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Huber Brothers Going for Speed Record on El Cap
2007-09-24 05:15:00 I just got an email from Hans Florine letting me know that the Huber brothers are in Yosemite. They came in on Friday the fourteenth of September.Getting over their jet lag by climbing the nose the next day in 10 hours. They will be at Yosemite for the next... More About: Brothers , Speed , Record , Going , Goin
Tyler Landman Flashes Rumors of Glory, 8a
2007-09-20 00:01:00 In the late 90's Jessie Guthrie bolted two routes on a wall Boulder Canyon. One was done by Ben Moon and is named Borg 8b, the other was done by Jessie himself.Watch the video of Tyler Landman flashing rumors of glory 8a at the MoonBlog.Add your favorite climbing... More About: Rumors , Glory
Robert Bates, a Pioneer in American Climbing Passes
2007-09-19 23:49:00 Robert Hicks Bates, a pioneer of American climbing in the Yukon and the Himalaya, died on September 13 at age 96.This story is provided to you by the great people over at Climbing .com.Bates was among the generation of great Harvard Mountaineering Club climbers... More About: Pioneer , Robert , Bing
Fred Rouhling Bouldering in South Africa
2007-09-15 23:57:00 I just saw this video that someone added to our Bouldering Videos Section and it is sick.Check it out here.Rya More About: Africa , South Africa , South , Fred
Rock Climbing For Life Updates
2007-09-15 22:45:00 A lot of things have been going on at Rock Climbing For Life so I am sorry for the delay in posting on the blog.But I am back in action and get prepared for some really big news in the near future.Here are some recent updates be sure to check them out.Video... More About: Updates , Rock Climbing
Climbing News Blog Adds Blog Rush
2007-09-15 20:26:00 I wanted to let everyone know about a recent addition that I have added to this blog. It is called Blog Rush and you can see what it is on the right hand side of this page. It is the widget right below the orange RSS button for this feed on the right hand side.So... More About: News , Climbing , Bing
Ethan Pringle Sends Realization
2007-09-05 02:57:00 Just found out that Ethan Pringle has sent Realization !Congrats to Ethan as he is now the 5th person to send Realization 5.15a.According to the Bigup Blog Ethan just starting working on the route on the last day of filming for King Lines in Ceuse.They were...
Dave Macleod To Hell and Back
2007-09-03 21:11:00 I was reading Dave Macleod blog today and saw that he just plain crazy.On his blog Macleod writes "yesterday was the scariest day of my life, and the end of the scariest ten days of my life. The impending lead of my ?Great Climb? project on Hell ?s Lum crag... More About: Back , Cleo , To Hell and Back
Colorado Burning
2007-08-29 16:41:00 Not too long ago I was out in Colorado visiting some of my best friends and climbing like there was no tommorrow. My boy Nate put this video together and I thought I would share it with you all.Be awareThere are no V10 sends or 5.14 onsights just some bad... More About: Burning , Rado , Burn
Paul Robinson Makes 3rd Ascent of Jade
2007-08-28 03:27:00 Paul Robins on is back in Colorado and he is sending hard. He just got the third ascent of Jade V15 in Rock Mountain National Park.Daniel Woods made the first ascent earlier this summer. You can read all about it in this climbing article and watch a video... More About: Paul , Paul Robinson
Tony Lamiche makes first ascent of ?San ku Kai? 9a
2007-08-27 18:04:00 Tony Lamiche has made the first ascent of ?San ku Kai? 9a a route bolted by Yann Ghesquiers in Entraigues, Briançon. The route contains 20 moves in a big overhanging wall. About the grade Tony said "If it?s not 9a it cannot be less". This interview was done... More About: First Ascent , Tony
King Lines Trailer Released
2007-08-07 19:04:00 Big Up Productions released their trailer for King Lines today, which is going to be part of the REEL Rock Film Tour.You can check out the the trailer at Big Up ProductionsIt looks like it is going to be a sick film.Rya More About: Trailer , Released , Ease
Ring of Steall Project Has Been Sent!
