While the rest of Americas top boulderers were replica Baume&Mercier watches battling it out at this months Unified Bouldering Championships in Salt Lake City, Paul Robinson was out in the sand. Robinson, who this March put up the US second proposed V16, has been abroad since July, when he and girlfriend Alex Kahn embarked on a planned multi-year, round-the-world climbing trip. Their first stop was South Africas Rocklands, where Robinson has spent the past month establishing new lines and trying to grab the first repeat of Fred Nicoles monstrous testpiece Monkey Wedding (V15). Writing by email, Paul filled me in on his trip thus far, his projects, and where hes likely to be headed next. Youve been bouldering in Rocklands for a month now. What have been the high points of your trip so far?
Rocklands has been awesome for the past month. The climbing down here is impeccable. I would say that some of the highlights thus far have been sending Black Eagle (V14) after the break (which was its first repeat since it broke in 2006) and doing the first ascent of The Big Short (V14).Those climbs, and meeting tons of awesome replica Gucci watches people from all over the world every day, have definitely been the highlights of the past month down here in Rocklands. Can you tell us a little bit about the projects youre on right now? I hear youve been spending some time on Monkey Wedding.Right now I have a total of four projects. The main line is Monkey Wedding. Monkey Wedding has been an ultimate struggle for me. I have been battling with the heat my entire trip to Rocklands, which has left this climb still unclimbed for me. I have made it to the final move on many attempts but still have not been able to pull the entire thing together.
I still have a little over two weeks left down here. replica brand watches Hopefully with some cool temperatures, I will be able to finish it off! Besides that, I have found a bunch of other really awesome lines that would be amazing to do the first ascent of. Youd gone to Rocklands a couple times before this trip, right? How has it changed in the time youve been going there?I first came to Rocklands two years ago. The first time I came here it was a lot more rustic. The roads were not paved and there were far more animals in and around the boulders while we climbed. It really has turned into a climbing tourist destination in many ways. It is neat to see lots of people the trek down here, but it definitely is nowhere near as rustic as it used to be.
