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The Left Overs :)

Posted by Mark in news on 2010/02/16

Left overs as the title of this post because that is what you can call the handful of climbs i have left in the potrero.  A lot of these routes have been left for a reason, not because they super hard necessarily but maybe they are dangerous, or just not worth doing due to type of rock or maybe location. Usually 10 year old open projects have reasons for still being unclimbed.

The last week has been pretty quiet actually, i have tried to get on the crying rian project a couple times, but there is a section of the route that is constantly seeping along with two rest huecos higher on the route, this is why one of the locals said nobody bothered with the route, somedays its dry and somedays its wet and dirty which is super frustrating while trying to coordinate rest days and climbing other routes so i dont detrain.

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Getting Away and Getting Back!

Posted by Bonnie in news, the crew on 2010/02/12

Sunset over Charlotte Amalie

hi everyone! i thought it was time for an update!

as i was injured, mig and i decided that this winter we would take a real, beach vacation for once! as climbers, this rarely happens (i’m sure you know what i mean). our destination choice was made easy for us because we have friends who recently moved to st. thomas, in the U.S. virgin islands (featured above). having a place to stay was definitely a drawing point, but let’s be honest, we also knew that only a ferry ride away was a little island with big, white, granite boulders on white sandy beaches : Virgin Gorda. we didn’t have a guide-book and we weren’t really in shape but it was sooo much fun! here are a couple of photos to give you a taste of this sweet bouldering destination in paradise.

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the update…

Posted by Dustin Curtis in news on 2010/01/18

setting clinic

learing the rope at the USA climbing route setting clinic (can you spot Dustin?)

So, Frank, Dave and Jamie have all been on me to make a blog posting, especially since so much has happened since my last update. And since Mark managed to post something just before he leaves to crush everything in Mexico, I figure I’m out of the ‘too busy excuse.’

Above is a picture taken by Chris Danielson. I attended a level two route setting clinic held by him, and Molly Beard of USA climbing. The point of the clinic is to not just to stuff a bunch of route setters in a gym and let them feed off of each others creative energy but also to help cultivate their talents and, most importantly, to help pick and choose setters that USA Climbing will allow to intern and assist for their National Level comps. They use these clinics to help train setters so that they can run, organize and set regional level comps but also to evaluate which setters will move up to set ABS Nationals or SCS Nationals or US Youth Nationals.

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hola 2010 and hola mexico ;)

Posted by Mark in news, the crew on 2010/01/07

Hola 2010

So the new year has come and I’m excited to that say that after the stomach flu and head cold and alcohol poisoning that brought in this new year and the painful days of rest that were required in order to overcome it, it’s now time to enjoy the rest of the fun filled days this year has left.

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