Spring Fling happened. It was fun. Routes were climbed. Kevin and Leigh won. Congrats! Photos were taken:
Lots o’ holds…
Ho in the process of climbing nearly every route while setting.
Matt and Walter looking good.
Alex doing what he does.
B doing what he does.
Kevin finishing up the roof while DJAJ kicks out the jams.
-EC
Posted in Spire Climbing Center
Made the long journey down to Texas to boulder at Hueco Tanks a couple weeks ago. The trip was hampered due to a very unfortunate ankle break in the group, but I still managed to take some photos:
Ho – Power of Silence V10
Ho – Power of Silence V10
SHo – Nobody Here Gets Out Alive V2
SHo – Nobody Here Gets Out Alive V2
EC – See Spot Run V6 (photo by SHo)
Ho – Dark Age V11
EC – Ghetto Simulator V2 (photo by SHo)
EC – Ghetto Simulator V2 (photo by SHo)
Leslie – Ostracizer V3
EC – Hector in a Blender V6/7 (photo by Ho)
EC – Hector in a Blender V6/7 (photo by Ho)
SHo – Brutus V5 (photo by Ho)
Ho – Full Service V10
Ho – Full Service V10
Ho – Dragonfly V5
Ho – Dragonfly V5
SHo – Dragonfly V5
Leslie – Bawl and Chain V0
-EC
Posted in Hueco Tanks
Last Saturday Loren talked me into heading up to Hyalite Canyon to belay him on his mixed project. To be honest, it didn’t take much prodding – Hyalite is possibly my favorite place in the Bozeman area and I don’t spend enough time up there in the winter. On top of that, I was curious about this whole mixed climbing thing. Since we were heading to Billings for a comp (keep reading…) I didn’t really want to rope up, but I was happy enjoying the canyon while belaying Loren. Here’s a few photos from the morning and a video of one of Loren’s attempts on ‘Northwest Passage.’ Make sure you watch it til’ the end…
Roping up for battle in the Bingo Cave
Lowering off ‘Northwest Passage’
As I mentioned, we finished up at Hyalite, drove back to town, picked up Sarah, then headed straight to Billings for the Montana Bouldering Championships at Steepworld. Somehow we ended up with a car full of winners – Loren and I tied for top Men’s Amateur (aka scamateur) and Sarah won Woman’s Open. Congrats SHo! I didn’t take any photos during the main comp, but here some crappy shots I took during finals:
Dominic crushing the super-final on his way to victory.
Charlie on the super-final.
SHo earning her belt buckle woman’s final #2
Becky on woman’s #1 and K-Fed on men’s #1
SHo on woman’s #1
Walter on men’s #1
-EC
Posted in Billings, Hyalite Canyon
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