dabtronics

Sandstone Crushz0rrz

2012-01-22T02:38:00.000-05:00

BKB made it down south and is currently on a whirlwind tour through the big south destinations. I was able to break from the nerding and do a little climboiding. I hope to get out again before they depart early next week. That would be nice. Here are a couple shots from the few I did take. NEED TO CLIMB MORE.

BKB crew in the Bham

Mark Heal climbing something at HP40

LRC night session on Castaway, GK and Bini shralppingtehgnar.

They shot some really nice footage so far, so I'm sure a video will be following shortly ;)

unfunfunfunf!
xoxo,
CHL

Pizza Dabbers

2012-01-08T13:40:00.003-05:00

USAC Routesetting Clinic

2011-10-12T14:58:00.002-04:00

Aloha, we BKB routesetters traveled to Central Rock Gym in Hadley, Massachusetts. On the 14th and 15th of September we took part in USA Climbing's Level I routesetting clinic. Here's a little vid showing what it's all about.

City Slickers Part II

2011-10-06T10:48:00.002-04:00

Part Deux, some of you may have seen it!

City Slickers Part I

2011-08-24T17:20:00.002-04:00

ALOHA, for your viewing pleasure, I give you:

City Slickers, Part I of II. We went, we shralped, we were loud.

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO!!!!!

dabathon 2011

2011-08-09T23:07:00.003-04:00

Word on the street there's a dabathon happenin' September 10th...that's right. Post-labor day temps woot!

Playmate of the Year

2011-07-12T10:12:00.002-04:00

Perhaps you've watched this one already, but I give you: Playmate of the Year. T'is an awesome lowball sloper problem in Joe's Valley. Keepin' the dream alive.

Desert Hipsters

2011-07-05T09:52:00.003-04:00

A taste of hoo-hah to come, mustaches and desert dabbing in Joe's Valley circa April 2011.

Unf unf unf.

Dabbing of the Times

2011-06-24T15:23:00.004-04:00

Ummm, Garrett just snuck a "Dab" onto the damn NY Times website. WOOT!

“I haven’t competed for 10 years,” said Garrett Koeppicus of Brooklyn. “If this comp wasn’t right in the smack dab of New York City, the place I love and the place I’ve lived for nine years, I’d probably have nothing to do with it.” -GK

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/rock-climbing-stars-to-clamber-in-central-park/

P.S. Plusalso, seriouzly - Dabathon?

AHEM!

2011-06-10T15:07:00.000-04:00

P.S. - Will be back in Brooklyn ~ last week of June. Although I will have to continue teh nerding, I want to climb rocks with joo guys. Yeeeeeeessss, dooooo eeettt!!!

Also, Dabathon?! What?! Juss sayin.

xoxo,

CHL

A Day At Boat Rock

2011-05-29T16:50:00.000-04:00

Here is a fun little ditty that Mr. Steven O. Sloan put together. A short session at Boat Rock, trying to take advantage of a little drop in temps :)

Hope all is well out there!

xoxo,

CHL

Blog of Stevenosloan

Double Vision

2011-05-26T00:49:00.007-04:00

Click images to view diptychs:

Do Bongs

2011-04-18T11:49:00.008-04:00

Higher ground proved fruitful on seepy day.

More Sandstone

2011-04-14T16:58:00.001-04:00

A couple shots from the other weekend at LRC.

Dave Failla on Mono Doigt v5

Initially, thinking of mono pulling was pretty much a turn off for me, but the pockets scattered up the face turned out to be vurr cool. I bet this thing climbs even better will cool temps. Juicing the first "mono" requires bearing down with the middle finger and stacking the ring and index finger (or whatever u can fit on top of it. You then get a high step on a gunksy pebble or start hold) and crank up to a smaller mono, then balancy move surfing out left to good pocket, jack up feet then either weird-extended-cross move to crimp rail or top out straight up via slopppperz. Like a Boss. A V5 BOSS. OHYAYER.

