Machine World Extension

There are several ways to start and extend the classic Machine World.  Here, I’ve described what I believe is the most popular and aesthetic variation to the problem.

Start about fifteen feet left of the usual Machine World jug start on a lefthand sloper and righthand crimp, with a large, high shelf for the left foot.  Make delicate moves right with poor feet to a few difficult (and unfortunately somewhat dabby) moves rounding the corner to join the starting jugs of Machine World.  Then climb Machine World.

Nota Bene:  The first edition of Charlie Barrett’s Tuolumne Meadows Bouldering (2014) seems to list the extension start as the start for the original V3.  (“Stand start on the left side of the wall about 10 feet before the steep section.”)  This is either a minor error or an inspired effort at sandbagging -- it would surely make this the hardest V3 in Yosemite!  For me, the extended problem is roughly comparable in difficulty to the Sentinel Traverse (though tricky to grade).

Pads.