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News & Notes – 4/23/2007

After a bit of a hiatus, here is some spray: Jamie Emerson sent Circadian Rhythm (V13) at Poudre Canyon. Video is already available here. In the past few weeks Daniel Woods has sent the following at Joe’s Valley, UT: Mask of God (V13 2nd ascent) Black Lung (V13) Blackout (V12) Gentleman Jack (V12 flash) Beyond […]

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Patagonia Axes Sponsored Climbers?

This is getting to be an old story but still is a bit interesting. Apparently Patagonia has decided to change the way they work with their sponsored athletes. And in this case “change” means “let most of them go”. Check out this super long thread at supertopo.com to learn more. Most notably let go was […]

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News & Notes – 3/26/2007

Here are a few news & notes from the past week: As I mentioned earlier, Paul Robinson had a pretty good day at the Buttermilks when he sent 2 v14’s in one day. Dave Graham redpointed Ali Baba (.14c) and now has his eyes set on the .14d linkup of Ali Baba and Hulk. Mike […]

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News & Notes – 3/19/2007

News & Notes – 3/19/2007

A few tidbits from the past week: Another week another FA for Dave Graham. This time it is the FA of a V13 boulder problem he has called Do or Die at Cogul, Spain. You can also read more about him climbing two 5.14c in one day at climbing.com Ethan Pringle has repeated Chris Sharma’s […]

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Torrent Falls at Red River Gorge has been sold!

Late last year, the access situation at Torrent Falls at the Red River Gorge in Kentucky got ugly. I talked with the landownder Mark about it several times and I can’t say that I really blamed him for closing the crag to climbing. Personally I was disappointed in how events transpired but I was also […]

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News & Notes – 3/12/2007

Ethan Pringle has repeated Fred Nicole’s Eperanza (V14) at Hueco Tanks, TX. Fred made the first ascent back in 2001 Stewart Watson has repeated Ben Moon’s Voyager (V13). You can see the video of the first ascent as here, as well as the first ascent of the sit start (V14) here. Paul Robinson has made […]

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Will Gadd Interview

The Southeastern Climbers Coalition has an interview up on their site with all around climber and paragliding fanatic Will Gadd. His blog is also a pretty cool read. Right now he has been doing a lot of paragliding, and if his elbow ever heals he might have some climbing to report on. You of course […]

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