Merkenstein

Start at juggy arete, go Stiegergasse backwards into slow mode. FA Mario Lackner

Starts on the lowest crimp on the arete for the left hand and on the three-finger undercling in the roof for the right hand. Normally the exit is climbed over Tarzan after the first moves. The direct version staying under the belly of the arete without the big feature in the middle of Tarzan is still a project.

standstart of slowmode. stem your way up the tricky dithedral over the big pebble to the finish jug.

THE right and logical ending for the classic stiegergasse! climbed with direct finish up the big belly to the end of tarzan and sidewinder. FA Mario Lackner

another very cool but maybe a bit contrived variation... stiegergasse with the logical direct ending just like "stiegergasse direkt", but climbed straight under the belly to the top without using the big ramp/jug structure of tarzan around the corner for hands or feet. 8A/8A+ grade suggestion, depends a bit on how you fit the boulder and the beta of the transition at the left arete! FA Christoph Koehler

THE merkenstein classic.

stiegergasse to the old traverse ending and finish out to the left into the upper part of bepanthen plus. FA Mario Lackner

a Merkenstein classic! Named after the viennese street adress of Roman Patlik, one of the early developers of the area and the author of the first boulder guide to the Wienerwald. starts at the Aga Uga Iga jug and follows the ramp to the left and around the corner. ends at a hidden jug on top of the bloc, just above the double crimp and sidepull feature in the middle of tarzan. originally climbed as a traverse to the starting holds of tarzan, the bloc boulder finish was added later, both variations are of the same difficulty. very hard for the grade, probably more like 7C+! FA Roman Patlik

direct exit of aga uga iga, slightly to the right to the top via a view crimps from the big jug after the jump. FA Thomas Schifer

starts just like Uga Aga Iga and Stiegergasse, finishes straight up over the blunt dithedral to a jug. FA Christoph Helma

from the right jug with a tricky sequence into the big jug of uga aga iga, same exit. many possible variations but probably a bit morpho and on the harder side for smaller climbers.

Left low sitdown-start to confusion on the big jug close to the ground. From the start jug head to a sloping pocket feature and match to another one next to it, then bust a big move out right into the sharp crimp used with the left hand in the original crouching start version of the boulder. Do a big shouldery move to gain the big feature of confusion and finish up right into the dropoff jugs. FA Christoph Koehler

Start crouching with low sidepull left hand and the obvious crimp right handed and go diagonally to the right, finishing on the two jugs in the middle of the wall with a drop off (end of base session). FA Christoph Koehler

short, powerful and very hard. Basically a single mover... ends on the upper big jug in the middle of the wall. starts sitting with what you can reach, normally a crimp-slot right hand and small two/three finger pocket or a incut pebble for the left hand. the exit variations going right and left are open projects in the highend range... FA Thomas Schifer