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Back from a holiday hiatus, here are this week’s quick sends. Lynn Hill stops blogging at FindYourDetour.com Boat Rock gets a deep cleaning Paul Robinson repeats Terremer (V15) in Hueco Tanks The Mushroom Boulder in Hueco Tanks is closed.
Spanish climber Patxi Usobiaga onsights 8c+ (5.14c) Nick Duttle has added a new V14 in Hueco Tanks Winter Dance sees first free ascent Photos of unclimbed peaks in China MEC pulls Nalgene bottles from shelves (via Backcountry Blog) Results of The Stone Fort stage of the Triple Crown Bouldering Series
It’s been kinda a slow week. At least in the U.S., climbers must have had too much turkey… Patxi Usobiaga climbs two 9a routes in a day (via joost.climbing.nl) French team climbs new route in Nepal on previously unclimbed subpeak of Ganesh V
I’m a day late, but here’s a Thanksgiving Day edition of All Climbing’s quick sends: The Adventure Blog discusses the ultrarunner’s diet. Possible climber applications? Gripped reports the probable first Canadian woman to climb 5.13 trad as Jasmin Caton redpointed the classic 5.13a crack line, Fallen Arches near Salt Lake City, Utah The Hardrock Mining […]
Teva Mountain Games will host the first IFSC Bouldering World Cup in 20 years next June New MomentumVM site launched Dani Andrada climbs possible 9b (5.15b) in Spain
Americans grab likely first ascent of second-highest peak in the Genyen Massif in western China Southeastern Climbers Coalition interviews Sasha Digiulian Kendal Mountain Film Festival starts this Friday Banff Mountain Festival Book and Film winners announced
Tomaz Humar solos Annapurna South Face Markus Bock climbs a new 9a in Frankenjura West Face of Mt. Alberta in the Canadian Rockies has its first ascent. planetFear shop closes Scottish team makes first free ascent of difficult Jorasses mixed route.
The Carolina Climbers Coalition reports the Asheboro Boulderfield is open to climbing. Sean McColl maybe Canada’s best sport climber Ethan Pringle hits Yosemite Valley Patagonia retail stores are running an outdoor photo contest New Patagonia ice climbing route by Spanish team
Brief climbing news and notes from the past week delivered every Wednesday: Petzl RocTrip recaps this past weekend at the Red Steph Davis free solos Diamond four times Wheel of Life (V16) repeated Potential 5.15a in Rumney, NH Climber dies at Poke-O-Moonshine in the Adirondacks, NY (via rockclimbing.com) Slovenian-American team completed a highly productive visit […]
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 […]