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The absolute
musts are, The Pinch, Left and Right Eliminator, & Ben's Arete,
and of course Jerry's traverse, just kidding. Read Masters of Rock
and if you get a chance, make the pilgrimage. John Gill, respect!
you're the man. Click
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For
myself, the homeland of bouldering is in Fort Collins, Colorado,
USA. I had read "Masters of Rock" so many times, I knew all the
words before I read them, but I was so inspired and motivated I
read them again anyway. John Gill's, 'The Left & Right Eliminator',
'The Pinch' on the Mental Block. What names! One of my favourite
articles of all time was of John Long's story of 'The Pinch', it
just looks so good and hard. 
Even
if you go there now, you can see the small white arrows, Gill painted
on the rock all those years ago to show where the boulder problems
go. I was there the first time in '82.I took the book up to the
boulders and ticked the photos and problems off one by one. I can't
begin to describe the thrill at 19 years of age to be able to go
and do such problems. Looking back, it was like the Garden of 
Eden,
except the 'bird' didn't bother with the apple and the bloke went
bouldering, the bloke was Gill. It's where it all started, it's
still there and guess what, if your good enough, you can tick some
of the best problems in the World, and these babies have real pedigree?
Just go for a day, there is not loads to do, but what there is,
is quality. 
