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Posted May 14, 2007 at 11:52 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Big news of last week was Daniel Woods making the 2nd ascent of Suspension of Disbelief (V13 or V14) at Eldorado Canyon, CO. Dave Graham called it V13 but Daniel felt it was harder than any V14 he had done so he proposed upgrading it to V14. Ethan Pringle did the first ascent of Jumbo […]

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Daniel Woods, Ethan Pringle

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Clark Mountain, Eldorado Canyon

News & Notes – 5/7/2007

Posted May 7, 2007 at 12:54 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Andreas Bindhammer has made the 4th ascent of La Rambla Original (5.15a) at Siurana, Spain. Ethan Pringle and Issac Caldiero recently repeated Ben Moon’s V13 testpiece in Little Cottonwood Canyon, UT called Eclipse. You may now view video of Ethan doing the 2nd ascent. The footage of the FA is featured in the “Utah Update” […]

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Dave Graham, Dave MacLeod, Ethan Pringle, Paul Robinson, Ty Landman

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Eldorado Canyon, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Mt. Evans, Siurana, Spain

News & Notes – 4/30/2007

Posted April 30, 2007 at 12:08 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

This will be an all Red River Gorge news week out of respect for the fire at Red River Outdoors: There is a nice writeup about what might have happened at climbing.com. There are some photos here of the aftermath of the fire. Matt & Amy also have some words of thanks for all the […]

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Andrea Szekely, Gabor Szekely, Jason Forrester

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Red River Gorge

News & Notes – 4/23/2007

Posted April 23, 2007 at 11:52 am · Comments { 0 } ·

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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Daniel Woods, Dave Graham, Jamie Emerson

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Joe's Valley, Poudre Canyon

News & Notes – 3/26/2007

Posted March 26, 2007 at 11:58 am · Comments { 0 } ·

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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Angie Payne, Dave Graham, Mark Anderson, Mike Doyle, Paul Robinson

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Buttermilks, Poudre Canyon, Smith Rock

News & Notes – 3/19/2007

Posted March 19, 2007 at 3:22 am · Comments { 0 } ·

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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Dan Mills, Dave Graham, Ethan Pringle, Kelly McBride, Ty Landman

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Bishop, Cogul, Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, Poudre Canyon

News & Notes – 3/12/2007

Posted March 12, 2007 at 1:22 am · Comments { 0 } ·

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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