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Woods, Saurwein Win 2012 Hueco Rock Rodeo

Posted March 13, 2012 at 7:57 am · Comments { 1 } ·

It’s no secret to anyone that has read this site over the years that I enjoy climbing comps. And while I certainly enjoy indoor climbing comps, outdoor climbing comps are especially fascinating. Where indoor comps pit competitors against one another on one-off boulder problems, outdoor comps allow climbers to repeat problems they’ve already done and […]

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Angie Payne, Daniel Woods, Dave Graham, Jorg Verhoeven, Katha Saurwein, Nina Williams, Sean McColl

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Hueco Tanks

DiGiulian & Spannuth Climbing Well In Oliana

Posted March 12, 2012 at 6:24 am · Comments { 2 } · Photo: Sasha DiGiulian sending Mind Control

It was another low gravity day (or days) at Oliana as Americans Sasha DiGiulian and Ben Spannuth both had good days over the weekend

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Ben Spannuth, Sasha DiGiulian

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Oliana

News & Notes – 3/7/2012

Posted March 7, 2012 at 7:16 am · Comments { 5 } · Photo: Caroline Ciavaldini on Mind Control by Francisco Taranto Jr

Everybody who’s anybody is climbing 5.14 in Spain right now

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Alex Honnold, Alizée Dufraisse, Caroline Ciavaldini, Chris Sharma, Felipe Camargo, Gabriele Moroni, Guntram Jörg, Herb Conn, James Pearson, Jason Kehl, Mason Earle, Mike Foley, Sasha DiGiulian

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Cerviá, Hueco Tanks, Oliana, Serra do Cipó, Siurana, Squamish, Venezuela

Sean McColl Flashes Nagual (V13)

Posted March 5, 2012 at 12:53 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Speaking of the Hueco Rock Rodeo, Sean McColl was five double-digit problems into his day when this happened:

At 2:39pm on March 3rd, 2012, I made the second¹ flash of Nagual V13 (8B) in Hueco Tanks. This is hardest flash I’ve ever completed.

I’m not sure which is harder to fathom: McColl flashing a V13 that late in the day or the fact that his 3 V11, 1 V12, 2 V13 effort was only good enough for third place in the Rodeo??