Team Tuesday vs The Panther

Team Tuesday posse was in full effect yesterday, and we put the smackdown at Panther Peak. 7 FA's, including a stellar new line put up by Dustin. Fat Hunk of Burning Love (v4) goes up the obvious overhanging prow that you walk under as you enter the HUB. This steep bulge is a striking and inviting line, at least until you spy the landing. A dynamic fall from up high could spell disaster, but Dustin held it together and sent his third try (his first try ended quickly when the lip of the starting pocket broke and Dustin fell six feet square on his back - watch the fall below).

There are about 25 established problems at Panther now, and a faint trail is beginning to form, so the approach is getting easier and easier. We've created a little momentum, now hopefully we'll get people coming out, climbing our problems and establishing new ones. There are more than enough new problems here for anyone willing to put in the effort. If you do happen to check out Panther, I'd love to hear your thoughts on the place.

In related news, I've started up a Tucson bouldering website. Inspired partially by a renewed enthusiasm for bouldering and the development of at least two quality new areas, I felt Tucson's climbing community and all the lonely, neglected boulders of Southern Arizona would benefit from such a site. I hope it will become a community effort, with anyone who is passionate about our sport free to contribute to the site however they they see fit. There isn't much content on the site currently, but feel free to check it out and let me know what you think, and check back later for more good stuff. BOULDERING TUCSON!

Here is some video from yesterdays throwdown:

Welcome to Panther Peak from Joe Kreidel on Vimeo.