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The Golden Age of Colorado Bouldering

Posted on 09. Jul, 2008 by B3.

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In the year 1999, Colorado stood at the edge of a major change. A giant bouldering wave was about to come crashing down on the Front Range. Up to that point, the hardest problems were the Big Three (Trice, Slapshot, and Meathook) established by Jim Holloway. For various reasons, these problems seemed unattainable to the [...]

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June 2008 Update

Posted on 15. Jun, 2008 by B3.

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There has been a lot going on in the Front Range and I have been busy with work and travel, so here is a quick update. -Matt Wilder, Nalle Hukkataival and Jon Cardwell have made an ascent of Ode the Modern Man at Mt. Evans, V14. -Carlo Traversi has climbed the Automator V13 in RMNP. [...]

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Steve Mammen interview

Posted on 15. May, 2008 by B3.

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In the year 1999, I had been climbing for about a year and a half. I had just finished my 5th year of school at Michigan State and I drove out to Colorado to pick up my brother from CU. I was looking to check out some of the good bouldering Colorado had to offer [...]

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Meathook

Posted on 02. Oct, 2007 by B3.

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So after doing the Hang and getting thoroughly shut down on Meathook, I decided to do a little research. The first place I went to was the man himself, Jim Holloway. Holloway worked the problem for 20 days in 1974 and 75 before finally sending it. How was it that two climbers (Paul and myself), [...]

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Grand Ledge

Posted on 28. Sep, 2007 by B3.

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In the fall of 1999 I was in my 4th year at Michigan State University. It was the first year that I had a car at college and I was ready to put it to use. Four or five days a week I would make the 25 minute drive out of Lansing to the town [...]

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9.11.2001

Posted on 12. Sep, 2007 by B3.

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Six years ago I was living in Michigan and decided to head out on a two week climbing trip to check out the new boulders in RMNP. I had no information whatsoever except for a couple magazine articles. I got out some old maps and hiking guides and quickly found Lake Haiyaha. My plan was [...]