Outdoor beginner question: Would you climb on these?
Hi y'all,
long time reader but still consider myself a beginner boulderer.
I was outside hicking yesterday and since I have never been bouldering outside I figured I go "scout" an area where I was told there are some outdoor boulders. I found some pretty nice ones and got to test some holds (not climbing them ... yet).
However, since I am new to outdoor climbing I wanted to ask if you would consider the rock in the video safe to climb? I admit I did not even dare to pull on it for testing as I have no experience. I also know the obvious answer (probably) is to go with someone who knows the area and has experience (which I will try to do) but I am curious as to what the community says.
To me this looks a bit odd with the big crack but I have no idea of rocks. AFAIK it's limestone which is typical for that area. If it helps I have also made some images.
Also, where do you guys find your outdoor boulders? I ordered a guidebook but I wonder what the best resources are?
I hope this is the right community to ask in. If not please let me know or (if you want) point me to where I should post this. I found nothing about outdoor bouldering in the rules but there is an outdoor flag suggested by Reddit so I figured I'd give it a try.
Thank you :-)