Kilian Fischhuber

Kilian recently updated his web site with some cool photos from his send of Air Star. Like it? Love it? ENJOY!

Photos and News (in german)

I'm busy scheduling a long visit to Europe to film another segment for my next video. As long as Kilian's in there somewhere then it's gonna be rad. Nuff Said.

A cool new boulder problem

Yesterday on the spur of the moment, a small crew of mostly wounded boulderers went up to Three Sisters in Evergreen with me to try a project on a big south-facing overhang called the Wisdom Wall. According to the Mountain Project page about the area, this project has not been climbed yet. I'm not sure if that's the case because you have to be very careful around this region as hard climbing is nothing new. Guys like Rufus Miller have been ticking hard boulder problems around Evergreen for over two decades and keeping a fairly low profile while they were at it. If in fact the line had not been climbed, I would propose the name Rock Cheetah which is more of a state of mind than an actual type of cat. The line is tall and committing, and the crux move leaves you with only two options once you're committed: stick it or fall hard. On the photo above, Rock Cheetah is the righter of the two projects listed.

I thought the problem was awesome, though aesthetically it is not the greatest. For one, it's on a cliff band - not a boulder. For two, the starting hold is a little hollow-sounding. Other than that though it's really a special problem and I was psyched to come up with the goods yesterday. I also made a quick ascent of Undercover Brother, a nice V9 that links into a highball finish up the classic Wisdom problem. This area would be a great hang in the late fall as it gets a full southern exposure. I'll probably climb there some more this Fall.

Cheers!

Grab a frame!

Click the link below to grab a frame from an upcoming video about Rob Pizem. Fall is in the air and this video grab is sure to get you stoked to go enjoy the cool fall temps. Just download it, right-click and select 'set as desktop background'.

The download wont be available forever so get it while its hot!

Download the video frame!

Free Music!

Throughout the last five years, I've used the music from my friend Yonnas and his band The Pirate Signal in tons of my climbing videos and advertising work. His style is great and he's a true artist. I went to school with Yonnas and I'm really psyched that he has been able to hack out a living in the meager Denver hiphop scene. I am always psyched when I get to license some of his work for my videos.

He's just released two new tracks and they are available for free download (get em' while they're hot!)

If you like the tunes, you should check out their catalog on ITunes.

Cheers! Here's the links:


I'm a Col. Boi:



And,
Love In The Time Of Swine Flu:

New Home Page

I re-did my home page recently so head over there (link above) and let me know if it works. I'll still be changing the navigation around, but this site is intended to be a cleaner, simpler site than the previous one.

Cheers, happy Wednesday!

Motorsports are lame

But the coverage from Top Gear is without a doubt some of the sweetest (and most well-financed) video ever. Just wait till the end:

More progress on the Ethiopia Project

Last weekend, Wine for Water held its first major event in Paso Robles, CA. The event featured the short film I made about clean water in Ethiopia, and I just heard that over $23,000 was raised. I'm psyched to be a part of this organization and I hope to do more in the future to support it. Donating clean water is a form of aid that helps get people off aid. Clean water gives people the energy and extra time to better help themselves. Consider a donation to this effort today.

Wine For Water

Happy Wednesday.