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comPiler · June 30, 2012, 02:08:01 pm

Daniel Woods and Guntram Jörg have double send day on Big Paw (8C) in Chironico, CH
24 November 2011, 6:05 pm

It was a great day for Daniel and Gu in Chironico today because they both sent Big Paw (8C). Paul Robinson, who sent Big Paw last year and gave it a personal grade of 8B+, was there to catch the sends on film and says, "we got some amazi...

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Austin Lankford (14) sends Dirty Martini on the Rocks, ~8A+, and Brooke Raboutou (10) sends Dead Serious, 7C+
24 November 2011, 11:57 pm

While other American children were helping their families prepare for the approaching Thanksgiving, Team ABC was out crushing in Hueco Tanks, TX, again! Austin Lankford sent his first 8A+/V12, Dirty Martini on the Rocks and Brooke Rabout...

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Daniel Woods flashes Entlinge 8B+/C
29 November 2011, 9:26 am

Yesterday 28/11/11, Daniel Woods made what could be considered the hardest flash in the entire world with his 1st attempt send of Entlinge in Murgtal, Switzerland. The climb was originally put up by Fred Nicole in 2005 and has since onl...

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Shawn Raboutou (13) sends first 8A+, The ButterPumper, in Hueco Tanks, TX
3 December 2011, 1:45 am

On the last two days of Team ABC's trip to Hueco Tanks, Shawn Raboutou tried his hand at The ButterPumper, 8A/8A+. After working it on his second to last day, he returned on his last day to try for the send and succeeded. Like many who h...

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Paul Robinson and Guntram Jörg send Gourmandise (8B) in Fontainebleau, France
6 December 2011, 9:43 am

Yesterday, 5/12/11, conditions were absolutely perfect in Fontainebleau which meant that a full day of climbing was in order. After warming up on classics in Bas-Cuvier, Paul Robinson and Guntram Jörg headed over to Gourmandise, in Cuvie...

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Paul Robinson does FA of Gourmandise Direct and Andy Gullsten sends Ubik Assis (8B) and L'Apparemment en depart bas (8B)
10 December 2011, 7:45 pm

The Welcome to the Hood crew is at it again in Fontainebleau. Paul Robinson returned to the Gourmandise roof to put up the direct finish, naming it The Traphouse and giving it the grade of soft 8B+. Of the direct finish, Paul says, "it m...

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Adam Ondra sends Khéops Assis (8B+) and L'Apparemment en départ bas (8B) [update]
10 December 2011, 9:27 pm

Adam Ondra is on a roll! With only a short trip to Fontainebleau, Ondra has already taken down many of the classics including a send of Khéops Assis (8B+) at Cuvier Rempart and L'Apparemment en départ bas (8B) at Aprement Envers today (1...

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Adam Ondra flashes Gecko Assis (8B+) [update]
11 December 2011, 12:12 pm

It seems, that Adam is just unstoppable. Just a minute ago Adam Ondra _Flashed_ Gecko Assis, 8B+! (a photo)

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Paul Robinson sends Supertanker (8B+) and Guntram Joerg sends L'Apparemment en départ bas (8B) in Fontainebleau, France
15 December 2011, 7:23 pm

Despite battling an ongoing sickness, Welcome to the Hood member Paul Robinson was able to fight the fatigue and send Supertanker in Cuvier Rempart. Supertanker is a line put up by Fontainebleau legend Antoine Vandeputte that traverses f...

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Daniel Woods sends Gourmandise (8B) and The Traphouse (8B+)
18 December 2011, 8:38 am

On 17/12/11 Daniel Woods did Gourmandise (8B) and the second ascent of The Traphouse (8B+), which is a line that was put up by Paul Robinson last week and is a direct variation to Gourmandise. Of the new line, Paul comments on his tick ...

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Daniel Woods sends Gecko Assis (8B+) and Paul Robinson sends Chaos (8B) in Fontainebleau, France
18 December 2011, 7:58 pm

As suspected Daniel is back in the game and Paul has recovered from his illness with a double sending day. Temperatures were slightly above freezing today, 18/12/11, the coldest day of the crew's trip to Font thus far. Although complaint...

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Nalle Hukkataival and Ian Dory both send Lost in the Hood (8B+) in Cowell, Arkansas
20 December 2011, 8:38 am

Nalle and Ian have been traveling around the West bouldering in both Joe's Valley, Utah and Hueco Tanks, TX and recently relocated to Horse Shoe Canyon Ranch in Arkansas. On 18/12/11 they both managed one day ascents of Lost in the Hood ...

