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The exploits of Jimmy Webb and Brion Voges in Bishop gives me a good excuse to re-post a classic Dave Graham video…

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 [...]

Check out this excellent clip on DPM that Carlo Traversi put together of Kevin Jorgeson repeating Dave Graham’s Spectre (V13) at the Pollen Grains in Bishop, CA.

News & Notes from Matt Wilder, Paul Robinson, Daniel Woods and MORE. Updated 1/12/10.

Almost a year after a debilitating shoulder injury, Australia’s Chris Webb Parsons begins his comeback at the Buttermilks

Tilly Parkins Sending Stained Glass (V10)

According to the Bishop Bouldering Blog, the nearly 40 year old Swiss bouldering legend Fred Nicole has climbed The Swarm (V14) in Bishop, CA, adding his name to the long list of people who have climbed the problem.

Getting a jump on the winter bouldering season in Bishop, CA, Dan Beall has done the 3rd ascent, and perhaps more notably the first ground up ascent, of the highball Luminance (V11ish) at the Secrets of the Beehive Area. Lucky for us, the ascent was captured on film for all to see.

On Saturday, April 18, please join the Friends of the Inyo and the Eastern Sierra Climbers Coalition for a day of fulfilling volunteer work and an evening of entertainment.