The ABS Nationals came to Boulder over the weekend and myself, along with hundreds of others, gathered to watch some serious plastic groping.
Woods climbing M Qualifier #3 ^For the guys, DWoods lost it in the semi-final round opening up the field for others to gain the top spot. Sean McColl was able to take it with an impressive flash of final #3 and took away the $3K first prize! Money in the BANK.
Zach Lerner on M Final #2 ^
Alex Johnson on M Final #3 ^For the girls, long time friend Kasia Pietras repped Chatty, TN in the finals despite not climbing much recently. In the end Alex Puccio took the top place and the money.
Kasia Pietras climbing on W Final #3 ^I was also able to get out and do some "real" bouldering over the weekend as well. Saturday, I headed up to the Matthew-Winters Park to check out an awesome Thomas Betterton line called Bambi (v12) and a new line that DWoods just opened climbing into it dubbed Fantasia (v14).
With a good amount of energy I was able to climb into the last move of Bambi from the beginning. SYKED! Hope to get out and finish this off soon. No doubt it would be the hardest thing I have ever done.
After a lot of effort from Dave and Jimmy on Fantasia, JWebb held on to grab the second ascent. I got some nice footage with my new camera and it will surface soon.
8a+ section of Fantasia ^
hard deadpoint to a 2-finger pocket at the end ^
MORE ON THE WAY.
With a good amount of energy I was able to climb into the last move of Bambi from the beginning. SYKED! Hope to get out and finish this off soon. No doubt it would be the hardest thing I have ever done.
After a lot of effort from Dave and Jimmy on Fantasia, JWebb held on to grab the second ascent. I got some nice footage with my new camera and it will surface soon.
8a+ section of Fantasia ^
hard deadpoint to a 2-finger pocket at the end ^MORE ON THE WAY.
sick man, great photos! Keep the motivation goin'
ReplyDeleteis the gnarly deer carcass named 'bambi' still beneath that roof, or has it been cleaned out?
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