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HP40 New Years Washout
Our trip to HP40 in Alabama wasn’t a complete wash, but as far as climbing was concerned it sure felt like it. Before we left I didn’t feel all that prepared, and it showed once we started climbing on the beautiful first day of 2009. Last week I posted a short list of problems I wanted to send, but a combination of lack of enthusiam, lack of strength and lack of skin combined to prevent me from sending any of the problems
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Sendtrain Heating Up In Hueco Tanks
It’s the winter season in Hueco Tanks, TX and with strong youngsters all across the fruited plains lacking anything else to do, the sends are starting to roll in. A couple of years back, the V13 du jour seemed to be El Techo De Los Tres Bs with many climbers sending this onetime V14. This […]
Video: Adam Ondra Sending “Open Air” 9a+/5.15a
Video footage of Adam Ondra’s recent repeat of Alex Huber’s “Open Air” a previously unrepeated 5.15a sport route in Austria.
HP40 For The New Year
Tomorrow we will heading to Steele, AL to ring in the New Year at HP40. I’m nursing a tweaked finger on my right hand and Mrs. Narc is still recovering from her unfortunate ankle injury so it will be another low key HP40 trip. This will be our third consecutive trip there where one or […]
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Only The “Highest Caliber Of Wood Grained Sandstone” For Daniel Woods…
The bouldering at Arkansas’s Horseshoe Canyon Ranch was featured in Dosage III in a memorable piece culminating with Chris Sharma’s FA of Witness The Fitness. This footage is presumably what lured the likes of Ethan Pringle, Ty Landman and Dave Graham to the woods of Arkansas. Given the two high profile pieces on Arkansas bouldering, it was only a matter of time before other strong climbers decided to stop to check things out. UPDATED 12/30/08
Lynn Hill Chablanke (V11/12) Video On MVM
Over the long holiday weekend, Momentum Video Magazine posted up a video by Scott Neel of Lynn Hill’s ascent of Chablanke (V11/12) in Hueco Tanks. You can check it out by clicking here. As usual, a couple of things jumped out at me while watching the brief video (other than the impressive nature of the climbing).
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