Archive | April, 2007

New Blog to Check Out

Posted April 30, 2007 at 9:52 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

If you like to sweat high end climbing as much as I do, then you will be psyched to find out that Paul Robinson has his very own blog. To say that he climbs a lot would be an understatement. Definitely check it out.

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Super Sherpa Expedition

Posted April 30, 2007 at 9:28 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Along with my passion for rock climbing news I also have a fading obsession with armchair mountaineering. With May rapidly approaching that can mean only one thing: it is Everest Season. Sadly, I haven’t been doing much reading on the subject in the past few years. I have already read most of the books (several [...]

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News & Notes – 4/30/2007

Posted April 30, 2007 at 12:08 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

This will be an all Red River Gorge news week out of respect for the fire at Red River Outdoors: There is a nice writeup about what might have happened at climbing.com. There are some photos here of the aftermath of the fire. Matt & Amy also have some words of thanks for all the [...]

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All’s Not Well In Swizzy

Posted April 27, 2007 at 11:42 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Mixed news out of the climbing paradises of Switzerland. The good news is that James Pearson has made his 2nd flash of a V13 boulder. I had previously reported that he flashed Ganymede Takeover in Brione, Swizzy. This time around he had set his eyes on flashing The Great Shark Hunt at Chironico and that [...]

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Valley Bouldering

Valley Bouldering

Posted April 27, 2007 at 12:00 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

When we did some bouldering in Yosemite last summer for our Honeymoon, I had assumed that all the bouldering had to have been tapped out. People have been climbing in the Valley for decades, how could everything not have gotten done already right? Turns out like usual, I was wrong. The Dr. Topo guide makes [...]

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Red River Outdoors Fire

Posted April 25, 2007 at 12:30 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Tragedy has struck the well known Red River Outdoors outfit at the Red River Gorge. Apparently a fire has burned down the entire building claiming the life of their dog River. The owners Matt and Amy Tackett are ok. I actually had just made my first visit there a couple of weeks back for breakfast [...]

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Disturbing Trend of Failure

Posted April 24, 2007 at 6:31 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

A trend became painfully apparent during my last trip to the RRG: I don’t usually get very much accomplished when I climb there. For the number of days I have climbed there (roughly 50) I don’t really have much to show for it (less than 10 5.12′s in total). I’m not talking about needing to [...]

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News & Notes – 4/23/2007

Posted April 23, 2007 at 11:52 am · Comments { 0 } ·

After a bit of a hiatus, here is some spray: Jamie Emerson sent Circadian Rhythm (V13) at Poudre Canyon. Video is already available here. In the past few weeks Daniel Woods has sent the following at Joe’s Valley, UT: Mask of God (V13 2nd ascent) Black Lung (V13) Blackout (V12) Gentleman Jack (V12 flash) Beyond [...]

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Gnarly

Gnarly

Posted April 19, 2007 at 11:23 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Click on the Spain Files to see what this has to do with climbing…

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