Now and Zen v6/7

Sharp left hand crimp and slightly less sharp right hand pinch to start. Right heel up on shelf then big move (for me) to accuracy-requiring-bastard-crimp. Adjust feet, catch small crimp out left then fun surfing via jugs to top. This thing was pwning me, kinda threw a wobbler, can't lie. Waaaahhh!!! Oh, bouldering...

asdfasdf. I am vicariously bouldering through blog. Hope there is climbing this weekend. HOLLAH!!

xoxo,
CHL

Photos by Stevenosloan, here is his flickr:
Mr. Sloan's Flickr

Update 1.1

2011-04-07T23:18:00.003-04:00

More climbing spots in. Update 1.1 now available in the Apple App store.

New features

Upload GPS tagged photos from your library (purple pins)

See your uploaded photos (Green pins)

See community photos (Red pins)

FB feed and Twitter Feed

Maps maintain last zoom view

Better list view

Who wants to help tag up more of the Gunks?

I'm going to go up sometime next weekday.

SLAAABBB!

2011-04-07T22:31:00.000-04:00

The Rib
Three Star v1 @ Little Rock City
Vur Fun, Vur Nice. Do it twice, pls. K? Thx!
Steven O. Sloan floating it.

Also, it is gettin freeking warm down here. Rope action is imminent. Not sure how I feel about that. Pfwah!! Should be good. Maybe. Waaaaah!!
xoxo,
CHL

FRIDAY RE-DUBZ

2011-03-28T15:09:00.001-04:00

Some random shots i pulled from the piddly photo pool I haz at the moment. Lots of rain down here lately, this weekend looks like it may be good though! Will hopefully have something fresh for you dabbers then.

Want to climb which joo guuyyysss. Hollah!

Golden Boy

Splashback

Tunnel Vision

OMGZ RE-DUBZ!

Quarte and Deuce My Loade

2011-03-22T03:50:00.001-04:00

Big Up to Bissel for channeling the day's energy with this fantastic little vidsky. A muy bueno start to the season.

Gunks Bouldering - March 2011 from e b on Vimeo.

Cliffer

2011-03-19T18:27:00.003-04:00

Hey all,

No doubt some of you have heard the news, but our traveling boy has managed to bust his ankle. He's making serious sad face right now, so I'm trying to organize something for him. The cost of the surgery will wipe him clean, and end his trip way, way, way too early.

Check out the page I put up, and if you can, help give our sausage-finger buddy a hand.

cheers.

http://keepcliffclimbing.wordpress.com/

(also, please post/repost. thanks dabbers!)

Street Mosaic

2011-03-18T14:48:00.007-04:00

As some of you know, I have been working on launching a digital guidebook. The result has taken some time but Version 1 is officially in the Apple App Store for the iPhone. Here is the Link.

While designed for any type of travel, Street Mosaic origin was actually climbing focused. Now its an easy way to ge0-tag a climb or anything you want. All you have to do is take a pic, write a quick description, and share it.

The app does the mapping and sharing and you can search the database for nearby climbing no matter where you are.

Images people take can help in the actual identification of the climb instead of a hand-drawn pic.

Most importantly, I made it FREE.

Springtime PSYCH!

2011-03-02T13:13:00.004-05:00

Something from the way-back machine. I needed some springtime psych, so I went digging through archives this morning. Here are more old photos than you could ever shake a stick at:

(links:)
TK on the FA of Pulled Apart the Horses

Kary on Diesel
Carriage Path Bouldering

Mono Problem!

Fossil Extravaganza

2011-01-30T23:38:00.006-05:00

Fossil Extravaganza from Bryant Huffman on Vimeo.

Puerto Rico

2011-01-20T09:15:00.003-05:00

420Kru took some dabbers bouldering. ¡Gracias!

Down & Dirty in Smuggler's Notch

2011-01-11T20:02:00.001-05:00

Ent gully
Originally uploaded by peter.benchimol

Sherman Photo Roof

2010-12-08T21:44:00.004-05:00

Repeated with the bum knee and wrist. Probably not the smartest thing. Heeee!

photo : stevenosloan

Chris Lee / Sherman Photo

Originally uploaded by stevenosloan

FRESH.

