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News & Notes - 2/6/08
James Pearson, who is better known on this site for having flashed 3 V13 boulder problems, recently returned to the Gritstone of the UK to establish a new E10 route on the Cratcliffe Groove. You can download a video preview of Pearson working the route by clicking here. It doesn’t sound like [...]
Continue reading...Anatomy of a V13 Flash
2. January 2008
Consider with me for a moment, what it takes (beyond being freakishly strong) to flash a V13 boulder problem. Patience is no doubt important as one must wait weeks or even years before the right combination of skill and conditions come together in a singular moment. One must also be extremely dedicated to [...]
Continue reading...3rd V13 Flash for James Pearson
3. December 2007
21 year old James Pearson added to his unprecedented list of V13 flashes this past month when he flashed Schules des Lebens in Chironico, Switzerland. In Switzerland to work on Dave Graham’s unrepeated V15 From Dirt Grows the Flowers, Pearson had a great deal of success on several of the “easier” problem he tried. [...]
Continue reading...All’s Not Well In Swizzy
27. April 2007
Mixed news out of the climbing paradises of Switzerland. The good news is that James Pearson has made his 2nd flash of a V13 boulder. I had previously reported that he flashed Ganymede Takeover in Brione, Swizzy. This time around he had set his eyes on flashing The Great Shark Hunt at Chironico and [...]
Continue reading..."What was the standard…
21. February 2007
…you know…they’re going to get flashed” - paraphrasing Dave Graham in Dosage 4. Speaking of standard setting problems getting flashed, Freakclimbing has a good story about the recent flash of “Ganymede Takeover” (V13) at Brione, Switzerland by James Pearson. V13 has been flashed previously by the likes of Sharma & Litz but those problems were subsequently [...]
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