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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:
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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.
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"Freedom" V9 @ Hinkley. Short and powerful. a neat 1 star problem.
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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.
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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!
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ABOVE: "Journey to the Sun" V6. One of the funnest lines at Hinkley!
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Noah on the Skull Boulder. This is a really great boulder at Hinkley.
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