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Grade Inflation

Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by B3.

Perhaps climbers aren’t the only ones suffering from grade inflation these days…

The weather looks great this weekend, hope to get back to the business of climbing rocks! Enjoy.

Over the past several weeks I have been working on the guidebook. Many of the descriptions have been written and it is starting to come together. It’s my hope that the community will be behind what I produce and I feel there is no better way to do that then to involve all of [...]

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Update

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by B3.

The weather continues to be poor. It’s been difficult finding anywhere dry to climb, which is rare for this time of year. This is the snowiest Colorado winter in my memory. Saturday, we went to Newlin Creek, but everything was totally wet. Sunday, I did a nice problem near the Primo Wall in [...]

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Core Preview

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by B3.

CORE-Logo2-HORZ

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The Grade Debate

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by B3.

Daniel Woods ascent of Desperanza V15 has once again brought the grade debate to the forefront. Daniel is incredible shape right now and posted a great article on his reasoning for calling the line V15 here.
David Graham responded to Daniel’s send on this site with this comment:
I think this boulder being graded [...]

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Guidebook Update

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by B3.

Monday Fred Knapp and I drove to Idaho Springs to meet with a ranger from Mt. Evans Wilderness to discuss the possibility of a guidebook. The ranger was open, honest, friendly and sincere. Here are the highlights from our discussion.
He was very excited that we had taken the time to meet with him [...]

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Daniel Woods Rampage Continues

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by B3.

Daniel Woods has continued his tear, climbing Esperanza V14 from the back of the cave to create Desperanza V15. This adds a V7 into the start. In the last month Daniel has climbed:
Terremer, Hueco Tanks, V15 for its third ascent.
The Game, Boulder Canyon, V16 First Ascent
Desperanza, Hueco Tanks V15 First Ascent
not to mention his [...]

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CORE Trailer

Posted on 28. Feb, 2010 by B3.

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The Open Sky Project

Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by B3.

A while back I posted about my involvement with The Open Sky Project. Basically this is a link to a place where you can purchase bouldering products that I endorse. Right now it is mostly E-grips climbing holds (E-Grips has been one of my sponsors for several years) and some other things as well. [...]

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Women in Climbing

Posted on 22. Feb, 2010 by B3.

In 1994 Lynn Hill free climbed The Nose on El Capitan in a day, a stunning feat that is clearly one of the greatest achievements in rock climbing history. Not only did she climb the first ascent of one of the hardest routes in America at the time, (it went unrepeated for 10 years [...]