Despite the (deserved) attention being focused on the sending taking place at Hueco, people are actually bouldering in other parts of the country. Take Dave Graham for instance who rang in the New Year at Arkansas’s Horseshoe Canyon Ranch. He has had a rather productive last week to end 2007 and start 2008 on a […]
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Paul Robinson Repeats Terremer (V15)
MVM is reporting that Paul Robinson repeated Fred Nicole’s hitherto unrepeated Hueco Tanks testpiece Terremer (V15) on New Year’s Day. This problem connects Diaphanous Sea (V12) with Terre De Sienne (V14). You may remember seeing Dave Graham come close on it in Dosage 4, but he was unable to finish the line after he ripped […]
Paul Robinson Flashes Nagual V13
On 12/27 Paul Robinson flashed Nagual (V13) at Hueco Tanks, TX. You may recall seeing Chris Sharma fall off the last move on his flash attempt of Nagual in Dosage 4 when he “couldn’t hold on any longer”. Paul’s ascent is impressive on several fronts considering that previously he had only flashed one V12, Prince […]
Sending Begins in Hueco
In what is surely a sign of things to come, the season at Hueco Tanks, TX has gotten into full swing with the arrival of Paul Robinson. Since his arrival about a week ago, Paul has sent Esperanza (V14), Algerita (V13), Slashface (V13), Right Martini (V12), Sôl Adûnâmentum (recently opened by Nick Duttle who suggested […]
How Does Chris Sharma’s Clark Mt. Project Feel?
Chris Sharma’s much hyped project at Clark Mountain has drawn the attention of two other American Rockstars in the form of Ethan Pringle and Dave Graham. They recently paid the line a visit, and Chad Greedy was there to capture it on film to find out exactly how it felt. You can now view the […]
More Hard Sport Routes in Spain
Thanks to James for compiling this news In more sport climbing news: Patxi Usobiaga: repeated La Rambla (9a+) on Nov 27, 2007 at Siurana, Spain. The route had its first ascent by Ramón Julian Puigblanque and had been repeated by Edu Marin, Chris Sharma, and Andreas Bindhammer. Many of the climbers used different beta, where […]
Landman Brothers Head East
Ty and Jeff Landman spent the Thanksgiving week exploring some of the bouldering on the East Coast. Despite not succeeding on his main objective, Dave Graham’s The Fly (V14) at Rumney, Ty managed to tick his usual number of hard testpieces with seemingly little effort. Jeff also had a good week it seems for being […]
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