by Mick Ryan – UKClimbing.com click to enlarge This was several years ago at the Bachar Boulders, a small volcanic bouldering area near Mammoth Lakes, California. The area was named after you-know-who. Now don´t try this at home folks, it´s an advanced warming up technique that Chris F(UKC Profile) excecuted before cruising most of the problems at the Bachar Boulders (click on thumbnail photo) and nearby Deadman´s Summit, two old skool bouldering areas. Excuse the quality, or lack of, as this was taken on my Minolta Dimage 7i, my first digital camera that served me well in the high desert and High Sierra for several years. Have a great weekend and if you are at the Lakes Festival of Climbing the pints are on our editor, Jack Geldard.


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