News & Notes - 11/7/07
I realize lately that I have been spending too much time blogging about myself and not enough time talking about all the action going down elsewhere so here goes nothing: During hi...
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2007
Monday Morning Video
Due to some schedule adjustments at work I don't have as much time on Monday mornings to put together my spray summary for the previous week so I will have to keep this brief. We h...
Front Range Freaks?
If you are still bored at work/school today and want to do some reading on how some Frontrange climbers hash out their differences then head over to the FRB message boards. The iss...
Bit of News
Here is a bit of news for your Wednesday: Paul Robinson has made the 4th ascent of Ode to the Modern Man (V14) at Mt. Evans after Woods, Landman and Jorgenson. This would be Paul's...
Freaks of the Industry
Paul Robinson added Freaks of the Industry (V13) to his impressive ticklist yesterday. That means that in the past 8 days he has done 1 V15, 3 V13s, 1 V12, 1 V11 and 1 V10. He even...
News & Notes - 08/27/2007
As usual, I go away from a computer for a weekend and the sendtrain begins... The big news is that Paul Robinson has made the 3rd ascent of Jade (V15 for now) in RMNP. The day afte...
And Then There Were None?
Sean McColl has made the 2nd ascent of Daniel Woods's Aslan (V14) in RMNP. This brings the number of unrepeated problems in the Park to 0...for now. The 23 move problem is not typi...
News & Notes - 8/20/2007
A scary story that seems to be coming to a positive resolution is that of Ryan Sewell contracting the Hantavirus virus while climbing in Rifle, CO. Unfortunately both Ryan and his...
Ty Landman’s "Hour of Chaos"
Here is an excerpt from a nice write-up Ty did for moonclimbing.com about his recent repeat of Jade (V15): I chalked my hands and arranged my hands on the start holds. I pulled on...
Pad Stashing in RMNP
Back in the day when I visited RMNP to explore the alpine bouldering there was to be done there, I distinctly remember seeing some pads around the boulders that curiously didn't se...
More News & Notes - 7/30/2007
I really dropped the ball this morning when I failed to mention a few more tidbits to check out: An updated version of the already phenomenal guidebook to sport climbing at the Red...
Kelly McBride Sends V11
Props to Kelly McBride for sending Kind Traverse (V11) at Emerald Lake in RMNP. Nice Work! Photo (of practice sending) by sock hands Pretty strong for someone from Wisconsin.
Summer 2001 Road Trip: RMNP Rest Day
The "Rest" Day On one of our rest days I pushed for a hike to the top of Long's Peak. That was met with a lukewarm reception so we instead decided to hike to the lake pictured belo...
Summer 2001 Road Trip: RMNP Bouldering
RMNP Bouldering A few more pictures from "The Park" Mike Nash attempting an unkown problem near the Kind Traverse Mike attempting the hyperclassic Deep Puddle Dynamics (V9) Sundev...
Summer 2001 Road Trip: Chaos Canyon
Chaos Canyon There isn't much you can say to describe the bouldering and the atmosphere at Chaos Canyon in Rocky Mountain National Park. It has to be one of the best settings to cl...
Summer 2001 Road Trip
It seems like a different lifetime, but back in the summer of 2001 I went on a one month road trip after I graduated from High School. The destinations were Colorado for some alpin...
2008
RMNP: Kind Boulder
During our time in RMNP last month, one of the highlights for me was revisiting the Kind Boulder near Emerald Lake. It was one of the boulders I had distinct memories of visiting o...
Johnson, Puccio & Payne Crushing V12 In Colorado
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 rep...
RMNP Bouldering: Mikala
Going into the bouldering leg of our trip in RMNP, I had pretty low expectations. The cast from my latest surgery had only been off for 2 months, I got bouted in Yosemite recently...
RMNP Bouldering: Paul Robinson Working Top Notch Project
Last week I had the opportunity to tag along with Paul Robinson as he worked on an (at the time) unclimbed line in Upper Chaos Canyon, RMNP, CO.
