After Sarah & Kevlar gave the Tombstone their best efforts, Tony came down from his perch…
Plan D Part 3: The Tombstone Right
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Plan D Part 2: The Tombstone
After finishing up at the Flatiron, we made our way over to the Tombstone boulder. Home to 3 tall problems ranging from V1 to V5, the Tombstone is one of the best boulders in the entire Park.
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Plan D Part 1: Gill’s Flatiron
Late in the month of March, I headed up to Devil’s Lake with the goal of exploring some lesser traveled boulders with the not-so-R-Tard crew (Kevin, Sarah & Tony). Unfortunately, late winter in Wisconsin conditions had different plans in mind for us.
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Parfrey’s Glen State Natural Area
As usual, a weekend forecast for snow, wind and generally miserable weather leading up to the class I was teaching last weekend with Chris at Devil’s Lake had us gripping all week….for no reason…mostly. Saturday was unpleasant (cold, extremely windy) for half the day, but conditions improved as the day went along. Sunday was supposed [...]
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Mrs. Narc Opens The Spring Season at Devils Lake
Despite the fact that I have no prospects for climbing anytime soon, I have been abnormally eager for the snows to melt and the Spring season at Devil’s Lake to begin. A couple of weeks back I went on one adventure at The Lake with the R-Tard crew that requires its own post at a [...]
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A Few From Devil’s Lake
Here are a few pictures from a fantastic day at Devil’s Lake yesterday. Danny and I had a great day of climbing with the entire East Bluff to ourselves for the entire day. Looking from the CCC trail towards Devil’s Lake Sometimes Crack Danny half way up the strenuous Upper Diagonal (5.9) Danny approaching the [...]
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Devil’s Lake in the Fall
Picture if you will for a moment the most glorious Fall day you have ever seen at your local climbing crag. Picture in your head the trees ablaze with full fledged Fall colors. Feel in your fingers that great feeling you experience as you climb out of the shadows onto the rock that has been [...]
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Regular Dude Climbs Just Do It (5.14c)
May 22, 2012
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What Did You Do This Weekend?
May 21, 2012
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Ethan Pringle On Jumbo Love
May 18, 2012
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Video Friday – 5/18/2012
May 18, 2012
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Mon Pote Assis (5.14a) By Heather Robinson
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When In Doubt Pack It Out
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Gravelle Repeats Echale (V14)
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News & Notes
What Did You Do This Weekend?
Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold spent Saturday romping up big walls in Yosemite. The pair free climbed Freerider on El Cap (6:45 climbing), the South Face of Mt. Watkins (2:40 climbing) and the Regular Northwest Face on Half Dome (5 climbing) in just over 21 hours. More at Climbing.com. So…how was your weekend??
Ethan Pringle On Jumbo Love
Ethan Pringle is back at Mt. Clark, home to that one route first done by that one guy:
Projecting a route like this requires all of your attention, and having to devote all of your attention to a route like this can get really tiring really fast. At some point, you just want to get it over with. Of course, afterward you feel a mix of relief and loss. Relief that you’re done and the epic is over, and loss that this magnificent line doesn’t require your presence anymore. But for me, I think I’ll have to take a nice long break from serious route projects for a little while after this. Like Randy Levitt said, “It’s like a limestone El Cap.” Obviously, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it does sort of convey the amount of work required to complete a project of this caliber.
Pringle is no stranger to Jumbo Love, having tried it even before its FA back in 2008. You can see some footage of those attempts here.
When In Doubt Pack It Out
I don’t know about you, but I always try my best to climb close to an actual bathroom. In case you don’t, the Access Fund has a nice refresher on what to do when nature calls.





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