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Here is the long awaited vid (sorry Fultz) of the Sawtooths along with a few photos Geoff Williams sent me from his trip up there. The vid has four problems:
#1 is a great looking, unnamed problem that Jeff Smith put up on what I am calling the Swamp Boulder.
#2 is on the Milk Roof which has a really nice V5ish (Harvey Milk Roof) roof crack/jug system to an awkward topout, a hard line which is shown in the vid, that begins on the V5 and breaks left through some bad holds (Milk Roof Left), and a still to be cleaned warmup on the left side of the roof.
#3 is on the Swamp Boulder again. Swamp Thang is a cool little low start with a big shoulder move right away.
#4 is THE LINE of the area. The Prow is very reminiscent of The Practitioner up in leavenworth but slightly easier, about twice the size in every aspect and no dabbage potential…This is one of the best boulder problems I have ever done:

Jeff Smith working a hard looking project

Geoff Williams a little higher up on the project

Geoff working on The Prow

Geoff working on The Prow

Jeff on The Prow

Here is the vid of the McCall Scree Fields:

Here is the latest vid from Jimmy Bowman. It’s Beau Stuart sending a cool looking line at The Channel in central Idaho:

The Buddha Belly from Jimmy Bowman on Vimeo.

Here is a short vid from Nate Coffman bouldering at Table Rock:

Tablerock Classics from Nate Coffman on Vimeo.

Here is the latest from Fultz, crushing it at Castle Rock:

About 3 weeks ago Tammy and I made a trip up to Montana for a bit of bouldering and some time off. Unfortunately time off equals incredibly busy when you get back to work so I am just now getting around to posting this vid. We ended up making it to two different and unique areas. Lolo could be some the the sharpest and roughest rock I have ever climbed on, yet the unique fact that the granite there has limestone like pockets makes it well worth the roughness just to climb on something so different. While Lost Horse was much friendlier rock, it lacked the aesthetics that we found at Lolo. Check out the vid below:

Here are a couple vids from Jaimie Spoull of Reynolds Creek. The first one is of Morty, feeling the pain followed by Adam Healy sending Head over Heals/Super Pimp:

Although I usually try and make this site about rock climbing, occasionally someone will send me some photos or video of themselves scrambling around on rocks…or even worse, just hiking. Nobody wants to watch vids of people hiking, alas here is Matt Fultz hiking around out at Swan Falls:

Mike McClure on The Consolation Prize. Photo by Mike Bockino

Last week I finally sent one of my long time projects in the Taco Cave. While it is not the full Warpath, it is just as worthy. It is somewhat easier as well, skipping the final crux V9/10 section (Out of Africa) and continuing left through the roof on a few hard link moves (V8?) to finish on The Smell, making a slightly longer line. Not sure if it has been done before (Litz? Maische?) but I was very, VERY psyched to have finally sent…major break through. Check out the vid: