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Sharma & Usobiaga Repeat Andrada 5.15a

Sharma & Usobiaga Repeat Andrada 5.15a

The somewhat elusive (from an online spray observer’s standpoint) Chris Sharma has surfaced in Spain with his recent repeat of Dani Andrada’s 5.15a La Novena Enmienda at Santa Linya. This 175 foot long route connects the first 75 feet of La Novena Puerta (5.14c) with 100 feet of La Enmienda (5.14b). Dani Andrada on La […]

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3rd V13 Flash for James Pearson

3rd V13 Flash for James Pearson

21 year old James Pearson added to his unprecedented list of V13 flashes this past month when he flashed Schules des Lebens in Chironico, Switzerland. In Switzerland to work on Dave Graham’s unrepeated V15 From Dirt Grows the Flowers, Pearson had a great deal of success on several of the “easier” problem he tried. He […]

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Trice Repeated Twice

Last week I somewhat jokingly was speculating on who would be first to repeat Jim Holloway’s Trice at Flagstaff Mountain after 30 years.  Yesterday the answer ended up being Carlo Traversi, however Jamie Emerson was quick to follow suit, repeating Trice shortly after Carlo did.  They both decided to give it the grade of V12.  […]

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Eiffel Tower Free Solo

Eiffel Tower Free Solo

On Monday, November 12, England’s Mike Robertson was arrested while soloing the outside of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. He made it roughly 720 feet up the 1,063 foot tall monument before surrendering to Police. Mike carried out the stunt in an effort to raise awareness about the situation in Burma. You can read […]

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Bouldering World Cup Coming to U.S.

Via B3Bouldering, we have news that a World Cup event will be held on U.S. soil for the first time in almost 20 years. It was announced yesterday that there will be a Bouldering World Cup event at the 2008 Teva Mountain Games June 4-8 in Vail, CO. More information on the event as well […]

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2007 Mammut Bouldering Championship Results

2007 Mammut Bouldering Championship Results

Mens 3rd place finisher Ryan Olson Photo and results:  Boulderingcomps.com Pro Men 1)  Paul Robinson 2)  Rob D’Anastasio 3) Ryan Olson 4) Carlo Traversi 5)  Future Roden Pro Women 1)  Alex Puccio 2)  Sydney McNair 3) Sasha Digiulian 4)  Dana Riddle 5)  Francesca Metcalf Apparently not too fatigued from the comp, Paul spent the day […]

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Andrada Climbs 5.15b Link-Up

Dani Andrada has added a V14 (or v9, see below) sit start to his 5.15a extended version of the 5.14d link-up Ali Hulk. While the 5.14d version has been repeated, the 5.15a extended version has seen no repeats while the V14 sit start “is something not to f*** with, very hard” according to Dave Graham. […]

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