2010-11-29T19:48:00.003-05:00

A little birdy told me where I might find some fresh rocks. Decided to make a little trip with the family over thanksgiving break. The spot may haz potential for teh boulders, but trad lines are the most obvious. Due to time constraints I was only able to see a fraction of the area and I was unable to access the big blocs scoped from top. Could be super rad....could also be chossgarglingturdburgl0rrz. Hopefully the former. We shall see, must go back soon. :)

Foggy ride up the mountain

OOOOOOOMMMYYYYYGGGAAAAAWWWWWDDDDDDD, I SEEEE BOLLLLLLLLDERRRRRZZZ!!!

Big Block

Death Leaf Steepness

Section of sandstone w/ gunksy pebbles. There was also some nice iron plate action going on as well.

pics by p.lee, yay-er!!

HP40 Craaaaaack

2010-11-27T18:39:00.000-05:00

*lost camera a while back, here's an old one i never posted from the summer*
daaaaaaaaaaaaab!

HP40 night and day sesh. Ran into some psyched kidz from Baton Rougue, LA. Here is E on a short crack problem to the right of God module. I believe it was called something like Hard, Painful and Scary. something like that, hah!

Randomtronics

2010-10-15T01:46:00.005-04:00

Randomtronics from EM on Vimeo.

A quick edit for Mitchel's slide show.

Three from Peekskill

2010-09-19T23:35:00.009-04:00

Fat Bonsai

Deer Crack

Mole Rock

on tour

2010-09-08T15:05:00.006-04:00

dax sending The Spike

eric doin the Fat Bastard

tim getting seconds on Randy Puro Problem

Colorado

2010-08-21T14:58:00.003-04:00

Just got back from the Colorado with Mark. Hit up Mt.Evans, area A and Lincoln Lake, and also checked out some of RMNP, seeing Moraine Park, and Chaos canyon. Rock quality is high, but not terribly unique. Most problems were a variation on crimp ladders and/or edges. There is a distinct dearth of problems in the V4-V8 range, and areas don't tend to be very concentrated. Minimum two mile approaches seem to be the norm, with an accompanying elevation change of 1500 feet. Most of the climbing we did was at an altitude of 10.500-12.000 feet. Of course there were some very nice lines but in summary: Colorado, over-hyped.

With that enjoy some videos, and there's a second raw vid of Time Line to give you an idea of size. Gettin' psyched to shralp this season! Woot woot!

Another Day at Evans from Garrett Koeppicus on Vimeo.

Time Line V0 from Garrett Koeppicus on Vimeo.

Just Another Day of 80 Degree Bouldering

2010-08-15T14:07:00.003-04:00

Good times were had on greasy holds in PA. Getting psyched for fall temps! Yayr!

Trapps naps

2010-08-09T11:01:00.002-04:00

Passed out at the party again.

Jeremy
Originally uploaded by ericmonasterio.

Then we went swimming

2010-07-24T22:55:00.005-04:00

Welded Tuff

2010-06-30T00:09:00.005-04:00

Spent some lazy days in Smith Rock and couldn't help but using some cheap point and shoot tricks. The temps were splendid!

Dabathon 2010

2010-06-03T02:39:00.004-04:00

Dabathon 2010 from EM on Vimeo.

2010-05-26T02:53:00.002-04:00

A little California love for you all

more stud(previously)

2010-05-18T13:31:00.001-04:00

garrett send ziiizzzzzzzzz casually from todd knopke on Vimeo.

LC

2010-05-17T23:00:00.003-04:00

Pics by Jobiana Gabrielli.

Some crushin' in Lost City this weekend, wot wot?!

As per request, in order of appearance:

The Solution
Godsend
Big Black

Steppin Razor

2010-05-13T16:30:00.001-04:00

EO steps up to the Razor. Triple Right, Gunks, May 2010.

When I say jump...

