Last summer while I was wandering around the boulders in RMNP’s Lower Chaos Canyon I stumbled across an odd scene: there was a really strong looking guy getting very close to sending Freaks Of The Industry (V13). It wasn’t odd that someone was close to doing the problem (it had seen many repeats at that [...]
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Ondra, Ernst Win World Cup In Puurs, Belgium
Results and a cool pair of videos from the 2009 IFSC Lead Climbing World Cup in Puurs, Belgium
Is Europe Taking America’s Lunch on the Rocks? Yes…and No.
To wrap up the discussion from last week about the perceived superiority of European sport climbers compared to American sport climbers is this guest post by Urban Climber Editor Justin Roth
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First 5.14d For Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods graduates to the 9th grade…
2nd Ascent Of Chris Sharma’s Dreamcatcher (5.14d) By Sean McColl
Chris Sharma’s Dreamcatcher (5.14d) in Squamish, BC sees a 2nd ascent after rebuffing some of the world’s strongest climbers
Why Chris Sharma Doesn’t Boulder More
Ever wonder why you don’t hear much about Chris Sharma bouldering these days?
Climbing Video: Tommy Caldwell Bouldering In RMNP, Training For El Cap
Check out this video of Tommy Caldwell preparing for his upcoming attempt to free climb a new route on El Capitan in which he discusses his training philosophies and runs a few laps on RMNP classics.
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Guidoprincess: Yeah, I get what he is trying to say, its just a r...
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Paul: I sure as hell will never be this strong, but than...
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Narc: I think that's a misinterpretation of the quote. ...
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Guidoprincess: "Climbing gyms represent the future of the sport ...
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Andrew Krueger: Interesting. You find the discussion of that part...
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Jesse: "I think that breathing is something that is very...
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Hugo Watt: I prefer watching Hayden doing the route over Nick...
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UBC Pro Tour Heading To The Northwest
May 24, 2012
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Oz
May 23, 2012
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“You think it will be cool till it isn’t fun anymore”
May 23, 2012
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Bad Girls Club (5.14d) Repeated By Jon Cardwell
May 22, 2012
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Regular Dude Climbs Just Do It (5.14c)
May 22, 2012
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What Did You Do This Weekend?
May 21, 2012
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Ethan Pringle On Jumbo Love
May 18, 2012
News & Notes
Oz
This incredible photo essay by Keith Ladzinski from his trip to Australia last year with Dave Graham, Nalle Hukkataival and Ian Dory would make a great coffee table book don’t you think? (h/t Josh on twitter for the link).
“You think it will be cool till it isn’t fun anymore”
The North Face catches up with their athlete Alex Honnold to find out a bit more about his and Tommy Caldwell’s big day in Yosemite, his plans to rope solo the same feat for his segment in the Reel Rock Tour and a casual mention of how he free soloed the West Face of El Cap. As to how the idea for the triple link-up came about:
You do one route and you have a lot of time left in the day and you think, “Oh maybe we should have done two.” And eventually you do two with time left over and you say, “maybe we could do three…” and we did three and we didn’t have any time left over so we said, “we’re over it.”
More detail and pictures from Kelly Cordes on the big day here as well.
Bad Girls Club (5.14d) Repeated By Jon Cardwell
According to his 8a scorecard, Jon Cardwell has repeated Bad Girls Club, a 5.14d in Rifle, CO first done last summer by Matty Hong.





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