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Deep Wood V4

Aug 20 2022

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Of the 1000+ boulder problems I've climbed and documented over the years, Ghislain's Deep Wood V4 was the very last OG problem I found. GREAT name. Before the days of GPS, sattelites, and drones we used treasure maps to locate boulders.

Finding Deep Wood V4 3 km into the Grover bush with NO TRAILS using the following sketch was more difficult than finding the lost city of Atlantis:

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The boulder itself was so covered in trees it couldn't be seen until you were right beside it.

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After such an epic hike, the boys couldn't be bothered to clean the boulder, so they climbed AROUND the dead tree and included it in the official topo description:

Deep Wood V7
"Traverse the left arete moving under a log."

LOL! Needless to say, without the mushroom farm as an obstacle, it's not a V7 (but a dramatically better climb). With cleaning and trails it makes the Black Beast area a fantastic spot with enough climbs to spend a whole session.

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