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Sean McColl, Paul Robinson and Daniel woods have posted up in Ticino, Switzerland and as one might expect they’ve managed to climb their fair share of hard boulders
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Paul Robinson’s strong season of bouldering in the Swiss canton of Ticino continues, this time with the likely 5th ascent of Dave Graham’s From Dirt Grows The Flowers (V15) in Chironico

According to his scorecard Adam Ondra did his 2nd V15 in as many days yesterday with a repeat of Dave Graham’s From Dirt Grows The Flowers in Chironico, Switzerland. On Monday he repeated Big Paw, a V15 also in Chironico and also first done by Dave Graham. Ondra comments on his scorecard that both might be V14/15 but admits he isn’t an expert in boulder grades. Check out video of Bernd Zangerl on the second ascent of FTDGTF here.
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.
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 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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