2010-05-13T15:34:00.004-04:00

Papi goes big ...
But Snelling was the one to stick it...

Triple Right, Gunks, May 2010

dabtronics bouldering kit 1.0

2010-05-11T19:07:00.000-04:00

Meanwhile, in Yosemite...

2010-05-03T00:27:00.004-04:00

The waterfalls are flowing...

I got in a day in the Valley yesterday, bouldering in the morning, and crack climbing in the afternoon. Above is No Holds Barred (V7), a classic highball on the Sentinel boulder. This is about as high as I got, and the business is really a burly dyno to the lip, about 6 feet above my hands...

Christine, who I was climbing with, found a novel way to deal with the height-dependent campus start of a V5 around the corner...

I'll be back in NYC from May 5-12. Thinking about trying to get to the Gunks, or at least the place we go on Tuesdays...

Big Love,

Andy

Switzerland Part I

2010-04-27T17:27:00.001-04:00

Well it's been a long time coming, and it's perhaps a bit emo. Whatever. Here's part I of a two part series about shralping the gnar in Switzerland. Enjoy.

Also, methinks mebbe there needs to be a dabtronics vimeo pro account so we can have these bad boys in high quality.

Switzerland Fall 2008 Part I from Garrett Koeppicus on Vimeo.

Sum Souf Shtuf

2010-04-21T23:35:00.003-04:00

Some random shots of boulderz in the south. w00t!
Joe O. on the Godfather @ Moss Rock Preserve. Cool line climbing out right from the reignition cave. JO setting up for a loooooong move to small hold. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. bizatbizat.

Micah on Southern Slang @ Suck Creek, TN.
This is a steeep, vur nice line climbing out the prow on INCUT CRIMPS, finishing with a big/long move out over the lip. soopacool. Good motivation to get stronger, hahaha. Line reminds me of something from the northeast, atypical of the south.

Matt Hanner on Latin For Dagger @ LRC. Posted a vid of this before, but the boulder has teh plusplus colors. yup.

Hope all is well out there!
xoxo,
CHL

p.s. - when is the next souf trip? muahahaha!! oh btw, i'll be in nyc late June will get you guys teh infos soon. lets go climb some of that newness in the junks. or cp. wah! hollah!

tantrums thrown as young guns fly up vying for next TMC

2010-04-13T16:06:00.001-04:00

$1000 Garrett from todd knopke on Vimeo.

dork gets up midget boulder from todd knopke on Vimeo.

1985 TOP MALE Magazine cover shot

2010-04-06T10:18:00.003-04:00

Big Lines

2010-04-06T00:52:00.003-04:00

A couple of tall wutwut lines from LRC. Yay-er!

Seth Bucha on Power of Amida.

John Hur topping out Instinct from the sit. Duh. Vur nice.

Great Weather Gunks

2010-04-04T12:36:00.006-04:00

barrington dab

2010-03-31T08:34:00.005-04:00

when are we going back?!

Latin For Dabberz

2010-03-02T21:52:00.005-05:00

Heyheyhey, dabbers!!

The past two weekends I was fortunate to finally do some climbing on REAL ROCK. Hahaha, DANG.

Saturday (2/20/10) was spent at LRC breaking in the baby-tips and trying to get back into the swing of things. On Sunday I was able to check out 2 new areas I had never been to before, Middle Creek and Suck Creek. Both are super close to LRC, very cool areas situated in a river valley making for a really nice setting. Will post more on this later.

Here is a video from the LRC sesh on Saturday, filmed and edited with the quickness by Matt Hanner and Jon Hur of "You & Eye Productions". Both are rocking the 7D along with the good glass, so their stuff iz a look a vurvur niiice. Check out the rest of their videos on Vimeo! Homemade steady-cam/slider/crane actions going on. sohawtrightnow. zomg. Hope all is well out there, gitpsyched!!!

xoxo,

CHL

Latin for Daggers from Matt Hanner on Vimeo.

Deep Notch

2010-02-25T20:08:00.001-05:00

Beau on the lead.
Originally uploaded by peter.benchimol

The ice in the Catskills is fat right now.

