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FrontRangeBouldering.com Interview

FrontRangeBouldering.com Interview

Posted March 28, 2008 at 10:52 am · Comments { 6 } ·

I was recently interviewed by the great Colorado based website FrontRangeBouldering.com. So if you can’t get enough of what I have to say here, you can head over to FRB and check out the interview. Thanks to Mike Brooks at FRB for the opportunity! One thing that I noticed during the interview process was how […]

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Hard, Unrepeated American Routes

Hard, Unrepeated American Routes

Posted March 27, 2008 at 4:15 am · Comments { 34 } ·

Based on the high level of interest in the list of potential V14 and harder boulder problems in North America, I thought it would be a good idea to try and assemble a similar list of Routes. To illustrate a certain point, I will limit the list to routes proposed 5.14d-ish or harder. Being that […]

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Momentum Video Magazine Volume 2 DVD Review

Momentum Video Magazine Volume 2 DVD Review

Posted March 26, 2008 at 11:35 am · Comments { 6 } ·

A review of the Momentum Video Magazine Volume 2 DVD.

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Adam Ondra Dreamtime Video

Posted March 25, 2008 at 6:24 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Apparently climbing 3 hard 5.14s in one day wasn’t enough for young Adam Ondra.  Here is some video that Jamie Emerson captured of the young Czech climbing prodigy repeating Fred Nicole’s classic boulder Dreamtime (V14) in Cresciano, Switzerland. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_2fpTmwpfY]

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The 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing

The 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing

Posted March 23, 2008 at 9:09 pm · Comments { 16 } ·

Ruined NCAA Tournament bracket have you feeling down?? Perhaps your ego is bruised after another crushing defeat for Duke in the early rounds. Inspired by the NCAA Tournament bracket, I am excited to announce the first of its kind “2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing”. What is it? This tournament bracket works just like […]

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Ancient History: Narc Climbing On Spring Break

Ancient History: Narc Climbing On Spring Break

Posted March 21, 2008 at 6:29 am · Comments { 12 } ·

I am a bit busy working on a semi-secret climbingnarc.com project which I hope to unveil in its entirety on Monday.  In the interim, these pictures from Rockclimbergirl.com that I came across recently rekindled my interest in visiting Red Rocks as soon as I get better.  There is an awesome variety of sport, trad AND […]

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More On Dave MacLeod’s 5.14b Free Solo

Posted March 21, 2008 at 3:45 am · Comments { 1 } ·

Last week, Dave MacLeod made news when he reported that he had free soloed Darwin Dixit (5.14b) at Margalef, Spain.  As Gabor pointed out in the comments at the time, Kairn.com was raising a question about the grade of the route.  They seemed to be downplaying the effort by pointing out that Chris Sharma onsighted […]

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