This last weekend's Bear Valley Boulder Bash was crazy. The plan was that I was going to leave early to peep out some new boulders near Hell's Kitchen and Thomas and Brett Ashton and crew were to meet me up there for the comp. This was the plan at least. The only object not in the plan was the four fires along Hwy4 that pushed my just under 2 hour trip into 5 hours or so. Thomas got mis informed and decided to head home just before the traffic started moving so he really missed out.
So Brett and I got there about an hour and a half late. With only an hour and a half left we turned on the boosters and kicked into gear. Brett smashed out about 35 problems while I ran around and managed 43. In the end, I took first, and $200, Hans Florine second and Brett third, $50. I do want to give props to Danny for his second in the amateur division. With the time issues i didnt have any pics form the comp, didnt even unfold the pad either, but after the awards Brett, Matt Keebler, Scott Chandler, and I went back to work the "Proj". Here are some night bouldering shots I took. Enjoy. Daniel.

The second annual Bear Valley Bouldering Comp in Hell's Kitchen is taking place this coming saturday the 25th from 4pm-7pm. This year there will be open and beginner categories for both the men and women's divisions. For both open categories there will also be a cash prize of $200 for first, $100 for second, and $50 for third. At the end of the comp last year there was a raffle with loads of sick prizes, so I'm assuming they will be doing the same this year and let me say that I will definately be buying many tickets because the prizes last year ranged from probably 10 ropes, tons of jackets, sleeping bags, climbing gear, and the list goes on. MAS does a wonderful job of getting high quality sponsors for the event. Some of the CVBC is going, so feel free to meet us out there and have a great day of bouldering.

Here's a video of Daniel doing an FA at the Hell's Kitchen area. He named the problem G-Ma, in dedication to his Grandmother, who we later found out had passed away the day of the send. Also, if you pay close attention to the beginning of the video, you can see that G-Ma is next to the sick long-standing project at Hell's Kitchen. At possibly the V10 range or higher this problem is still waiting a send...maybe it will go down saturday...