Powerband

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

ΩFor those of you climbing media addicted wretches (yes, that’s you, reading this site), there is some new eye candy available. Vertical Life is an Australasian online mag, free to all-comers. It even contains some snaps from two of your least/most favourite Powerband scribes. I hope you enjoy it (but don’t you dare say you like it more than Powerband).Ω

Ω Oliver Miller has relocated to the Grampians and been working his way through the double-digit problems. He’s recently climbed Mad Max V11, Debriefing and Cocktails V10, Cave Club V10 and Gripmaster V9/10 Ω

Ω Been a bit slack with the news. On recent trip to Hueco Tanks, Buff Dan Mackay dispatched mucho V10s:

• Fuzzy Turkey
• Black Mamba
• Martini Left
• 10-10
• Full Service

As I recall, he did the last two on the same day. Job Ω