Monday, April 30, 2012

April: FA's and NC3

The quality isn't as good as it would be on DVD but definitely a step up from before!
 Whitman College, all STEEP!
 Colin from UW flying on the dyno prob.
 Unknown almost earning 600pts till he blew the match, so close!
 Unknown on the steep wall, not too bad of lines for the comp, also well set, thanks Mike!

 Chase on The Web, V2, Verde, Cap Forest
 Recently born Verde, Cap Forest, home to a handful of probs V1-V4, bout 13' tall
Summit Lake hot tub sized chunk, where's yo big brotha? 

5 weeks deep and still can't wait till the next 5 are over. Time flies when you're busy every single day of the week! April has been composed of a lot of labs, HW, labs, quizzes... Through all of this exciting educational experience I still managed to come check out the Verde boulder Chase unearthed and help put up a few lines! The following weekend was the NC3 series wrap up. For season points me an fellow team mate Karl were tied! It all came down top the last 10 mins of the comp to whom was the series champ and I managed to send a problem that sealed the deal in those last 10 mins! I was reaaly sore from this one due to the steep walls or giving it my all. Series champ 2 years and running, though this year by one tiny point, yikes! Hopefully Memorial Day Weekend will be spent on some granite, preferably a hard problem in a forest. Also, some updates. I plan on releasing Olympia Area Bouldering II on August 1st. This will contain atleast 2 new areas and 6+ new boulders with ~30 new problems to be added! Along with all the new scrubbing I want to make another summer video. This year will be Summer Sendage, an HD vid about all the cool BP's in Olympia and the surrounding area. With a handful of HD cameras and tripods floating around Oly I expect a nice vid and some log hours in front of Final Cut! Till then it's back to the books, earthquake loadings, soil compactions, open channel flow, sola...