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More wrap-ups of the ABS Nationals from ClimbingNarc, Paul Robinson, Sean McColl, Jon Glassberg, Pimpin and Crimpin, Momentum Video, Dead Point Magazine, and Climbing Magazine. Peter Beal made the FA of There Will Be Blood SDS (V12) at Flagstaff Mountain, Colorado. Ethan Pringle re-injures his shoulder during the ABS Nationals comp. Markus Bock sent 24 [...]
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When I had a couple minutes between competitors at ABS Nationals, I tried to take some quick photos. Here’s some of what I saw from the floor:
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This past Friday I had the opportunity to volunteer at the ABS Nationals. I’m not sure how they picked people for the various positions (pretty sure it was random), but I ended up being the judge for the first problem in the men’s open qualifiers. I mainly wanted to volunteer for two reasons. First, I [...]
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While I volunteered one shift at the ABS Nationals this weekend at The Spot, I wasn’t able to attend the finals. Ryan of BoulderDiaries and the ClimbingNarc though both have posted updates. Men’s Results Daniel Woods Paul Robinson Sean McColl Women’s Results Alex Johnson Chauncenia Cox Alex Puccio The entire finals results are posted on [...]
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Today’s guest post is from Jenn Fields, who writes at http://www.jennfields.com. I wasn’t sure what I’d get out of a weekend of ice climbing just with girls, because I’ve always climbed with boys. Of course I’d come away with sore shoulders, bigger calves and more mad girl-climbing skills, but what else would be on the [...]
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Climbing Magazine announced its 2008 Golden Piton Awards. Some of the winners included Chris Sharma for his send of Jumbo Love (5.15b), Beth Rodden for the FA of Meltdown in Yosemite, and Paul Robinson for his more than 80 problems rated V11 or higher last year. As with last year’s GP awards, we’ve prioritized vision [...]
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On February 12th, accomplished climber and author Steph Davis is coming to Boulder to give a slideshow presentation at Neptune Mountaineering. The following day, on Friday, February 13 at 7pm, All Climbing is hosting a meetup / welcoming party with Andrew Hyde (a startup guru in Boulder) for Steph. Andrew is a good friend of [...]
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From what I consider to be a somewhat morbid website, I was forwarded a link from Obit Magazine (yes, a website all about people dying, I don’t care how they try to spin it) regarding a climbing death at Seneca Rocks, West Virginia last Fall. The author reflects on her death and how other climbers [...]
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You may have heard about the impressive recent ascent of the 45-foot high ball Ambrosia by Kevin Jorgeson on the Grandpa Peabody boulder in The Buttermilks, Bishop, Califonia. Big UP was on hand to film the ascent and UKclimbing.com describes Ambrosia as a “V11 boulder problem in to a 5.13a (F7c+) solo.” And Wills Young [...]
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Adam Ondra sends the first repeat of Francois Legrand’s, “Roby in the Sky” rated 9a, in the Calanques outside Marseilles, France. (via Czech Climbing and 8a.nu)
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Stewart Green writes up an excellent and detailed analysis of a climbing accident at the Garden of the Gods, Colorado. Apparently there were two sets of anchors at the top of The Practice Slab, an 80-foot sandstone slab route on South Gateway Rock, but the climber used the older set. This climber, however, disregarded the [...]
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On the theme of climbing access, please take some time to view the documentary Heart of Stone, a film from Andrew Kornylak and Josh Fowler. This is a fantastic, must-watch climbing video. I spent a lot of time climbing and bouldering in the Southeast and this film really hits home emphasizing the access issues as [...]
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