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The back side of the 5-star boulder in Gold Bar, Washington hosts a beautiful 20+ foot face of thin seams and edges. First climbed by Brian Nugent in 2017, Takes a Village (known colloquially as Trout of This World) is a physical and mental test piece of bouldering. Watch Tristan Chen clean moss with a grill brush, dry holds with a leaf blower, and battle generally poor conditions to take down one of the most striking highballs in the country!