Climbers Archives: Max Zolotukhin
A Painful Learning Curve

A Painful Learning Curve

A painful lesson of what can happen highball bouldering, updated with video.

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Hound Ears 2009 Video: Max Zolotukhin Repeating Random Man (V11)

Dave Wetmore put together a short video of Max Zolotukhin and company doing the first repeat* of Random Man (V11, FA James Litz 2001) at this year’s Hound Ears Triple Crown event.  Check out the rest of Dave’s blog for a lot of interesting stuff from the Rumney scene.  An update on Phil Schaal’s gnarly skin problems that plagued him at the comp is here.

*See comment from Wills Young below

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2009 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: Hound Ears Results

2009 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: Hound Ears Results

Results from the 2009 Triple Crown Bouldering Series stop at Hound Ears, NC. UPDATED with links to more pictures.

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2009 Bouldering World Cup At Teva Mountain Games Begins Today

2009 Bouldering World Cup At Teva Mountain Games Begins Today

The International bouldering circuit returns to American soil today with the kick-off of the Bouldering World Cup at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail, CO.

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Book Of Bitter Aspects Repeated Again

Max Zolotukhin has done the 3rd ascent of Dave Graham’s The Book Of Bitter Aspects at Bradley, CT, registering it at V13 on his 8a spraycard.

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Hard, Unrepeated American Boulders

I thought it would be interesting to compile a list of hard (V14 and up) boulder problems that have not been repeated in North America. Thanks to everyone for help in compiling these problems (Most of these grades are pure speculation from outside observers): Nuclear War – V14 – Matt Bosley – Harriman State Park, […]

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