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News & Notes – 6/1/2011

News & Notes – 6/1/2011

Posted June 1, 2011 at 8:08 am · Comments { 2 } ·

News & Notes from Ethan Pringle, Nina Caprez, Carlo Traversi, Jimmy Webb, potential problems with the GriGri 2 and much more…

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2011 Bouldering World Cup Canmore Results

2011 Bouldering World Cup Canmore Results

Posted May 31, 2011 at 8:22 am · Comments { 3 } ·

Results of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup held in Canmore, Alberta, Canada

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Full FFA Of Hallucinogen Wall In Colorado’s Black Canyon

Posted May 27, 2011 at 6:29 am · Comments { 0 } ·

PlanetMountain has an interview with Austrian Hansjörg Auer on the heels of his FFA of Hallucinogen Wall (5.13+ R) in Colorado’s Black Canyon.  The route had been done mostly free back in 2004 by Jared Ogden and Ryan Nelson save for the 13th pitch which they drytooled with ice axes.  Says Auer, “I don’t really see the point of climbing a rock route and combining it with some drytooling.”

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More Thoughts On RRG And Access Situations In General

More Thoughts On RRG And Access Situations In General

Posted May 25, 2011 at 1:23 pm · Comments { 44 } ·

In the wake of yesterday’s news of the closure of Roadside at the Red River Gorge many people took to Facebook and message boards to register their displeasure with the news.  Emotions ranged from disappointment over not being able to climb there anymore to displeasure with the people who “caused” the closure.  The problem with […]

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Access Alert For California State Parks

Posted May 25, 2011 at 11:59 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Keeping with the access theme, Prana has a post on their blog about the pending closure of 70 California State Parks including several that offer access to climbing like Caste Rock State Park.

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Access News From The Red River Gorge

Access News From The Red River Gorge

Posted May 24, 2011 at 10:51 am · Comments { 22 } ·

The extended Memorial Day weekend will be here in short order and for many climbers the 3-day weekend affords us the opportunity to hit the road to our favorite climbing destination.  One area sure to be inundated with climbers over the holiday weekend will be Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, an area that is, frankly, in […]

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3 Climbing Media Interviews With Chin, Fryberger & Pavlicek

3 Climbing Media Interviews With Chin, Fryberger & Pavlicek

Posted May 23, 2011 at 9:20 am · Comments { 4 } ·

Not much doing on the news front from the weekend, but there are a few interviews done recently with Jimmy Chin, Chuck Fryberger and Petr Pavlicek that I thought were worth sharing.

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