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Red Feather

Posted on 06. Apr, 2011 by B3.

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A few years ago I spent a number of days developing some great new boulders in Red Feather Lakes, including the Vampire, The Big Bang and Mastodon. No one seemed to care too much, and I was beginning to wonder if interest in the area had waned. There were a number of other projects that [...]

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Ashima in Hueco Tanks

Posted on 04. Apr, 2011 by B3.

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Ashima Shiraishi is a 9 year old climber from New York City, New York who has recently been climbing very well. She impressively won her age group (11 and under) at the ABS Youth Nationals in Boulder, CO. According to the Big Up Productions Blog she visited Hueco Tanks this spring and had an outstanding [...]

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The Shining Path First Ascent

Posted on 28. Mar, 2011 by B3.

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Pete Lowe has made the first ascent of a gorgeous problem in Red Rocks, NV. The Shining Path takes an obvious line up a stunning and tall arete. Pete is suggesting V13. He had this to say about the line: “One comment about the name. The Shining Path is a socialist terrorist group from Peru [...]

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Projects in the Park

Posted on 28. Mar, 2011 by B3.

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In the past few months I have been very motivated to find, clean, develop and put up new problems. I find myself becoming more and more passionate about first ascents, and in turn, the entire process which brings a new boulder to fruition. Discovery, adventure and trying to see the world and the crumbs of [...]

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Warpath V14 repeated

Posted on 19. Mar, 2011 by B3.

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Daniel Woods has made a very quick repeat of James Litzs’ Warpath, at Castle Rock in Idaho. This is one of the best roof problems in the world, and many had speculated it could be a potential V15. It took Daniel two days, and he has logged it as V14. Very nice effort! I visited [...]

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Movement Setting Crew

Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by B3.

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Three or four days a week I work as a routesetter at Movement Climbing and Fitness. It is an awesome place to work and I work with some of the best routesetters in the country. Mike Moelter is the head setter, and one of only three internationally certified setters in America. There are a number [...]

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Weekend Update

Posted on 14. Mar, 2011 by B3.

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While many climbers from around the world know Colorado as a summer bouldering destination, a number of awesome problems now exist for the winter and I know of no other place in America that has so many good hard problems to try, year-round. All of these problems attract climbers from around the country. Most impressively, [...]

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Carlo Traversi climbs The Game

Posted on 13. Mar, 2011 by B3.

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I just got back from Boulder Canyon, where I watched Carlo Traversi become the second person to climb Daniel Woods’ testpiece The Game. Carlo’s effort was inspiring, and afterwards he said, “This is definitely the hardest problem I have ever done.” Very nice job! Here is his comment from 8a.nu: 2nd Ascent. 5 days. First [...]

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Paul Robinson climbing well

Posted on 03. Mar, 2011 by B3.

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Paul Robinson has been traveling for a while now and has been on an absolute tear. He has been touring the world and repeating many of the hardest problems around. Paul climbed one of, if not the hardest problem in South Africa, Monkey Wedding, which he suggested an uprate to V15 from Fred’s original grade [...]