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Pad Stashing in RMNP

Pad Stashing in RMNP

Posted August 1, 2007 at 7:02 pm · Comments { 2 } ·

Back in the day when I visited RMNP to explore the alpine bouldering there was to be done there, I distinctly remember seeing some pads around the boulders that curiously didn’t seem to have any owners. There were only a handful of people bouldering in the Park on a given day back then so it […]

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Dave Graham – Dreamtime

Posted July 31, 2007 at 5:24 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

In commemoration of his sending Realization, here is a quality video from 2002 of Dave Graham climbing Dreamtime (V14*) at Cresciano, Switzerland. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=_PaKnVUVBbw] *The fact that Dreamtime was the first boulder in the world to have a suggested grade of V15 when Fred Nicole made the brilliant FA in 2000 is only the beginning of […]

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More News & Notes – 7/30/2007

More News & Notes – 7/30/2007

Posted July 30, 2007 at 9:50 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

I really dropped the ball this morning when I failed to mention a few more tidbits to check out: An updated version of the already phenomenal guidebook to sport climbing at the Red River Gorge is coming out September 28, 2007: The Red River Gorge in eastern Kentucky is one of the best rock-climbing areas […]

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Kelly McBride Sends V11

Kelly McBride Sends V11

Posted July 26, 2007 at 12:20 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Props to Kelly McBride for sending Kind Traverse (V11) at Emerald Lake in RMNP. Nice Work! Photo (of practice sending) by sock hands Pretty strong for someone from Wisconsin.

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Mt. Evans Photos

Mt. Evans Photos

Posted July 25, 2007 at 6:33 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Click photo to become enlightened… Click the photo and become enlightened to the fact that there is more climbing at Mt. Evans, CO than just the understandably legendary Dali Boulder. For as much time as he spends there, the Enlightened Chuffer must have very strong legs, no? I think we need to visit Mt. Evans/RMNP […]

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Ty Landman Videos

Posted July 13, 2007 at 1:07 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Here are a few new videos of Ty Landman doing his thing. The Antihero (V13) – Sit start to Flash Gordon (V10) in the Ozarks of Arkansas. Flash Gordon starts on the slopey rail apparently. Dreamtime (V14) – The always classic testpiece in Cresciano that he pretty much floats up (after 3.5 days of work). […]

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Scalatabel Climbing Festival

Posted July 5, 2007 at 3:24 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

 Recently, a sort of mini Petzl Roc Trip was held at the Scalatabel Climbing Festival near Thaurac in the South of France.  Well known pro climbers like Dave Graham, Chris Sharma, Lynn Hill and Steve McClure were on hand to do some climbing and have a good time (drunkenly onsighting .12ds?). The craziest part of […]

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