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Sonnie Trotter On Bouldering In Hampi, India

Sonnie Trotter On Bouldering In Hampi, India

Posted March 5, 2008 at 9:20 am · Comments { 4 } ·

“Pilgrimage”, the Big Up movie featuring Chris Sharma and Katie Brown bouldering in Hampi, India, inspires anyone who watches it to dream of one day climbing in India. Unfortunately, getting there is both expensive and time consuming. Sonnie Trotter, who lately has achieved notoriety for his hard trad exploits that include FAs of The Path […]

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Devil’s Lake Trad Ticklist

Devil’s Lake Trad Ticklist

Posted March 4, 2008 at 6:58 am · Comments { 19 } ·

With Spring rapidly approaching and me having a cast on for the foreseeable future, I figured what better time than now to go over a ticklist of 50 or so routes that I wanted to lead at Devil’s Lake.  I put this list together last fall after a spectacular outing with Danny got my juices […]

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Cast of ???

Cast of ???

Posted March 4, 2008 at 6:19 am · Comments { 11 } ·

First there was Sock Hands’ Boot of Doom… Then came Mrs. Narc’s Boot of Unicorns and Rainbows… Now there is my Cast of ??? Please offer some suggestions on a menacing name that can be used to invoke fear in all that cross the black cast…like the vicious and menacing cat pictured here…

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Lisa Rands Mandala Video

Posted March 1, 2008 at 3:13 pm · Comments { 3 } ·

Lisa Rands doing the first female ascent of Sharma’s The Mandala (V12) at the Buttermilks. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc5JuQIcJOE] More videos at TNF site

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Spray DVD Giveaway Reminder

Spray DVD Giveaway Reminder

Posted February 29, 2008 at 12:09 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Remember that you have until Wednesday March 5th to enter to win a free copy of the new Spray DVD. You can enter for free by both registering AND posting on a topic in the Forums. Click here to read the initial post for all the rules. Click here to read our review of Brian […]

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News & Notes: Friday Links

Posted February 29, 2008 at 10:21 am · Comments { 4 } ·

Here are a few links for your Friday reading pleasures: A good post on the various ways to manage your rope(s) on multi-pitch routes Canada’s Tour de Bloc bouldering event in Fredericton will be broadcast live on the world wide web. This would be a very cool idea for comps like ABS Nationals no? (Dr. […]

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Big Up to Arkansas – Updated

Big Up to Arkansas – Updated

Posted February 29, 2008 at 7:55 am · Comments { 4 } ·

As I reported last week, Dave Graham has returned to Arkansas after tearing the place up over the New Year. Big Up is there to capture everything on film for us (Dosage 5 soon???) as Dave and his crew of Jason Kehl, Ty Landman, Jon Cardwell and Chad Greedy explore all the untapped sandstone around […]

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