Parker and I took the afternoon off to explore the area and see what we could find.

Cresting this route for the first time, took me several tries to figure out where to put my hands to start - tried several different starting positions then all of the sudden I had it. Kind of reminded me of "Hobbiton" at Governnor Stable - I'm not sure if this route has been named or rated yet.

Whoever "created" this route must have been tall, cause I can't do the dyno. So, I did a sit start variation and worked my way up and over. It was fun and have done it several times.

Mike Kelly's warm-up climb ... let me tell you, he will do it over and over until he gets it ... and then again to just to make sure. Once he tops it, he's ready to move on to the bigger and harder climbs elsewhere at Rock Run.

Mike Kelly crimping, pinching and palming his way up the edge. He is a better man than I.

This is bad voodoo located in the wave area on the wave boulder. This is the tallest boulder in the upper left corner. This is one bad problem and very frustrating!!!! every attempt is different and you better bring your A game.....

John cranking the dyno on the face of the Metamorphic Boulder in The Gully area of Rock Run

Picture of myself, Kevin, sticking the dyno on the right side arete of the Metamorphic Boulder in The Gully area.

My First accent of Bad Voodoo

This is another angle of a huge boulder that has some water running through it on the other side. There is a nice place to walk up to it....but not easily topped. It's really blank.....I've got to hand it to Jon for even spotting this one out..... This is definitly one way to get your climbing fix in.

This is Jon Derr pulling the skin off his fingers in the middle of Janualy. Even in the middle of the river he finds some pretty ridiculous climbs and moisture doesn't stop him.

John Derr putting up the first assent on "Pulling away from the Devels grasp" on the "Spear Gun Boulder". A really impressive assent on this beautyful V7 located in the Old Miners Trail area.

This is probably the biggest of all of the waterfalls in the Old Miners trail area. Its really nice to be able to climb in an area with such beauty.

The water was very high the day I took this picture so I snaped a shot of it from a boulder in the stream. This waterfall is a constant presence while climbing on the High Noon boulder and is just one of many beautiful falls in the area.

John is matched on the slopy jug just be for reaching for the finishing crimpers on the lip. A pretty difficult problem, all of the holds are very water polished.

Fun Problem called Land of the lost on the Sleestack boulder. Another nice line right next to the stream in the Old Miners Trail area. photo credit John Derr

This is one of my favorite place to end the day in Rock Run. The approach is a thirty foot walk from the parking area right next to a water fall, and there are many nice sloper problems to enjoy.

This is John Derr making the first assent on "The Perfect Rail" located on the "Rim of the Cradle" boulder. He has been chomping at the bit to do a lot of the lines in the old miners trail. We cleaned them off a while ago but this is the first that conditions have been good in this area for a while.

This problem is located on the opposite side of "The Perfect Rail". We didn't send this problem today but the line is ripe for the picking. A really cool problem located in the midst of a beautiful stream running down the mountain side.

We just put this problem up today and got its name because after climbing it I exclaimed, man this is Thin as Balls and that became its name. Not terribly hard but very fun probably around the V1 range, its just thin and technical.

This is a pic of John working on a new project called slither. Its named this because of the odd way you start the problem. Obviously one of the most beautyful settings in the area.

These are just a few of the amazing boulders located just along the old miners trail of Rock Run. There are many undeveloped routes on all three of these boulders all of which will be classics. In this picture is just one of the many waterfalls in the stream that the old miner's trial follows. Blood Orchid is the smaller boulder on the left. The one in the middle is called the Spear Gun boulder and the one on the right is Noah's prow

My buddy John Derr took this pic on a cold winter day bouldering in Rock Run with the exposure all the way open and got this ominous but cool looking picture.

Here is a pic of Jon Derr making diamonds in the rough look way too easy. I wish I was from the same planet as him. Photo credit: Brian Hiller

This route its called Diamonds in the rough and is in the V4 range. It starts in a coal seam and traverses under the roof to big jugs on the lip and the crux is a reachy top out. It is a super fun beautiful route. Photo credit: Brian Hiller