strong?

I don't think I can do End of the Line, but that's the only problem I have left before completing this boulder! The start beta is really fun for this one.

+3 stars for lowball mantle, -1 star for insecure slab above.

The top out felt way too scary this spring but the condies were perfect today and I felt so confident!

What a fun day at Hawk’s Nest with all the frens.

The ‘downclimb the move then re-upclimb it’ tactic was key on this one.

So close to a flash. I tried it with the obvious starting foot twice only to be completely unable to even establish on the problem. Then I did it feet first.

I originally thought this was V1 but the crux was HARD!

Aaron found me the fancy foot beta for the beginning. Sweet!

I was a little spooked topping it out. But I got a hand jam!

Easy lowball? Yes thank you!

2nd GO! Thanks for cleaning this thing off for me Aaron!! Anything I FAed in the past couple years and in the next few, just know that Aaron probably cleaned it off for me.

So pumpy.

There was a move at the extent of my reach. More fun for me than Aaron.

This boulder is so obvious that someone MUST have done it before me, but until someone tells me, I guess it's my dumpy V0 FA.

Zak did this starting way over to the side, but Rojeen and I started it the most obvious way.

Ooh so fun!

Lowball: my favorite

Such good holds and so few moves and yet... so hard.

I love mantles.

I had a GREAT day. So many new boulder problems.

A few painful holds, but I really liked it and am pretty excited to have done it!!

V0- is the best grade. Also I did this padless so I guess I technically finally soloed the Pinnacle. Yessss

Such nice holds!

More interesting than it appears at first glance.

I bailed at the last second off to the left a little for the topout, then Lisa did the top straight up. Did I get the FA technically or did she? JUST scary enough to be extra fun because of it.

A cool pinchy hold on this one

Lisa has a good eye

A good first warmup on this cold cold day

V1? V2? Hard to say.

V1? V2? Hard to say.

It’s perfect. Perhaps exactly my style and that’s why I think V3?

I tried this before and thought it was impossible but Lisa found the beta! It was actually pretty fun!

2 of the 3 of these are now cleaned off for the season. SO SANDY. I spent most of my day just cleaning this one and it's still not perfect.

I did the right exit first, then the left exit. It was JUST scary enough to make it more fun somehow?

Lisa and I did this in a day! We're such badasses.

This felt impossibly hard the last time I got on it (in like, 2014), but today it was doable! Thanks Lisa for figuring out the beta with me!

I had thought this was V5 so was disappointed to see V4 on here, but now that I’ve done it I think it’s accurate.

Had such a fun day

This one is pretty fun

This and Coup Attempt are right next to each other but they are 2 separate lines.

This and Model Citizen are right next to each other but can easily be 2 separate lines.

Finding the best beta is a little tricky

I think these will clean up to be pretty fun!

It's possible I flashed this. Who can remember. Anyway, the rock was not as good quality as I hoped, but these were still fun problems!

This one was actually LESS scary than I anticipated.

Big holds, bg moves, a little scarier than I'd like. You'll love it.

Okay, it’s POSSIBLE I’ve been on this before so it may not technically be a flash, but I think it was soaking wet last time I was at this boulder so I doubt I tried it.

Once I figured the beta out I really liked it. And it was the same difficulty for my tall friend who used different beta. Cool!

Minus one star for the landing. But it was so fun. I think easier than V5. Maybe V4? I'd believe V3 as well. Grades vary so much!

Despite its name, this was actually pretty fun! Dirty AF tho.

Did this with Donald. It was so hard until he figured it out.

Kinda scary. Bad landing. Fun moves though.

This is supposed to be V6 but there’s a key fingerlock that we must have just not known about. It may even get the downgrade to V3.

Tricksy getting off the ground. Perhaps a bit light in the grade.

Reed and I had a fabulous day re-scrubbing some obscure classics here. This was Reed's choice and what a good choice it was.