Sewing excercise

2010-02-25T20:06:00.001-05:00

Sewing excercise
Originally uploaded by peter.benchimol

Beau States sinking in another screw.

Hueco

2010-02-23T23:19:00.004-05:00

While you were all freezing back east, here is how I spent February ...

Many more photos to keep up the psyche can be seen on my personal blog. Hope you're all livin easy back out there in BK (and the dirty too, of course).

2010-02-14T12:25:00.003-05:00

Why is he climbing the mountain?

2010-01-29T15:27:00.002-05:00

Good lord. This may be a new anthem.

We Dab You

2010-01-27T18:22:00.002-05:00

If you would like a shirt, let Chris or I know, we're open to taking orders. <3<3<3<3

(and happy new year)

We Dab You from Garrett Koeppicus on Vimeo.

Funkytown

2010-01-24T20:09:00.002-05:00

Gorda Colada from EM on Vimeo.

Virgin Gorda

2010-01-15T09:56:00.009-05:00

Speaking of warmer days....

Umm...yeah, it was amazing. Sooo much quality rock everywhere!

And the snorkeling was good too. WOOot!

Warmer Days

2010-01-06T21:04:00.002-05:00

Storming the Castle @ LRC back in October when it was WARM.

Looking forward to the waaarmer days ahead.

P.S. - you guys should get on this next time yer down here. w000t!!

dab

2009-12-20T02:29:00.001-05:00

dab
Originally uploaded by ericmonasterio.

The Nipple Ripper

2009-12-09T18:08:00.001-05:00

The Nipple Ripper, V8.

Listen to the breathing of the cameraman on the send. Keh keh keh.

The Nipple Ripper from Garrett Koeppicus on Vimeo.

Scott Snelling and The Finger

2009-12-02T16:30:00.002-05:00

I apologize for the poor quality of the video. I couldn't figure out to compress it so it would be small enough to upload to Vimeo without sacrificing the image. Anyhow, look for a more HQ version of this in the future.

G.

Snelling and The Finger from Garrett Koeppicus on Vimeo.

A Little Tanks Giving Barrington.

2009-12-01T15:27:00.002-05:00

Schralp the gnarr.

2009-11-23T18:18:00.000-05:00

Gnomes, Sprites, and Other Woodland Creatures.

2009-11-09T15:57:00.002-05:00

Untitled from Garrett Koeppicus on Vimeo.

2009-11-08T13:01:00.000-05:00

Photo > Climbing > Sending

2009-10-25T00:41:00.006-04:00

Cabbage-head in all his glory, and a few dabbers to boot.

The pics are being hosted on FB (and it's crazy take on what it thinks I think my photos should look like). Will be posted elsewhere for normal viewing pleasure soon.

RAW.

2009-10-22T18:46:00.001-04:00

DABraw from Garrett Koeppicus on Vimeo.

Falsetto abounds. Worry not about the color bars ze vid plays fine.

2009-10-21T12:42:00.001-04:00

after 1 year in madrid, i found a free place to climb. pretty lame especially since it is about 25 minutes walk from my apartment. here is a short video from my iphone just to give some size references. there is a 3 route tower at the right end with 7 bolts for each route.

dabtronics has not been representing in the espana as much as it can. this will be changing soon...

p.s. i don't know why picasa isn't uploading the video. will work on it.

2009-10-10T18:10:00.017-04:00

GIT PSYCHED!!!!
-CHL
***I dabbed. I was going to post this right before I left. Heh. Well, this is just a precursor to the impending photo assault. More to come...*ahem*joshunojoshu*ahem* I will try to have some posted as well. Yaaaay-er!!***

(ss contact sheet snag, teh north 2007/8?)

