Brownwood Projects

We woke up early (an hour behind schedule) and headed down to Brownwood today for a few hours. There was a group of locals and boyscouts out cleaning the crag, which suprised us because we haven't seen evidence of anyone out there in about a year. The more the merrier. The cliffs are pretty popular for local swimmers and drinkers, and the trash and broken glass collect all over. A little cleaning here and there goes a long way.
We set to work on a couple projects discovered earlier in the week. I've walked by this boulder next to Stone Monkeys (aka Slap That) several times and only climbed on one not-so-great problem on the right side of the boulder. But after heavy scrubbing on tuesday, a sequence revealed itself on the left side of the boulder.
On tuesday i was able to put up a direct start, and a right variation that ups the grade quite a bit. But the real jewel is a sit start on the far right of the boulder which stays low and traverses into the meat of the original. When it goes, it'll be the hardest boulder problem I've established.
Below are some pictures of duke and joel working the direct version, and me on the project. Thanks Lindsey for being a such a dedicated photographer.