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Whiskey Wednesday: We Failed

wig — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:01:52 +0000

You all know it. We totally failed. We suck. We are terrible bloggers. We spent too much time climbing and drinking over the last two months and not enough time giving you content to post bitchy comments about. Anyway. Here’s the short explanation:

Everyone’s computers broke.

That’s not a lie so we can get out of our responsibilities that’s actually the truth. Oh and Limit moved to Rifle canyon for the summer and I don’t think they have wireless there yet.

Anyway. We are back. We all have computers. We are psyched. Our mancamp Mt. Crushmore is full of OG P&Cers and content will begin flowing again. Sorry for making you wait too much. As a gift there’s a hot picture of a girl climbing on a rock.

If you've seen this before sorry. If you haven't. enjoy. If you don't like it. go away.

Whiskey Wednesday: Chris Sharma

wig — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 00:23:19 +0000

Chris Sharma isn’t a secret. He’s pisses all over projects like he was writing his name in the snow. Sometimes I get sick of hearing all the shit he’s sent. If people wanted they could write a whole magazine that solely covered his ventures and it would still probably get published more times a year than Alpinist. No matter. Fresh off his Jumbo Love success he’s already taken to another 5.15b project in Spain. Though he hasn’t quite sent yet the mofo is sending damn near anything else that’s near him. From what I can tell he sent a 5.14d, and onsighted a 5.14a/b and a 5.14b, which puts pretty much anyone else’s accomplishments in a place that looks like a toilet. Also his girlfriend is hot. Incredibly.

Another climber who deserves top honors is Alex Puccio who sent her fourth V12 (Maze of Death) in Bishop not too long ago. Congrats. Also Our friend and fellow crusher Sean Dossett is a year older today. We told you all about his super sends last week so I’ll spare you the repeat. Just make sure and include his name in your cheersing this evening.

Whiskey Wednesday!!

limit — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:45:54 +0000

At first I was going to give the WW to the Alpinist (which, if you haven’t heard, has closed shop). That was until I read this thread on Mountainproject and realized that I love to hate the people who love to love Alpinist. Then I was going to give it to Alex Puccio for the shit she’s been crushing. But a minute ago, I realized that today is Wig’s birthday. How often do you get a birthday on a Whiskey Wednesday?! And since Wig was THE guy who got the crew PSYCHED about the Sundowner and the WW, I had to pay him due tribute.

All I have to say about Wig is that he is simultaneously the most irresponsible and charismatic person I’ve ever met. The guy has talked me into doing more dumb shit than anybody I know. He talked me into leading S-wall, which is 5.9, 220 feet, and 3 bolts. Jesus. He’s also talked me into doing things with my money(usually the Casino) I usually wouldn’t dream of. Allow me to illustrate.

A couple years when we used to live together we were shit broke. We were usually broke, but that day it was BAD– we probably had $40 between the two of us. We had scammed enough gullible kids with rich parents into paying for our gas on a climbing day trip. We had made a gas station pit stop and we’re wondering around looking at shit, and he finds this electric flyswatter. It’s one these contraptions which looks like a fly swatter but uses batteries and claims to actually electrocute insects. Wig spent 30 minutes convincing me that this thing was AWESOME. It does shock the little fuckers with like 1500V, so he may have had a point.

It cost like $15 which was damn near 40% of our combined disposable income.And andrew wants to buy it! To me, that’s the height of irresponsibility. But you know what? He talked me into helping buy that piece of shit. Left to my own devices, an electronic fly swatter is the LAST thing i would ever buy, especially not with a maxed out credit card and 20 bucks in the bank. That folks, is Charisma. It’s why I love the Wig-he can talk you into doing shit that nobody else on earth ever could. Except, possibly, Sienna Miller giving you bedroom eyes.

Cheers mutherfucker.! Lets get drunk.

Seurat!

cnote — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:51:00 +0000

“Seurat” is a big beautiful seam on a boulder hidden in the alpine meadows of Mt. Evans, Colorado. It’s also my arch nemesis. From the first moment I saw Seurat, I wanted to climb it. But my dreams were crushed when I simultaneously pulled on and and face planted on the slab. Repeatedly. My foot kept popping. So, since I hate climbing this problem but love looking at it, I figured it would make the perfect little step by step with Alex Puccio—one of the coolest climbing chicas around. (She also just snagged first at the comp in SLC this past weekend.) Check out the other photos of Alex finessing this aesthetically awkward Mt. Evans classic after the jump. Cheers!

2008 Teva Mountain Games—Bouldering World Cup

cnote — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:55:00 +0000

World Cup winners Kilian Fischhuber (AUT) and Alex Johnson (US)

The 2008 Teva Mountain Games hosted the Bouldering World Cup this past weekend in Vail, Colorado. Thousands of athletes and spectators converged on the Disney-esque mountain town, including kayakers, mountain bikers and climbers. Mad props to the 6 men and women who battled it out in finals. Austrian Kilian Fischhuber won the men’s, red-headed Italian Gabriele Moroni landed in second and Paul Robinson—U.S., slid into third. Daniel Woods placed fifth and Ty Landman, for Great Britain, sixth. Alex Johnson (US) won the women’s, Katharina Saurwein (AUT) came in second, and the favored Anna Stohr (AUT) placed third. Impressive efforts by Tiffany Hensley (US) 4th and Alex Puccio (US) 6th. Usual suspects Angie Payne, Chris Sharma and David Lama didn’t make finals. Honestly, it was super inspiring to see so many strong climbers try so hard. A palpable “I get paid by my country to climb” vibe accompanied the typical chalkbag throwing, wall kicking and screaming. And to top it all off I had a blast partying with the Euros and doing the worm with DW—yep, the worm.

MC Timmy O’Neill

Tiffany Hensley (US) and Paul Robinson (US)

Daniel Woods (US)

Anna Stohr (AUT) and Alex Puccio (US)

Chris Sharma, Ty Landman, Kilian Fischhuber. Ty, Gabri and Kilian.

David Lama (AUT) and Paul Robinson (US)