I loved this one even though it was wet. IDK if it ever dries out (I've only been there this one time so far), but it was a fun, burly, crack climb-y boulder problem. Doable even when damp. After you add some chalk.

It's a new area, so still a little chossy, but it'll clean up nicely. This was harder than I anticipated as a warmup.

This may be one of my favorite boulder problems ever. I'm too scared (and weak) to ever do the full problem, but the jug halfway out is a satisfying finish hold for others too scared and/or weak to climb the whole "Deep Fried" problem.

Some of the feet on the right block are still chossy and need to be cleaned up, but I don’t think it’ll change the grade much. The crux is the interesting topout.

Michael told me to do this like 8 times. Turns out he was right.

It could have been a flash if I hadn’t tried it a bunch one day 9 years ago.

I am surprised I haven’t done it before!

Obvi I loved this.

2nd GO

HARD!

Perfect amount of difficulty, less-than-perfect amount of skin taken.

These were just all wonderful.

Ooh this was so fun.

Tricksy

2nd GO. Broke the foothold on the first go.

No thanks to that original start, but this start feels safe but still awesome.

I loved everything on this boulder. This one has some fun big moves.

It felt easier to me than it looked for Aaron. Rock climbing is so fun.

Only one move. Maybe unworthy of being called a boulder problem. That being said, I had fun on it...

Not too bad despite the bad first hold.

So fun.

One big move. Had to find shorty beta

Loved it!

Pretty fun!

SHORT. And creative feet at the beginning.

rightmost on Scallywag Boulder. On the tall face (well, relatively tall).

I found a sidepull undercling that brought the grade down. Still not easy for me, but really fun.

I thought it was impossibly hard until I just... did it.

Kinda scary

Cool top!

Didn't climb like I expected it to

A little scary, but pretty fun.

Took me FOREVER

Am I just giving this 3 stars to thwart Aaron? Maybe. But I DID actually like it.

Good job on your first FA Andrea!

kinda scary. Loved ow awkward I got.

such cool holds

Hard but fun!

Gimme that V0-!

Scary. Start is contrived, so start wherever you want. It doesn't change the problem.

I love it when I get to kneebar my elbow. I did it on both of these.

There are multiple ways to do this. Both I did were fun.

hard beginning, but easier as you go up. The best kind.

took me lots of goes, lol

weird and fun

Twofer! Two mantles for the price of one!

Short and sweet!

Short and swee... harder than you expect.

Wow, what a fun climb.

Finding the best beta is fun

For some reason I had tried this but hadn't done it? Perhaps I didn't follow instructions well the first time. You're supposed to start 2/3 of the way up the boulder, though, so it really was V1. Especially after I filled in the puddle with rocks so I could use a crashpad.

I finally did this weird classic! I had so much fun. Except I didn't top it out because I got stuck up there the only other time I made it to the top of this boulder, and Micah wasn't there to literally carry me off the boulder.

Wow. We saw some chalk on this thing. It is fabulous. I did it 3-4 different ways, including the Crocodile beta in font (except over the side instead of over the front since I haven't figured out how to get my toes out there yet). This may be my new favorite boulder problem ever. No idea who did it first, but if it was you and you want to rename it, let me know!

I mantled as early as possible using Rojeen's beta for Justin's Motrcycle Gang.

Awkward. But I still liked it.

I THINK I FAed this?

I started this in the pockets instead of the undercling, and have it recorded as V2... Maybe that first move adds a lot?

2nd GO

Dyno for the shorties.

The perfect height. May need the downgrade to V5.

Lo,, this took so many tries.

Super easy but fun.

Super easy, but fun.

We saw a lobster wandering around at the base. Some may call it a crawfish, but it's a tiny lobster.

Stephen's FA. Tricky beginning.

I hand jammed

Woah, sick dual flash with Stephen!

Gimme those sweet sweet V2 roof problems!

Heard a rumor there was a way to static it. Turns out it's true.

This one's sort of shitty.

Some more V0s for this boulderfield full of V0s. All newbies should come here.

