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Guidebook Grades
Over the past several weeks I have been working on the guidebook. Many of the descriptions have been written and it is starting to come together. It’s my hope that the community will be behind what I produce and I feel there is no better way to do that then to involve all of you. There ...
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Update
The weather continues to be poor. It’s been difficult finding anywhere dry to climb, which is rare for this time of year. This the snowiest winter in my memory in Colorado. Saturday we went to Newlin Creek, but everything was totally wet. Sunday I did a nice problem near the Primo Wall in ...
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Core Preview
It’s been a busy week here in Boulder, sadly no climbing outside, but I just returned from a pre-screening of Chuck Fryberger’s new film, CORE. What I saw in this rough cut was incredible. Chuck has stepped up his game in a big way. He did some new and interesting things, that step ...
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The Grade Debate
Daniel Woods ascent of Desperanza V15 has once again brought the grade debate to the forefront. Daniel is incredible shape right now and posted a great article on his reasoning for calling the line V15 here . David Graham responded to Daniel’s send on this site with this comment: I ...
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Guidebook Update
b3bouldering.com — Monday Fred Knapp and I drove to Idaho Springs to meet with a ranger from Mt. Evans... Wilderness to discuss the possibility of a guidebook. The ranger was open, honest, friendly and sincere. Here are the highlights from our discussion. He was very ... (more) Guidebook Update
Daniel Woods Rampage Continues
b3bouldering.com — Daniel Woods has continued his tear, climbing Esperanza V14 from the back of the cave to create... Desperanza V15 . This adds a V7 into the start. In the last month Daniel has climbed: Terremer, Hueco Tanks, V15 for its third ascent. The Game, ... (more) Daniel Woods Rampage Continues
CORE Trailer
Check out the trailer for CORE the newest film from Chuck Fryberger Productions . Chuck filmed some of the movie in South Africa, and the shots I saw were incredible!
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The Open Sky Project
A while back I posted about my involvement with The Open Sky Project . Basically this is a link to a place where you can purchase bouldering products that I endorse. Right now it is mostly E-grips climbing holds (E-Grips has been one of my sponsors for several years) and some other things as ...
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ABS Videos
Check out some more ABS video that has surfaced.
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Women in Climbing
Women in Climbing
b3bouldering.com — In 1994 Lynn Hill free climbed The Nose on El Capitan in a day, a stunning feat... that is clearly one of the greatest achievements in rock climbing history. Not only did she climb the first ascent of one of the hardest routes in America at the time, ... (more) Women in Climbing
The Smithsonian
I took some time out from the competition to see the sights in Washington DC and could help but smile when walking through the geology section of the Smithsonian and saw this:
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Ambrosia 2nd Ascent
Alex Honnold has made the second ascent of Ambrosia , Kevin Jorgeson’s huge highball/free-solo at the Buttermilks in Bishop.
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ABS Nationals-Commentary
I haven’t devoted much of my writing on this blog to course setting although for the last 8 years I have been involved in many of major climbing competitions in the US, including the World Cup in 2008 and 2009. All week the conversation among our routesetting crew revolved around the ...
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ABS Nationals Finals Teaser
I was thrilled to be part of the setting crew that did such a fabulous job this weekend. It really felt like the culmination of 8 years of setting these events and working with and knowing the setting crew so well. Check out this awesome teaser of some of the footage that was shot during ...
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The Game
Here is a quick clip of Daniel Woods’ new problem The Game V16, in Boulder Canyon. The Game, World’s Hardest Boulder Problem? from Cedar Wright on Vimeo .
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Final Results
Women 1. Alex Puccio 2. Alex Johnson 3. Fracesca Metcalf Men 1. Daniel Woods 2. Matt Bosley 3. Rob D’Anastasio Well the Twitter experiment almost worked, and unfortunately they shut me out from too many posts. It was an AMAZING comp., highlighted by Alex Johnson’s dramatic ...
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ABS Nationals about to begin
I will update my Twitter as best I can as the 2010 ABS Nationals Season 11 Championship is about to begin.
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Men’s Qualifier #5 Paul Robinson
Check out video of Paul Robinson on Men’s #5
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ABS Qualifier Videos
2010 ABS Qualifiers from Jimmy Webb on Vimeo .
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Women’s Qualifier Photos
Women’s Qualifier Photos
b3bouldering.com — Audrey Gawrych on Women’s #5 Qualifer Sasha Diguilian on Women’s 3 Lizzy Asher on Women’s 2... (more) Women’s Qualifier Photos
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