What is up ladies and gentlemen, Mani here. In this quick round of analytic bouldering at Newton Curg, I’m looking at a blue line with an undercling start, two footholds, and this quite aggressive pinch for the right hand. From there you go into two very, very shallow edges (and it’s important to notice they’re not jugs), before an easier top sequence. The whole thing is powerful and dynamic in an overhang—around 7B+ if I had to grade it—and even the entry feels hard because that volume pyramid kicks the overhang right into your face. The meat of the matter is the second move: a coordination double-catch dyno to a bigger slopey edge, basically managing momentum while still being able to actively pull. After failing it a few times, my thought was simple: man, it’s time to get back on the campus board. Campusboard work helps me create that active, dynamic finger power after a dynamic move, so I can pull further without having to first kill the swing. In the comparisons you can see it clearly: less drift to the left, more active on the pinch, straighter body, and way less wrong momentum when I stick the target hold. Then it’s undercling, big edge, gaston, match, higher left step, a semi-dynamic pull, turn the right hand, and we go to the top.