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Welcome!  Hinkley is a climbing area in Northern Ohio.  It has really nice sandstone with
some great problems!  Is it a destination?  NO WAY!  In fact, it's not that great.  Lots of
contrivances and uninspiring easy problems.  However, there are some standouts and
some great hard problems have recently gone up.  The potential is almost nothing as I
have searched and cleaned every possible nook and cranny.  There are about 80
problems, but 50 are contrived.  Here are some photos of some of the greats:
Steph pulls through on
"Breaking the Law."  
This is an awesome V7
that I sent after she
figured out the beta.  
Siemay just got the 2nd
ascent.
    "Freedom" V9 @ Hinkley.  Short and powerful.  a neat 1 star problem.
ABOVE:  John Kuhns lovin' Hinkley's wonderful    
          sandstone holds.

LEFT:  "Freeloader" V5.  Really good 2 star              
          problem also on the "skull boulder."  You        
          can see Freedom's dismal start holds to the   
          lower right.
Above:  Noah on a fun 5.11 highball.

Right:  Siemay on "The Ark" boulder.  Discovered  
       last year, this boulder yielded about 5 quality    
       problems, one of which has not gone and is      
       maybe V12ish.

    Metoilus now uses this picture of Siemay on       
     their awesome superchalk product.  The best     
     chalk on the planet!
ABOVE:  "Journey to the Sun" V6.  One
of the funnest lines at Hinkley!
Noah on the Skull Boulder.  This is a really great boulder at Hinkley.


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