Would be a classic if it were less easy slab with more moves down low, but nonetheless this line is a cool one. 

  Find the green face at the rear, downhill-most side of the boulder. Low on the right side of the green face, there is a low two-part flat rail 3.5ft off the ground under the long sloping ledge/rail that is at eye level. 

  Start low, matched on the small two-part crimp rail. Shoot up to the sloping rail and climb up to the right to work up the slab.

Sweet Nothing

Crucible

Teenagers From Massachusetts

Jolene

Folsom Prison

Friends In Low Places

Eastbound & Down

A Boy Named Sue

Farmer's Almanac

Small Talk Arête

Farmer's Almanac is an old Johnny Cash song (Im going with that theme in naming problems on this boulder now...) 

  Find "Small Talk Arête" and 6ft to the left of this is where Farmer's Almanac begins. 

  This is a low stand start and the place to begin is fairly vague. The best I can describe is (3 ft to the right of the close tree) find the two small crimps (one is on top of a flat drop stone, the other to the right of this sculpted into the rock) above the low steepness of the face.  

  The higher portion of the climb, up from the start, is vertical and trending into an easy slab up top. 

  Begin the climb and follow crimps and smooth holds up to the top where you can gain the massive split in the boulder, which is the top of "small talk arête".

A proud 15 line with great movement.  

  Stand start low at the base of the steep, wide arête feature (left of where you find boy named sue) around the left backside of the boulder. at the base of the arête feature, as it tapers to a low point, find the low left hand crimp rail and lower undercling (check out one of the photos I submitted. I wrote that my foot is inches above the start in the beta photo). 

  From the start, work directly up the steep wide arête using pinches and jugs low, a small undercling/sidepull, then to jugs further up followed by a thin fin pinch arête at the top.

The chill, feature filled wide crack to the right of Crucible. No worries if you can't crack climb, this thing is full of jugs and foot ledges. 

"Jolene" AKA "Family Jewels" 

  To the right of "Folsom Prison" and "Eastbound & Down" look for the large, close pine tree. In front of the pine, look up for the pinch hold that looks like the "coin pouch of a nude Greek statue" and stand start on a lower right sidepull and any left hand of your choosing. Off the stand start, hit the "coin pouch" pinch with your left, snd continue direct up the highball face into slab territory off the deck. Jugs, crimps, and rails the whole way! Mind the tree behind you.

Amazing and committing. 

  Find "A Boy Named Sue" and walk right for about 12ft to the wide/scooped/shallow dihedral in the highball wall. Look up the face to the high overhang for the small "notch" in-cut at about 18-20ft and this is where you roll over. 

  Stand start low on the face (or sit start for posterity) and climb direct past pleasant rails and not-quite-jug ledges. Reach the huge scoop/sidepull and lean over to grasp the lofty jug notch. Pull over the boulder's precipice, back and left, to gain the good holds over the boulders airy edge and slab up easily to better terrain for a walk over finish.

Sit start as per "A Boy Named Sue" but after a few moves (before working up to the big egg) break left across the top of the steep overhang and over the sketchy low block below (pads!). Continue working up and across the left face past crimps and into a higher jug. Jug up and out to the top out to the left.

Sit start as per "Boy Named Sue" but off of the start climb right, two or three moves, to the flat jug.  

  From the flat jug climb direct (you will be to the right of the close pine now) and up the tall face to top out just to the right of the close pine that is to the right of "A Boy Named Sue". 

  This line work up from the flat low jug ledge past big moves, pinches and a few crimps and open hand holds. Once you overcome and stand on the bulge, just a few moves separate you from the juggy top out. 

  --Note: There are at least two "suspect" flakes that would be wise to avoid on this line. I did not remove them as I did not rappel down before climbing the problem. One is a palm sized flake that isn't needed, and another was a nearby thin-faced crimp that also wasn't needed. Be careful and please inspect the line before climbing, but they are easily noticed.

One of the best full value moderates in Grayson. 

  Sit start on the right side of the steepest section at the front side of the Big Rig Boulder (4ft to the right of the big block that sits to the left of the roof). 

  The right start hand is a long side-pull crimp, the left crimps on a dropstone. Use the big ledge foot at the back of the roof to get off the ground.  

  Follow jugs up the continued steepness and climb toward the large basketball sized, egg shaped, protruding drop stone at 13ft. 

  Once at the big egg, overcome the bulge to gain the high crimp above, and finish with an easy topout.

Walk around to the back, downhill face. Look for the obvious huge split in the boulder. The left arête is this boulder problem. 

  Stand start higher up on the massive curved horn jug and climb up the skinny arête. Once at the top feel free to scramble up using the right boulder, but mostly just focus on the fun moves on the left, most obvious arête. Will go from the sit but it wont be as fun (the big start is just so perfect and easy, a sit would be pretty stupid). 

This is a beautiful, massive, dark, and fully featured boulder lower down the hillside in the Wild Wood Area. Big Rig is mainly comprised with very dark Metamorphic Sandstone loaded with enormous to tiny dropstones, but also has green Sandstone faces. From steep roofs to slabby uppers, youre going to find numerous angles and problems to suit any boulderers appetite. 

  I don't normally hand out a lot of 3-4 star ratings for GHSP just because I feel they should be reserved for pretty spectacular lines in each area. A few problems on this boulder deserve every star.

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