12/3/12 - Finnish climber Nalle Hukkataival has had a very busy year of climbing and traveling; his latest accomplishment includes repeating Dave Graham's From Dirt Grows the Flowers (V15) in Chironico, Switzerland.
11/16/12 - Australian climber James Kassay has generated some buzz this week after adding extending The Wheel of Life in the Grampians' Hollow Mountain Cave in Australia.
11/2/12 - With 5.14d onsights and redpoints flooding out of the Red River Gorge, bouldering news has been slightly overshadowed. But Daniel Woods, Carlo Traversi, Paul Robinson, Dave Graham, and Matty Hong have been plenty busy.
The Japanese climber Tomoko Ogawa has climbed Catharsis (V14) at Shiobara, completing a three-year effort on the problem. The 34-year-old becomes the first woman in the world to boulder a confirmed V14.
10/15/12 - After a period of uncertainty, rock climbers have secured access to the Holy Boulders in Southern Illinois.
9/27/12 The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) has announced that its bid for climbing to enter the 2020 Olympic Games will focus exclusively on lead climbing.
9/20/12 - Last weekend marked the 2012 World Championships and an impressive showing by North American and international climbers alike, with Sean McColl winning the overall gold.
9/5/12 - From August 25 to September 2, many of the world’s best climbers competed in Arco, Italy, for the Arco RockMaster 2012, with U.S. climber Alex Puccio taking first in the bouldering event.
8/27/12 - The 2012 World Cup series continued August 26 in Munich, Germany, with its sixth and final bouldering competition of the season.
8/17/12 - Ashima Shiraishi made her way to Cape Town, South Africa, in August and has climbed several of her hardest problems, including a potential V13 second ascent.
The fifth stop in the 2012 Bouldering World Cup tour wrapped up June 2 in Vail, Colorado, at the 11th annual Teva Mountain Games.
Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stohr took first in the latest Bouldering World Cup in their local town of Innsbruck, Austria, on May 19.
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