2007-08-07 17:20:00 Photos by Claire MacLeodRing of Steall is an 8c+ at the Steall Crag in Glen Nevis. On Wednesday the 1st of August Dave Macleod climbed the Ring of Steall project at Steall hut crag. On Dave Macleod's Blog he said "when I got to the belay I had to slap myself... More About: Project , Been , Has Been
Dyno World Record Controversy
2007-08-06 17:40:00 Not too long ago I did an article on German climber Peter Wurth and how he had shattered the recently broken Dyno World Record at the Outdoor Trade Show in Friedrichshaven. To read that article click here.Peter had jumped an amazing 2.725m, breaking Skyler... More About: World Record , Controversy , Rove
Realizations Sees Fourth Ascent
2007-08-05 17:57:00 Climbing phenom Dave Graham has finally nabbed the fourth ascent of Realization .Graham has been trying Realization on and off since all the way back in 2001 when he belayed Chris Sharma on the first ascent.Dave has now become on of the four elite who have sent... More About: Sees
Building Brainpower for Bouldering
2007-07-28 16:57:00 I found this article on Lisa Rands website and thought you would enjoy it. If you like this article be sure to check out LisaRands.com.Q: I entered my first bouldering competition this summer at a local gym. I was so nervous that I choked on the opening moves... More About: Building , Bouldering , Erin
Dyno World Record Broken twice
2007-07-27 18:49:00 This article was written by Dougald MacDonald on Climbing.comHigh flyers from America and Germany broke the world dyno record twice in just over a week at contests in Europe. Skyler Weekes from Denver traveled to the United Kingdom specifically gunning for... More About: World , World Record , Record , Broken , Dyno
Video Tribute to Michael Reardon
2007-07-26 18:11:00 I was sent an email message today from a friend with this tribute to Michael Reardon.Check it outAlso, take a minute to read more about Michael Reardon and watch some of his climbing videos here.Rya More About: Video , Bute , Tribute
Michael Reardon Benefit at the Spot
2007-07-25 20:53:00 On July 13th Michael Reardon was in Ireland and was taken from us. Reardon was swept out to sea by a massive wave, you can read the whole story here.There is a benefit event at the Spot climbing gym in Boulder on Thursday the 26th so if you can come out and... More About: Michael Reardon , Benefit
Chris Sharma Sends Ceuse Project!
2007-07-24 04:03:00 On Sunday July 15, Chris Sharma sent his project in Ceuse, France. His new route Three Degrees of Seperation is just a few hundred feet away from Realization and appears to be about 5.14d. This route is the exact opposite of Realization though, it has a total... More About: Project , Harm , Arma
Michael Reardon Missing
2007-07-16 20:58:00 Photo of Michael Rear donMichael Reardon is now missing after being swept out to sea by a massive wave as he celebrated completing one of Ireland's beautiful cliffs.Michael Reardon, 33, is an accomplished free soloist, free soloing routes all over the world.... More About: Missing , Missi
Tyler Landman Strikes Again
2007-07-14 17:48:00 Tyler Landman is from the UK. Lately he has been crushing every boulder problem in his path. And he has done it again.Ty has just sent Dreamtime V14. Check out this video provide by moonclimbing.com.The sound is a little messed up so I would just watch it... More About: Tyler , Strike
Updates on Chris Sharma's New Project
2007-07-14 17:38:00 I was reading BigUp's blog the other day and they had an update on Sharma 's new project in Ceuse, France. First of all it is only about 100 feet to the right of Realization and it sounds sick."Chris stuck the dyno on his project for the first time, so now... More About: Project , Updates , Harm
Tallahassee 12th Anniversary Bouldering Competition
2007-07-11 18:40:00 This coming Saturday the Tallahassee Rock Gym is celebrating their 12th anniversary by having a huge bouldering competition.I am pretty excited about this competition because it will be the first time that I am actually competiting in a long time.You see I... More About: Anniversary , Competition , Bouldering , Petit
Harrington Places 3rd in World Cup
2007-07-06 00:04:00 Colorado?s rock climbing superstar Emily Harrington has proved once again that she is one of the world?s best competition sport climbers. Harrington finished in third at the World Cup in Zürich, Switzerland. In the final she had actually tied for second with... More About: Places , Lace
Back from Colorado
2007-07-05 18:35:00 Hey everyone,I hope that you have been enjoying my posts and photos from Colorado . I just got back to Florida, which is a little depressing because there is no climbing.I will post more photos of the my trip to Colorado tomorrow.Rya More About: Back , Rado
Another Day of Climbing at Boulder Canyon
2007-07-01 22:13:00 Went down to Boulder Canyon again the other day and fell even more in love with it.This time we went up to the Avalon area. I was really excited because of the quality routes and not too mention the Tyrolean.Here is a picture of me crossing the Boulder Canyon... More About: Climb , Climbing , Bing , Limb
Video of Daniel Woods on Jade
2007-07-01 03:26:00 On June 19th Dani el Woods sent the Green 45 Project. Big Up Productions now has the video of the send on theirwebsite so you should definitely check it out.Daniel Woods on Jade Tags: daniel woods, rock climbing, bouldering More About: Video
Classic Multi-Pitch Climbing at Elodorado Canyon
2007-06-28 22:48:00 Went to Eldorado Canyon for the first time yesterday to do some multi-pitch climbing with my friend Bryan.I was pretty excited because it was going to be my first trad multi-pitch experience. I have done two other multi-pitch climbs before, but those were... More About: Classic , Multi , Pitch , Climb , Climbing
A Day at RMNP with Daniel Woods
More articles from this author:2007-06-26 23:08:00 It seems Dani el Woods is just on a rampage these days.He recently filmed the dvd Specimen at the Rocklands in South Africa.Daniel just won the Teva mountain games bouldering competition. He has done the green 45 project which he calls Jade and puts at possible... 1, 2, 3 |
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