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Bouldering in Morrison, Colorado

by Tom Markiewicz on December 16, 2008

A few weeks ago, I had a chance to check out the bouldering at Morrison in Colorado. It was an unusually gray and cloudy day, so I didn’t get many pictures, but I did want to write up my mini summary of the area. First off, Morrison is the kind of bouldering area where you [...]

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Bouldering Colorado Slideshow with Bob Horan

by Tom Markiewicz on October 3, 2008

Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder hosted a slideshow last night presented by Bob Horan, author of the new and highly controversial guidebook Bouldering Colorado. Honestly, I was hoping some of the book’s most vocal detractors would show up for an open debate (hopefully more entertaining than the VP debate happening simultaneously), but there was a relatively [...]

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Reel Rock Tour kicks off this week

by Tom Markiewicz on September 8, 2008

The Reel Rock Tour kicks off in Boulder, Colorado this Wednesday. The third annual edition of the event will eventually hit over 80 cities to show climbing films including those from Sender Films and Big UP Productions. This year there is also a filmmaking competition, where anyone could submit their best three minute climbing film. [...]

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Angie Payne sends V12 in Rocky Mountain National Park

by Tom Markiewicz on September 5, 2008

Just starting to get caught up on a lot of news this morning, but apparently some great bouldering happened in Colorado very recently. Jamie Emerson reports that Angie Payne made the first female ascent of European Human Being (V12) in Rocky Mountain National Park. pimpin’ and crimpin’ has some additional photos of Angie on the [...]

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Carter Lake Bouldering

by Tom Markiewicz on August 22, 2008

As I mentioned in my last post, we moved to Colorado this week and I was obviously excited about all the new climbing opportunities in my backyard. In my rush to get on some rock, I ignored the fact that my body was exhausted from all the packing, driving, unpacking, and moving around of heavy [...]

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Move to Colorado is complete

by Tom Markiewicz on August 18, 2008

I wrote a few months ago about my eventual move to Colorado. Well, after much effort, I’m finally here. My wife and I drove the 1520 miles from Blacksburg this past weekend and we’re trying to get settled. On my prior post both here and on my personal blog, many asked where I was planning [...]

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Quick Sends – 6/11/08

by Tom Markiewicz on June 11, 2008

Sonnie Trotter repeats Dave MacLeod’s Rhapsody (E11/5.14c R) in Great Britain Hot Aches Productions writes about filming Rhapsody Tommy Caldwell frees Magic Mushroom (VI 5.14a) on El Cap in 20 hours and 2 minutes Results from the Bouldering World Cup in Vail, Colorado Dosage Vol. 5 world premiere review

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Another climbing gym in Boulder?

by Tom Markiewicz on April 9, 2008

The ClimbingNarc reports that a new climbing gym is coming to Boulder. Why is this news? There’s already three good sized gyms in Boulder already. But as I found out in my trip to Boulder a couple weeks ago, everyone you meet there is a climber. I’d love to see actual numbers on what percentage [...]

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Moving to Colorado

by Tom Markiewicz on February 28, 2008

I wrote about this on my personal blog this morning, but it’s definitely appropriate to discuss here on All Climbing. This summer my wife and I will be moving to the Boulder area of Colorado. I say Boulder “area” because we’re not exactly sure where we’ll end up finding real estate we like, but the [...]

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