This year my choice of boulder was influenced by the Castle Hill NZ experiences from earlier in April & May. It's a lot of slopers, mantels, and hard top-outs. The red stones up here have the same feel but the rock is even smoother. Most of these type of boulders are further up the valley which is good as its a bit colder and less vegetation. Only the smoothest red stones are ready to climb all the rest take some hard brushing with plastic brush, toothbrush is OK, but bigger brush is good also.

2003 was much wetter than the year before and I got stuck in dripping goofas a few times. Big storms up at Shiragoru and sometimes for 3 or 4 days straight! My best time was in october when it was so cold and dry - perfect and everybody gone the whole valley empty.

solang valley	positive medicen, 7a+	i c red, 7b	storming heaven, 7b+	captain fidalgo, 7a+
stonecrazy	doctor fidalgo 7b+	choc'o'chai chino, 6a+	Kami	shakshom
chotadara	feefi fo, 6c	red is the vision, 7b	far out	mind extension, 7c
mind extension, 7c	mind on fire, 7b	ng traverse, 6b	ice goofa, 6c	sankedabba
shanti shepherd, 7a+	horseshit	shanti shepherd, 7a+	'font like', 6c	5-10 snacks
smiling baba, 7a	smiling buddha, 7b	psycheedelicat, 7b	red effect	truck smash
shakshom slab	twirling dervish, 6c	laloo	strolling into heaven	aqred, 6b
goofa city, 7a+	mumbleom, 7b+	Blood of the stone, 6c	special stone