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Nevada gets its first 8C/V15 with Paul Robinson's FA "Meadowlark Lemon"
12 January 2012, 4:01 am

With a total of 8 days over a 2 year period, Paul Robinson was finally able to send one of his hardest lines to date, Meadowlark Lemon in Gateway Canyon, Nevada (a subsector of Red Rocks). (a photo) This is Paul's hardest FA to date, b...

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Behind the scenes with LT11 and "Park Life"
23 January 2012, 3:38 am

Our friends over at Louder Than 11 recently made a film called Park Life. Rather than only posting a link to the video I thought it would be cool to also get a behind the scenes look at the company and the film. 1) Who makes up the Loud...

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comPiler · June 30, 2012, 02:08:02 pm

Sean McColl sends Khéops Assis (8B+) in 1 hour
29 January 2012, 3:48 am

After having a very successful fall in Switzerland in 2011, Sean McColl is back in Europe and sending in Fontainebleau, France. According to Seans blog, Sean is back living in Toulouse, France and just made a 5 day trip to Fontainebleau ...

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Video: Ondra flashes Gecko Assis 8B+
30 January 2012, 7:39 pm

Black Diamond has finally released the third part of Ondra in Font. In the last part of Alvi's film Adam flashes Gecko Assis 8B+. The problem was opened in 2004 by Olivier Lebreton and according to Bleau.info has seen less then ten repea...

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8B+/V14 FA by Daniel Woods
31 January 2012, 3:21 am

Yesterday (29/1/12) Daniel Woods completed the first ascent of Mind to Motion (8B+) at Nicky's Boulders/Elkland, CO. According to his Facebook athlete page "the line goes out a 35 degree overhanging bulge. There are two near parallel rai...

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Matty Hong climbs Memory is Parallax (8B+)
31 January 2012, 5:03 pm

Yesterday (30/1/12), Memory is Parallax (8B+) received its third ascent by Boulder, Colorado's Matty Hong. (a photo) (photo taken from Matty's facebook wall) Earlier this month Matty fell off the end of Deperanza (8C) in Hueco Tanks...

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Webb Parsons climbs Desperanza, 8C
1 February 2012, 8:36 am

At the moment Chris is spending some time in Hueco Tanks, Texas with his girlfriend Alex Puccio. On his blog he reports that he has managed to do the second repeat of Desperanza. Daniel Woods Desperanza is a lower start version Esperan...

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Memory is a Parallax repeated by Traversi
2 February 2012, 2:49 pm

It seems that Memory is a Parallax is the busiest boulder at the moment. As Carlo Traversi takes the fourth ascent of the boulder. Dave opened it during New Years, and since then D. Woods, Matty Hong and now Carlo have climbed. Carlo co...

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Nalle Hukkataival sends 2 8B+'s (1 FA) in a day in Font
4 February 2012, 9:34 pm

After recently posting a photo of his new project in Marlanval on his personal blog, Nalle was able to send the line- naming it Realist with a grade of 8B+, and later that day sent the classic Gecko Assis 8B+. Of his first ascent, he c...

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Robinson jumps on the Memory is Parallax send wagon
6 February 2012, 4:19 am

Today Paul Robinson nabbed the 5th ascent of Memory is Parallax in Elkland, Colorado. Of his send, Paul comments on his tick list, "amazing moves up a stained glass like wall. coolest double drop-knee sequence."

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Video: Nalle Hukkataival climbing in the Grampians of Australia
14 February 2012, 9:06 am

Black Diamond athlete Nalle Hukkataival spent most of September 2011 down in Australia, climbing on the beautiful and bullet stone of the Grampians. Keith Ladzinski was on the scene to capture the action and he came back with gigs of qua...

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Daniel Woods climbs Cartharsis 8B+
16 February 2012, 9:52 am

Daniel Woods had a quick trip to Japan this week to attend the TNF cup which he also won. He also managed to have some time and climb outside. Mr. Woods managed to tick off Cartharsis an 8B+ in the Shiobara area of Utsunomiya. He commen...

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Mirko Caballero send his first 8A+
26 February 2012, 5:58 pm

Mirko Caballero has managed to do The Aquarium in Bishop. Aquarium that is located in the Ice Cave is Mirko's first 8A+ boulder problem. Mirko who just last month turned 11 has been progressing fast in the past months. Congrats on the ...

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