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Oliphants Dawn repeated

Posted on 30. Jul, 2012 by B3.

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The Island crew is in Rocklands and their tear continues. Dave Graham repeated Golden Shadow V14, and Madiba V13, and Daniel Woods has climbed Golden Shadow and King of Limbs, a V14 from British climber Mickey Page. Perhaps most notably, Nalle Hukkatavial (who also climbed Golden Shadow) has made the second ascent (in ten years) [...]

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Five Ten Blog

Posted on 19. Jul, 2012 by B3.

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I wrote up a slightly less informational blog post about the new bouldering in Upper Upper Chaos! Click on the logo to check it out!

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Upper Upper Chaos

Posted on 18. Jul, 2012 by B3.

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Sunday was my one day this weekend to get out and it was great fun with a humble and motivated crew deep in the mountains, where I have bouldered now for 12 years straight. Justin Jaeger, Brian Capps, Theo Merrin, Rylan Marshall, Collin Horvat all marched up to Upper Upper Chaos to try and repeat [...]

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Nalle repeats A Simple Knowing

Posted on 16. Jul, 2012 by B3.

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Nalle Hukkataival and Dave Graham have arrived in South Africa after a very successful trip to Australia. Their first stop was the bouldering at Topside, where a number of hard problems have been established by Paul Robinson in the last few years there. The hardest one, A Simple Knowing, was graded 8C by Paul. Nalle [...]

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Upper Upper Chaos

Posted on 12. Jul, 2012 by B3.

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This weekend was rainy both days and I stayed inside and studied. The clouds finally cleared and Monday I ran up to Upper Upper for a quick session on a project I found last year. Justin Jaeger and I had been roaming around the talus last fall and had found a number of worthy projects. [...]

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Upper Upper Chaos

Posted on 05. Jul, 2012 by B3.

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Recently I have had a renewed interest in Upper Upper Chaos Canyon. This is the area of highest elevation where bouldering has been done in RMNP that I am aware of. It is also the same area Jon Glassberg referred to as Super Chaos, in 2010, when he and Ryan Silven added a number of [...]

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Island

Posted on 02. Jul, 2012 by B3.

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The Island website is up! I can’t talk about The Island without talking about David Graham. This was his idea from long ago, and it has now finally come to fruition. It is evident immediately that this collection of media comes from some of the best and most creative climbers from around the world. The [...]

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Friendly Reminder

Posted on 02. Jul, 2012 by B3.

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I would just like to remind everyone that as alpine season kicks into full gear, please take the extra effort to take care of the places where we spend our time. If you see trash, pick it up. Mt. Evans and RMNP are both delicate environments and we should do everything we can to ensure [...]