tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89410137669723986592011-11-27T21:11:13.803-04:00Bouldering Videos from Nova ScotiaToddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06684775869207662777noreply@blogger.comBlogger351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8941013766972398659.post-64417171495413458642008-12-03T11:24:00.002-04:002008-12-03T11:52:37.605-04:00

We are moving. Please update your links and visit us at our new homewww.bouldering.ca

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I first explored the west coast of Newfoundland with my wife and kids in August of 2005. It was supposed to be a family vacation but i just could not avoid looking for climbing potential. On our last day of vacation we drove along the south coast from Port Aux Basque to Rose Blanche. It's the end of the road, from Rose Blanche you can go no further without a boat. The entire trip was incredible

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It's been a long summer for those who regularly check the blog for videos but a short one for me. As many of you know i had been working on a short film all spring and summer. After finishing i just ran out of steam. Well the good times are over, vacation is done and now it's time to get back to the business of climbing. Actually i'll just be spraying about climbing but it should be

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Contribution from Chris RichardsonI noticed Rich’s post on the Climb Eastern Canada forum about bouldering in Sandy Cove. It just so happened that I was going camping out that way so Heather and I went to check it out.You can see the boulders from a distance and they look very good. Then as you get close they don’t disappoint. I was surprised by the quantity of large, heavily featured, boulders

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After 4 months of shooting and two weeks of editing Night Sessions is finished. I've uploaded the film to youtube and entered it into the Mountain Equipment Co-op "Sweet Spots" video contest. If you like what you see, please take the time to cast a vote for me (Click here). It's easy according to the MEC website...A total of 25 finalists (five (5) from each activity category) will be determined

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Corner BrookNewfoundlandJuly 28, 2008The AsylumThis was our second day climbing at the limestone cave called the Asylum. We went there late the day before. We climbed around a bit until it got dark, then local climber Kenny Tuach took us on a adventure through the cave system a little further down the river valley. We explored around there until about midnight, it was a blast and i highly

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It’s Wednesday, mid way through my road trip with Chris Richardson and Ben Smith. We were bouldering at Gull Pond, just outside Stephenville, most of the day but spent the last hour huddled under one of the many large roofs waiting out the storm.Setting under the roof it didn’t take long for the conversation to turn to climbing films and in the tradition of the good natured ribbing that has been

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Update on Night Sessions.I've just about wrapped up shooting for Night Sessions. I'm off to Newfoundland for a week of climbing and filming and when i return i will be locked away in the edit suite. If all goes according to schedule i should have "Night Sessions" loaded up and entered into the MEC Sweet Spots video contest by August 15. It doesn't leave a lot of time for people to review my

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One of the most challenging parts of piecing together film clips and videos for the Blog is finding the right music. In recent years, with the advent of Creative Commons licensing, there has been a lot more to choose from. Using music sharing sites like CCMixter and Jamendo has made the task of finding easily licensed music much easier, but with the huge amount of music to choose from it's hard

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I've had lots of comments from subscribers wondering where the videos have been lately. It's been really hard to keep the video coming while i've been shooting for "Night Sessions" so i though i might throw up a tittle teaser of some of the "quality" footage I've been getting. Night Sessions - Grizzly from Todd Foster on Vimeo.

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Many of you may be wondering where this weeks video is? Don't dispair after 25 posts i have not given up, i've just been a bit busy shooting some new material.About a month ago i started shoot a short film about bouldering at night. With deadlines looming i've had to sacrifice time from my blog to get the project finished, but i feel a bit guilty. I really don't want to disappoint my loyal

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What is it about putting up a new problem? Why does being the first seem to bring more glory and pleasure than repeating an established route? It's hard to say exactly what the allure of developing is for me. There is something really fun about approaching a section of rock with no prescribed beta, opening up your mind, believing it can be done and executing the movement. We are fortunate here in

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It had been a long time since i climbed at Duncan's Cove so it was a lot of fun to get back there. This week around 22 people attended the Monday night bouldering series scheduled for Duncan's Cove. The last time i climbed there was when i sent a project i was working on called "Broken". A few years after that Hurricane Juan blew through and shuffled the Robar Boulder around leaving the "Broken"

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and i needs some climbing.I actually got outside for the Monday night bouldering series. I know, i should have been hoveled up in the office/grotto but it was such a great day outside and i needed to get climbing. All excuses aside I managed to crank together another video from Dover Island Boulderfest. The Wave is another of those heavily traveled problems on the island. Thankfully the Nova

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The Bear is probably one of the most traveled bouldering problems in Nova Scotia and for good reason. This was one of the first problems we ever did on the island. It's just so obvious. Start on two small crimps, right hand phat pinch, left into the small dish, up to the jug with the right and and over you go. Classic! It's also one of the only problems on Dover Island that benefited from the

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It was during the second annual Climb Nova Scotia Boulder Fest that i filmed this clip. It was mid afternoon and i was not having much luck. There were lots of people climbing but it seemed when ever the camera was rolling the climbers were not getting the sends. I had spent most of the morning filming Amber Geerdink attempting the "Bear". She had done all the moves but just couldn't piece it

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In September of 2003 hurricane Juan came ashore in Halifax and pounded the eastern coast of Nova Scotia. It left devastation in it's wake by taking many huge boulders and classic problems. Dover Island took the brunt of the force. The Fish Mouth boulder was picked up and smashed in half in the bottom of a gully. Orangutan was also scarred by loosing a really nice incut at the lip. The problem

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After posting the first video of Porcupine Fortress i got a tone of comments. I had apparently inspired a lot of people to check the place out. I heard of two separate groups that visited there within a week. Some were expecting it to be a good place to take beginners but this spot is probably better suited to climbers with a little more experience. If you climb in the V4 range there's plenty to

