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MVM Contest Winner

MVM Contest Winner

Posted February 7, 2008 at 8:33 am · Comments { 2 } ·

Congratulations to JPWill who is the winner of a one month subscription to the Momentum Video Magazine. You will be contacted shortly. A big thanks to the roughly 40 people who entered the contest. It was good to see all the older names as well as all the new people. Hopefully I don’t have to […]

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News & Notes – 2/6/08

News & Notes – 2/6/08

Posted February 6, 2008 at 8:21 am · Comments { 6 } ·

James Pearson, who is better known on this site for having flashed 3 V13 boulder problems, recently returned to the Gritstone of the UK to establish a new E10 route on the Cratcliffe Groove. You can download a video preview of Pearson working the route by clicking here. It doesn’t sound like falling from the […]

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Epic "Free Solo" in Squamish

Posted February 5, 2008 at 7:23 am · Comments { 4 } ·

Check out this video of rigging expert Matt Maddaloni attempting to “free solo” Young Blood (5.13a) on the Cacodaemon boulder in Squamish, BC. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=5OmbEkh24r0] Video from The Range Life Here is what Matt had to say: We set up a trapeez net out in space below the route using a 30 ft circular high strength […]

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MVM Subscription Contest Reminder

MVM Subscription Contest Reminder

Posted February 1, 2008 at 2:39 pm · Comments { 3 } ·

Just a reminder that you have until next week Tuesday to leave a comment on the MVM Subscription Contest Post to be in the drawing for a free 1 month subscription to MVM. Big thanks to Mike Call and MVM for donating this prize!  A big thanks also to all those that have participated thus […]

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Momentum Video Magazine Subscription Contest

Momentum Video Magazine Subscription Contest

Posted January 29, 2008 at 1:58 am · Comments are closed ·

To commemorate the upcoming 1 year anniversary of the Climbing Narcissist blog, I am holding a small and simple contest.buy doxycycline online https://noprescriptionbuyonlinerxx.net/dir/doxycycline.html no prescription The prize is going to be a 1 Month subscription to the Premium area of the Momentum Video Magazine which has been kindly donated by the folks at MVM. If […]

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Paying to Climb Outdoors

Paying to Climb Outdoors

Posted January 23, 2008 at 1:30 am · Comments { 18 } ·

As climbers we often spend a lot of time disagreeing about seemingly unimportant things. Is that route 5.12a or just hard 5.11d? Is using your knee on a topout a dab that nullifies an ascent or no? What constitutes good style when it comes to placing gear and hanging draws? Despite all these disagreements, one […]

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Midnight Express

Midnight Express

Posted January 22, 2008 at 1:05 am · Comments { 2 } ·

Dave Graham recently did the 3rd ascent of Ty Landman’s Midnight Express (V14) in Boulder Canyon. Ty indicated that he named the problem after a movie that he rather enjoyed so I thought I would check it out. The movie is a somewhat true story about an American man caught smuggling hashish out of Turkey […]

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