Subject: Bang-On
Rating: V12
Quality: 4 stars
Location: Black Mountain
Notes: This problem put Black Mountain on the world map

Study: This problem was a futuristic project for many years until visiting Brit Ben Moon showed up and hiked the problem, on his third try. Shortly thereafter, Fred Nicole turned up, bagged the second ascent, and the rest was climbing magazine history. Bang-On is unusually steep for Black Mountain, with huge spans between incut holds. The problem starts on a large, incut rail, followed by a four and a half foot sideways move to a thinner, incut rail. From there, one more long move to a positive edge sets one up for a big dyno to a "glory" xeno at the lip.

Here, Daniel Woods shows us the proper technique for climbing Bang-On.
Photos by Christina Anastasi