Rollin' in Style

2009-09-27T21:28:00.001-04:00

new completed project in Lost City - "Mimicry"

2009-09-25T12:41:00.004-04:00

Clip-A-Dee-Doo-Dab

2009-09-22T16:45:00.006-04:00

Had a lot of fun pasting this one together for a slide show at Mitchel's. Furry friends abound. The clip of the chipmunks was in New Mexico. There's an appearance from DGROM doing a night ascent of the nuptial tower in MD. Best wishes.

Piper and other dabbers from EM on Vimeo.

Johnny Landry Archive

2009-09-12T21:57:00.004-04:00

scott snelling hueco tanks
Originally uploaded by johnny_landry

Looks like Mr. Landry has been digging around in is archive, because he just posted this photo of me in Hueco dated circa 2007.

Any guesses what problem this is? I don't have a clue.

This other photo isn't me, but it is a nice tall problem. I seem to recall that I crushed it (ok, few tries and I was pretty scared, but kept my shiz together). I think this area is called the Matrix and it is in the proximity of Mammoth, Cali.

Props to Johnny. Post more!

PRE-SEASON TRAINING

2009-09-07T19:03:00.002-04:00

Git Psyched, Pizzles.
wutwutwut, hooooooowaaaahhhh!

Untitled from Redcrashpad on Vimeo.

Brooklyn Builders

2009-09-03T01:20:00.001-04:00

Brooklyn Builders from EM on Vimeo.

Beautiful Lines

2009-08-28T22:22:00.001-04:00

Beautiful potential
Originally uploaded by ericmonasterio.

Las Conchas, New Mexico.

Rest day New Mexico

2009-08-24T01:41:00.000-04:00

Steep Vegas limestones

2009-08-20T21:04:00.004-04:00

this is what you all be missing out there on the east coast. come visit me in Vegas for a full tour and local hospitality.

Isle of Skye, Scotland

2009-08-16T09:15:00.001-04:00

Black Cuillin
Originally uploaded by .s.s.

I fancied some boulders in the Black Cuillin mountains, next to the sea and Glen Brittle. But as I approached the boulders, my mind had already wandered away from them.

I was excitedly watching the jagged, rocky peaks above appear and disappear with each passing cloud. I didn't even stop to touch the boulders as I passed by.

I walked higher. Past streams, waterfalls, and lochs. The grass, sheep, and wildflowers gave way to bare rock. I climbed scree, sliding with every step, until I reached a buttress of ledgy slabs.

The Gabro rock was very, very grippy. I scrambled towards the ridge above. Climbing the ledges was a succession of easy boulder problems that lead me into the clouds. Each passing cloud bringing a temporary white-out.

I mantled onto the famous Cuillin ridge and let out a gasp. The misty black and white world of the windward slope gave way to the technicolor world of the leeward side. The vivid blues and greens of the lochs, turf, and clear sky below were fresh. The exposure was invigorating.

I followed the ridge north over Charlie's Peak and up Sgurr Alisdair, the tallest mountain on the Isle of Skye. At one point I encountered a fully-equipped (harnesses, ropes, helmets, boots, rucksack) guided party of four that was being belayed down a steep section. They gave quite a look when they saw me rocking my slip on Vans, Dabtronics tote, and repping the Brooklyn hat! I smiled as I downclimbed through.

The climbing was V0 minus-minus-minus (5.5 tops). But moving over alpine rock completely unburdened of gear made me feel like a kid in a candy store. Alas, the Cuillin are such a civilized size that by nightfall I was just another adult in the pub.

Magic Pond at Pawtuckaway

2009-08-12T20:41:00.012-04:00

I went for a hike into the center of pawtuckaway to find the magic pond boulders. I took some pictures and searched around for more rocks. There are some nice big boulders out there with many clean crack lines. a number of more difficult lines too. The thin overhanging seam looked real hard but possible. THe tall face in the bottom picture has a cool line of crimps moving up and left from the big block start... the end will be tricky though. I haven't explored all the way around the pond yet. The bugs were getting too heinous, I'll return in the fall.

New Bouldarz in Dacks.

2009-08-10T16:06:00.001-04:00

Worth explorin'? Mayhaps, Mayhaps.

