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While a number of climbers are rightfully headed to the Poudre Canyon these days, or even more appropriately RMNP, as the weather warms, I had a free weekend and was looking for something new and different, so often the motivating factor as to where I climb. I will be sport climbing soon, but I had [...]

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Ashima Shiraishi has made the FFA of Crown of Aragorn V13 in Hueco Tanks. Remarkably she is only 10 years old! Very well done! Crown, as it is known locally, is a four move sitstart into Better Eat Your Wheaties V8. Fred Nicole has the first ascent, and John Sherman lists it as a standard [...]

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One issue that hasn’t been discussed here is the issue of climbing on private property. Often times, especially in America, amazing boulders are found on land not accessible to the public. Here in Colorado the classic example is Gross Reservoir. Turn that Frown Upside Down V12 and Singular Objective V11 are two of the best [...]

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Daniel Woods has made the FA of Mourning Glory 5.14c/d in Clear Creek Canyon. Woods described the route as 5.12b to a V13 boulder problem, followed by a V8 into a V10 out a near horizontal roof. His ascent represents a recent switch he is making to try his hand at some harder routes in [...]

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Here are some more photos and video from the weekend at Elkland. Tommy Caldwell on the finishing moves of Dreamclimb V8, The Art of Flight is the left line. Making the third ascent of The Plague V9 An awesome new project that is in the V11-V13 range, found by Chad and Dave Here is a [...]

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This weekend I had some free time to climb outside in Colorado and it was great to get out with some familiar faces. Both days I went to check out a new sector of Nicky’s Boulders also known as Elkland, although referring to it as the Nicky’s Boulders is also technically incorrect. Tommy Caldwell, who [...]

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Daniel Woods has made the FA of new potential 8C in RMNP. Very well done! The problem climbs a gorgeous and singular line out a massive roof that sits hidden just off the Bear Lake Road on exceptional swirling granite. The problem begins with difficult tension climbing that culminates in a very hard crux move. [...]

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I know this news is a bit old in our now seemingly daily news cycle but I did want to highlight a recent ascent here in Colorado. A few weeks ago Carlo Traversi made the first ascent of a long-standing project in the Flatirons which he is calling The Altruist V13. The problem is located [...]

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Daniel Woods has made the FA of a sick new V14 called Mind to Motion at the Nicky’s Boulders, just outside of Estes Park, CO. The problem was found and cleaned by Dave Graham, but left open as he is in Hueco Tanks. Daniel put a few days of work into this one, and it [...]

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It’s been more than 10 years since a comprehensive bouldering guide to the Front Range of Colorado existed, but Colorado Bouldering: Front Range by Phillip Benningfield and Matt Samet from Sharp End Publishing is now complete! You can pre-order the book right here on B3, just click the link on the right side of the [...]

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