RMNP Trip Update
Our trip out west is going very well so far. We are in RMNP right now and it has been cool to see everything that is going on out here. Apparently the ever-humble Tommy Caldwell re...
Pad Stashing Redux
It’s summer in the Frontrange of Colorado and that can only mean one thing, boulderers escaping to the cooler temperatures of one of Colorado’s alpine bouldering areas. Cooler tem...
Exclusive Details On Contents Of Dosage 5
There have been hints dropped here and there as to what will be on the upcoming Dosage 5 DVD, but never a definitive list. Until now that is. Check out this list of what Doses wi...
News & Notes - 05/13/2008
I have another interesting topic for discussion tomorrow, but in the meantime here are a few links for your perusal: If you enjoy salivating over the posts at the Betabase blog , y...
Gem Lake
With one day to ourselves before our coaching duties commenced for the recent ABS Nationals comp in Boulder, we somehow had to pick only a couple of activities out of the myriad th...
Hard, Unrepeated American Boulders
I thought it would be interesting to compile a list of hard (V14 and up) boulder problems that have not been repeated in North America. Thanks to everyone for help in compiling the...
2009
Something To Keep In Mind
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 sendi...
News & Notes – 08/28/2009
Sport climbing news from France and Colorado and a slew of notes...
Phil Schaal Does 5th Ascent Of Jade (V15)
One of America's hardest boulders gets a 5th ascent. Updated.
4th Ascent Of Jade (V15) By Nalle Hukkataival
Jade (V15) sees a 4th ascent. UPDATED
2010
Woods, Puccio & Litz Establish Hard Boulders
This weekend saw some interesting news on the bouldering front with hard FAs by the likes of Daniel Woods, Alex Puccio and James Litz
Angie Payne Repeats The Automator (V13) In RMNP
Angie Payne pulls off an impressive ascent of The Automator (V13) in Rocky Mountain National Park,CO
Brief News & Notes - 6/28/2010
A few News & Notes from over the weekend...
6th Ascent Of Jade
6th ascent of one of Colorado's hardest boulders by Carlo Traversi
2011
News & Notes - 9/14/2011
News & Notes from Sasha DiGiulian, Ben Spannuth, Dai Koyamada and a slew of upcoming access related events...
News & Notes - 8/17/2011
News & Notes from Jonathan Siegrist, 5.14d and V14 in a week by Jorg Verhoeven, a hard mult-pitch gets repeated and MUCH more...
News & Notes - 8/3/2011
A few lingering pieces of News & Notes left over from my recent vacation...
New Guidebook To Colorado's Alpine Bouldering Areas
What else if there left to say about the alpine bouldering found in places like Rocky Mountain National Park and Mt. Evans? The scenery is stunning, the boulders are massive, the p...
News & Notes - 6/1/2011
News & Notes from Ethan Pringle, Nina Caprez, Carlo Traversi, Jimmy Webb, potential problems with the GriGri 2 and much more...
Potential V14 FA In RMNP By Dave Graham
Dave Graham adds a potential V14 to the Endo Valley area of Colorado's RMNP
2013
Visit To RMNP
Ever since the flood a few weeks back a lot of people have been wondering how RMNP and the boulders it holds fared during the big storm. Most of the Park reopened late this week,...
Shauna Coxsey Repeats Nuthin' But Sunshine (V13)
Nuthin' But Sunshine see it's long-awaited first female ascent
2014
Alex Puccio's 2014 Rampage Continues
More hard sends in the summer of 2014 for Alex Puccio
Hard Sends For Payne & Puccio In RMNP
The summer of 2014 continues to be dominated by headlines about women climbers pushing the limits of what has been done before, and last week that trend continued with hard sends b...
V13s For Puccio, Coxsey & Raboutou
It was a busy week for women repeating V13s as Brooke Raboutou, Shauna Coxsey and Alex Puccio all added a v13 (or two) to their ticklists
First V13 For Alex Puccio: Top Notch
Since wrapping up her season on the World Cup Circuit three weeks ago in Vail, Alex Puccio has been keeping busy out on the real rocks around Colorado culminating with her notching...