Features

038 The Visual
Photos in a blender

042 Bouldering The Big Time
Las Vegas has problems and we’ve got the beta

046 Love & Reaction
Before, during, and after Chris Sharma’s historic first ascent of the world’s hardest route, Jumbo Love

050 The Rebirth of Rock Gardens
A local’s tour of the San Luis and Arkansas River Valleys in Colorado

056 Cuba: Fear Me, Fear Me Not
Rob Pizem and friends taste the sweet, forbidden fruit

Departments

016 Entourage
Loaded to blasting point

020 Starting Hold
Finding Forever

022 Word
All writey

024 411
Lake Arco, a Nor’Easter, and 24 hours of Hell

030 Hotness
Add it to your list

034 Drive
Jonathan Siegrist and Colette McInerney

064 Workshop
Hangtime with Ben Moon

066 Homage
The Backyard Crag

069 Lowdown
2008 Hound Ears Bouldering Competition

072 Meet Your Maker
Mike Call

074 Unearthed
Ted Peterson

076 Plastic Paradise
Hangar 18
Riverside, California

078 Coin
The Sharma Set

098 Finish Hold
Transcendental