Another cool problem in the Javelina Cave, this one starts on the obvious down-slanted glued block.  Match on the almost-jug, squeeze your core, and find a way to make a move into decent edges above.  The finish is easy but committing.

Javelina Right

Bush of Evil

Javelina Center

Lip Traverse East

A-Frame Crimps

Maximum Value

The Arete

Javelina Left

Bad Pinch, Bad!

Drilled Pockets

No Pockets

F in A Dyno

Hueco Placebo

Little Guy

Underframe Traverse

Other Warm-up

Block Pinch

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Tage Der Schurzen

The Rails

The "O" Dyno

Pocket Stuffer

Silverbell Lip Traverse

Starting on the obvious jug just right of Javelina Left is fun little problem.  Move up and right making use of the glued undercling and then on to decent holds and a cool topout.

Sit start on a small left crimp and a small right side pull crimp.  Do a hard pull to get off the ground and climb straight up on slopers to a mantle.

Start matched in undercling at 5' high to the left of touching boulders.  climb up and slightly right to a toss for the lip.

Nice lip warm up on the right hand (east) side of the main boulder. The crux is finding the requisite feet to top out as you traverse R to L on the lip up to just before the convergence of the larger boulder with the A-Frame boulder. Great hands the whole way (it is a lip after all), albeit sharp in places.

Just right of The Arete sits an obvious crimp line.  Start with a left hand on a good sidepull and a right hand on slopey sidepull, move to the obvious crimp, and find a way to the top.  One of the few hard boulder problems in Tucson that stays in the shade.  Try starting matched on the left sidepull for a bit more oomph and bit more directness.

Climb the Lip Traverse, do a hard transition into the Underframe traverse and top-out.  Super long with the hard crux at the end of the hardest section.

On the non-drilled side of the A-Frame lies this surprisingly fun arete problem.  Start low, move right and use heels and hugs to setup for a dynamic ending.  It is also possible to go left from the start for a much more mellow ride (v3).

A marathon boulder problem by Tucson standards (10+ moves), Javelina Left starts on a right facing block at the base of the seam just as the cave itself becomes accessible.  Prepare for a good hamstring burn as you utilize multiple heel hooks to move left and up through pinches, edges, crimps, and slopers.   Finishes a little off the deck with a terrible landing.  Try to stay right on the positive edge on the face as it is hollow and certain to pop someday.  Don't be the 'popper'.

Sit start below the starting pinch of Block Pinch.  Left hand on very low sidepull crimp and left hand on bad pocket/pinch.  Make one VERY hard move to the block and finish that problem.  (*hint*  Right heal hook)

A lot like climbing in the gym as these holds are comfy and not natural.  Long gymnastic movement up the very nice angle of the left side of the A frame.  Go right = V5, Go left = V4.

Sit start on the big block jug on the A-Frame side of the boulder.  Climb the line of crimps between Drilled Pockets and Hueco Placibo.  Exit right.  All pockets on Drilled Pockets are off.

Start on the two side pulls for "A-Frame Crimps" and dyno to the lip.  Thats right, dyno.  It's already hard to establish for the V8, then add a hard 5ft dyno from there to the top.

On the A-Frame left wall sit-down start with both hands on block. Head straight up and left using a bad edge to dyno to the sloper at the top. Head out left on crimps from the sloper and top out once possible. Named it "Hueco Placebo" before I went to Hueco out of anticipation. Consenseus is V6, but is anyone has any insights on grades please comment.

Sit start on the low hueco jug at 2ft.  Climb up to the undercling start of Guy and finish it up.

Start on sloping block pinch on a faint arete in the middle o the wall below the lip. Traverse right on holds in the middle of the wall and top-out on the other side of the two boulders touching.

Sit start on sharp holds and climb straight up on good holds.

Start on block pinch at 5ft.  Climb up and left to the lip and top-out.

Sit start to the right of "Bush of Evil" with a right hand in a good undercling pocket.  Hit the lip holds and mantle.

Sit start to A-Frame Crimps.  Start on Left hand block and small jagged crimp for the right.  Move up and to the right on small holds and powerful moves to finish on A-Frame Crimps. Hard moves to a committing toss to the top off a small left hand crimp.

Excellent problem.  If Tucson has a list of classic boulder problems, then this is right up there with the best of them.   

  Begin at the left of the undercut and traverse right on small edges to a crux gaston move and throw for the lip.  Depending on one's height, this is a feet-off very dynamic move.  Throw a heel and top out.  Enjoy.

Start on "the Rails" and climb a more direct way to the top.  Use shallow left pocket and dyno to the lip.

Far right on the drilled wall is a stellar short boulder problem.  Starting on a good right hand edge and a left hand gaston in a dish, move to the positive open-handed edge, reset feet, and fire long to the slot crimp.  Reset feet again and huck to the lip.  Classic power moves on steep rock.  One of Tucson's best.  The low start from the obvious crimps adds two interesting body tension heavy moves, bumping the difficulty up a grade or two.

This is the only thing resembling a warmup near the upper boulders.  Start on The Rails and move up and left to a big pocket.  Gain the lip and from there traverse right, topping out on big jugs just before you get to the A-frame.

This upper boulder is located a 5-to-10-minute hike from the road and is at the base of the cliffs on the ridge above the road.  From the lower boulders, this looks like a flat rock with no height to it at all.  It is obscured by vegetation on all sides, and the A frame is around the back, but is easy to identify as you hike around the right side of the larger boulder.  The A frame houses the best problem at Silverbell, The Rails (V6), as well as the drilled-pocket problems (V4-5).   

  Hiking around the left you will notice a large undercut.  This is the Javelina cave.  I have never actually seen the Javelina, but there is much evidence (crap) that they inhabit the cave.

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Routes in Javelina Cave and the A Frame