Fat Bonsai FA

2009-07-29T23:53:00.002-04:00

Izzy is walking!

Fat Bonsai from EM on Vimeo.

The Concave

2009-07-26T15:57:00.006-04:00

Sport Climbing in Little River Canyon, Alabama.
More pics to come, yay-er!

The Price is Right

Word Up

Private Muscles

2009-07-23T14:28:00.002-04:00

From the archives.

Old summer dabbin... from EM on Vimeo.

Siblings reunited!

2009-07-21T23:29:00.005-04:00

toddknopke.com

Who's afraid of Poison Ivy?

2009-07-02T11:50:00.009-04:00

Iron Lion
Originally uploaded by ericmonasterio.
Three Star Crack
Originally uploaded by ericmonasterio.

Some images from late spring.

Little River Canyon, Alabama

2009-06-21T22:16:00.014-04:00

Heyheyhey, Dabbers!

I finally made it to the Little River Canyon two weekends ago. Its getting brutally hot down here, but I lucked out that weekend. It was actually supposed to rain but it held out so the clouds ended up providing good shade, w00t! Yesh, weather-gods are out-run once again, muahaha!!!

So the Canyon is actually a legit National Preserve. Vurry wild once you descend into it, managable once you get there; however, there is no published guidebook for the area. Very cool drive up to the top of the preserve, but very easy to get lost if you don't know where you're going. I'm psyched to do more climbing up there and check out the other walls, and I heeeaar that the water bouldering is plusplus. Most of you have probably heard of the Concave, yes? I'm not even going over there until it cools off and I lose some of the slothy-fatness.

I had to get back to the city early so I was only able to climb at the Unshackled Wall. DOPE. This place is sooper good, great lines, great rock, and STEEP, STEEP, STEEP. Must get stronger. Here's a couple of "Iron Mike", steepest 12a in the Canyon? REALLY COOL BLOCKY features (actually reminded me of the gunks a bit, like the last half of Gelsa but on roids or something), good holds, steep with the cruxy move 2 bolts from the end. More to come once I procure the pics.

Iron Mike photo credit : Samy Kunze

It nears...

2009-06-16T10:05:00.001-04:00

dabathon is coming...
Originally uploaded by ericmonasterio.

dabathon! More to come...

flying rican

2009-06-06T17:45:00.002-04:00

finally rabid

2009-05-22T22:10:00.001-04:00

rabid wolverine from todd knopke on Vimeo.

ROCKTOWN : 2 Classics

2009-05-14T13:39:00.005-04:00

Hey Daaaabbbbers!!

Took a study break late last night and decided to start a video.

Never a good idea when I need to get work done. Hah! Stayed up till the wee hours of the morning to finish this. I don't know if you guys have met Mr. Ben Gerhardstein, he's done some time up in the northeast (RI&Midwest), currently he is an ATL resident / local strong-mo / beer enthusiast dirtysouthbeerclub / among other things. Soooo, here's a short one of him cleaning up 2 Rocktown classics in a day. Yay-er!!

You lose out on the draw this time, Vimeo! Waiting on line...ppppfffttt!! Vimeo has been essentially a none-functioning sight for me now. Is anyone else having that problem?

Oh! Also, anyone wanna hook a dabber up with a copy of iMovie?! My is buggy as hell, many features don't work and my comp is too crotchety for fcp. Anyone? W00t!! Hope all is well out there!

-CHL

Valentine's Day Massacre : Round 2

2009-05-06T23:51:00.015-04:00

After being introduced to VDM and Sandrock the previous week (Round 1 blow-by-blow) , psyche was high and I returned to Centre, AL with Mr. Tommy Calhoun the following weekend. We didn't really discuss the game-plan for the day but it was silently understood that we would be returning to the "Valentine's Day Massacre" at some point in the day to give it a good -GRRRRRRR!!!- and try to send the thang.

More pics to come, but in short TC put it down quickly and I followed suit 2 burns later; however, I did not send without getting a good 'ol fashion scare. Hah.