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If you are into highball slabbin this problem is for you. Bawl Higher is an inviting little problem . At first glance there appears to be holds all the way up and doesn't look that hard until you step off the block and onto the face where you encounter a typical Nova Scotia slab. It would not be so intimidating if it just stayed straight up but this little gem weaves back and forth over the

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There is no video in this post today but i though i should share it anyway. I got an email from the French climbing magazine Escalade. Somehow they have stumbled upon the Nova Scotia Bouldering scene and Pull Down Productions. Here is the email i received.Hello,Just to announce you that we've talken about your movies and boulder near Halifax.You can see it herehttp://www.escalademag.com/index.php

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I Was digging through the archives and found this footage of Sean Therien climbing the Mega Boulder. It was getting late, the sun was setting and in typical Therien style he just had to squeeze in one more climb. Can't really blame him, he was just following the mantra of the day."Climb every day like it is your last."Here is the route description from "the underground guide to the land of

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Today's video is a mix of the unseen archive footage of Show me your guts and a slight re-cut from Eastern Tide: One Season in Nova Scotia of Kleos.These problems represent a real evolution of bouldering in Nova Scotia. When Show me your guts - V4 was first done i returned back with Ghislain to film it with the Digital 8 at the time it was an original idea for a problem here. If you can't reach

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Just want to send thanks to everyone who is tuning in. I definitely see an increase in viewers after the Valentines Day Massacre and the Tour de Bloc videos went up. Plastic is cool and i love comps as much as the next guy but the season is upon us, time to get outside.I'm going to spend the next few weeks on videos from the LOC. I was out in "Bug City" putting up a few routes at a new little

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Saturday March 29 brought the Tour De Bloc to town for the Atlantic Regionals. Participants came from all around Atlantic Canada, Quebec, Ottawa and as far away as Alberta to put on a show. Tour de Bloc - Atlantic Regionals from Todd Foster on Vimeo.Music from ccMixterBe CoolProducer: plurgidRap/Vocals: FORENSICBe Cool (Club Mix): J.Langbeekoo: Lasswell

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I am Jack's Raging Bile Duct.I am Jack's Cold Sweat.I am Jack's Complete Lack of Surprise....I am Jack's Arete.Anyone Remember Fight Club? Jack was the name of the dude who lived in Tyler and the Narrator's house before they became squatters and formed Fight Club. This movie left it's impression on the crew of original Nova Scotia bouldering developers. Several areas and problems are named from

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The Porcupine Fortress area is small, but dense. It sports some of the biggest freestanding boulders I have seen in Nova Scotia and the rock is heavily featured. In most cases the landings are not bad, although there are some exceptions. The area offers potential for V0 to V13 problems, with everything in between. Since it is on Crown land, camping is an option. The one drawback is the distance

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We began Developing the bouldering area know as the Land of Confusion during the winter of 1998/99. Major development continued for several years, mostly in the winter. It was during those early years that i bough a Digital Hi8 camera and attempted to capture as much of that development as i could.At that time the professional cameras were just too heavy and expensive to be draggin into the scrub

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I believe roughly translated it means slash face. This is the hardest boulder problem at Chebucto Foot but certainly not the most dangerous. It's amazing that this problem is ever doable. The black rock is a stark contrast to the orange granite at this seaside spot and is like that because of the frequency that the waves hit it. If i recall the landing is a bit slippery there. When watching the

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Here is the video from the Valentines Day Massacre held at Ground Zero Climbing Gym. This was the 7th year that Sean held the event and there was an excellent turnout again. I don't have all the standings in yet but the Winners were... Valentines Day Massacre from Todd Foster on Vimeo.Music by: Beastie Boys used under the Creative Commons Sample Plus License. This Track is from a collection

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The Scrappy boulders are the farthest boulders on the main "Land of Confusion" loop trail and aren't the tallest of boulders either. I remember the first day we found them, i could not help but wish that they were flipped more upright. I also remember the enthusiasm for them was a bit low and someone even referred to them as the scraps ( useless, worthless, or ineffective). In Greg Campbell's

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Sorry for the delay on this one. I haven't been all that excited about the video quality on youtube. This clip is suffering in video quality most of all so i've been looking for options. until then....It was the first day i had ever used my DV camera and the "Get a Grip" crew from Cape Breton were in town for some sends so we took them out for a run around Polly's Cove. First stop was"Havana

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I'm trying a different video sharing site to host some of my videos. I think i get better quality from Vimeo. What do you think? Here is Havana Affair again. Bouldering Nova Scotia - Havana Affair from Todd Foster on Vimeo.

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When filming Eastern Tide: One Season in Nova Scotia I tried to get as many first ascents as possible. At that time there were a lot of FA's going down and I really wanted to capture that energy. When I missed the FA I tried to get the first ascensionist to repeat the problem for the camera.I was also anxious to get a lot of good sequences in the can. Unfortunately for many of the bouldering

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This is a clip of Ben Blakney attempting the boulder problem "Buckteeth" at Chebucto Head. We shot this video in February or March 2002. It was quite cold that day and that may have been the only thing saving Ben from excruciating pain.I showed this clip to my wife and she could not understand what was wrong with us. I can see her point. As a climber, when you get fixated on a particular piece of

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The Eastern Tide trailer is making it's rounds. I was on the Urban climber TV site the other day and found a great comment post:03/31/2006 by ucmag UCMAG Highlights: Watching the group climb Pleasure Dome – a series of three climbers all just working the top of a tedious mantle top out. I had to watch this section at least 10 times and could not stop laughing. The beauty and harmony of hundreds

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