Archive | December, 2007
Red Wing Barn Bluff: A Midwestern Anomaly

Red Wing Barn Bluff: A Midwestern Anomaly

Posted December 6, 2007 at 1:10 am · Comments { 6 } ·

“Coming to Carleton was a strictly academic decision,” I explain to the student interviewing me for the Carletonian, the student Newspaper at Carleton College, a small liberal arts college in Northfield Minnesota (think Middlebury in the Midwest). It was my first week on campus and already word had gotten out that I was “some kind […]

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Ty Landman Midnight Express (V14) Video

Posted December 5, 2007 at 1:48 pm · Comments { 1 } ·

Ty Landman recently established a possible V14 in Boulder Canyon which he called Midnight Express. Check out the brand new video at Moonclimbing. You can read his quality write-up on his efforts here. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUDMBVJW5q8]

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Patxi Usobiaga Climbing La Rambla Original (5.15a)

Posted December 5, 2007 at 1:22 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Click here to watch the video of Patxi Usobiaga climbing La Rambla Original (5.15a) recently. Thanks to Ant for the tip.

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Landman Brothers Head East

Landman Brothers Head East

Posted December 4, 2007 at 6:50 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Ty and Jeff Landman spent the Thanksgiving week exploring some of the bouldering on the East Coast.  Despite not succeeding on his main objective, Dave Graham’s The Fly (V14) at Rumney, Ty managed to tick his usual number of hard testpieces with seemingly little effort.  Jeff also had a good week it seems for being […]

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Triple Crown 2007: Stone Fort/LRC

Posted December 3, 2007 at 4:26 pm · Comments { 4 } ·

Thanks to Ryan Olson for the following results from the 2007 Triple Crown finale at the Stone Fort: Women 1) Lisa Rands 2) Kate McGinnis 3) Sasha DiGiullian 4) Jill Church 5) Danielle Berger Men 1) Paul Robinson 2) Sam Davis 3) Chris Sierzant 4) Max Zolotukhin 5) Jimmy Webb Not placing: Tommy Caldwell, Wills […]

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Sharma & Usobiaga Repeat Andrada 5.15a

Sharma & Usobiaga Repeat Andrada 5.15a

Posted December 3, 2007 at 3:39 pm · Comments { 2 } ·

The somewhat elusive (from an online spray observer’s standpoint) Chris Sharma has surfaced in Spain with his recent repeat of Dani Andrada’s 5.15a La Novena Enmienda at Santa Linya. This 175 foot long route connects the first 75 feet of La Novena Puerta (5.14c) with 100 feet of La Enmienda (5.14b). Dani Andrada on La […]

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3rd V13 Flash for James Pearson

3rd V13 Flash for James Pearson

Posted December 3, 2007 at 8:27 am · Comments { 2 } ·

21 year old James Pearson added to his unprecedented list of V13 flashes this past month when he flashed Schules des Lebens in Chironico, Switzerland. In Switzerland to work on Dave Graham’s unrepeated V15 From Dirt Grows the Flowers, Pearson had a great deal of success on several of the “easier” problem he tried. He […]

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