Well October 28th saw a huge dump of snow which basically shut Boulder down ... The mall closed early and in a panic Gomez & I headed out to get supplies down at the local whole foods ... On the way we hit up the Library to do a lil skate boarding , undercover ,,, we were greeted in open arms by the locals who like to hang out FULL TIME to say the least ...
I think it will take a few days to melt & dry so we will enjoi the plethora of climbing gyms Boulder has to offer & I think we want to have a gym comparison next week right here on HARDCLIMBS.BLOGSPOT.COM
this is a video of me traveling the world in search of the best blocks with my best friend Brick ,,, doin what we do ! this time its Limited Edition in Brione, CH .
Enjoi
then again up in none other than New York City !!! Ballin in the mix , with the people for the people ...
I have been back in Boulder for about a week now and wandered back up to the Park to see what the conditions were like , and I think it's safe to say that's IT that's All !!! I marched around the canyon, to the back and up to Jade and snow covers all !! which made for a lame hike as well the boulders are soaked too ... boo hoo ....
I look forward to a good Eldo season and trips to warmer places ...
This is some bran-NEW footage I took in Hueco ... GooD ol G-Unit and Jon Cardwell (my BEST friend) ... tearing it up ... I tried to sell this lil diddy to a number of people and it just didn't make the cut. Check it out and you decide thumbs up or thumbs down? I think the part where Jon ONE turns into the Hulk at the end is priceless my self, but who am I anyway ?
Well Im headed to the Ariel boulders of Mt Evans this weekend for some much needed rest and fun with the hounds & the boys . Needless to say the Colorado alpine season is in full bloom and I hope everyone is enjoying them selves out there... for now, enjoi this lil clip of a now blazing HOT area ... don't you just wish Hueco was in ColoRADo ... I do ..
This is my good friend Christian Griffith showing how easy the undercling traverse is to him ... I think I have seen BIG CG do this traverse over 2-300 times ... AMAZING ! and this video is simply one of the best ...
a lot has been going on in the high country these days ... before the accident Dave Graham managed to take down another Colorado classic hard project ... the BIG WORM, up at Mt. Evans ... we have the first ascent footage right here for you . as well as Nalle Hukkataival going for it on Jade, in good ol RMNP ...
Well World Cup Climbing came and went yet again this year and a party or two it was... I composed this lil diddy for all to see... I think the intensity by Carol Woods is inspiring. Great Job by everyone who competed... it was truly a joy to watch...
The weekend before the BIG comp. none other than Dave Graham himself walked up to Mt. Evans and took down a long standing project, otherwise know as the BIG WORM... He proposed the BIG V14 grade. Chris Shulte as well as Paul Robinson have made repetitions and P-Rob felt it could be V13. Time will only tell. Noah Bigwood was close to this more than five years ago.
After I returned from the World Cup and sobered up a lil bit, I had the chance to get back up to the old familiar Rocky Mountain National Park. Mostly going up late and doing some of the old problems (there is still a lot of snow). I did have the pleasure of going up to the green 45 the other day and capturing Nalle Hukkatatival making the 4th ascent of JADE !!!!! It was very impressive to say the least. We hiked up only to be rained on... the temperature dropped and the rain stopped... Nalle warmed up slightly on the stand start... It began to start raining again and Nalle dispatched with JADE IN THE RAIN !!! My jaw was on the floor, Nalle is truly stepping it up a notch, and is becoming a major force in the bouldering game... great job AMIGO !!!!
I will post some of Nalles Jade ascent footage on hardclimbs.blogspot.com but am including it in a full length bouldering movie I am currently working on and hope to have out this summer. until then enjoi it out there...
this is a video of my best friend Jon Cardwell... Jon is one of the most underrated climbers in the world, if he's not takin some shit from the man, some wack sponsor, or US, his friends... He's flying below the radar hookin things up on the stat...
We have a lot of games we play in our lil krew and this is J 1 trying not so hard on Super Gui at Mt. Evans...
World Cup is this weekend... up in Vail... and the International KreW is trickling in... We will be having an after party on the golf course there and all are welcome... enjoi & be safe ....
I have been seeing a lot of new videos lately & have been inspired to make my own... I have a lot of footage from all over the world with some rery great climbers... so I started putting it together ... and this lil video is a look on what is to come... call it what you will, but I call it a collage... enjoi.
I expect to be finished with this lil diddy in about one months time... I will keep you posted, but for those who couldn't see them in that short piece it's five areas, with five boulder problems in each, their the hardest problems in each area as well a lot of first ascents and no problem under 8a... so, like cool
Well Gomez got a new lil video camera the other day and we thought we would go see what we could film ... so we decided to go up to Mt Evans ... March is a crazy month to go up there I thought ? but it turned out to be a perfect day, sunny, clear blue skies ... Herm & Theo came along and after the hike we found ourselves warming up on Beer-stadt ... the old familiar problem felt relatively easy in the good conditions ... Herm showed us yet another crazy method I had never seen ... we then walked up the hill to the Dali wall ... It was great, Gomez came very close to Ode to the Modern Man & I did Supa Gui ... Gomezes NEW lil rig proved it self as Luke fell down a hill with it in hand ... and the lightness of it is outstanding ... its a standard Samsung DV camcorder AMAZING, run ya about 100 US DOLLARS. so check it out in this here video ... enjoi ...
Boulder has been very fun for the motivated lately before the storm Dave made a quick ascent of Never Say Never, a historic V11 slab in Eldorado Canyon as well he dispatched with Eric DeCarias Black Pearl, 5.13+ slab on the Lower Peanuts Wall & also I watched D-Dub do all the moves on the Supa Project, up on Cob Rock, impressive to say the least ... so it seams GAME ON ... 24 hour party people unite. Lets go climbing !
This is a video short I made some time ago .... Its of D-Dub doing Matt Segals route the Beginning of the End, 5.13+ up there on the Hallets block in good ol RMNP .... I would love to solo this route in the right snow conditions, it's a great route and it's in the perfect place to do just this, boulder it out ... i have seen it in prime shape a few years back and am syked to see it this way again sometime soon .... so heres the beta and maybe i'll see you there, bring a shovel !!!!! enjoi ....
I have not taken a good rest from the road in quite some time and am looking forward to some good R&R back in boulder in a few days !!!! where i will also be updating a bit more i hope !!! until then here are a few pics of the crew, and a good crew it is !!! in fact i hear a lot of shit out there and have to say me and my crew are down for what ev anytime any place .... we aint scerd !!!!
These pics are mostly from our travels in Texas, around Hueco Tanks .... the boulders are Terre de Siene, V14 .... which Jon Carddeck hooked up the other day, and Nalle Hukkataival's Machinist, V13 first ascent, which Jon One made the second ascent that same day ... good job boys !!!!!!
OK OK .... get ready for Jon ONE Carddeck Cardwells birthday bash taking place in Boulder Colorado in the up and coming weeks ...
