B3bouldering.com » Projects http://www.b3bouldering.com Jamie Emerson Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:32:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 New Boulders http://www.b3bouldering.com/2010/01/28/new-boulders/ http://www.b3bouldering.com/2010/01/28/new-boulders/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 06:22:47 +0000 B3 http://www.b3bouldering.com/?p=3474 I’ve been so caught up in work and writing new editorial posts that I forget that I still do actually go rock climbing! This weekend I went to two of my favorite new areas in Colorado, Red Feather and Newlin Creek. Both offer nice scenery, great rock, potential for new problems and LONG drives from Boulder. Red Feather is typically two hours and Newlin is a solid three, which makes for a very long day trip.
I’ve been feeling inspired to try and repeat Chuck Fryberger’s excellent V12 at Newlin Creek called William Shatner. I had a nice session on it on Saturday and I look forward to heading back down soon. This is one of the best problems of its grade in the state, as far as I am concerned.
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IMG_2693Ben Spannuth on William Shatner V12

I also climbed a few moderates Livin’ on Prayer V9 and a low start to Finger on the Steel V8, and having not climbed outside too much in the last few months it felt great to roll over the top of something new. In other Newlin news, Austin Geiman, a Colorado Springs local, made the first ascent of a project I cleaned last year and had been calling “The Majestic Arete”. Austin has yet to name it, and I have yet to climb on it but I hear rumors of V10. Very nice effort.

Monday I went to Red Feather to try a few projects. The high on Weather.com was for 31, but as the project lies in the shade it was bitterly cold. The dry, crusted old snow melted on our pant legs as we post holed to the boulder. We built a nice fire, but climbing was difficult and without success. I look forward for things to dry up and warm up a bit before I head back to Red Feather. Looking forward to spending more time at both places this spring.

Also of note, Daniel Woods has spent two more days on the Super Project in Boulder, Canyon and has yet to link all the moves. He is off to Hueco to try and repeat Terremer, Fred Nicole’s V15 on North Mountain.

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I had a great session at Mt. Evans on Saturday. A huge crew was there and the conditions were good. A group of Southerners including Jon Glassberg, Jimmy Webb, Nate Draughn and Brion Voges climbed several classics, but local boy Paul Robinson earned the employee of the day with his send of The Big Worm V14. I added a nice variation to Bierstadt which starts about 5 ft to the left on a right hand pinch and a left hand edge. I named it after one of my favorite artists, Banksy, in keeping with a theme Ben Scott started so many years ago. Here are some pics from the day.

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Banksy V9 FA

I also tried a very nice project, which is in the V12 or V13 range, and scoped out an old project from the early days. When completed, this will be the best problem at Mt. Evans.
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The best project in Colorado…?

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