Name: PA Bouldering
Instagram: @pabouldering
Height: 5'7
Climb: Hungry Ghost (V9)
Location: Worlds End, PA
Details: A dark, moody and impenetrable forest shields a mini cave of wonderful quartzite sandstone from prying eyes on every boulder developer’s favorite toolkit of satellite images. I found this roof on the way to the other side of the mountain. Instead of off trail hiking, that day I jumped on a wide old road closed off State Forest gate I saw driving in. Longer but, easier I thought.
The hike was flat and easy on this old mining road. I popped in some headphones and started to power walk; borderline jog. I entered the thick and dark forest and it seemed like this mid afternoon day was now almost night. Kinda spooky to be truthful, but that’s how Hemlock forests work on a north facing hill. Even from the trail, I barely recognized the cave. What caught my eye was the outcrop to the right. I walked over to investigate.
I pulled out my phone and shined lights on all the holds underneath the cave. As a climber my preferred style is long power endurance roof/steep climbing. This roof had a continuous set of holds end to end. I ran back to the car. Grabbed some chalk, lights (required even at mid day) and pads. Came back and did the most obvious line Young Ghosts v6 and the direct exit to the left start Ouija v10. I packed up drove home syked, then it snowed the next day.
A year later, brought some friends to see this awesome roof. I had my thoughts fixated on the complete left to right project. I was able to grab the first ascent on my second go. It took the 2 lines I did the year prior and combined them to the full link. It was great sharing the roof with friends that day. A friend said to me, “PA doesn’t have a lot of roofs”. Well, I have to disagree.
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