Archive for March, 2010

Update

Update

Posted on 22. Mar, 2010 by .

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Just as things began to dry out here in Colorado, we got a fresh 10 inches or so of new snow, and all of the the areas where I am interested in climbing are buried, again. I am mostly interested in getting back to Red Feather, Newlin Creek, and most excitingly I have discovered a [...]

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Movement Climbing on Hannity

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by .

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My employer, Movement Climbing and Fitness, has been called out by Fox News pundit Sean Hannity. Typically I stay away from politics here but this was too good to pass up.

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Fundraiser

Posted on 15. Mar, 2010 by .

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Just a quick shout out to a great cause, that will be happening at the Boulder Rock Club and Rock’N and Jam’N, for those of you in Colorado. cancer
For more info check out First Descents

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Grade Inflation

Posted on 12. Mar, 2010 by .

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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.

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Guidebook Grades

Guidebook Grades

Posted on 11. Mar, 2010 by .

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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 you. [...]

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Update

Posted on 10. Mar, 2010 by .

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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 Clear Creek [...]

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Core Preview

Posted on 04. Mar, 2010 by .

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The Grade Debate

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by .

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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 v15 [...]

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Guidebook Update

Posted on 03. Mar, 2010 by .

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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 and [...]

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Daniel Woods Rampage Continues

Posted on 01. Mar, 2010 by .

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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 [...]

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