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New 5.14c From Joe Kinder In Southern Utah

Joe Kinder bolted and sent Flight Of The Conchords in southern Utah’s Hurricave to yield a new 5.14c.  Check his blog and this interview with DPM for more info.

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2010 Hueco Rock Rodeo Photo Gallery

Merrick Ales has an excellent gallery of photos from the 2010 Hueco Rock Rodeo up on his website that includes plenty of shots of comp winners Daniel Woods and Alex Puccio.  There’s also a short video from the comp up at DPM.

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Interviewed By SplitterChoss.com

In the event that you can’t get your full ClimbingNarc fix from this site alone I did an interview with SplitterChoss.com that you can check out here.

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Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Alex Johnson Sign With Nicros

Hold maker Nicros has signed Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson and Alex Johnson to their team to help shape holds and develop products for the 2011 Nicros line-up.  Word on the street is that Daniel and Paul will be visiting Minnesota soon to do work both in the shop and out on the boulders.  Stay tuned.

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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.

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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 [...]

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Jimmy Webb Dishes On Bouldering In The Southeast

Props to Brant Hawkins for putting together this excellent video on DPM featuring Jimmy Webb, Brion Voges and Brad Weaver doing their thing on the boulders of Tennessee.

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Interesting Developments At Mad Rock

Check out this post at Deadpoint Magazine as they try to piece together the latest developments at climbing gear maker Mad Rock.

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Progression Soundtrack, Movies From BS Productions Available For Download

In addition to the movies I mentioned last month you can now download digital versions of The Players and Spray at Bouldering.com at greatly reduced prices.  If you’re looking for music, Big Up Productions just released a select soundtrack from their recent film Progression which you can download straight from their website.

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