Horse Flats Bouldering Teflon President Area

Horse Flats Bouldering Teflon President Area http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President_.html Named after Slick Willie (though I think Dubya has earned the title as well), this area is just outside the campground. The trail is relatively faint to this less-travelled area, but there are some great problems here (see below). There are two short use trails to this area, neither seeing much traffic. The easiest (yellow on map below) starts along the campground road at (34.343475N, -118.11302W), just before the road bends to the left and approaches the toilet. Head right from the road on a faint trail through open terrain, up and over a saddle, passing the 20’ Hill Top Block on your left. Once at the saddle, head right and down to the huge Teflon President boulder, picking your way carefully around the yuccas. (A friend of mine encountered a climber up here who was unfamiliar with yuccas and, assuming they were grass-like and not dagger-like, walked directly into one.) Alternatively (light blue on map below), across the road from the campsite before the toilet, head right on a decent trail. Just before you cross a small streambed, head to your right. Go uphill, staying to the right of the gully. The trail becomes visible as you gain height, and you’ll soon be in a position to drop down to your left to the Teflon President. Most of the problems in this area are documented in Fry’s book --Gymnasium (V2), Crossfire (V4), Exterminator (V5), Teflon Arete (V2R), Teflon President (V6), Launch Sequence (V4) and Mars or Bust (V5) come to mind. There’s potential for several very hard FAs--the arete left of Exterminator, and other lip traverses and faces on the Mars or Bust boulder, just below the Bonsai boulder. Questions or comments? Click here. Todd Battey on Teflon Arete. Bolts go up the face on the right, but the arete can be climbed from the left as well. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President_.html#0 8b6ed747-56f7-439e-b3d8-9e5f6a8d927b http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President__files/Media/264750-work-7109.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President__files/Media/264750-work-7109.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">Todd Battey on Teflon Arete.  Bolts go up the face on the right, but the arete can be climbed from the left as well.</p></div></div> Hill Top Block, with a V1/2 climbing the overhanging face. The low boulder at left has an easy lip traverse. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President_.html#1 d0ebbb84-71d5-453d-adad-3b1a58501af4 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President__files/Media/P2013042.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President__files/Media/P2013042.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Hill Top Block, with a V1/2 climbing the overhanging face.  The low boulder at left has an easy lip traverse.</p></div></div> The Teflon area viewed from the Hill-top Block. The Teflon President boulder is at lower right, and Teflon Arete is behind it. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President_.html#2 b5fee264-f0ec-4418-a857-321eff73aa7f http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President__files/Media/P2013044.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President__files/Media/P2013044.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The Teflon area viewed from the Hill-top Block.  The Teflon President boulder is at lower right, and Teflon Arete is behind it.</p></div></div> The Teflon President (V5/6) climbs the right arete. Launch Sequence (V4) follows underclings and sidepulls to an exciting dyno. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President_.html#3 2cadab89-e721-4043-aa85-727576e8e5ac http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President__files/Media/P2013045.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President__files/Media/P2013045.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The Teflon President (V5/6) climbs the right arete.  Launch Sequence (V4) follows underclings and sidepulls to an exciting dyno.</p></div></div> Exterminator (V5) follows the thin seam up this boulder. Crossfire (V4) climbs crimps on the right, and Gymnasium (V2) is around the right. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President_.html#4 e817375b-add5-4fb5-af9a-eda790f711b5 http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President__files/Media/P2013046.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President__files/Media/P2013046.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Exterminator (V5) follows the thin seam up this boulder.  Crossfire (V4) climbs crimps on the right, and Gymnasium (V2) is around the right.  </p></div></div> I’ve had this happen several times on Exterminator. It’s V5 despite what Fry’s guide says--some holds have broken since then. http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President_.html#5 409c31e1-dc3f-471c-aa26-bb14a2d9146d http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President__files/Media/25_bloody_knuckles.jpg?derivative=thumb http://www.earthrover.org/horse_flats/Photo_Tour/Pages/Teflon_President__files/Media/25_bloody_knuckles.jpg?derivative=micro

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<div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3">I’ve had this happen several times on Exterminator.  It’s V5 despite what Fry’s guide says--some holds have broken since then.</p></div></div>