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Room Project sent by Tim Clifford

Posted on 25. May, 2007 by .

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Tim Clifford has climbed the infamous Room Project in Squamish, BC. The problem starts on an obvious slopey jug rail and climbs straight up flat and slopey edges to a flat lip at about 15ft. Many people are familiar with the sport route Silent Menace 5.14a that begins with a jump across a gap to [...]

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Suspension of Disbelief

Posted on 09. May, 2007 by .

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Daniel Woods has made the second ascent of Suspension of Disbelief V13 in Eldorado Canyon State Park. Woods worked on it a few days last year when he did the “stand start” and then for seven days this year. I found this problem in the spring of 2005 right as it was getting to be [...]

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News

Posted on 02. May, 2007 by .

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Chuck Fryberger has been on a tear lately. He climbed very well in Joe’s Valley climbing many V10s and V11s very quickly. Last week he made the first flash of Veritas sds V11. Today he made a second try ascent of the gorgeous sport route project featured in my previous posts in Red Feather Lakes, [...]

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Pringle in the Poudre

Posted on 28. Mar, 2007 by .

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Ethan Pringle visited the Poudre Canyon yesterday while passing through Colorado. He had one of the best days the area has seen, making short work of Circadian Rhythmn V13 Pringle worked Circadian for about an hour before completing it and snagging the first one-day ascent of the problem. Nice work, Ethan!

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Spot Bouldering Series

Posted on 19. Mar, 2007 by .

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Check out the new video on momentumvm.com showing Angie Payne winning the SBS at the Spot Bouldering Gym in Boulder, CO last month.

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Kelly McBride Sends Fingerhut V10

Posted on 16. Mar, 2007 by .

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Kelly McBride of Ft. Collins has joined a handful of elite climbing women in America with her ascent of the classic Joe’s Valley problem Fingerhut. Fingerhut was established by Boone Speed in the mid 90s and was the first confirmed V10 in Joe’s. She spent two days on the crimpy line, and it is Kelly’s [...]

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Paul Sends Echale

Posted on 12. Mar, 2007 by .

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Paul Robinson made the third ascent of Echale V14 in Clear Creek Canyon, outside of Golden, this weekend. Nice job Paul. Echale was put up by Daniel Woods. Unfortunately, almost every hold is chipped or glued and the entire problem was dugout with a pick axe (not by Daniel). I understand the desire to repeat [...]

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Mammut Gravity Brawl Unofficial Final Results

Posted on 04. Mar, 2007 by .

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Here are the unofficial final results (top five) for the Mammut Gravity Brawl held this weekend in New Jersey: Men 1. Paul Robinson 2. Daniel Woods 3. Vasya Vorotnikov 4. Gabor Szekely 5. Grady Bagwell Women 1. Lizzy Asher 2. Kate Reese 3. Sasha Digiulian 4. Andrea Szekely 5. Marah Bragdon Nice job to all!

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Mammut Gravity Brawl Unofficial Qualifier Results

Posted on 03. Mar, 2007 by .

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The Mammut Gravity Brawl qualifying round was held today in New Jersey. Here are unofficial lists of the top five competitiors in each division after today’s climbing: Men: 1. D. Woods 2. P. Robinson 3. G. Szekely 4. B. Kim 5. C. Lindner Women: 1. K. Reese 2. A. Szekely 3. L. Asher 4. S. [...]

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SBS Results

Posted on 26. Feb, 2007 by .

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Saturday I went up to Boulder Canyon with Brian Capps and met up with Theo, Sander, Harry, Cooper and a few others to try Freak Brothers II V10. I did it first try that day, which was nice and then Brian flashed it. Of course we had to go and do the problem of the [...]

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