Bouldering Montana

Are You Ready? FGD X is near!!!

Posted on October 28, 2010 | 4 comments

Just over a week until the best climbing competition in the Northern Rockies. The 10th installment of Full Gravity Day is going down Saturday, Nov. 6 at Spire Climbing Center. For more info and to register online go here. As usual it’s going to be some of the coolest problems you’ll ever climb on, set by the likes of:

“LR”

“JM” (I dare you to guess the problem he’s eyeing)

“B”

“DJAJ”

“EC”

and of course, the man with the plan, “HO”

Speaking of Ho, he FA’d the top-out to the infamous Whiskey problem Caught in the Act yesterday calling it “the Thing” V8-ish (starting on the finish jug of CitA). The complete line including the Caught in the Act traverse hasn’t been done yet, but I’m guessing someone will take it down quite soon now that it’s possible.

Anyways, you’ve got just over a week, more than enough time to train… FGD X is near!!!

-EC

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A Day At Cody

Posted on October 25, 2010 | 1 comment

Ho and I made a day trip up to Cody on Saturday to sample some cowboy sandstone. We met up with the local guidebook author Mike Snyder and his friend Dylan. We warmed up at the Cheese boulder, one of my favorite warm-up boulders anywhere, then moved on to the Ripper Point boulder, where I sent the Ripper Point thanks to some good beta from Mike & Dylan.

Then we moved on to the the Batcave where Ho, Mike, & Dylan made quick work of Two Face. We finished up on the Good Foote boulder. I think Ho and I were both a little car-lagged from getting up early and driving 3 hours, but it still ended up being a fun day with good weather and good people. I didn’t take as may photos as I should have, but here’s a few of Mike and Ho on Two Face in the Batcave.

-EC

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2 New Ones at Cascade Creek

Posted on October 18, 2010 | 2 comments

Here’s a short vid of two new problems I put up at Cascade Creek. I did the first one, “Fire in the Hole”, last month and the second one, “S.O.S.”, last week. “S.O.S.” is excellent, but “Fire in the Hole” is my favorite problem at Cascade Creek so far and one of my favorites anywhere. I went back (with another pad and a spotter) and finished directly up the arete (“Tick Tick Boom”) which is a little easier, less contrived, and definitely a classic, but I still like the traverse finish better for some reason. Enjoy!

-EC