Archive for August, 2011

The Scene Premier

The Scene Premier

Posted on 31. Aug, 2011 by .

1

The Scene, a new film from Chuck Fryberger is premiering this Tuesday, 9/6 at the Boulder Theatre! Come check it out! I will be selling RMNP and Mt. Evans Bouldering Guidebooks there for $30. If you are interested in supporting my efforts, this is a great chance to purchase one directly from me. Here is [...]

Continue Reading

Paul Robinson in South Africa

Posted on 31. Aug, 2011 by .

17

A few years ago I wrote about Paul Robinson repeating Echale and lamenting that it was so manufactured. I also wrote previously about how the younger generation should be stepping out and developing not just new problems but new areas. Nearly every climbing legend has reached such status because of their willingness and ability to [...]

Continue Reading

Rawah Wilderness

Rawah Wilderness

Posted on 29. Aug, 2011 by .

8

This weekend, looking to reconnect with my old friend Ben Scott, I made my way to the Rawah Wilderness with Justin Jaeger to check out some new boulders. Ben has been calling this area the Canal Boulders, and the cluster was discovered by Ft. Collins local Jeremy Medley. For those who don’t know, Ben has [...]

Continue Reading

Slideshow in Estes Park

Slideshow in Estes Park

Posted on 22. Aug, 2011 by .

3

This Thursday I will giving a slideshow at Ed’s Cantina in Estes Park, Colorado. The show will focus on how Rocky Mountain National Park has been my inspiration from almost the beginning of my climbing career, on through the years, and how that inspiration lead to the creation of the RMNP and Mt. Evans Bouldering [...]

Continue Reading

Guidebook Update

Posted on 15. Aug, 2011 by .

9

Just a quick update on the guidebook. The pre-orders have all been shipped out, and if you were in the first 100 or so people, you should have or be getting your book soon! For those of you who are waiting, the remainder of the books should arrive around Aug 22. It will be then [...]

Continue Reading

Alpine Bouldering

Alpine Bouldering

Posted on 08. Aug, 2011 by .

30

This summer has been a great year for bouldering development in the alpine realms, not only in Colorado, but around the country as well. For a number of years, Colorado was one of the only places in the US that had a legitimate alpine bouldering destination, Rocky Mountain National Park. This was followed (in a [...]

Continue Reading

Alaska-Final Days

Alaska-Final Days

Posted on 03. Aug, 2011 by .

8

After Denali we were hoping to get a few more climbing days in before we left. Ander Rockstad, from Fairbanks joined us on Saturday. It was wet and try as we might we could not get the big arete in the Fairangel Gully dried. We did find some other things in the talus that were [...]

Continue Reading

Alaska

Alaska

Posted on 02. Aug, 2011 by .

4

After all of this climbing we decided to take another rest day, this time in Denali National Park. We rode a shuttle bus to Eielson Visitor Center and along the way there and back observed 7 brown bears, 4 or 5 caribou, a fox, Dall Sheep and Mountain Goats. The scenery driving to Denali from [...]

Continue Reading