After successfully pulling thorough the crux moves, you encounter a reachy move out left to a good crack. For me, it was a move requiring a bit of OOMF that's not quite static nor too dynamic...I didn't go dynamic enough. Stalled JUST short of the crack, probably by a couple centimeters as shown in the first picture. My hand was there for a couple seconds as I tried to crank it out that little bit. Alas, I had not teh juice and I went for quite the ride.....

In retrospect, the picture above makes me cringe a bit. Rope-behind-the-leg. AH! Tunnel-vision/pump/desperation i guess, hahaha. Also, I REALLY wasn't planning on skipping the bolt that was by my stomach but I think my bouldering mentality kicked in and I just started gunning. I had also played it out it my head and knew that I could skip it and most likely avoid a ground fall. This conclusion was helped by the fact that TC had my belay so I knew I had a good catch. Sorry bout that Mr. Calhoun. Hah! Well, here's the rest of it....

Living to tell the tale, eh? Haha, the fall wasn't as heinous as it may seem. My leg getting tangled in the rope helped slow down the fall quite a bit and i was able to spot the rock and get my arm out in time. Walked away with very minor injuries. Some rope burn and bruising but I've had much worse. I rested for about 15 min. to depump and ride out the crazy adrenaline-shakes. Snagged the redpoint on the next burn. Yay-er.

Valentine's Day Massacre / 5.13a
4th ascent: TC. 5th ascent: CHL

P.S. - Thanks for the catch Mr. Calhoun! Also, Dabbers get down here sometime and run some laps on this thing!!! It is quite gooood! ++ Pic 1 by Jason Plemmons and fall sequence by Kelly Dalton. w00t!

Dabathon III

2009-05-04T17:58:00.001-04:00

Yuki mIm
Originally uploaded by ericmonasterio.

Is it a go? When? Who's in? Need a bike? Rain alternatives? Let's hear it.

90 degrees and rising

2009-04-26T11:15:00.003-04:00

With no transition, summer arrived in NC. 90 degrees yesterday and hours of bushwhacking made for a miserable day. We found one gem on the creek and some other promising roofs, but good luck, this is full on jungle warfare bouldering.

From bouldering

Deer Crack

2009-04-23T13:18:00.004-04:00

In Raheem's back yard lurk many large boulders. Many are choss. Others, like this one, are bullet. We were out searching and followed some deer to this spot. We cleaned and climbed several lines. Here's a V4+ / bass inspired video of the beautiful crack line. WoOT!

Deer Crack from EM on Vimeo.

Climbing With tEh Ropz

2009-04-14T17:58:00.002-04:00

Whattap dabbers?!?!

So, bouldering season is winding down for me. And for the first time I think I am going to try and put some serious effort into some sport-styley climbing. There seems to be a good bit of quality sport areas down in the southeast. I never really had the motivation to check them out until now. PSYCHED!

Currently, I've only checked out Foster Falls and SandRock, located in Jasper/TN and Centre/AL, respectively. Here is a shot from Foster Falls, really aesthetic area. The waterfall was raging due to the rain we've been getting lately and the river runs down a small valley alongside the cliffband. Vur Nice!

Here's a route called "Ethnic Cleansing". Super cool problem, I'm sure all yous-guys would be psyched on it / crush it. Has some bouldery moves for sure, even a jump out of a roof to a jug seam! Blind toss for me, yay-er! So much fun. Will have more pictures up on flickr soon. Hope all is well out there!

*EDIT - Foster Falls Set for a few more shots, with notes.*

Whiskey Run!

2009-04-12T00:39:00.001-04:00

Proudness
Whiskey Run! from EM on Vimeo.

SLIDER

2009-04-07T00:28:00.008-04:00

Whattup Dabbers?!?!

Here's a short vid from a day out at HP40. I think from sometime late Jan. or early Feb.? Some of you met Mr. John Hur when we were at LRC this past southtronic trip.

Well, here he is crushing Slider, an HP40 classic. Yay-er!!

Slider - HP40 Bouldering from Redcrashpad on Vimeo.