climbingnarc — Check out this nice piece put together by Mike Call that highlights Jacinda Hunter on a route she recently did the FA of in American Fork Canyon, UT, called Fantasy Island (5.14b): Jacinda Hunter: Driving Force from Prana Living on Vimeo. I’m personally very impressed anytime someone with a job and a...
climbingnarc — “Seek perfection of character. Respect others. Try Hard.” That’s how Noah Kaufman ends every post on his blog where he chronicles the efforts of climbers, well, trying hard. While Kaufman’s blog does a nice job of capturing the try hard mindset it really comes through much better in videos. You may...
ukclimbing — Glasgow based climber Rob Sutton has made what is thought to be the first Deep Water Solo (DWS) ascent of the Dorset testpiece Never Kneel to Skeletor (F7c+) on Saturday the 24th of July. "Although not the most difficult DWS route at Stair Hole, Lulworth, the route has held out despite...
climbingnarc — As a sport climbing area Ten Sleep, WY was lurking somewhat under the radar nationally until James Litz blew through town last year establishing a slew of 5.14s over the course of a single season. This summer, the ever-psyched Joe Kinder setup shop in Ten Sleep, and he’s been reporting...
ukclimbing — Charlie Wittmack plans a new slant on climbing Everest, by completing a triathlon that is being publicised as the possibly the toughest human endurance event yet conceived. Report by Lindsay Griffin - BMC
alpineinstitute.blogspot — As a program coordinator (and aspiring guide) at AAI, I have had the opportunity to meet some amazing climbers, guides, and teachers in the mountains. It seems to me that our staff members are all three at the same time, and I feel so fortunate to be learning and...
ukclimbing — Dan Varian has been out in Northumberland and has repeated the small E2 Lupino Lane at Ravensheugh. Is it a slow news week - or is this something out of the ordinary?
climbingnarc — Paul Robinson recently embarked on a multi-year road trip around the world and his first stop was in Rocklands, South Africa. He’s been chronicling the trip on his new blog where he’s checked in with reports on his quick repeat of Daniel Woods’ Derailed (V14) as well as his efforts...
ukclimbing — Deep Water Solo Activist Gav Symonds has made what is thought to be the second deep water solo ascent of Christine, at Long Quarry Point, Anstey's Cove, Devon. Christine is a classic F8a, first climbed by Ken Palmer back in 2002 and first soloed in 2003.
climbingnarc — Via GearCaster and Western Colorado Climbing comes news that 2011 will bring a major redesign to the main belay device in most people’s lives: the Petzl GriGri. Promising a lighter weight, a “progressive descent control system” and a compatibility with a wider range of rope sizes, the GriGri 2 will...
climbingnarc — Hi there. Hello. Um, how does this blogging stuff work again?? In case you hadn’t noticed I went on a bit of a vacation these past couple of weeks visiting a few National Parks and doing a bit of climbing in the not-so-under-the-radar-anymore area known as Ten Sleep Canyon. The trip...
rockclimbergirl — Why is Captain Kirk climbing the mountain? Why is Captain Kirk climbing the mountain? ‘Cause he’s in love.
rockclimbergirl — Here’s a KIRO News update on the Index Climbing Area acquisition by the Washington Climbers Coalition… Go, Jonah!
nytimes — Mt. Elbrus, Europe's highest peak, has captured the imagination of Europeans for millennia. The thought of conquering it was irresistible.
ukclimbing — Top American climber Alex Puccio cranks out The Centaur in Rocky Mountain National Park in this short video from . "I love to share my passion for climbing with everyone I come in touch with. Climbing is everything to me and it has brought me great things in life....
climbing.about — Last weekend the park administration for Bon Echo Provincial Park in Ontario, Canada, banned a couple climbers for not wearing helmets and for sassing the park's superintendent. Gripped, a Canadian climbing magazine, said, "Witnesses report that park officials confronted the un-helmeted climbers and requested they use helmets or stop climbing."...Read...
ukclimbing — Last year Cornish activist Mark Edwards climbed a new route called First and Last Wall at Lands End, Cornwall. Sheffield based climber Nic Sellers has just made a flying visit to Cornwall to repeat the route. Here he takes up the story: "I was appalled to see a series of five...
ukclimbing — Last evening, Malcolm Smith made the FA of Hunger, at The Anvil: First ascent of 'Hunger' 9a at the Anvil this evening. It ended up feeling a notch harder than 'Blood Diamond', more sustained. I've maybe climbed harder on the boulders but it's certainly my hardest route so far. Thanks for...
alpineinstitute.blogspot — Late May and June were interesting months in the outdoor world. Most of the high end climbing was taking place in the Alaska Range and in the Himalaya. Japan's Giri-Giri Boys completed a new route in the Ruth Gorge. Ubber-climber Colin Haily completed an ascent of the...
climbing.about — I was climbing at Red Rock Canyon Open Space, a Colorado Springs city park with lots of sandstone climbing, a couple evenings ago and it seemed that half the climbers out there were indulging in one or another or most of my climbing pet peeves--those things that climbers do that...
ukclimbing — Paul Diffley of Hotaches has just released some footage from 2007 of Dave MacLeod top roping The Indian Face.
alpineinstitute.blogspot — When you start to get cold, it's not uncommon for it to feel like your face, your ears, your hands and your feet are affected first. This is a reaction that everybody is predisposed too. As you get cold, your blood vessels constrict in order...
ukclimbing — Scottish climber Dave MacLeod has repeated The Indian Face (E9 6c) on Clogwyn Du'r Arddu, North Wales. MacLeod climbed the route in less than ideal conditions yesterday, just before a large patch of rain enveloped much of Snowdonia's mountains.
climbingnarc — Here are a few stories that caught my attention over the past few days: Via the Twitter feed of Max Zolotukhin comes word that Mike Foley repeated China Glide (5.14d), a link-up of China Beach (5.14b) and Livin’ Astro (5.14c), in Rumney, NH. Out in Colorado, Jamie Emerson reports that Alex Puccio...
ukclimbing — Swiss climbing photographer and, according to reliable sources, exceptional osteopath, Fred Moix recently managed to send a nice couple of boulders at Fionnay. First he made the 3rd ascent of the majestic Permanent Midnight, an 8B highball, and then the also 3rd ascent of Seveso , a low end 8B...