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Chris Schulte Mt. Evans FAs

Last summer while I was wandering around the boulders in RMNP’s Lower Chaos Canyon I stumbled across an odd scene:  there was a really strong looking guy getting very close to sending Freaks Of The Industry (V13).  It wasn’t odd that someone was close to doing the problem (it had seen many repeats at that [...]

Two of the world’s best doing their thing in the alpine areas of Colorado

DPM has the video of Carlo Traversi on the 2nd ascent of Nalle Hukkataival’s recent addition at Mt. Evans, Sunseeker (V13).

Nalle Hukkataival is making his trip to the U.S. this summer count

Chris Schulte and Paul Robinson have done quick 2nd and 3rd ascents of Dave Graham’s recently opened V14 at Mt. Evans called Big Worm with Robinson suggesting it might be hard V13.  Picture of Robinson from Chuck Fryberger.  Pictures of Schulte.

Dave Graham has apparently recovered from his latest finger injury and is “syked to be climbing again”.  The other day he did the FA of Big Worm at Mt. Evans, CO for which he has suggested a grade of V14.

The summer bouldering season of 2007 was one for the record books in Rocky Mountain National Park.  It seemed like every week a new double digit problem was being established or repeated en masse.  Back in early May of this year, I had a post of RMNP bouldering videos where I predicted that the summer [...]

Alex Johnson has had a very productive month of August since she moved to Colorado.  Yesterday she made the first female ascent of Clear Blue Skies (V12) at Mt. Evans.  I think I mentioned this to someone in the Park last week, but wanted to state it here for the record:  I think Alex will [...]