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For some background on the Huber brothers recent speed records on The Nose, this trailer for their film, Am Limit, shows some of their techniques. Unfortunately, the audio is in German… now if I can find a translation… (via UKclimbing.com)
Here’s a quick collection of climbing news from the last week. Enjoy. Huber brothers break speed record of El Capitan’s The Nose. Hound Ears results are in from the first event of Triple Crown 2007. New climbing DVD, Committed, released. Big Up‘s King Lines trailer can now be found on Apple.com website. Canadian Maxime Turgeon […]
I updated the aging All Climbing design with a new theme today. I have a few more small changes to make, but the major work is complete. Check it out (especially if you’re reading via the RSS feed) and let me know what you think.
For a final gasp of summer, here’s a new deep water solo video (via UKclimbing.com) of Rob Lamey on the first ascent of The Heel Hook Look on the Little Orme, North Wales
I just read the hangboard review in the new issue of Climbing and the Moon Fingerboard has really caught my eye. From Moon: As with all Moon products our design philosophy is definately less is more and the Moon fingerboard is no exception. Do not be conned into buying a fancy fingerboard at a high […]
Dan Brayack recently released his bouldering guide to Coopers Rock, WV. Published by Falcon Guides, the guide contains over 400 problems concentrated in 3 major areas. As I’m originally from Western PA, I’ve climbed at Coopers numerous times over the years and can tell you that this guide was sorely needed. Using beta from fellow […]
Just a follow-up to my last post on Climbing.com’s pro blogs. Apparently, I’m not the only one complaining about this. After some comments and doing some more research, here are a couple additional opinions on the topic: TeamGearedUp.com Climbing Narcissist Are we being nit-picky on the subject of regular updates and RSS feeds? Maybe, but […]
There’s a collection of what are called pro blogs on Climbing Magazine’s web site. Despite the fact that they have some great climbing names writing (Dave Graham, the late Michael Reardon, Josune Bereziartu, Ethan Pringle, and Freddie Wilkinson), the problem is that they’re not really blogs as we know them today. Blogs are more than […]
I’m announcing a little bit of a change on All Climbing’s newest series – Climbing Blog Focus. In addition to my own climbing blog surfing, many bloggers have contacted me to include their blogs as well. To be honest, I have now found so many I don’t think I can do them justice in the […]
The Climbing Narcissist has been on a blogging tear since starting his blog in February. Delivering heavy does of climbing news and opinion, I love the liberal addition of excellent climbing videos. For a sample of the quality posts, check out this one on bouldering impacts in Rocky Mountain National Park. My only suggestion for […]