Looking forward to seeing the new image data being available through the API soon - Bouldr will definitely benefit if we can show you images of the various quarries, boulder fields and outcrops, as many are somewhat isolated from roads depicted on maps.

See Hobson Moor, home of many excellent routes. Wimberry also get’s the same treatment - even Sugar Loaf is clearly visible, innocently hiding it’s numerous bouldering problems.

When we were initially developing Bouldr, we defined a set of ideas that would act as a guide to ensure that the final artifact would be as well suited to the task in hand as possible. To that end, we have decided to post these four ideas here so that we can share with everyone the basic philosophy behind Bouldr.

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It’s almost ready!

The code monkeys at Bouldr HQ have been working ferociously to get every last crease ironed out, the collar starched and any missing buttons sewn back on. Bouldr is to be launched (if all goes well) on the first of February.

Watch this space!