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Smiling goddess Fb 7C  After a gap of four years we came back to this little paradise for bouldering, nestled in a remote corner of the Himalayas.We could see the place has become popular, visited by climbers, trekkers, bikers, tourists  alike.. This time we wanted to try harder lines, that we could not try last time, the most obvious one was the classic   Smiling goddess Fb 7C,  this line is located on the well known  Smiling goddess boulder just behind Lalu"s dhaba. This gem is the work of the legendary Pil Lockey. Here is link for the story of his FA  http://pils-trips.blogspot.com/2017/03/vital-force.html?m=1 The problem is a classic one, requiring a series of  hard powerful moves up to the top, then a desperate top out . we stared working the line, after a few session on it over a few days we were able to link the moves up to the top. but the top out remained a doubt, none the less we were happy with our effort  Jibbi  ...