Climbing Areas Archives: California

Lisa Rands Mandala Video

Posted March 1, 2008 at 3:13 pm · Comments { 3 } ·

Lisa Rands doing the first female ascent of Sharma’s The Mandala (V12) at the Buttermilks. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc5JuQIcJOE] More videos at TNF site

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Lisa Rands

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Buttermilks

News & Notes: Friday Links

Posted February 29, 2008 at 10:21 am · Comments { 4 } ·

Here are a few links for your Friday reading pleasures: A good post on the various ways to manage your rope(s) on multi-pitch routes Canada’s Tour de Bloc bouldering event in Fredericton will be broadcast live on the world wide web. This would be a very cool idea for comps like ABS Nationals no? (Dr. […]

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Angie Payne, Jamie Emerson, Jason Kehl

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Bishop, Horse Pens 40

News & Notes – 2/21/08

Posted February 21, 2008 at 8:10 am · Comments { 6 } ·

Matt Birch recently repeated The Mandala Sit Start (V14) at the Buttermilks outside of Bishop, CA. By my count this is the problem’s 7th ascent. Wade David has photos posted from both qualifying and finals of the Adult ABS Nationals comp. That was a pretty sick lense he was rocking on Saturday night! Dave Graham […]

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Dave Graham, Jody Hansen, Matt Birch, Paul Robinson

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Buttermilks, Eldorado Canyon, Horseshoe Canyon Ranch, Hueco Tanks, Southern Illinois

Hard, Unrepeated American Boulders

Posted February 4, 2008 at 7:22 am · Comments { 211 } ·

I thought it would be interesting to compile a list of hard (V14 and up) boulder problems that have not been repeated in North America. Thanks to everyone for help in compiling these problems (Most of these grades are pure speculation from outside observers): Nuclear War – V14 – Matt Bosley – Harriman State Park, […]

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Adam Taylor, Alex Megos, Alex Puccio, Andre Di Felice, Anthony Chertudi, Ashima Shiraishi, Bernd Zangerl, Brian Antheunisse, Brian Boyko, Brian Hedrick, Brion Voges, Carlo Traversi, Chris Schulte, Chris Sharma, Chris Webb Parsons, Christophe Maschelein, Cory French, Dan Beall, Daniel Woods, Dave Graham, Dave Wetmore, Elan Jonas Mcrae, Ethan Pringle, Giovanni Traversi, Gregor Peirce, Guillaume Glairon-Mondet, Isaac Caldiero, James Kassay, James Litz, Jason Kehl, Jesse Warren, Jim Merli, Johnny Goicoechea, Jon Cardwell, Jorg Verhoeven, Josh Muller, Kevin Jorgeson, Kevin Kuckovich, Luke Parady, Mark Heal, Matt Bosley, Matt Fultz, Matt Hong, Matt Wilder, Max Zolotukhin, Michael O'Rourke, Mirko Caballero, Nalle Hukkataival, Ned Feehally, Niccolò Ceria, Nick Duttle, Paul Robinson, Phil Schaal, Sachi Amma, Sam Davis, Sam Edwards, Sean McColl, Shawn Diamond, Simon Parton, Taylor McNeil, Thomas Betterton, Tim Clifford, Tim Doyle, Tony Lamiche, Toru Nakajima, Toshi Takeuchi, Ty Landman, Yves Gravelle, Zach Lerner

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News & Notes – Mass Update

Posted January 21, 2008 at 4:28 pm · Comments { 2 } ·

Thanks to James for compiling this massive list of updates. In this update you will find a lot of news on Dai Koyamada’s exploints in the Frankenjura. Also news from Daniel Woods, Jon Cardwell, Chris Sharma, Dave Graham, Lisa Rands and Paxti Usobiaga among others. This has taken me longer than anticipated so some of […]

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Chris Sharma, Dai Koyamada, Daniel Woods, Dave Graham, Jon Cardwell, Lisa Rands, Patxi Usobiaga

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Bishop, Frankenjura, Spain, Switzerland

News & Notes – Bouldering Edition

Posted January 17, 2008 at 3:20 pm · Comments { 4 } ·

A summary of recent bouldering activity including more repeats of Trice in Boulder, Bishop bouldering, hard first ascents in Idaho and scary highball first ascents in Hueco Tanks. Climber’s featured include Daniel Woods, Sean McColl, Matt Fultz, Keivn Jorgeson and others.

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