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2009 Outdoor Retailer Winter Market Wrap-ups

Posted January 29, 2009 at 5:49 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Rockclimbing.com has 3 nice write-ups on the climbing side of the recent Outdoor Retailer trade show in Salt Lake City.  Check them out:  Day 1, Day 2, Day 3.

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Spraycaster Climbing Logbook App For iPhone/iPod Touch

Spraycaster Climbing Logbook App For iPhone/iPod Touch

Posted January 28, 2009 at 7:21 am · Comments { 15 } ·

Spraycaster is a new application that was recently released for Apple’s iPhone (or iPod Touch).  It’s main purpose is to serve as another method for keeping track of the climbs you do on a given day.  If you are the kind of person that likes to meticulously log your training sessions this app could be […]

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Steph Davis Meetup During ABS Nationals

Posted January 28, 2009 at 5:41 am · Comments { 1 } ·

If you are going to be in Boulder for ABS Nationals, one event that might be worth checking out is the recently announced Meetup with Steph Davis on Friday 2/13.  Davis will also be giving a slideshow Thursday at Neptune Mountaineering.

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A Wisconsin Trifecta: 3 Areas, 3 Disciplines, 3 Classic Hard Lines

A Wisconsin Trifecta: 3 Areas, 3 Disciplines, 3 Classic Hard Lines

Posted January 27, 2009 at 7:15 am · Comments { 7 } ·

The news of Josh Wharton’s recent trifecta of 3 difficult bouldering, mixed and sport climbing challenges rekindled a hair brained idea I thought up last year.  For those that didn’t see it, Wharton redpointed an M10 mixed route, bouldered a V10 and redpointed a 5.13 sport route all within the span of a week.  This […]

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Alex Honnold & Paul Robinson Interviews

Posted January 27, 2009 at 6:28 am · Comments { 3 } ·

A couple of good interviews to check out:  one with Paul Robinson and the other with Alex Honnold.

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Carlo Traversi & Emily Harrington Are 2009 SCS National Champions

Posted January 27, 2009 at 6:26 am · Comments { 1 } ·

Carlo Traversi and Emily Harrington won their respective divisions at this weekend’s SCS Adult National Championships.  DPM has a great write-up as well.

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Quick On The Draw X

Quick On The Draw X

Posted January 26, 2009 at 8:50 am · Comments { 1 } ·

On Saturday a record crowd descended on my local gym, Adventure Rock, for the 10th Annual Quick On The Draw competition.  I have had the pleasure of attending the last 9 QotD’s and they are always a good time with this year being no exception. Afraid of getting shown up by a bunch of climbers in […]

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