Thanks to Dave Moffatt for showing me it's possible. This is the correct height of boulder problem.

I actually really loved this one.

This one may be better than Goblinshark, but it's upper holds still have a lot of mud.

I tried this in my snow boots the first day I was here, so I technically didn't flash it.

Not 3 stars because the first hold is choss and you could fall to your death. Other than that, pretty fun.

I like the right variation better only because aretes are spooky up high for some reason. And by "high" I mean the boulder is, like, 10; tall. Still, such a fun climb.

Sick proj! Not too tall and short approach (though a boat is mandatory)

The first move is HUGE. But still only V3.

Harder than it looks. Not that cool.

Seems harder than "Friends of Coal" to me but not V4, so I'm giving it V3.

Shortest/right-most part of sunny face facing the water. V0- to a V1 topout. Not that cool, unfortunately. Lots of potential on this face though. AND you can walk to it. It'd be a long walk though.

Took a while to figure out the microbeta, but it took the grade down from, like, V7 to V4. Cool.

Again with the big moves, bit holds. Should become extremely popular with the boat-owning V1-climbing crowd. You're welcome, everyone.

Big moves, big holds. Hopefully people (you know, all the people that have boats) will love it.

I love tiny crimps, and even I thought this one was hard to hold onto. Until it suddenly wasn't.

No actual press for me, but it was still super fun.

Two kneebar mantle moves for the win! Eventually!

Cool but kinda scary. There are 2 V3s on this boulder. One felt substantially harder to me than the other. (it's not this one)

Foot slipped off on the first go. #frictionslab

Finally did this thing. I don't think I like tall arete boulder problems.

V2?! IDK about that. I mean, once I did the V1, 3, and 4 to warmup, I was finally ready to pull on those heinous crimps on that overhanging wall with tiny feet. THEN it felt V2-ish... I might upgrade this thang.

I was so excited to use that hueco. Harder than I expected, but so fun.

Based on how hard the V3 to the right was, I thought this would be much harder. Could be light in the grade. Fun though!

I curled around to the right side of the arete after the horizontal.

Sam Bailey said it was casual. Lies. It's terrifying.

I thought the tree would be in the way of the top. It isn't.

Tricky to figure out

You know what's fun? V0-.

One hard move, then easy to the top.

The start holds hurt, but the move to the pocket is SO COOL!

I remember this feeling impossible, but now with beta, I guess it IS possible. Hard for the grade still, though.

I did it too far right the first time. I used the arete. So I did it again with out the arete.

The theme of the day turned out to be lowball mantles. What more could a person ask for on their birthday?

May be easier if you're short.

Birthday send! When you have a lowball mantle theme to the day, sometimes the exception makes the theme. This was a midball (new word) dyno. Took many goes. Pretty excited about the send.

Pretty sure I tried this forever ago and failed, so no flash.

I made us stop at some throwaway warmups because I was so psyched and they were dry. When I came down after the first one, I discovered that Dan had berm chalking up the lowest of lowballs. Who knew we shared the love of scrunchy super lowball mantles. Just behind the warmups Purple and Kelly Green on the 3’ high boulder. Easier if your short.

This was more fun than the book gives it credit for.

FINALLY got brave enough to do the last couple moves by watching and gleaning beta/bravery. I had a pretty fun day in this cave today in the rain!

Big moves between big holds, not too tall and an A/C cave for warm days. What more could you ask for?

Avoiding big moves is the story of my life. Griffin found a way for me to lock off this dyno. I’ve been throwing myself off of this thing for years. Now it’s finally almost as easy as it’s supposed to be. Almost.

Wow! I didn’t think it was possible for shorties, but Rojeen the Beta Queen (no one has ever called her that) found some tricksy beta to skip the huge move.

I really liked this one. Tricky beta.

This is burly! I mean, nothing like Souvenir burly, but still burly! I loved it!

Wow, I never thought this would go down. 1 down, 1 still to go before sending everything at the Tuggin' Shack.

