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Governor Dodge Bouldering
Nameless Arete
The so-called Nameless Arete (V4) at Governor Dodge is one of those problems that can be really frustrating. Based on its grade it shouldn’t be that hard (in the grand scheme of things). However, it requires a certain amount of subtlety and refinement of beta that can be hard to figure out. Especially for me…
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Sandstone Violence
Over the past month, as Fall conditions have finally arrived here in Wisconsin, I have been slowly working my way through some of the harder problems at Governor Dodge in an attempt to get some fitness back. The end goal has been to repeat the classic problem Sandstone Violence (V8). I have been wanting to [...]
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Theater Of The Absurd
My Dad often asks me why I don’t just use a ladder to get to the top of a boulder when I tell him about our various bouldering excursions. That’s a valid question I suppose, but what he doesn’t understand is all the great aspects of climbing that go into a day at the boulders. [...]
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Governor Dodge Bouldering Video
I think it is safe to say that 2008 has been an above average year for bouldering development in Wisconsin. Websites like MountainProject have helped rekindle interest in bouldering at Governor Dodge, an area many people never really thought there was enough solid rock to climb on. Many new climbs ranging from V0 to V9 [...]
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Governor Dodge Bouldering Update 2
Yesterday was another beautiful and atypically pleasant summer day here in Wisconsin. Mrs. Narc and I had a good day bouldering out at Governor Dodge where we were able to do a couple more FA’s along with sampling some recent additions to the Dodge. The pace of development at the Dodge has only increased lately [...]
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UBC Pro Tour Heading To The Northwest
May 24, 2012
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Oz
May 23, 2012
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“You think it will be cool till it isn’t fun anymore”
May 23, 2012
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Bad Girls Club (5.14d) Repeated By Jon Cardwell
May 22, 2012
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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
News & Notes
Oz
This incredible photo essay by Keith Ladzinski from his trip to Australia last year with Dave Graham, Nalle Hukkataival and Ian Dory would make a great coffee table book don’t you think? (h/t Josh on twitter for the link).
“You think it will be cool till it isn’t fun anymore”
The North Face catches up with their athlete Alex Honnold to find out a bit more about his and Tommy Caldwell’s big day in Yosemite, his plans to rope solo the same feat for his segment in the Reel Rock Tour and a casual mention of how he free soloed the West Face of El Cap. As to how the idea for the triple link-up came about:
You do one route and you have a lot of time left in the day and you think, “Oh maybe we should have done two.” And eventually you do two with time left over and you say, “maybe we could do three…” and we did three and we didn’t have any time left over so we said, “we’re over it.”
More detail and pictures from Kelly Cordes on the big day here as well.
Bad Girls Club (5.14d) Repeated By Jon Cardwell
According to his 8a scorecard, Jon Cardwell has repeated Bad Girls Club, a 5.14d in Rifle, CO first done last summer by Matty Hong.





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