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Boulder in British Columbia, Canada Kämmenkivi stone on the Pisa hill in Kuopio, Finland 2'500 Million years old rocks on a hill in Hyderabad, India. In geology, a boulder (or rarely bowlder) [1] is a rock fragment with size greater than 25.6 cm (10.1 in) in diameter. [2] Smaller pieces are called cobbles and pebbles.
Hades accordingly displayed his own cleverness by enchanting the boulder into rolling away from Sisyphus before he reached the top which ended up consigning Sisyphus to an eternity of useless efforts and unending frustration. Thus, pointless or interminable activities are sometimes described as "Sisyphean".
Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or harnesses.While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers use climbing shoes to help secure footholds, chalk to keep their hands dry and to provide a firmer grip, and bouldering mats to prevent injuries from falls.
Boulder Bo 200–630 7.8740–24.803 Cobble Co 63–200 2.4803–7.8740 Coarse soil Gravel Coarse gravel cGr 20–63 0.78740–2.4803 Medium gravel mGr 6.3–20
Glacial erratics from Norway on Schokland in the Netherlands Glacial erratic boulder in Snowdonia (Eryri), Wales. A glacial erratic is a glacially deposited rock differing from the type of rock native to the area in which it rests.
The term "felsenmeer" comes from the German meaning "sea of rock". In a felsenmeer or blockfield, freeze-thaw weathering has broken up the top layer of the rock, covering the underlying rock formation with jagged, angular boulders. Freeze-thaw or frost weathering occurs when water that is trapped along microcracks in rock expands and contracts ...
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In addition, boulder routes that connected various boulder problems into a single longer bouldering route have been graded as if they were sport climbs. A notable example is the 2004 boulder route The Wheel of Life, which is graded V15 (8C) as a boulder route, but also f9a (5.14d) as a sport climbing route. [19]