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Last days in the South

Posted on 02. Feb, 2008 by B3.

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Our last days in the South were totally amazing. We climbed at LRC, Dayton and HP40. I was trying to finish up a couple harder things at LRC, including the Chattanoogan V12. This time I just couldn’t pull it out. I gave it a few goes from the start and when it didn’t happen I [...]

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www.momentumvm.com

Posted on 01. Feb, 2008 by B3.

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Momentumvm has the first installment of our footage from the south. Check it out. Psyched to get some of that footage out there finally and I must say the best is yet to come.

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Woods Crushing in Switzerland

Posted on 26. Jan, 2008 by B3.

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Daniel Woods has made the first one day ascent of New Base Line V14 in Magicwood in Switzerland. Well done young lad. Maybe next up for young Daniel would be Bernd Zangerl’s Anam Cara. Once again, the Americans have proven themselves to be climbing at the highest level overseas. Here is a link to an [...]

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Projects

Posted on 25. Jan, 2008 by B3.

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There are so many amazing projects down here. Today I went and rapped and cleaned one of the best lines I have ever seen. I found it a few days ago near Dayton. Here are some pics from todays events. Perfect sandstone edges on a riverside boulder V12-V13? Amazing hard project in the V15 range [...]

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HP40

Posted on 25. Jan, 2008 by B3.

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With the end of our southern tour approaching we headed back down to Horse Pens for another day on perfect sandstone. I was happy climbing on more moderate things just running around enjoying the day. The high yesterday was around 35 and dry, perfect conditions. Ang. and I warmed up on the classic problems Bum [...]

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Dayton

Posted on 22. Jan, 2008 by B3.

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Richland Creek Yesterday we made our way back to Dayton, and I finished off Matt Bosley’s Vapor Lock V11. The problem climbs straight out a very steep roof on amazing sandstone pinches and pockets. It is a classic problem. It was originally graded V13 but the Chattanooga locals have suggested otherwise. Vapor Lock I also [...]

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Lisa Rands climbs the Mandala

Posted on 22. Jan, 2008 by B3.

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Lisa Rands has made the first female ascent of The Mandala in Bishop California. Well done! www.bishopbouldering.com Jason Kehl has made the 2nd ascent of The Shield in LRC. www.cryptochild.com

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LRC

Posted on 19. Jan, 2008 by B3.

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Thursday was a rest day after three days on and Friday we made our way back to LRC. The last couple of days there I had been trying to send this extension to Biggie Shorty, a V10 I had done last week. The extension, which was put up by Matt Bosley, adds quite a bit [...]

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Laurel Falls

Posted on 17. Jan, 2008 by B3.

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Wednesday we decided to head out to a newer area known as Dayton. It is in central Tennessee. Most of the hard problems here were put up in the past two years and it sounded like there was potential for more. Just outside of town a dirt road heads up into the hills . In [...]

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Little Rock City

Posted on 14. Jan, 2008 by B3.

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This post is a couple of days old, from Friday at LRC. We finally made our way to Little Rock City north of Chattanooga. This unique bouldering area is located on the edge of a golf course surrounded by million dollar homes. The rock is exquisite sandstone, more featured than Horse Pens but nearly perfect [...]