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Havachatwithhexy... 6-Apr-2005 At 1:44:19 PM HEX

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'...Thirteen-year-old Matt Fultz has redpointed Black Out (5.14a) in Logan Canyon, Utah. The Nampa, Idaho, student worked on the route for four days over his spring break before sending it on March 31, about a month and a half before his 14th birthday. Fultz had previously redpointed Monstermagnet (5.13d) at Leslie Gulch, Oregon. Last year, he won the USA Climbing Nationals in the 12-13 age group.

Coloradan Daniel Woods was the first American to climb 5.14 before his 14th birthday. But the world standard setter for youthful redpointing is undoubtedly Adam Ondra, the Czech who climbed 5.14b before turning 12...'

The future of climbing ? ... short, over-hung climbing walls at day-care-centres ... using the sand-pits for nice-soft-landings ... and also to soak-up all the excitement-driven pooz'n'weez ...

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