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Great temps in Magic Wood allow for new 8C by Paul Robinson and two 8B's by Carlo Traversi
13 October 2010, 11:06 am

A few weeks ago a strong climber and friend, Mickey, from the UK showed Paul Robinson a hard project in Magic Wood, CH. At the time Paul had just finished Neverending Story and was looking for something else to work on. He began trying t...

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Carlo Traversi climbs The Dagger, V14
25 October 2010, 3:16 pm

Today, in Cresciano Carlo Traversi was able to finish up The Dagger after only three days of work. The climb has a series of toe hooks along a horizontal roof. Carlo's beta is to climb sideways up the roof, relying on his toes and bad sl...

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The future of rock climbing competitions??
25 October 2010, 8:39 pm

According to the prAna website Chris Sharma walked away as the winner of this past weekend's first deep water solo competition in Bilbao, Spain. The competition attracted a huge crowd and was said to have been a spectacular show. Hopeful...

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3 8B's in Brione
28 October 2010, 5:08 pm

Team America is at it again in Switzerland, however, a frenchman, Lucas Menegatti, has been added to the crew. Lucas arrived from France yesterday and was able to crush Amber, 8B, on his first day. Carlo Traversi was also able to send Am...

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Another great day for Paul Robinson
30 October 2010, 11:30 am

Yesterday, while taking time off from trying Big Paw (8C) in Chironico with Dai Koyamada, Robinson was able to send Shadowfax (8B), La Soucoupe (8A+), Roswell (8A+) and Vitruvian Man (7C) in about 30 minutes. Robinson only tried Shadowfa...

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Dai Koyamada is back in Switzerland
31 October 2010, 2:16 pm

Yesterday Dai Koyamada made a quick repeat of the Cresciano classic, Confessions (8B+). He managed to send the climb in one afternoon and remarked afterward that the climb did not feel like 8B+, rather, more like 8B.    Last year, Adam O...

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On Route to IMS, Paul Robinson sends The Dagger (V14)
5 November 2010, 9:50 am

This morning, Paul decided to get in a quick climbing session before driving to the IMS bouldering cup in northern Italy. As Cresciano is the closest climbing to his apartment, he decided to climb on The Dagger.   The Dagger has been a s...

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IMS Cup Tonight
6 November 2010, 4:37 pm

The International Mountain Summit, more commonly known as IMS, takes place this year from October 30th-November 7th.   This event was created for everyone that loves the mountains and was started in 2009. Famous climbers and mountaineers...

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IMS Cup 10 Results
7 November 2010, 8:36 am

The IMS Cup 10 took place the night of November 6. The 12 competitors gathered together in isolation in preparation.   (a photo)  (a photo)  The men and women were each given 3 problems to tackle and the top 3 competitors moved on to cli...

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check out PrAna's Video of Paul Robinson
10 November 2010, 12:00 pm



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2 Great days in Ticino!
13 November 2010, 11:05 am

Yesterday (12/11/2010), Dai Koyamada of Japan, made the first repeat of Dave Graham's "Big Paw" in Chironico. Dave originally graded the climb 8C(V15) and after many days of effort it seems that Dai will agree on the grade. Bes...

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Paul Robinson sends Dreamtime (8B+)
25 November 2010, 5:06 pm

(a photo)       Today, rather than preparing an American Thanksgiving feast, Paul Robinson made a two day ascent of Dreamtime 8B+ (V14) in Cresciano.  Paul first attempted the climb last night and after nearly sending multiple times, c...

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Adam Ondra climbs Big Paw 8C
29 November 2010, 11:47 am

Big Paw sees its third ascent today by 17-year-old Adam Ondra. Ondra, while traveling to Italy for a slideshow, made a stop in Chironico in an attempt to finish up Big Paw. He had previously tried Big Paw V15 (8C) and felt like he could ...

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Micky Page sends From Dirt Grows the Flowers 8C
29 November 2010, 1:03 pm

2 days ago Micky Page climbed From Dirt Grows the Flowers, put up by Dave Graham. Page has made a handful of impressive sends including the sit start to Kheops (8B+) in Fontainebleau.   Page had previously tried From Dirt a few years ago...

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Paul Robinson sends Big Paw
29 November 2010, 4:08 pm

3 hours after Adam Ondra made the third ascent of Big Paw 8C, Paul Robinson was able to make the 4th ascent. Robinson had tried this climb a total of 3 days, making it the quickest ascent, after sending Boogalaga 8B (the stand to Big Paw...

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Paul Robinson makes 2nd ascent of Ninja Skills (8B+)
3 December 2010, 6:29 pm

Today Paul Robinson decided to make the trek through the snow and -2 degree C weather of Sobrio in hopes of finishing Ninja Skills 8B+. Accompanied by Micky Page and Dave Jones, Paul spent a good deal of time cleaning the snow off the to...

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"The Greatest Flasher"- a new kind of climbing film
6 December 2010, 10:45 am

Carlo Traversi, Jon Glassberg and Connor Griffith teamed up with the other member of Team America, Paul Robinson, to make this comedic film about the life of a competitive climber! enjoy!  

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Paul Robinson sends From Dirt Grows the Flowers 8C
12 December 2010, 6:04 pm

Today Paul Robinson sent From Dirt Grows the Flowers 8C (left top out variant). Whereas the traditional From Dirt trends straight and ends with an 8A+ mantle, the variant adds 7 moves that traverse left and up at the lip for an 8A+ bould...

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Check out our new shop page!
18 December 2010, 3:35 pm

A few weeks ago we agreed with Sandra and Jonathan from The Gecko World to build a new web shop system that would display products from The Gecko World and other web shops that have climbing gear for sale at very low prices. Today we hav...

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BD presents new video of Paul Robinson
22 December 2010, 3:07 pm

For those of you interested in seeing some of the many recent ascents by Paul Robinson, check out this new video presented by Black Diamond.  

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A Very Merry Xmas for Robinson
25 December 2010, 6:29 pm

The day before Christmas, Paul Robinson was not at home eating Christmas dinner, but rather, on the top of some snowy boulders in Fontainebleau ensuring that he would be able to climb them the next day.  Paul arrived to Font four days ag...

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Robinson brings in the New Year with Kheops Assis 8B+
31 December 2010, 6:38 pm

Paul Robinson decided to finish out 2010 with a one-afternoon ascent of Kheops Assis 8B+, making this quite the year for him.  Robinson has climbed around 15 8B+’s and up during 2010.  He began the day by trying to finish up Gecko Assis ...

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New climbing gym opens near Fontainebleau forest
12 January 2011, 8:10 pm

For those of you who have had previous concerns about booking a climbing trip to the area of Fontainebleau due to its rainy reputation, a new gym has opened in Buthiers as a peace offering.  Bleau Up offers both sport climbing and boulde...

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prAna videos!
8 March 2011, 8:59 pm

You can view prAna's team videos on the prAna vimeo channel!  http://vimeo.com/channels/prana  Their most recent post is from athlete Enzo Oddo climbing the insanely high V11, Ambrosia, in the Buttermilks (Bishop, California). Check it o...

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13-year-old Shawn Raboutou sends Chablanke (8A) and flashes Fern Roof (7C+) in Hueco Tanks, TX
23 November 2011, 2:47 pm

Shawn Raboutou and the rest of Team ABC from Boulder, Colorado have only been in Hueco for a couple days but they seem to be taking down climbs left and right.  Robyn told me that Shawn sent Chablanke (8A) and flashed Fern Roof (7C+) in ...

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