Tis the Squeezin

Tis the Squeezin drops you into Colorado’s Front Range for a fall bouldering mission with Mad Rock athletes Nate Draughn and Taylor McNeill, hunting down the kind of compression problems that fight back. After seasons spent roaming alpine blocs, they trade big skies for steep stone, returning to old nemesis boulders and chasing lines they’ve only ever watched on a screen. It’s worth watching for the mix of raw effort and pure momentum: tense tries that build into confident sends, the snap of a V13 flash when everything clicks, and the satisfying grind of learning the squeeze. With sharp filming from Kevin Takashi Smith and a stoke-heavy pace, it’s a short, punchy hit of modern bouldering—powerful, technical, and impossible not to feel through your forearms.

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After spending countless summers sampling the alpine blocs of Colorado, Mad Rock athletes Nate Draughn and Taylor McNeill took a fall trip last year to climb some of the compression problems in the Front Range. From nemesis boulders, V13 flashes and to dream lines they've only seen in videos, these boys tore it up! #climbingisourpassion #definedbypassion Video | Kevin Takashi Smith