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Chris Sharma sent Neanderthal, a possible 5.15b (9b), in the Santa Linya cave, Spain. Seen in Dosage V, Neanderthal follows a long and sustained 40 meter line with a hard dyno near the top of the wall. (via ClimbingNarc, Dead Point, 9b)
Girth Hitching a Stopper http://ow.ly/HZWe #climb (via @BlackDiamondUSA) # RT @climbingnarc Cool List Of 5.14d And Harder Climbs/Climbers http://bit.ly/7IVOtY #climb # Ice climbing guide to Boulder's Flatirons http://bit.ly/82uebl #climb # RT @splitterchoss The Ice Climbing Season is Here! http://bit.ly/6VTnnx 3climb # RT @climbingnarc MSA Redpoint Descender Auto Belay Discontinued Indefinitely http://bit.ly/5L6KtR #climb # Amazing dyno […]
Extending Cam Slings http://bit.ly/7uYGOg #climb # RT @climbingnarc #climb New V14 In Austria By Daniel Woods http://bit.ly/7wtsex # RT @rockmonkeyart Back in boulder after tday in Indian creek and a wild rukus… http://vimeo.com/7874776 # Chris Schulte FAs new problems at Mount Evans, Colorado http://ow.ly/HiZL #climb (via @BlackDiamondUSA) # RT @splitterchoss Interview with Dave Pegg of […]
Kolin Powick from Black Diamond posted another excellent gear testing article, this time on the different methods of extending slings on cam placements. He illustrates the three common methods he uses (same as mine) and then examines a sling-on-sling approach he thought was dicey. The sling-on-sling method of extending a cam sling does save the […]
RT @AlpineInstitute Lynn Hill: Visualization and Patience http://tiny.cc/ehA2U #climb # The velcro on my Miuras are not sticking anymore. Anyone have suggestions for cleaning/repairing velcro on climbing shoes? #climb # Matt Wilder making Midnight Lightning look easy http://bit.ly/07MWejO #climb (via @MetoliusClimb) # Disciples of Gill: New film chronicles climbing innovators #climb http://bit.ly/6G7eO3 (via @dailycamera) # […]
Bouldering in Ohio http://bit.ly/aQL2Z #climb #bouldering # The Sin of Sponsorship http://tinyurl.com/yg8f5n8 #climb (via @clmbmore, @lstefurak) # Conrad Anker climbing on Eldorado Canyon's famed Naked Edge http://ow.ly/D4XC #climb (via @BlackDiamondUSA) # Top 5 Rocky Mountain National Park Ice Climbs #climb http://is.gd/4XksT (@via @RMNP4MS, @jennfields) # Climbers Find Relics Where Archaeologists Can’t! http://bit.ly/22K2ym #climb (via @Sierratp) […]
Sunburn in the mountains http://bit.ly/JOCU7 #climb #mountaineering # RT @Smart_Climbing explaining why graded exposure works better than flooding for falling off practice http://bit.ly/3MCAZI #climb # Win An Access Fund Holiday Pack http://bit.ly/2ABvuF #climb (via @climbingnarc) # How Big Is Your Rack? new post by Kelly Cordes http://bit.ly/4weVxl #climb (via @lstefurak) # RT @splitterchoss The How […]
Interesting video from TED showing how lessons learned in rock climbing apply to daily life.
The most sustained commenting I see on posts here are those related to climbing injuries. There’s also been increased activity on my post from February where I described my A2 pulley injury and the steps I began to recover. Many of the comments from other climbers related to their injury, how they’ve been treating it, […]
Will Gadd on general fitness and weight training versus climbing specific training: I’m going to get real blunt here: If you want to be a better climber then damn well go climbing, so you should grab your RV and go find some rocks and you can even get a rv outside tv mount for entertainment […]