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Graham climbs new 8C

Posted on 12. Mar, 2013 by B3.

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A few days ago Dave Graham once again made the FA of the hardest problem at Elkland, aka The Nicky’s Boulders, aka The Billiards in Estes Park. The Bridge of Ashes V15 is the newest addition in a long line of well documented hard problems that now exist in Colorado. Well done. Dave spent a [...]

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Elkland

Posted on 24. Feb, 2013 by B3.

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This weekend I had one day to get out and made the most of it. I had tried a new problem put up by Dave Graham last week called Afrika Bambaataa V12, just left of a new project he has put a number of days into. The new project is a very hard compression rig [...]

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Elkland

Posted on 13. Feb, 2013 by B3.

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With time at premium once again as my Calc III class swings into full gear, I raced out of work today and headed up to a “project” I’ve tried off and on for a year or so, Carefully By Hand V12, at Elkland. I watched Daniel Woods climb the FA a year or so ago [...]

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Update

Posted on 07. May, 2012 by B3.

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There is a recent comment posted I would like to bring it to the forefront. Jim Belcer, long-time Estes local, and dedicated climber and RMNP bouldering developer writes this: I didnt quite know where to put this. All comments on your guidebook seem to be dated. Great job on your book! Excellent and super well [...]

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Elkland II

Posted on 13. Mar, 2012 by B3.

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Here are some more photos and video from the weekend at Elkland. Tommy Caldwell on the finishing moves of Dreamclimb V8, The Art of Flight is the left line. Making the third ascent of The Plague V9 An awesome new project that is in the V11-V13 range, found by Chad and Dave Here is a [...]

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Elkland

Posted on 12. Mar, 2012 by B3.

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This weekend I had some free time to climb outside in Colorado and it was great to get out with some familiar faces. Both days I went to check out a new sector of Nicky’s Boulders also known as Elkland, although referring to it as the Nicky’s Boulders is also technically incorrect. Tommy Caldwell, who [...]

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New V14 at the Nicky’s Boulders

Posted on 30. Jan, 2012 by B3.

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Daniel Woods has made the FA of a sick new V14 called Mind to Motion at the Nicky’s Boulders, just outside of Estes Park, CO. The problem was found and cleaned by Dave Graham, but left open as he is in Hueco Tanks. Daniel put a few days of work into this one, and it [...]

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Nicky’s Boulders

Posted on 23. Jan, 2012 by B3.

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This weekend I was feeling a bit under the weather, but it wasn’t enough to stop from getting out to scope a “new area” practically in Estes Park. The reality is that the Nicky’s Boulders (aka The Billards) have been climbed at for a long time. In fact I visited the area in 2002 when [...]