Everything climbing and the outdoors.
Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama set new speed record on the Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite Results of the lead-climbing competition in China Yosemite Museum at Yosemite National Park is featuring new exhibit dedicated to rock climbing Bill to ban bisphenol-A (BPA) was introduced to Congress Nau purchased and re-opend by Horny Toad
Omega Pacific recently released a notice instructing owners of their Link Cams to look for a potential defect: In May 2008, we became aware of situations in which axle nuts were not properly and permanently fixed on the axle assemblies permitting the cams to potentially become disassembled. Upon receiving the units, our Quality Assurance department […]
Sonnie Trotter repeats Dave MacLeod’s Rhapsody (E11/5.14c R) in Great Britain Hot Aches Productions writes about filming Rhapsody Tommy Caldwell frees Magic Mushroom (VI 5.14a) on El Cap in 20 hours and 2 minutes Results from the Bouldering World Cup in Vail, Colorado Dosage Vol. 5 world premiere review
One of my favorite new climbing bloggers, RockClimberGirl, is featured in an interview on FrontRangeBouldering.com. Chris Sharma climbs new 9a+/5.15a in Spain Recap of the Telluride Mountainfilm Festival Steve McClure climbs new 9a+/5.15a in Yorkshire, U.K. Ueli Steck wins 2008 Eiger Award The Access Fund Climbing Preservation Grant applications are due June 15th Results of […]
Tommy Caldwell and Justen Sjong make first free ascent of El Capitanâ??s Magic Mushroom Adam Ondra repeats Action Directe (5.14d) in Germanyâ??s Frankenjura Nicolas Favresse repeated Greenspit (8b+), a contender for the hardest trad crack in Europe Markus Bock climbs possible new 9a in the German Frankenjura Ben Gilmore, Maxime Turgeon, and Freddie Wilkinson have […]
The Olympic torch reaches the summit of Mt. Everest Rocky Mountain National Park may get wilderness protection Dream in Vertical takes us on a Bishop bouldering trip with tons of pics Barbara Zangerl makes first female ascent of Pura Vida (8A+/B) in Magic Wood, Switzerland Daniel Woods completes new 8c in Magic Wood Check CAMP […]
Spanish climber Rafael Guillen dies on Dhaulagiri Adam Ondra sends Unplugged (9a) in Frankenjura, Germany Daniel Woods sends first ascent of Metamorphosis (8b+/V14) in Switzerland’s Magic Wood David Lama and Anna Stöhr won the second stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2008 Dr. Topo releases Big in Japan Double Feature to DVD Interview with Henry […]
Daniel Woods finished third in the first bouldering World Cup of 2008 in Austria. Steph Davis sends testpiece Concepcion near Moab, Utah. Dave Graham completes V15 at Fontainebleau, France (via Joost). Dave Macleod to highlight the 15th Annual International Climbers Festival in Lander, Wyoming. Everest film by David Breashears to air on PBS uesday, May […]
The Backcountry Blog has an insightful and partially negative view of the recent Red Rock Rendezvous. As it turns out, being a pro climber does not necessarily make you a great instructor. It does make you an excellent advertiser though, and it was clearly conveyed what company makes the best equipment. While the author didn’t […]
The ClimbingNarc reports that a new climbing gym is coming to Boulder. Why is this news? There’s already three good sized gyms in Boulder already. But as I found out in my trip to Boulder a couple weeks ago, everyone you meet there is a climber. I’d love to see actual numbers on what percentage […]