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 2008 Triple Crown presented by Marmot - Hound Ears - Photo Gallery
Photos by Leon Godwin / cirquevideo.com - The Hound Ears Boulders, near Boone North Carolina were the first stop for the 2008 Triple Crown Bouldering Series on October 4th. Chad Wykle, event co-organizer said, "Fantastic weather, a sold-out crowd, and amazing support from our sponsors combined to produce one of the best Hound Ears Comps since Jim Horton started the event 15 years ago!"  2008 Triple Crown presented by Marmot - Hound Ears - Photo Gallery
Photos by Brian Burnaham / cirquevideo.com - More than 450 climbers seized the once-a-year opportunity to explore Hound Ears—the blocks are on private land and are closed to climbing throughout the rest of the year. Fund-raising efforts, including a post-comp raffle, raised $7,000 to support the Carolina Climbers’ Coalition’s purchase of the Laurel Knob climbing area.  Nor'easter - Photo Gallery
Photos by Ben Carlson / BenCarlsonPhoto.com - The Nor'easter powered by Eastern Mountain Sports on September 26-28, 2008 at Tenney Mountain in Plymouth, NH was still fun even though it dumped rain the participants. Everyone there still had a great time with lots of good music from headliners State Radio and Tapes 'n Tapes, as well as opening acts Rustic Overtones, Oneside, The Guts, Adam Ezra, The Dig, Three Tall Pines, Bomb Squad, and a late night after party hosted by Glue. Fore more info visit: noreasterems.com.  Marshall Burke Photography
Marshall Burke joins the crowded market of weekend warriors with friends who climb and has enough disposable income to blow on a fancy digital camera. Marshall searches out the finest splitters with his 8000 closest Bay Area friends in places like: Yosemite, Tuolumne, Joshua Tree, Donner Summit and Indian Creek. During the week he does research at the Program on Food Security at Stanford University. For more of his photos visit: www.stanford.edu/~mburke.  2008 Pine Mountain Pulldown - Photo Gallery
Photos by Sean Naugle / BlackOwlMedia.com - On September 5-7, 2008, hundreds of climbers turned out for an outdoor bouldering competition and festival near Ojai, California. Pine Mountain holds some of the best sandstone bouldering on the West Coast; featuring over 500 established boulder problems and dozens of projects. This year the festival offered camping, live music an outdoor dyno comp, vender booths, a film by Integrity 7and the West Coast premier of the 2008 Real Rock Tour. Visit pinemountaincomp.com for more info.  Colorado Bouldering - RMNP and Mt. Evans
Photos by Emanuel Moosburger - On August 7th 2008 I started a four week trip to visit my friend Daniel Woods in Colorado for some summertime bouldering in Rocky Mountain National Park and Mt. Evans. Shown in this gallery are photos of Riddles in the Park and The Hobbit at Upper Chaos Canyon, The Automator and Tommy's Arete in Lower Chaos Canyon, No More Greener Grass at Mt. Evans, some wildlife in the park, plus a few shots of the beatiful alpine landscape. Special thanks to Steve and Carol Woods!  Photography of Frank Kretschmann
For eight years Kretschmann has been working as a professional photographer shooting fashion, people, industry and still lifes. He has always been fascinated by all styles of climbing, and though his travels has visited many parts of the world like: sport climbing all over Europe and Morocco, alpine adventures in the Alps and Peru and of course the big walls of Yosemite. But his passion for climbing still lies at his home crag, Germany's Frankenjura, the place that has influenced him the most. Visit funst.de for more  2008 Mammut Bouldering Championships - Salt Lake City, Utah
Photos by Dave Anderson / dave-anderson.com - See top athletes: Chris Sharma, Ethan Pringle, Guillaume Glairon Mondet, Daniel Woods, Tyler Landman, Alex Puccio, Alex Johnson, Sydney McNair, Lisa Rands, Sierra Blair-Coyle and more. The competition, presented by Eastern Mountain Sports, began with a qualifying round with over 100 competitors at SLC's Front Climbing Club. The comp is held as part of the Outdoor Retailer summer trade show. See full results at boulderingcomps.com.  2008 Mammut Bouldering Championships - Salt Lake City, Utah
Photos by Justin Roth - Chris Sharma and Alex Puccio are the winners of this year's Mammut Bouldering Championships. Sharma took his second victory in a row at the annual comp, held at night in a spectacular open-air setting atop a hotel parking garage in downtown Salt Lake. The competition, presented by Eastern Mountain Sports, began with a qualifying round with over 100 competitors at SLC's Front Climbing Club. Read More. See full results at boulderingcomps.com.  Garrett Grove Photography
For Garrett Grove, his pursuit of climbing began on Mount Baker as a freshman at Western Washington University. After that climb, Garrett needed an outlet to share the experiences he encountered outside, and photography was the answer. For the last seven years, he's been lugging around a camera everywhere: up chimneys, through water and in the snow — just to take a picture at the right moment — a moment that captures the essence of the day. Visit GarrettGrove.com for more.  John Vallejo Photography
Photos by John Vallejo - Amidst graduating from law school and now working as full-time as an attorney in San Francisco, Vallejo's been climbing and shooting in China, Wyoming, Idaho, Nevada, Yosemite, Bishop, and a number of other places over the past year. He claims to be fairly new to the photography world [although you'd never guess it] and prefers a simple camera setup. Check out his blog for more at: johnclimbrok.blogspot.com  Jesse Von Fange - East Coast
Photos by Jesse Von Fange - East coast rock and ice climbs from the New River Gorge, WV; Old Rag Mountain, VA; Shenadoah National Park, VA; Red River Gorge, KY; Seneca Rocks, WV; and the Salmon River Gorge, NY. Visit: Fotos & Times of a Blue Ridger — vonfang.blogspot.com for more.  Greg Mionske Photography
Boulder, Colorado, photogapher Greg Mionske's passion is bouldering and landscape photography in places like Rocky Mountain National Park and Bishop, California. Shown here is a collection of photos from Spring 2008 at the Gunks, Buttermilks, and climbs near his home in Boulder, Colorado. For more photos visit: GregMionske.com  Koh Yao Noi - Thailand
Photos by Gerhard Schaar — The island of Koh Yao Noi is a one hour longtail boat ride from the climbing mecca of Krabi. As you cruise around the two by seven mile island on a scooter you'll notice everything goes a bit slower here, food and accommodations are affordable, everyone is more relaxed, and "sabai-sabai" is the motto here. About 100 routes are are spread out over six areas and the climbing has lots of tufas and pockets. A majority of the climbs have been established by locals of Phra Nang Beach and veteran Mark Miner. For more info visit gerhardschaar.com  Pent Up (5.12c) - Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado
Photos by Jason Nelson, Jack Jefferies and Cody Sims — visualadventures.com — On June 7, 2008 Jason Nelson, Jack Jeffries, and Cody Sims, put up Pent Up, (5.12c 700 feet), a new seven-pitch Black Canyon line. The climbs sits in the South Rim’s Chillumstone Gully to the climber’s left of Count Your Lily Pads (III 5.10 A2). Both routes share the same last pitch, originally aided on the FA of Lily Pads (John Kaandorp and Steve Demaio; 1983) due to rain wetting the route. READ MORE |
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