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Reel Rock Tour
5 August 2010, 2:07 pm

The Reel Rock Tour hits the world by storm beginning September 16, 2010 so get your tickets and get psyched!   http://www.reelrocktour.com/films/  For the time being you can vote in the filmmaking competition: http://www.reelrocktour.com...

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New Area found in Rocklands!
9 August 2010, 12:59 pm

Ian Cotter-Brown and Jesse Bonin have recently made quite the discovery in the lower 8 Day Rain sector of Rocklands, South Africa.  They have found a new area that consists of 20 or so amazing lines with tons of projects still for the pi...

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Paul Robinson makes the FA of "The Big Short"
9 August 2010, 1:01 pm

Two days ago Paul Robinson made the first ascent of a new line in Rocklands far back in the 8 Day Rain sector.  He is naming the boulder problem, “The Big Short” and attaching it the grade of 8B+.  The problem begins low under a roof and...

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Icicle Canyon and other updates
9 August 2010, 3:21 pm

Last week's updates include new topos from Icicle Canyon and some FA videos. Check out the details below!  1 route with new discussion comments   - Lämppäri (4) at Kaltsi, Petosen hänkki  1 hard ascent   - Moonlander Assis (8A+) by Peter...

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Squamish and other updates
16 August 2010, 8:11 am

Some great videos and topos were added last week. Check out the details below!  1 route with new discussion comments   - Prism (7A) at Valtiovierailu, Munkkiniemi  2 hard ascents   - No Glamour (8A) by Per Lindmark  - No Glamour (8A) by ...

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Interview with John Sherman
19 August 2010, 8:26 am

John Sherman is responsible for the development of bouldering at Hueco Tanks. He has been climbing for 36 years. He grew up in Berkeley, CA and one day some of his drinking buddies took him to Indian Rock to go bouldering. He pretty much...

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Interview with Carlo Traversi
21 August 2010, 11:13 am

Carlo Traversi of Santa Rosa, California has been climbing for the past 8 years. Like many other top climbers, Carlo’s main method of training is simply by climbing a lot, but lately he has been experimenting with weight exercises and it...

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Boulder City and other updates
23 August 2010, 10:09 am

Check out the new videos and topos that were added last week! Thanks to Morgan Barnes and team SLV Climbing for the great topos from Boulder City.  1 route with new discussion comments   - Prism (7A) at Valtiovierailu, Munkkiniemi  2 gra...

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Paul Robinson makes the 2nd ascent of Monkey Wedding (8C)
24 August 2010, 4:48 pm

Paul Robinson came to Rocklands two years ago and climbed on a ton of problems with his friends, including Monkey Wedding. When making summer plans for 2010 there was one thing Paul wanted to do, return to Rocklands, South Africa and fin...

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Ascents and other updates
30 August 2010, 10:24 pm

Last week's updates include some great topos, videos and ascents. Check out the details below!  1 route with new discussion comments   - Boulder problem #1 (7A+) at Nutsa, Roadside  4 hard ascents   - Freak (7C+) by Alex Biale  - The Kin...

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Interview with Angie Payne, first female to climb confirmed V13!
1 September 2010, 2:18 pm

Angie Payne has been climbing for the past 13 years and just graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder with a degree in sociology along with the prerequisites for vet school, in hopes of being accepted into the vet school at Col...

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Interview with Ethan Pringle after his takedown in Australia!
6 September 2010, 11:04 am

Ethan Pringle has been climbing for 15 years and has been pushing the limits in bouldering, sport climbing, and trad climbing for many of those years. 2 years ago Ethan tore his left labrum in his shoulder on a big swinging move ...

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Last week's updates
7 September 2010, 10:31 am

Thanks to Calle Bejersten for adding many new videos last week! You can find the videos and other updates listed below.  5 routes with new discussion comments   - Panic Room (7A) at No Late Tenders, Fields of Joy  - Hulk Hogan (?) at Cas...

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check out the trailer for this years Reel Rock Film Tour
8 September 2010, 7:52 am

 The tour will be featured in cities across the USA as well as in Canada, Chile, Austria, Belgium,and Germany!  Check the tour date schedule and more info at www.reelrockfilmtour.com

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Red River Gorge and other updates
13 September 2010, 8:57 pm

Last week's updates include new topos from the Red River Gorge in the USA and Triangular Lake in Russia. Don't miss the videos!  3 routes with new video beta   - Presten roof (7A+) at Presten Roof, Presten boulders  - Saknad i Strid assi...

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Paul Robinson on the take down in Fionnay, Switzerland
14 September 2010, 6:18 pm

Paul Robinson went to Fionnay for 5 days on his way to Ticino and was able to crush Scarred for Life stand (8A+), Le Lent Silence du Moleskine (8B+ trav, 8B fb) second ascent, Seveso (8B), Permanent Midnight(8B), and Radja (8B+) during h...

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Paul sends The Never Ending Story (8B+) in Magic Wood!
22 September 2010, 1:14 pm

Paul recently returned to Switzerland, and in particular Magic Wood, after two years of climbing in the U.S. , Canada, and South Africa, with set goals on his horizon. One of these goals was to seek redemption on the climb that landed hi...

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Anna Stöhr is 2nd woman in the world to climb confirmed 8B!
25 September 2010, 8:45 am

On a recent trip to Magic Wood, and after a few days of effort, Anna Stöhr was able to send The Riverbed 8B.  This marks the first female ascent of the climb and the second ascent of an 8B in the world by a female. The Riverbed, original...

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It was a weekend of competitions worldwide- The Puurs World Cup in Belgium and the Nor'easter in New Hampshire
26 September 2010, 7:31 am

While climbers across the globe were crushing it outside, these 12 athletes were crushing it on plastic. First, here are the top 3 places for the Puurs World Cup  1. Ramon Julian Puigblanque  2. Jakob Schubert  3.. Adam Ondra   1. Jain K...

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New front page and lots of videos
27 September 2010, 5:27 pm

Check out last week's updates below, and take a look at our new front page also. Your feedback on the new front page is much appreciated. You can leave a comment on this post or use the feedback forum for specific feature requests and vo...

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check out this new video made by PrAna with Chris Sharma
28 September 2010, 6:17 am

Chris Sharma tests out his yoga skills at Wanderlust!  

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Magnus Midtboe climbs his first 8C, Blood Redemption
1 October 2010, 11:43 am

Dead  Point Magazine reports that Magnus Midtboe has climbed and put up his first 8c.   The line of Gjeddehenget was an already established 8B+ before a key hold broke. Magnus was able to add a sit start to this established line so with ...

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Jani Lehtola sends Fyysikko (8B)
2 October 2010, 11:49 am

Jani Lehtola has recently added Fyysikko (8B) to his impressive tick list. Check out the new video from Lehis and some background information from slouppi.net!

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Daniel Woods climbs his first 5.15a with his second ascent of Jaws II yesterday in Rumney, NH
5 October 2010, 8:47 am

Daniel Woods traveled to New Hampshire about a week ago for two main purposes: to compete in the Nor'easter Bouldering competition and to get the second ascent of Jaws II. After a third place finish in the competition he set his mind to ...

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Daniel Woods and Paul Robinson team up with Nicros
9 October 2010, 4:54 pm

Last spring Paul and Daniel each made separate trips to the Nicros headquarters in Minnesota to try their luck at shaping their own signature sets. You might have seen advertisements for their hold sets on Dead Point Mag or in other plac...

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