Via TheLowDown comes news that Dave Graham is continuing his return to form, this time with the 3rd ascent of Chocholocco (5.14d) at Carros, France. A few pictures of him on the route can be seen at nice-climb.com. Click here to watch a 14 year old climb the route.

Yet Another 5.14d For Dave Graham
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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).
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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.”
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Forgive me for my ignorance, but is there some reason there hasn’t been much news about Graham prior to this for the last year or so? Did he get injured or something? “continuing his return to form” What was he returning from?
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http://www.urbanclimbermag.com/themag/411/injured_reserve/
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Wow, thanks for that, I had no idea so many people sustained injuries in the last year. Might make for a good list… pro climbers and their injuries.
Dave Graham busted up ankle/foot
Ethan Pringle torn labrum
Chris Webb torn labrum
Jason Kehl hurting his knee again
Didn’t Paul Robinson hurt himself during the last year as well?
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I believe that was over 12 months ago at this point, but yes it has been a rough year for some of the top climbers out there.
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