Archive for November, 2011

Entlinge V14/15 flashed

Posted on 29. Nov, 2011 by .

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Daniel Woods has made a flash ascent of Entlinge V15, in Murgtal, Switzerland. Very well done! It wasn’t so long ago that V14 and V15 were almost unheard of. Clearly Daniel is one of if not the most powerful climbers in the world and that he is at the top of the game is no [...]

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Hueco Tanks

Posted on 23. Nov, 2011 by .

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The second half of our trip to Hueco Tanks was unfortunately marred by food poisoning. I threw up no less than 10 times and I didn’t climb the rest of the trip. I had a total of only 2 climbing days. It was frustrating not being able to climb the last days in such a [...]

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Adam Ondra climbs V16

Posted on 17. Nov, 2011 by .

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Adam Ondra has made the FA of Terranova V16 at Holštejn, in the Czech Republic. This is certainly a contender for the hardest boulder problem in the world, especially in light of the fact that Paul Robinson has retroactively downgraded Lucid Dreaming in Bishop to V15. Ondra had this to say about his ascent on [...]

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Hueco Tanks

Hueco Tanks

Posted on 14. Nov, 2011 by .

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The last three days I have been in Hueco Tanks with Mike Moelter, Mark “Cookie” Hobson, Bobby Moelter, Jordon Griffler, Trevor Turmelle, Ryan Sewell and Jon Cardwell, fresh off the Petzl Roctrip in China. It has been a blast running around the boulders and sharing so many laughs and good times. The weather has been [...]

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Hueco Tanks

Posted on 10. Nov, 2011 by .

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Today I leave with the setting crew from Movement Climbing and Fitness for a 5 day trip to Hueco Tanks. I haven’t been in a few years. From 2003-2009 I traveled to Hueco at least once a year, and I have spent more than 4 months of my life there. It is a very special [...]

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Radio 1190 Interview

Posted on 09. Nov, 2011 by .

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A while back I did a radio interview here in Boulder, CO on Radio 1190. The show is hosted by Mike Brooks and Dave McAllister. The interview is an hour long, but if you’d like to hear what I have to say about any number of topics, including Devil’s Kitchen, Endovalley, the Guidebook, chipping, and [...]

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