The Process | 8C+ Boulder problem at The Buttermilks

United States / California / Inyo County
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Highball. Extension of Blood Meridian. Grade breakdown: 8B 8B 7C+.

Adds an 8B on top of Blood Meridian before a spicy 7C+ sequence at ~20ft to gain the slab.

Since the first ascent the problem has broken a couple of times and has been glued back together both times.

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remus
62 contributions since 7th April 2021.
AfricanSasquatch
8 contributions since 12th November 2025.

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5 successful ascents recorded.

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References

[1] https://twitter.com/SeaOfCzars/status/556695699039850497

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr8wPSCsKMc

[3] https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2015/01/woods_climbs_the_process_on_grandpa_peabody-69447

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzn43YOyaLk

[5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZJW5IcTaA4

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/C4OUl4YvYHb/?img_index=1

[2] https://www.8a.nu/news/zach-galla-completes-the-process-8c%2B-z7wml

[3] https://www.instagram.com/p/C4OjU7Wy5bX/

[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIZGfb-i1N0

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DETnLuSSGaN/

Had a gnarley topout experience numb as a mf on the v6/7 outro boulder. Tried probably the hardest I’ve ever tried on a v2 move and it was simple walking from there! [2]

References

[1] https://www.instagram.com/p/DF6I_HiyYtV/?img_index=1

[2] https://www.8a.nu/news/adam-shahar-comments-the-process-8c%2B

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TXclSe-D9U

[4] https://fanatic-climbing.com/adam-shahar-repete-the-process-8c-adam-shahar-repeats-the-process-8c/

For me, this is the dopest climb I have ever done. I’m not sure it could get much doper. [1]

References

[1] https://www.8a.nu/crags/bouldering/united-states/buttermilks/sectors/grandpa-peabody/routes/the-process

[2] https://www.instagram.com/p/DSYeVIAEqlJ/