Romantical Bouldering

Valentines day, 2010
We went winter bouldering with the New Brunswick crew (Liam, Sean, Christian, Liz and Aaron). Thought we'd give them a little taste of West Pennant. It was a shorter session, since we all were a little sore and tired from the Tour de Bloc the day before, but a good session none the less.

Here are a few shots we did up.



Ben standing atop an intimidating V0




Nose picker



Sean acting a fool



Christian getting a pull on the awkward top out


Ben's best attempt yet at Latte art

Tour de Bloc - Ground Zero

The Ground Zero Tour de Bloc is this Saturday! We are excited to see what Ghislain has created for finals problems. Let us know if you are traveling down and need a place to stay.

New Problems in the LOC

Nate, Krissy,and I got out for an afternoon session on Sunday. First we headed to Corn and Bung where Nate was working on Dancing to the New Bolero. He was getting very close and should send next time out. Krissy was working Joe Boxer, and once again was very close - falling stabbing into the finger lock...maybe next time.

Next we headed back to some boulders that Nate showed me last fall. There is some potential for a few quality lines here. The first problem to go down was Marginal Failure (v8ish), a steep bulge/arete thing. It starts on a large crystal jug and moves up some interesting powerful slaps to a vary trick top-out. The next problem we cleaned was a steep fin feature - Braking Bad (v6/7ish). The problems starts by squeezing a double arete feature and then tops out up the fin. It is possible that the easiest beta for this problem could be climbing feet first out the roof...maybe?


Nate on Dancing to the New Bolero (v10)


Ben on the FA of Marginal Failure (v8)


Marginal Failure (v8)


Marginal Failure (v8)


Marginal Failure (v8)


Nate cruising the second ascent of Marginal Failure (v8)


Ben making the FA of Breaking Bad (v7).