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Part 2 Of Jamie Emerson’s Switzerland Trip

Updates on the injuries of a few well known climbers courtesy of Urban Climber

Momentum Video Magazine has video of Angie Payne on her recent ascent of European Human Being (V12) in RMNP along with a nice interview.  They also have video of the other recent female V12 ascents.  Check it out.

The summer bouldering season of 2007 was one for the record books in Rocky Mountain National Park.  It seemed like every week a new double digit problem was being established or repeated en masse.  Back in early May of this year, I had a post of RMNP bouldering videos where I predicted that the summer [...]

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Dave Graham climbing Secret Splendour (V12) & Both Sides of the Spectrum (V12)

Seth Allred FA of Two Ton Tongue (V11) with Sean McColl and Ty Landman making fast repeats

Jackie Chiddo doing Right El Jorge (V9) & Luke Parady climbing Skipper Roof (V12)
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Here are a few links for your Friday reading pleasures:

A good post on the various ways to manage your rope(s) on multi-pitch routes
Canada’s Tour de Bloc bouldering event in Fredericton will be broadcast live on the world wide web. This would be a very cool idea for comps like ABS Nationals no? (Dr. Topo)
Cave [...]

Climbing.com has added two more pro climbers to their growing list of bloggers: Daniel Woods and Angie Payne.
Angie’s first blog is about her trip to the South with Jamie Emerson. Here she is pulling down on a problem high on my wishlist: Slider (V9) at HP40.

Photo: B3bouldering
Check out Daniel’s first update which [...]

Here are a few news & notes from the past week:

As I mentioned earlier, Paul Robinson had a pretty good day at the Buttermilks when he sent 2 v14’s in one day.
Dave Graham redpointed Ali Baba (.14c) and now has his eyes set on the .14d linkup of Ali Baba and Hulk.
Mike Doyle redpointed [...]

Here are the results from the ABS National Bouldering Competition held Feb 16-17 in Maryland.
Men
1 Daniel Woods 4400.00
2 Paul Robinson 4400.00
3 Sean McColl 4400.00
Women
1 Alex Puccio 4400.00
2 Elizabeth Asher 4400.00
3 Angela Payne 4400.00
Click here to listen to audio commentary of finals courtesy of Podclimber.com
My reaction? Top 8 women and top 4 men sent [...]