One of the longest boulder problems I’ve ever seen, Fred Moix climbs Underground Paradise (V14) at Fionnay, Switzerland:
Franz Widmer opened a new V15 boulder in Switzerland last month he is calling Kryptos. The LowDown has more background on the boulder, and now the video is here to give a better idea what the problem looks like:
For me, watching videos of climbing gear breaking is both interesting and paranoia inducing at the same time:
More gear testing vids at the American Alpine Institue blog
Will Stanhope climbed Cobra Crack the other day without a video camera present to capture the send, but Sonnie Trotter was there to capture an attempt a few days earlier (please set cell phones to vibrate while watching…):
And finally, there isn’t much that can be said to introduce this video…





