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castlehillbasin.co.nz

JP — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:58:18 +0000

Ω The uber web project is HERE. Forget bleau.info, Derek Thatcher and others have created the ultimate site for (NZ) bouldering nerds: castlehillbasin.co.nz. An interactive resource for (eventually) all things bouldering in the basin. Images, map references and tick lists!! What more could you want??? Ω

More From Oliver

JP — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:51:49 +0000

Ω Our Aussie-based correspondent, Oliver Miller, has sent us this video link:

Never Ending Worrior

JP — Wed, 16 May 2012 09:48:43 +0000

Ω Roman Hofmann has climbed the two parts (?) of Never Ending Story, in Magic Wood. Part 1 gets V11 or 12, Part 2 gets V10 or 11 Ω

En-Orme-ous

JP — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:29:20 +0000

Ω Zac Orme rampaged through the Gramps recently. In just on two weeks, he climbed over 40 problems V6 or harder, including 3 V10s and a V11. Not bad for a gnome Ω

Teenage Mutant Ninja

JP — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:25:06 +0000

Ω JJG has been busy at the Rak:

The Code of the Samurai (V9/10) and Boilerplate Sit Start (V9) from Josiah Jacobsen-Grocott on Vimeo Ω

Gramps

JP — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:16:52 +0000

Ω Here’s a video from Derek Thatcher, of a recent Gramps bouldering extravaganza:

LAD

JP — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:26:13 +0000

Ω Liam Dickson has been throwing down in Swizzy, including the V11 pictured. You can read about his trip on his blog Ω

Stoo Dotcom

JP — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:56:37 +0000

Ω Auckland’s best boulderer, Stuart Kurth.com, has rejigged his website. You can find it here: beastkong.com. I’ll be honest, I haven’t got a clue what the Beast Kong thing is all about, but the website is about Stoo and his sendage. His latest post is a video of a hard looking problem at Froggatt Edge, which I’ve cheekily embedded below:

Architexture from JustOneMoreFace on Vimeo Ω

Parental Advisory

JP — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:13:24 +0000

Ω Here’s a cobbled together video of some Bishop bouldering from yours truly. Please excuse the potty mouth, I was having a bad day at the office:

Bishop March 2012 from Chunky Farmer on Vimeo Ω

Fire In The Hole

JP — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:59:36 +0000

Ω Matt Tait has recorded a new 7C+ (a sit start to Sharik Walker’s Firestarter problem) on the Pukerua archway. He says: “I thought it was pretty stiff doing it starting from the two pockets so would have thought it to be a hard 7c . I also tried it from inside the cave with a sit start and thought it might be 7c+ but perhaps at the softer end of the scale… With the sit start, making the pockets, setting up feet for the move out to the chicken head and walking you feet up to make the toe hook is all a bit harder… so don’t man if there was a grade 7c/7c+ for the sit down start I would give it that. cheers, Matt”. I’m not sure Firestarter has had any other ascents? Not sure the local bogans care much Ω