B3bouldering.com

Switzerland repeats

Posted on 30. Nov, 2010 by B3.

A lot has been happening in the mountains of Switzerland, and as always, I am interested in trying to sort it out. In 2005 Dave Graham made the first ascent of The Story of Two Worlds, grading it V15. He also climbed From the Dirt Grows the Flowers V15. A few years later (2008) he [...]

Continue Reading

New Boulders

Posted on 29. Nov, 2010 by B3.

I had a few days off over Thanksgiving, and I decided to hang around the Front Range. During the summer it is easy to direct focus on either Mt. Evans or RMNP, but the winter season provides a more complex challenge. More and more the elaborate process of finding, cleaning, and figuring out completely new [...]

Continue Reading

Update

Posted on 23. Nov, 2010 by B3.

I am taking the rest of the week off, and will update again on Monday, a week from today! Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Continue Reading

Organic Crashpads

Posted on 12. Nov, 2010 by B3.

Continue Reading

RMNP

Posted on 11. Nov, 2010 by B3.

Monday I went to the Park to a take a couple of pictures for the guidebook, which I have been diligently working on these past few weeks. I climbed Hi Fi V11 (FA Harry Roberston), a problem I had tried on a somewhat unfocused day earlier in the year. Based on the weather forecast, this [...]

Continue Reading

Update

Posted on 08. Nov, 2010 by B3.

Carlo Traversi, an American currently climbing in Switzerland has been climbing very well, with ascents of The Dagger V14, in Cresciano, The Never Ending Story V14 and Booglagga V13, among others. He has been updating his blog regularly and he wrote something recently that caught my eye. He writes at Carlotraversi.com about watching Dai Koyamada, [...]

Continue Reading

Boulder Canyon and RMNP

Posted on 03. Nov, 2010 by B3.

Fall has finally made its way down to Boulder, which means that winter has come to the high country. This doesn’t stop me from visiting the Park, as there are many boulders scattered about the forest. Thursday I went to scope out an old Ken Kenny project deep in the woods near Veritas. I walked [...]

Continue Reading