Thursday, February 28, 2008

Brodie and I met Ben at CJC and he showed us a few of the new gem problems he's been putting up in the Labyrinth. Some were still wet from the weekend storm, but luckily a few AMAZING lines were dry. The first problem was "The Minotaur," named for the two jugs at the top that resemble beast-like horns. "The Minotaur" is fairly high off the deck and involves some tenuous, physical moves, to literally, a do or die move to the lip. The landing is kind of sketch and if the last move is not executed, there is the potential to fly backwards and into a pit. At first, the problem felt quite awkward, but with a little trickery I was able to nab the second ascent. Brodie followed up shortly after with the third. "The Minotaur" probably checks in around V5. The next problem Ben showed us is an awesome roof problem. This problem just flows great and involves fun moves. Unfortunately, a second ascent was not made, but should see one soon!
"The Minotaur"
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Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Well, Brodie and I thought because of this string of nice weather the valley snow might of dried up, but we were wrong. There was TONS of snow still, which left most of the boulder problems seaping with water and with snowy topouts. We played around on "The King" but unfortunately had to drop off at a certain point because of the ice on one of the key holds. We then pretty much proceeded to look for ANY dry problems and we finally found one, "Pride." It's a fairly new problem and is simple, yet hard, if that makes any sense. "Pride" consists of about 3 moves into a huge dyno for the top and checks in around V9. Neither of us sent, but agonizingly kept making it to the last move and hucking, hoping for the top.
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Sunday, February 10, 2008

On February 2, 2008, Rocknasium hosted its annual "Crankin the New Year" comp. All in all it was, and always has been, an awesome time with friendly competition with old friends. Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket Photobucket