Tuesday, October 20, 2009

10-17-09: Do-bop

Hey everyone! Do-bop is a great problem (one of the more interesting for the grade in the valley) located directly below Lower Cathedral Rock. This area doesn't get a lot of traffic but is easily accessible and has some very interesting rock. Check out pg. 38 of the Yosemite Bouldering guidebook for approach and problem description. There are several other lines in the immediate zone, the highlight of which is a hard to describe slopey lip traverse/ arete/ overhang called Squirrel [v6] that Jacob Copeland cleaned and climbed a couple years back. Stellar moves with amazing rock! Without further ado, here is a video of Natasha climbing Do-bop. Enjoy!
-scott

5 comments:

scott said...

does anybody know who put this problem up?

TKingsbury said...

Wow, nice problem!

Lyn said...

Speculation says Dean Potter, but not positive.

Natasha said...

My new favorite!!

James said...

I second the Potter rumor