Wedgwood boulder

[fatswaller]

Steve Ansell,there is a name from the past.He's probably

more well known in the music world.Last time I talked to

him,he was holding down a viola chair for the Pittsburgh

Symphony Orchestra.Quite an accomphished cat.Don't know

if he's been climbing lately but I'm sure he's good off

the couch.

[Lowell_Skoog]

One time I visited Wedgewood Boulder with a copy of Climbing in North America and compared the picture to the real thing. I'm pretty sure it's the same rock.

 

Wolf Bauer was probably the first person to use the rock for organized climbing practice, in the mid-1930s. That's where he took the Boy Scouts who later became the Ptarmigan Climbing Club.

 

Here's a photo caption from REI: 50 Years of Climbing Together by Harvey Manning. Sounds like Wedgewood Boulder has a "colorful" history:

 

Variously called "Big Rock," "Glacier Boulder," and "Wedgewood Rock," this large glacial erratic was the scene of many early rock climbing practices such as the one shown which occurred about 1935. Climbers and property owner coexisted peacefully until 1948 when Fred Beckey and Pete Schoening were chased off for reasons unknown. The chagrined climbers returned that night and painted the entire rock yellow with red polka dots. For some reason the locals liked it and to this day regularly repaint the boulder, although without the polka dots (Lloyd Anderson collection).

 

When I visited the rock a couple summers ago, it looked like the last coat was gray paint. It was slippery and not too good for climbing.

[Mos_Chillin]

Grandma lived two blocks from that boulder for 25 years, it was part of my playground while I was growing up.

[thatguy]

That was my neighborhood growing up in the 60's...we got chased off every time...never made it to the top. But now I have the Langley rock. more better