Climbing

Chuck Odette has opend a link-up on Coliseum, Afterlife which was his seventh 8b+. His scorecard thrend diagram shows that the 57 year old is peaking and that we might see a 8c coming up soon! "Many years slogging mountains, climbing walls, hacking ice, plugging cracks, running it out on slabs before settling on mostly sport dogging. Red-pointed my first 7a+ at age 34, 7c+ at age 37 and 8b+ at age 44."

Nalle Hukkataival is on a roll: Just climbed La Force Tranquille V15 in Magic Wood!! Had a devastating fall from the easy top slab because a hold broke, but managed to pull it together and climb it again next try all the way to the top! One of the best hard boulders in the world!!

Mirko Caballero is on a summer vacation in Europe where he started of by doing two 8A's; From the darkness to the sunshine in 30 minutes and Mutter tag in an hour. Two weeks ago, Mirko tried to do The Nose in Yosemite in one day they had to bail out due to the heat. In total the 12 year old has done 20 boulders 8A and harder and with the harness on, he has done five 8b+. In the Combined up to 19 years old ranking game, Mirko is #1.

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Unacceptable Levels examines the results of the chemical revolution of the 1940s through the eyes of affable filmmaker Ed Brown, a father seeking to understand the world in which he and his wife are raising their children. To create this debut documentary, one man and his camera traveled extensively to find and interview top minds in the fields of science, advocacy, and law.  Weaving their testimonies into a compelling narrative, Brown presents us with the story of how the chemical revolution brought us to where we are, and of where, if we’re not vigilant, it may take us. [yt] Over 80,000 chemicals flow through our system of commerce, and many are going straight into our bodies. Even our unborn children are affected. Due to this constant exposure, we have approximately 200 synthetic industrial chemicals interacting with our cells every single day. Until recently, modern science really didn’t understand what that could mean for all of us in the long run, but that is changing. Globally, disease rates are on the rise. Theories about the causes abound, yet the issues are complex and often muddied by the maneuvering of political and corporate interests. To explore different facets of common chemical exposure,Unacceptable Levels, was made in consultation with experts in multiple fields and is guided by a father on a personal journey as he attempts to bring these issues to light for everyone. Its primary goal? To determine whether we can prevent disease before it strikes us. Unacceptable Levels opens the door to conversations about the chemical burden our bodies carry so that we can make informed decisions now and in the future.  The film poses challenges to our companies, our government, and our society to do something about a nearly-unseen threat with the inspired knowledge that small changes can generate a massive impact. Featuring Ralph Nader   Author, Getting Steamed to Overcome Corporatism Dr. Devra Lee Davis   Founder and President, The Environmental Health Trust Stacy Malkan   Co-Founder of The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics Ken Cook    President and Co-Founder, The Environmental Working Group Christopher Gavigan    Former CEO of Healthy Child Healthy World and CPO of The Honest Company Dr. Alan Greene     Pediatrician, Author/Feeding Baby Green Dr. John Warner    President & Chief Technology Officer, The Warner Babcock Institute for Green Chemistry Andy Igrejas    Director, Safer Chemicals Healthy Families Joan Blades    President and Co-Founder, MomsRising.Org Dr. William Hirzy    Chemist in Residence, American University Dr. Richard Clapp    Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University Dr. Tyrone Hayes    Biologist, The University of California Berkeley Jeffrey Hollender    Former CEO, Seventh Generation Randy Hayes    Founder, Rainforest Action Network Learn more at http://www.unacceptablelevels.com

I love Grayson Highlands! Its definitely some of my favorite bouldering every. The climbing at Grayson is steep and super aggressive. The holds are either finger jugs or terrible edges! Its just incredible!Yesterday, I had my first bouldering trip since my significant weight loss. The great part about Grayson is that it is has a high-density collection of boulder problems in the V5-8 range. And being much lighter definitely makes climbing HARD easier! I took a really slow warm-up climbing a bunch of V0 and V1s on the Listening Rock Trail. After the slow warm-up I got right on Man Child - V6. I JUST got my new Tenaya shoes in - the Oasis - a SUPER aggressive new shoe that fits my feet like a GLOVE. They paid off. I sent "Man Child" really fast and was super stoked!Next, with Aaron Parlier in tow, we hit up my uber project at Grayson: Nancy with an E V7. Conditions were just perfect. Chilly, kind of cold, but really sticky. Nancy climbs out this fantastic roof with the crux revolving around a difficult sloper match. It took me a handful of goes, but I did it!Being super stoked and happy with my day already, we ran into my charleston friends Dustin and Sarah and checkout this new area that Aaron just found....The thing about Grayson is that Aaron just keeps finding MORE ROCK. Its crazy how much rock is in the area there and HOW SWEET the rock is!Man Child - V6Nancy with an E - V7Cronus V6Cronus V6New Area at GraysonNew Area at GraysonNew Area at Grayson

I think this is the default title for the last post in any blog. The first is always “Hello World!” and the last is either “So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish” or “All Good Things Must Come to an End.” Well, this is the last post here at ColoCalders. But, Don’t Panic! I’m not giving up blogging! We simply decided to move the most recent posts to a new domain, and the reasons for the move are detailed in our first post at our new site: RocksAndSun.com! I will leave this site up for a few months, probably, because the last six years of my life have been well documented here. But, eventually, ColoCalders will turn to password access only in order to better protect our kiddo’s digital footprint. So, check out the new site, update your readers, follow our new account on twitter, and let’s have some fun!!

Mikel Linacisoro has done his first 8c, White Zoombie in Baltzola. One year ago, his PB was 8a+ and two years ago, 7b+. In the ranking game, the 12 year old is #1 among all guys up to 16 years old. Noteworthy is that he is also a Spanish champion in slalom. (c) Bebeblok

Nalle Hukkataival reports through Facebook that he has repated Daniel Woods', La Force Tranquille 8C in Magic Wood. "Had a devastating fall from the easy top slab because a hold broke, but managed to pull it together and climb it again next try all the way to the top! One of the best hard boulders in the world!!

Oh yes… I am proud to present the next one. Quick, non-commital, and informative for that climber just starting out or for us to be entertained. Slopers… LOVE EM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Essentials of Climbing: Slopers from EASTERN MOUNTAIN SPORTS on Vimeo.