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The Island

Posted on 31. Oct, 2008 by B3.

Nalle Hukkataival has made the second ascent of the Island V15 in Fontainebleau. Dave Graham did the first ascent this spring while we were in France. This is a stunning boulder problem, one of the best we saw in Font. Both of Dave’s other testpieces, From the Dirt Grows the Flowers, in Chironico and The [...]

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Poudre Canyon

Posted on 29. Oct, 2008 by B3.

Sunday was a brilliant fall day and I went to the Poudre with my good friend Brian Camp. I wanted to try to climb Canopener, which has broken several times recently. Canopener was the first V10 I ever climbed and it has a special place in my heart. The starting jug had broken off a [...]

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The South

Posted on 28. Oct, 2008 by B3.

Last year the first stop on our road trip lead us to a new area called Dayton, near Chattanooga, TN. After a quick tour from the locals I decided to hike a little further and I found an absolutely amazing project. I spent an afternoon rappelling and cleaning it, but we had to leave a [...]

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Mt. Evans

Posted on 27. Oct, 2008 by B3.

Video courtesy of Jason Pinto by double clicking the video you can go to Youtube.com where you can choose to watch a higher quality version of what is here. Saturday I finished off No More Greener Grasses at Mt. Evans! So psyched! More on this great day below.

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Mt. Evans

Posted on 27. Oct, 2008 by B3.

In 2003 nothing at Mt. Evans more difficult than V9 had been climbed. While there were many obvious and hard projects there, one stood head and shoulders above the rest. Ben Scott and I had always referred to it as “The Lime Wall Project”. This was a stunning and pure line of difficult climbing up [...]

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Cumulus

Posted on 20. Oct, 2008 by B3.

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Vedauwoo

Posted on 20. Oct, 2008 by B3.

I was sore this morning and I went to Vedauwoo by myself. It was a long and quiet drive. To be honest I miss having the old crew around and somehow lonely Wyoming seemed to be an appropriate choice today. My sights were set on Cumulus, a problem put up a while back by local [...]

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News

Posted on 19. Oct, 2008 by B3.

Alex Puccio has made the first female ascent of Trice V12 on Flagstaff Mountain. This comes after climbing Clear Blue Skies V12 at Mt. Evans on Thursday. This is certainly one of the most impressive weeks any female boulderer has ever had. Well Done!

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Formula 50

Posted on 17. Oct, 2008 by B3.

Here is a quick video of Formula 50 in Clear Creek Canyon. It is essentially a right variation to Dark Waters. Luke Parady, I believe, put up the first ascent and graded it V10. Although it is quite low, fun moves and good rock make it worthwhile. Formula 50

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Movement

Posted on 17. Oct, 2008 by B3.

In case you haven’t heard there is a new gym coming to Boulder and it looks stunning. I have had a chance to look over some of the drawings with my good friends Mike and Anne-Worley Moelter, and it’s very exciting to get a first hand look at what is soon to be. Check out [...]

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