I have a record of doing this 6 months before, but no memory, and I've been projecting this thing for YEARS. How could I have forgotten?? Anyway, I KNOW I did it this time. Rojeen has the magic beta.

Wow, this one was SO HARD for me. One of my proudest sends ever. Stop trying to take it away from me by telling everyone it has to be an eliminate to be V7, everyone.

I only did the crux move twice, and I turned into a robot at the top.

Peilee FAed this one! This may also be a better downclimb than the corner climbers right of it.

This lowball is LOW. My favorite kind of boulder problem.

Tall, but the high moves feel secure.

Had to stack pads to reach the start holds. I ended up climbing this further right than the line shows.

Tall and scary. 2nd GO.

2nd GO! What!? Learned/used a new move called the pizza boy on this one. I think it fits the shorties really well.

This one's scary, but the psych was high and I remembered Natalie's key beta, as relayed by Rachel Scheffe. I really love the tiny climber community we have here.

The sharp crimps gave me a blood blister on my fingertip. I still liked it though.

An extra star because that day was SO fun.

Topout wasn't as bad as I remembered it seeming.

Elle's FA. Also the best downclimb, if you use both walls.

2nd GO

Turns out you can bend your arms and reach more holds! Took me a WHILE to remember that.

Who knows when I did all of these first. I'm disappointed in my lack of note taking skills.

Dunno when I first did this one... I think not really early on.

I don't remember if I got this first or if Deb got this first, but it was one of us.

Thanks, Matt Threlfall for finding this lowball traverse and then giving it a chance. I can't believe how fun it is!

I thought it was too tall, but turns out it's great and everyone should do it.

Classic big moves to big holds. Also conveniently located right on the express trail to the back of the boulderfield.

I thought this was impossible 9 years prior, when Dave Benedict FAed it. Guess I missed all the intermediates?

I thought this was hard!

I remember nothing about this.

Should this get the downgrade to V5?

Ol' Scheffe with that good good beta

2nd GO

2nd GO

One of the coolest problems at the New.

Foot slipped off on my first go. Much more fun than expected.

Tricksy. Hopefully the flake doesn't rip off.

I didn't top this out, but checked it off in the book. I did the same with Zen Cat in 2020 but didn't count it. Oh how my ethics have changed.

I gave it the downgrade. Used to be V4.

It's so rare to get a compression problem in the moderate grades. Grateful for every opportunity. Also: LOWBALL!!

Pretty sure I flashed this, so I'm giving it the downgrade from V5 to V4 on 27crags.

It's gone now. I wonder for got the LAST ascent?

Hard for the grade, I think.

2nd GO.

Really hard first move to easy moves. Not sure that math adds up to V2... may be harder.

I just skipped the V4 moves.

This problem is super lame, but that doesn't mean I don't love it.

2nd GO, bad beta.

More fun than I expected

I'm not sure this tick is accurate. On 8a I gave this thing V0 and called it a mantle? So maybe I did the direct variation? Lost to the fog of time. But it's checked off in my book...

A made up date for this FA that I don't have recorded for some reason. Get ready to have fore-arm rash. But you LOVE it.

A made up date for this whole wall.

A made up date for this whole wall.

This is the hardest on the wall. If the one hold didn't cut into my skin it'd also get 3 stars, but as it is, it's not a good warmup when you lose skin on it.

A made up date for this whole wall.

A made up date for this whole wall.

A made up date for this whole wall.

A made up date for this whole wall. I'm pretty sure I FAed all 4 problems.

A made up date for this whole wall. I'm pretty sure I FAed all 4 problems.

A made up date for this whole wall. I'm pretty sure I FAed all 4 problems.

A made up date for this whole wall. I'm pretty sure I FAed all 4 problems.

Who knows when I originally did these. They're so good though!

Who knows when I originally did these. They're so good though!

Damn, apparently I went down here in the summer! Braved the poison ivy!