HP40 New Years Washout

Posted January 5, 2009 at 8:22 am · Comments { 12 } ·

Our trip to HP40 in Alabama wasn’t a complete wash, but as far as climbing was concerned it sure felt like it. Before we left I didn’t feel all that prepared, and it showed once we started climbing on the beautiful first day of 2009. Last week I posted a short list of problems I wanted to send, but a combination of lack of enthusiam, lack of strength and lack of skin combined to prevent me from sending any of the problems

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Horse Pens 40

Alabama’s Crag X Update

Posted January 2, 2009 at 6:10 am · Comments { 0 } ·

A few weeks back I posted about a secret crag that the Southeastern Climber’s Coalition was attempting to purchase. At the time, the name of the crag was being withheld until plans were finalized. At the Triple Crown event at the Stone Fort it was revealed that the area being purchased is a sport and […]

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Sendtrain Heating Up In Hueco Tanks

Posted December 31, 2008 at 9:47 am · Comments { 15 } · Photo: Dan Brayack

It’s the winter season in Hueco Tanks, TX and with strong youngsters all across the fruited plains lacking anything else to do, the sends are starting to roll in. A couple of years back, the V13 du jour seemed to be El Techo De Los Tres Bs with many climbers sending this onetime V14. This […]

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Video: Adam Ondra Sending “Open Air” 9a+/5.15a

Posted December 30, 2008 at 9:26 am · Comments { 3 } · Photo: Vojtech Vrzba

Video footage of Adam Ondra’s recent repeat of Alex Huber’s “Open Air” a previously unrepeated 5.15a sport route in Austria.

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HP40 For The New Year

Posted December 30, 2008 at 6:38 am · Comments { 15 } ·

Tomorrow we will heading to Steele, AL to ring in the New Year at HP40. I’m nursing a tweaked finger on my right hand and Mrs. Narc is still recovering from her unfortunate ankle injury so it will be another low key HP40 trip. This will be our third consecutive trip there where one or […]

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Only The “Highest Caliber Of Wood Grained Sandstone” For Daniel Woods…

Posted December 29, 2008 at 9:48 am · Comments { 10 } · Photo: Steve Woods

The bouldering at Arkansas’s Horseshoe Canyon Ranch was featured in Dosage III in a memorable piece culminating with Chris Sharma’s FA of Witness The Fitness. This footage is presumably what lured the likes of Ethan Pringle, Ty Landman and Dave Graham to the woods of Arkansas. Given the two high profile pieces on Arkansas bouldering, it was only a matter of time before other strong climbers decided to stop to check things out. UPDATED 12/30/08

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