The first ascent of this and every conceivable variation on this boulder was climbed years ago in the ‘70s by the legendary Bob Murray. Bob is best known for his problems in the SW, especially Hueco. His lines on the now-closed Mushroom Boulder are world class. Before he relocated to the SW, he got his start on the east coast. Start on the big jug slot and traverse up and right to a crimp horizontal. Follow this until it ends and finish up the right facing corner. V6 GunksAppGuide

Marrakesh Express, aka Murrays Traverse

Marrakesh, aka Nameless Traverse

The Following

Alex's problem

Backside Problem

Yikes

The Meaning of Life

Marrakesh Dyno, aka Murray Dyno

Nameless Traverse II

Bear Feat

Climb up and left starting 1-2 feet left of Murray's Traverse.

Start with your hands in the horizontal under the roof. Work up and right through several layers of horizontals to a right facing flake. Top out above. This problem has great moves on good holds to a highball top out that will test your nerve. If you like this, wait until you try its variant listed as a second problem in the guide.

 The Gunks App gives it the name "Bein-Stannard" in honor of the probable first ascensionists.

A popular first v5. Good moves to good holds, this route is surprisingly juggy.

 Hop down into the pit. start in the bottom right block, and work your way up following the right side. Believe it or not, that monster jug on the right side is on. I've heard that eliminating that jug + arete makes this climb go at a v7. 

A fine line that weaves itself in between The Meaning of Life and The Following. Start on the large chalked block in the center of the boulder, climb straight up through the middle, thread the needle between your neighbors, and avoid the crimp rails of the Meaning of Life (despite how close and inviting they may be - not used for hands/feet) and the jugs of the Following. A powerful move guards top, but good news! if you fall here, you fall a total of one foot to the edge of the boulder that rises behind you. A fun climb.

 Note: I'm not sure if this is actually an FA, or whether or not this boulder has been done before. It's hard to imagine anything new at this point on carriage road. If anyone knows, please let me or an admin know and corrections can be made. Bobby sent it before me, after i cleaned/chalked holds and spent some time sussing out beta.

It's not often that you find a V0 with this many great steep moves and heel hooks.  The holds are great so despite the angle it gets the stated grade.  Walk around the right side of the Nameless boulder to find the start of this classic amongst the talus.  Get your left hand on the edge and your right hand in a good horizontal hold.  Climb and hook your way up and out of the cave through a half a dozen good holds to the top out above.

A Gunks classic FA'd by Paul Robinson back in the day. Aptly named, the first thing you notice when you see this thing is how totally rad it looks (and it climbs just as good), and the fall zone. While the landing has been dramatically improved over the years, a powerful toss to a sloper and a committing move to the lip add some spice factor. A spotter or two is definitely recommended to avoid tumbling into the pit or sailing too far back and missing the landing.

 A sit start in the pit named Yowza was established by Bryce Viola, which goes at V11/V12. This sit start involves some footwork wizardry and tense body positions to avoid the dab.

On the left side of Satellite #2 are a series of ledges, start low below these on the sharp talus. Climb the overhanging face without using the left arete.

Awesome dyno! V6/7 depending on height. Tricky mantle topoutFormerly known as Marrakesh Dyno before the old history was unearthed. From the obvious high horizontal, launch all the way to the slopey lip. An eliminate, but historical and popular.  ~~The Gunks App calls this "What About Bob Murray?"~~ (Murray Dyno is NOT the same as "What About Bob Murray." The latter uses face crimps above the rail to climb to the lip, and is not a dyno.)

Start with your hands in the horizontal under the roof. Work up and right through several layers of horizontals.  Instead of going up via the right facing flake, continue right to gain a crack.  Climb up the crack to finish right.  Don't forget to enjoy the altitude before topping out.

The Nameless area has quite a bit of climbing (more than 20 routes), but almost all of the classics are on its namesake boulder.  Marrakesh Express (V6), Nameless Traverse (V2), Nameless Traverse II (V2) and Backside Problem (V0) all reside on the Nameless boulder and should not be missed.

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Routes in Nameless Area