HASSLER'S H A T B O X
H A S S L E R ' S H A T B O X
for "JIMI HANDTRICKS" - see below
A really cool hangout. Two ways to get here. First, take any route up Walt's Wall to the top and walk northward across the top of the Central Massif. Second, you can hike up the 'backside' of the Central Massif from the Box Canyon. You can't miss this place once on top.
For HASSLER'S TOPO, go HERE. . .
Home of one of the most difficult offwidths in the world,
"LUCILLE" (5.12d).
Ryan Laird is seen 'going for it' in the above shot.
What's in a name ?
Despite numerous attempts, this so-called 'innocent lady' has seen only 5 known free ascents. Some indicate the name may have been inspired from the movie "Cool Hand Luke", a line spoken by George Kennedy's character 'Dragline' which goes ... "Any girl that looks that innocent just got to be called Lucille". Cool Hand Luke has definitely influenced other climbs at Vedauwoo, especially on the Nautilus where there's a 'Cool Hand Luke' area. However, to quote directly from the route's author, Jay Anderson ... "It had become known as Lucille, after B. B. King's guitar ...".
*For Jay Anderson's engaging story of the first ascent of Lucille,
Also check out JIMI HANDTRICKS AND MICK JAGGED !!
These two FINGERBUSTERS are directly across from the north side of Hassler's Hatbox. These two 'routes', or hardass boulder problems were put in by Paul Piana and Todd Skinner in about '79 - and haven't been documented publicly until now. I do not have the exact grades on these 'diminutive' routes (as Paul describes them), but you can bet they are hard 5.11 or more. The easiest access is probably taking the Box Canyon Trail (BCT) to near the top of Glen Dome and cutting southwest about 400 yards up towards the backside (north face) of Hassler's. This large boulder sits atop the formation directly behind (north of) Hasslers.