Rock Climbing

Tour de Bloc 5

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:53:06 -0700

The Tour de Bloc is Canada's national competitive climbing circuit now in it's 5th season. Looks like fun, can't wait.

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Pipelines (Warning: a little heavy on the climbing talk)

nobody@vox.com(CliffhangerB) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 06:17:13 -0700

Myself and James went bouldering this morning with a few of the "Young Guns" (Chris, Mike and John). First time visit for me to a place called the Pipelines out at Glen Forest , basically named because there are several large pi...

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Vox Hunt: Check Out These Shoes

nobody@vox.com(CliffhangerB) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 08:54:01 -0700

Show us your favorite pair of shoes. Submitted by ♥Retro. Anasazi's by Five.Ten Have two pairs of them and trust them with my life. Not sure if they've molded to the shape of my feet or vice versa, but when I slip them on they rock!

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5.11d

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 11:37:18 -0700

Went climbing last night and finished the 5.11d chimney. Woot!

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Speed Climb

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 18:22:16 -0700

Very tired today after doing a bunch of 5.10d's and finished off with a 210-foot speed climb on a 5.7.

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Finally!!!

nobody@vox.com(CliffhangerB) — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 03:13:47 -0700

Thanks to Arty, I've managed to finally secure a Black Diamond Chalkboy and not only that but by chance it was a red one instead of the limey yellow green one. Filled it up with some chalkballs and a fair bit of loose chalk and oh it was a joy. :...

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Best Weekend, evar

nobody@vox.com(ydnar) — Mon, 28 May 2007 23:16:00 -0700

On Friday night, Tina and I went to go see the new Pirates of Caribbean movie. Saturday, woke up at 6 am to go climbing at Castle Rock with Chris and a crew of people from the Bay Area Outdoor Adventure Club. Dinner & drinks at Suppenkuche, then...

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Great Falls Last weekend

nobody@vox.com(Will) — Thu, 26 Apr 2007 20:48:03 -0700

I went to great falls, Virgina with my girlfriend and co-worker Sean last weekend. Here are the pictures.

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Climbing Grades

nobody@vox.com(CliffhangerB) — Mon, 26 Mar 2007 04:14:45 -0700

Thought it might be useful to put up a comparison of the grading systems used across the world, well the main sport climbing ones anyways: USA French Australian 5.2 1 5.3 2 11 5.4 3 12 5.5 4 5.6 5a 13 5...

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5.10d

nobody@vox.com(Obsidian) — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:47:33 -0800

Went climbing yesterday with Karl and there was this 60-foot 5.10d that I decided to try just for the heck of it. 5.10a's and b's are the climbs that I am usually pretty comfortable with. I thought that if I could get up at least part of the way t...

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