Well, that didn’t take long. Yesterday I mentioned that Joe Kinder was working on a link up in Southern Utah that could be one of the harder routes in America. Sure enough, later in the day yesterday he pulled out the send to create The Re-Up (5.14d). The Re-Up is actually a link up of [...]
Climbing Video: Joe Kinder On Unforgivable (5.14)
Footage of Joe Kinder climbing on Unforgivable, his new 5.14b/c at the Cathedral, UT

Rocky Mountain Highball Reviews Are In
The highly anticipated Rocky Mountain Highball premiered at the Boulder Theatre on Monday night, and a few reviews are now in. Here is one from Boulder Diaries and another from All Climbing and another from Sock Hands. No word on when the movie will be available for purchase.
- No Climbers associated with this post
- No Areas associated with this post
Spring Break ‘09 Pt. 3: Zahnd
After getting rained out in Kentucky, tearing my LCL and climbing on many fun problems in Rocktown we finished up our trip with a brief stop at Zahnd on our way out of town.
- No Climbers associated with this post

More On The Five Ten Projects
Since I haven’t had much time to climb in mine (soon though?) here is a more thorough analysis of the Five Ten Projects.
- No Climbers associated with this post
- No Areas associated with this post
New V13 In Rhode Island By Ty Landman
Ty Landman opens a new V13 at Lincoln Woods, RI. UPDATED with Video.
Climbing Videos: Alex Honnold, Others Big Wall Climbing In Borneo
The way that climbing and technology continues to merge amazes me every day. Take as an example the expedition of Mark Synnott, Conrad Anker, Kevin Thaw, Jimmy Chin, Alex Honnold and Renan Ozturk to climb a big wall in Borneo. They’ve been sharing well produced videos at their blog throughout their entire expedition. No more waiting months for an article to show up in one of the magazines to see a cool new place!

Chris Sharma Has A Blog??
It appears as though the one and only Chris Sharma is joining the ranks of pro bloggers. He is going to be sharing updates with the Momentum Video Magazine. Check out his first update from Yangshuo.
Climbing Videos From Squamish, Idaho, Leavenworth & The Gunks
In keeping with the theme of videos lately, here are a few more I came across that I think will help keep you psyched.
Search
-
Squamish 5.4+ crusher: On Sonnie's vimeo account it says the send burn t...
-
Chas Ruffles: I just turned 41, I think that I just turned the p...
-
Guidoprincess: Base soloing offwidth? sounds like a good way to...
-
Guest: Attn: Badass (or not so) Roped Climbers Please get...
-
Geckobat: Great site! I spent my afternoon reading through...
-
Matt Birch: An american probably hasn't had this much fun sin...
-
lstefurak: The round table ledge is the same height as the ba...
-
Video Friday – 2/10/2012
February 10, 2012
-
Jimmy Webb’s Climbed 99 Problems And The Island (V14) Was One
February 9, 2012
-
Dean Potter On Nat Geo This Sunday
February 9, 2012
-
Golden Direct Repeated By Ben Spannuth
February 8, 2012
-
Great News From Red Rock
February 8, 2012
-
Alex Johnson Climbs Lethal Design (V12)
February 7, 2012
-
Low Gravity Week In Fontainebleau
February 6, 2012
News & Notes
Jimmy Webb’s Climbed 99 Problems And The Island (V14) Was One
Ok. Horrible title. Forgive me.
Anyway, Jimmy Webb is about a week into his first trip to Font. Last week he managed that one day ascent of Kheops Assis (V14), and according to his 8a scorecard this week he managed a relatively quick repeat of Dave Graham’s The Island a once V15 but now maybe V14 at Coquibus Rumont. This latest ascent puts him at 99 problems V10 or harder in the past 12 months which is notable for being 99 more V10s or harder than I’ve done in my entire life1.
Golden Direct Repeated By Ben Spannuth
Ben Spannuth, who recently started a blog at LT11, grabbed a rare repeat Golden Direct at the Cathedral in Southern Utah according to his 8a scorecard. Golden Direct was first done in 2008 by Joe Kinder at a suggested grade of 5.14d and was subsequently repeated by the likes of Chris Sharma and Jonathan Siegrist. Having climbed five other routes in the 5.14c/d range in the past 6 months, Spannuth felt Golden Direct warranted a grade of 5.14c.
1 CommentAlex Johnson Climbs Lethal Design (V12)
Alex Johnson gave the highballs in Bishop a break to check out the bouldering in Red Rock, Nevada where she repeated the V12 highball Lethal Design according to her 8a scorecard:
great support crew and tons of pads! long and crimpy. worked out all the moves quick and sent first burn.
Since the start of 2012 she has done some eight V10′s or harder across Yosemite, Bishop and Red Rock.
Update: Climbing.com caught up with Johnson to discuss the ascent
5 Comments




Recent Comments