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Just Keep Swimming

One of the harder problems at Hurd Lake's 22 catalogued boulders.

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One of the harder boulder problems at Hurd Lake, where the 22 catalogued climbs span from V0 to V7-8.

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Hurd Lake — the crag this route is on
Hurd Lake, California — this photo shows the crag, not this individual route.Photo: daveynin from United States, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

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