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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. The [...]

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ABS Videos

Posted on 25. Feb, 2010 by B3.

Check out some more ABS video that has surfaced.

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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 and [...]

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The Smithsonian

Posted on 20. Feb, 2010 by B3.

I took some time out from the competition to see the sights in Washington DC and couldn’t help but smile when walking through the geology section of the Smithsonian when I saw this:

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Ambrosia 2nd Ascent

Posted on 18. Feb, 2010 by B3.

Alex Honnold has made the second ascent of Ambrosia, Kevin Jorgeson’s huge highball/free-solo at the Buttermilks in Bishop.

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ABS Nationals-Commentary

Posted on 17. Feb, 2010 by B3.

I haven’t devoted much of the writing on this blog to course setting, although for the last 8 years I have been involved in many of major climbing competitions in the US, including the World Cup in 2008 and 2009. All week the conversation among our routesetting crew revolved around a myriad of issues associated [...]

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ABS Nationals Finals Teaser

Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by B3.

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The Game

Posted on 15. Feb, 2010 by B3.

Here is a quick clip of Daniel Woods’ new problem The Game V16, in Boulder Canyon. The Game, World’s Hardest Boulder Problem? from Cedar Wright on Vimeo.

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Final Results

Posted on 14. Feb, 2010 by B3.

Women 1. Alex Puccio 2. Alex Johnson 3. Fracesca Metcalf Men 1. Daniel Woods 2. Matt Bosley 3. Rob D’Anastasio Well the Twitter experiment almost worked, and unfortunately they shut me out from too many posts. It was an AMAZING comp., highlighted by Alex Johnson’s dramatic send of Women’s 3, Alex Puccio’s last-climber-out send of [...]

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