This problem begins under the south roof of the sculpture with a sit start under the southwest leg of the sculpture (see beta photo). Love the roof!

The spire roof problem

Match Maker, Match Maker

Bolton Traverse

Enyinyering

Southeast Arrete of the EMS Spire

This problem is on the EMS spire and ascends beautiful and gritty concrete. It is without a doubt one of the best problems available to looped out students anywhere on the UW-Milwaukee campus.  Sit start is recommended.  Begin on the southeast arete of the spire and traverse clockwise to a gnarly high foot/ full on mantle to the platform on the west side of the spire.  Those who dare to go to the top of the spire get bonus V points, but it is strongly recommended against due to the structurally degraded concrete up there.

If you're facing the wall, it takes up the entire far left section.  Begins with a three point start (standing height), one move up/right, and the rest take you horizontal right (over the bench) to end the problem on the top rail (behind the support beam).     It was well marked in blue chalk from start to finish on 6/10/12.

This is located in and and near the enclosed walkway connecting the Student Union with Bolton Hall. The indoor section runs the length of the only solid wall in an otherwise glass walkway, while the outdoor section runs to the west along Bolton Hall's south wall. The outdoor plaza (under construction) is accessible via double-doors from the walkway. 

  This problem can be approached and completed in dozens of ways. The climber is limited only by his or her imagination. This is really more of a whole buildering location than a single route, but given the sporadic patterning on the wall, well-defined problems or routes are hard to codify or repeat. This traverse, in my eyes, is best utilized by climbing laterally - without using the ledge at the top - to build endurance. Individual problems or routes could be mapped out by climbers upon arrival .  

  Indoors or outdoors, the climber may choose to sit-start at literally any point and climb vertically or traverse laterally to the heart's content. The edges are ~3/4 to ~1 inch deep, with a small lip to the climber's advantage in many spots. There's a deeper ledge running the length of the wall at the very top. 

  Inside, the otherwise unbroken decorative wall is split by a vertical gap roughly 2 or 3 inches wide running the height of the wall. This can easily be lay-backed & flagged for a modest crack-climb. The gap is maybe 6 - 10 ft from the Bolton Hall doors and barely visible in the "detail" indoor photo. It runs basically parallel to the line in the floor all the way at the end. 

  As of the summer of 2012, the small plaza between the Union and Bolton hall is under construction, and a large swath of the outdoor wall is enclosed behind construction fencing. Technically, the entire section is still accessible.  

  Lastly, many of the edges in the indoor section - because they're not exposed to the elements - are quite dusty, adding an additional challenge when traversing indoors.

Run and kick off the wall to start with a side-pull/undercling on the concrete awning. Work up to the top and throw up a heel to mantle.

This site is a buildering wall In Bolton Hall. it is decritive brick. Make sure u go in the moring, or at night. We haven't had any problems so far. But you never know when you will run into the wrong person who just doesn't know what we are up too.

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