Start as low as possible with left hand on left side and right and on right side of arete.  Climb up and good holds to a fun and easy top out.

Group Hug

Merky Bottom Boys

The crux involves utilizing a toe hook-heel hook compression move to get your right hand over and up on a better hold.  Some very fun and different movement relative to the redundant pocketed limestone found in the area. 

  Just like the Boulder's Description, this specific side of it is usually moist, mossy  and muddy during the spring and summer.  If you find it on a dry day, you should not pass this climb up.

Boulder left of Community College Boulder.  The Cave section is wet all summer but once the humidity calms down in the fall it tends to dry out.  If your the first to climb it during the fall be sure to bring plenty of brushes and chalk to clean out the mud that has accumulated during the rainy season.

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Routes in Merky Bottom Boulder