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Posted on 27. Jun, 2011 by B3.

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First of all, thanks so much to everyone who has preordered their copies of Bouldering RMNP and Mt. Evans. The free eBook offer is still available. I will be moving the guidebook post up top and to the sidebar below the Buy Now button so that all of the info remains, and I will continue [...]

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The Guidebook-Bouldering Rocky Mountain National Park and Mt. Evans

Posted on 22. Jun, 2011 by B3.

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After two years of specific work and eleven years of hiking, exploring and bouldering in RMNP and Mt. Evans, the guidebook is complete. The guide covers (in RMNP) Moraine Park, Veritas, Lonestar, Emerald Lake, the Hallett Boulder, Lower and Upper Chaos Canyon, and (in Mt. Evans) Area A and B and Laying in Wait. There [...]

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Slideshow in Ft. Collins

Posted on 22. Jun, 2011 by B3.

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This Monday Jon Cardwell and I will be presenting a slideshow in Ft. Collins. The show begins at 7:30. Our show will be about the development of new bouldering in Colorado, and after the show Ben Scott and Paul Dusatko will be showing two classic old climbing films, Solutions and Inertia 1. Visit www.nococlimbing.org for [...]

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Wolverineland

Posted on 20. Jun, 2011 by B3.

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Now that Endovalley is far too warm, the development front has shifted to Lincoln Lake. Although Chaos Canyon is far lower in elevation than Lincoln Lake, it is inundated with snow, and many of the most popular problems are still buried. It’s unfortunate because there are many incredible projects still to be climbed in Chaos [...]

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Update

Posted on 14. Jun, 2011 by B3.

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Last week the SCS Youth Divisional Championships were at Movement Climbing Fitness and I helped set the event. For me, roped competitions (especially for kids) are the most challenging competitions to set. Jugging up and down the wall is rough on my muscles as well as my hands. It was great training and after a [...]

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Bent Gate Slide Show Tomorrow!

Posted on 08. Jun, 2011 by B3.

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Tomorrow Jon Cardwell and I will presenting a slide show “Colorado Alpine Bouldering” which will highlight our experiences developing the amazing bouldering in the alpine realms of Colorado. We will also be showing Reach, which shows not only some of the new problems at Lincoln Lake, but it also shows some awesome bouldering of Brazil [...]

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Wolverineland

Posted on 02. Jun, 2011 by B3.

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Yesterday I marched down the hill to Wolvoland for the first time this year. I was taken again by the grandeur of the setting, the amazing problems that were established last year, and the number of projects still waiting to be climbed. Motivation was high and we had a great crew. I checked out a [...]

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Closed Projects

Posted on 01. Jun, 2011 by B3.

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With all of the attention to all of the new bouldering here in Colorado, one issue that comes up is the idea of a closed project. Say for example (and the example I give is pure fiction), I spent three days hiking around an obscure corner of the Indian Peaks Wilderness, which is just south [...]

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Lincoln Lake

Posted on 31. May, 2011 by B3.

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On Saturday, Dave Graham, Jimmy Webb, Daniel Woods and I drove up the now open Mt. Evans Scenic Hwy to scope out Lincoln Lake. It was a recon mission. Things were cold and snowy, but the road was dry. A brisk wind swirled the clouds, hiding and revealing the precipitous drop down to the jagged [...]

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Endovalley

Posted on 28. May, 2011 by B3.

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Today Carlo Traversi made the first ascent of the roof project in Endovalley. The weather was blustery and threatening all day but it held off long enough for him to complete the line, after falling off the end yesterday. Dave Graham, who put considerable effort into cleaning the line and figuring out the beta, added [...]