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Wintery Weather

Posted on 11. Dec, 2007 by B3.

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Today Brian and I went up to the Speed Boulder, outside of Great Barrington. This time the lip was caked with ice from the storm yesterday and we could only work on the lower moves of problems. Brian climbed very well on his first day on Something From Nothing V12. He was also a hero [...]

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Great Barrington

Posted on 10. Dec, 2007 by B3.

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“Icing is good for cakes, not for boulders” Herm Feissner, contributing editor Yesterday we went to Great Barrington in hopes that we could dry something off and perhaps work some moves of some steep problems. Our first stop was the much talked about Speed Boulder. Brian and I were both very impressed with the quality [...]

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Central CT

Posted on 10. Dec, 2007 by B3.

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The weather continues to shut us down and it has gotten mildly frustrating. It snowed another 2 inches last night, and although we were assured Connecticut was dry, it was not. We spent several hours trying to dry up some nice roof problems. I was impatient and just starting trying Busted Shadow V11. The problem [...]

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New V14 in Hueco Tanks

Posted on 09. Dec, 2007 by B3.

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Nick Duttle has added a new V14 in Hueco Tanks, SÃ´l AdÃ»nÃ¢mentum. It is a direct start to Fern Roof and it finishes up on Wild Turkey. Nick has suggested “hard” V14 and if the grade holds it will be one of the hardest problems in Hueco Tanks and the USA. SÃ´l AdÃ»nÃ¢mentum is on [...]

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Pawtuckaway

Posted on 03. Dec, 2007 by B3.

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Brian and I arrived in New Hampshire last Monday in a driving rain storm. Tuesday everthing was soaking wet, but we hiked around and saw some really nice things. Pawtuckaway is the largest bouldering area in New England and it is very pretty. There are two main areas, Boulder Natural, where the rock is plentiful [...]

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New V14 in Colorado

Posted on 29. Nov, 2007 by B3.

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Tyler Landman has left his mark again, this time climbing new problem in Boulder Canyon. Ty has spent several days on the line which climbs on a boulder near Castle Rock. This is a classic new problem and I am sure many people will be gunning for the second ascent this winter. The name is [...]

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Update

Posted on 28. Nov, 2007 by B3.

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Brian and I have arrived in Raymond, NH to check out Pawtuckaway for the first leg of our New England trip. Everything is soaking wet due to the torrential rains the last few days. We have hiked around and seen everything, and there are several problems that clearly standout. Child of the Storm is very [...]

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Red River Gorge Bouldering

Posted on 23. Nov, 2007 by B3.

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Friday I arrived in KY after 1300 miles in the car and drove straight to the Cove, a powerband with lots of potential for hard problems. Timy Fairfield was there randomly and was very psyched on the idea of all the hard problems that could be done. My main objective was Ghetto Methods, a V10 [...]

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Red River Gorge

Posted on 21. Nov, 2007 by B3.

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Just a quick update. I spent the last two days bouldering in Kentucky with Timy Fairfield on some nice powerband boulders. I sent my first V10 in KY and repeated a new one of Timy’s. Video to come soon. Also, young Daniel Woods has had what has to be one of the best days of [...]

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Red Feather

Posted on 18. Nov, 2007 by B3.

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Today was the first day I had off from work, the first day of my extended road trip and my last day in Colorado for a while. We went to Red Feather for a great day of bouldering with some of our Ft. Collins friends. Ben Scott lead the way. We all climbed a bunch [...]