2007

16. Jul, 2007 0 Comments

16 year old Erik Lopez recently climbed two .14d’s in one day at Rodellar, Spain. He climbed Ali-Hulk and made the second ascent of Dave Graham’s Los Borrachos del Mascun. Not a bad day
Ethan Pringle is out in Ceuse with Dave Graham and Chris Sharma, and he just repeated DG’s Bah Bah Black Sheep (.14b/c).
I believe the search for Michael Reardon has been called off. Really a sad sad story, especially for his wife and daughter. If you want to learn more about him, he has a very nice website that is worth checking out.
Yesterday Daniel Woods made the 2nd ascent of Matt Birch’s Somewhere in Time (V13) at the Tramway area in Socal. He also did Black Mamba (V13) there earlier last week.
Sonnie Trotter has been developing an area in Canada called Planet X that he describes as “reminiscent of an untouched Rifle, only without the proximity to a town like boulder and no choss”
2 weeks ago, the ASCI showdown was held in Maryland. This was an invite only outdoor bouldering comp that sounds like it was a really cool event. Lizzy Asher won it for the women by flashing all 4 finals problems to beat Angie Payne, who sent all 4 but did not flash. Sean McColl won for the men, just barely beating Daniel Woods by mere inches. Full write-up at R&I.

News & Notes – 8/6/2007

Posted In: Climbing News, Competitions, News & Notes
Climbers: Daniel Woods, Erik Lopez, Ethan Pringle, Lizzy Asher, Michael Reardon, Sean McColl, Sonnie Trotter

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Interviewed By SplitterChoss.com

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Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Alex Johnson Sign With Nicros

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Rock & Ice Interviews Top Climbing Photographers

Andrew Bisharat at Rock & Ice interviewed several well known climbing photographers for a recent magazine piece and he posted the various answers to 6 of his questions on R&I’s website.

2nd Ascent Of Ambrosia By Alex Honnold

Alex Honnold has nabbed the 2nd ascent of Kevin Jorgeson’s Buttermilks uber-highball Ambrosia. Honnold figured out a slightly easier sequence for the 45+ foot tall line on the Grandpa Peabody boulder which he felt was in the V11 range. In recent weeks Honnold has also done several other Buttermilks classics including The Mandala (V12) and Evilution Direct (V11). Check out the Bishop Bouldering Blog for more. Thanks to Christopher for the tip!