A couple of weeks ago I headed out climbing with Dave Graham to check out a new area in RMNP called Wild Basin. It would be his second time up the canyon and our mission was to explore some of the upper talus fields that looked promising on Google Earth.

Aside from staying in shape On The Circuit, editing video, and doing a little bit of skating; I’ve spent a few days over the last week hanging in a harness out in Clear Creek Canyon with Daniel Woods on his new “Mission Impossible Project”.

The collection of boulders within close proximity to Bear Lake Road and the surrounding “road areas” around Estes Park are approaching legendary status. We call it “The Circuit”. For the last few weeks, I’ve been “On The Circuit” with Paul Robinson, Daniel Woods, Matty Hong, Jonny Hork, Dave Graham, Cameron Maier, and a host of other talented individuals. It has been amazing.

The weather continues to be on the warm side, but we’ve been making up for it by climbing all the classics from V7-V11.  It’s been a real pleasure.  I can’t even describe how amazing this place truly is.  A historical …

Consumed by the forest, I’ve finally extracted myself for long enough to write a little post.  First off, it’s been uncharacteristically warm here, so hard climbing has been difficult.  I’ve been trying anyway, with very little success.  It’s ok though.  I’m …

Fontainebleau, France! We are here, and it is wonderful. I can only wonder why it took me so long to get here and I can only wonder why I would ever want to leave. If you are unfortunate enough to have never traveled here, I can assure you that all the good things you’ve heard about the place are true to the power of 10. And all the bad things you may have heard are wrong. It’s that simple.

About two weeks ago I managed to repeat Memory Is Parallax V14 in Estes Park, CO. The history of this particular problem hasn’t been conveyed so well on the internet, so I thought I might clear things up based on the history I’ve been told and experienced. This project, formerly known as the Nicky’s Project, was discovered many years ago by Estes Park locals and was cleaned and attempted for years.

Two weekends ago I had the opportunity to travel to Boston, MA and compete in the 2012 Dark Horse Championships at Metro Rock. Prior to my departure for Boston, the week had been a bit hectic. And the “joys” of traveling were about to make things a bit worse. The same day of the Dark Horse Championships was also the final competition of the Spot Bouldering Series for which it is my responsibility to manage the setting of all the competition problems. I spent Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday stripping and setting The Spot for it’s comp and at the end of the day Friday hopped on a plane to Boston for the Dark Horse competition.

Last week, I had the opportunity to preview a few sections of the film, and I can honestly say that the footage of Daniel flashing Entlinge (8B+/8C) is some of the single most impressive, inspiring, raw, and unreal clips of climbing video ever captured. Prepare to be awed:

The last few weeks have been super busy, and February is about to get even crazier.  I haven’t had a chance to edit a full video together for my recent first ascent of The Altruist V13 in the Flatirons above …