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News & Notes – 10/12/2011

Bad Girls Club (5.14d) Repeated By Joe Kinder
After getting a lot of love from first ascensionist Matty Hong and second ascensionist Jonathan Siegrist, it’s only fitting that only a short time after returning to the States from South Africa Joe Kinder was able to repeat Bad Girls Club (5.14d), a route he had bolted in Rifle, CO. Dave Graham, who is back in the U.S. after returning from Australia, came close to sending as well. Sendtember rolls on…
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Joe Kinder Climbing In Umgeni Valley, South Africa

Joe Kinder On Bad Girls Club FA & Life In South Africa
In the most recent update from his amazing trip around Europe and South Africa Joe Kinder takes a minute to comment on Matty Hong’s recent FA of a route Kinder equipped in Rifle:
The news today was awesome. I am very proud of Matty and appreciate him showing such respect and his communication. I appreciate all of the praise from Carlo, Jon, Dave, and Matty. For some reason it makes the whole story end with such a sweet and honest feeling. Matty is a great example of his generation and I would have given up many sends for him to have climbed the first ascent of Bad Girls Club. Way to go man…
Joe Kinder On Tiger Blood (5.14c)
News & Notes – 4/12/2011
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Joe Kinder Does FA Of Tiger Blood (5.14c)
Joe Kinder is about to bail on the U.S. and embark on a pretty amazing sounding roadtrip through Europe and South Africa, but before he could get to that he had some unfinished business to take care of at southern Utah’s so-called Blank Wall.
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Jimmy Webb’s Climbed 99 Problems And The Island (V14) Was One
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Golden Direct Repeated By Ben Spannuth
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Jimmy Webb’s Climbed 99 Problems And The Island (V14) Was One
Ok. Horrible title. Forgive me.
Anyway, Jimmy Webb is about a week into his first trip to Font. Last week he managed that one day ascent of Kheops Assis (V14), and according to his 8a scorecard this week he managed a relatively quick repeat of Dave Graham’s The Island a once V15 but now maybe V14 at Coquibus Rumont. This latest ascent puts him at 99 problems V10 or harder in the past 12 months which is notable for being 99 more V10s or harder than I’ve done in my entire life1.
Golden Direct Repeated By Ben Spannuth
Ben Spannuth, who recently started a blog at LT11, grabbed a rare repeat Golden Direct at the Cathedral in Southern Utah according to his 8a scorecard. Golden Direct was first done in 2008 by Joe Kinder at a suggested grade of 5.14d and was subsequently repeated by the likes of Chris Sharma and Jonathan Siegrist. Having climbed five other routes in the 5.14c/d range in the past 6 months, Spannuth felt Golden Direct warranted a grade of 5.14c.
1 CommentAlex Johnson Climbs Lethal Design (V12)
Alex Johnson gave the highballs in Bishop a break to check out the bouldering in Red Rock, Nevada where she repeated the V12 highball Lethal Design according to her 8a scorecard:
great support crew and tons of pads! long and crimpy. worked out all the moves quick and sent first burn.
Since the start of 2012 she has done some eight V10′s or harder across Yosemite, Bishop and Red Rock.
Update: Climbing.com caught up with Johnson to discuss the ascent
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