A steep, powerful problem!Start low with a left hand on the quite thin but obvious "slot-like" feature and a right hand on a blocky hold just below the large dirty jug slot. To my knowledge this dirty jug slot is not on. The right start hold will have a golfball-ish sized nub on the left side of it. Power up the compression overhand utlizing blocky crimp features and heelhooks until you reach the jugs below the lip.  Topout straight up.

Brunson Bunker

The Arkenstone

Merry

Smaug

Elevenses

Pippin

Sit start, move right and top out. I believe this problem was originally done by John Brunson and named Merry & Pippin. Since an obvious direct finish exists, I split the names between the two variations.

A Maryland classic!  Start low on a blocky left hand crimp and with a right hand on the large rail feature. The large smeary block and smeary rail (about 1 inch wide) are on. Move up right to the jug, then over along the slot. Move up to the slopey crimp, make a hard move directly up to the top of the flake feature. Past this large flake feature there is a a crimpy pinch, and another pointed flake just before the topout. Topout with care, as a fall from here would not be fun. There are a few loose rocks in the dirt over the topout. DO NOT GRAB THEM. They are very loose. 

Start under the roof with a left hand on the crimp flake beneath the roof and a right hand around the lip on the vertical sidecling. Power to a incut crimp beneath the roof, slap along the lip, and finally make a powerful move off of the incut crimp to the opposite lip on the other side of the boulder.  Topout around the same face of the boulder you started on.  See topo for details.

Same sit start as Merry and Pippin, but move left to the slab then top out. The movement to the slab is the crux.If this problem was previously done and you know the name, please let me know. 

This is Merry direct; same sit start as Merry, but go to the small crimp and top out.

Another small boulder field along the South Branch of the Patapsco River. Six problems are currently established at Erebor, there's potential for a few more but require heavy cleaning. I didn't find an historical name for this area, so, considering the names of the other established problems, I'm calling it Erebor.Routes (L->R, Top->Bottom): Brunson Bunker, The Arkenstone, Smaug, Elevenses, Pippin, and Merry

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