Daniel Woods is done with the sport climbing game for now and he’s moved on to the bouldering around his temporary home in Innsbruck, Austria. UPDATED
New V14 In Austria By Daniel Woods

Excellent Alan Watts Interview
Planetmountain.com has an excellent interview with Smith Rock sport climbing pioneer Alan Watts.
“The Disciples Of Gill” Premiers Tonight In Boulder
A new movie about bouldering icon John Gill premiers tonight in Boulder, CO. UPDATED
Cool Video Of Adam Ondra Climbing In The Frankenjura
Cool video of Adam Ondra climbing two 5.14d’s in Germany’s Frankenjura

Nalle Hukkataival Interview
Joost has done a nice interview with well known Finnish boulderer Nalla Hukkataival in which they discuss how Hukkataival began climbing as well as his thoughts on the V15 grade.
Worth The Wait
It only took me 10 years, but I finally climbed at Hueco Tanks
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Tim Kemple Goes Behind The Scenes On El Cap
Tim Kemple has been out in Yosemite capturing media of Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson working their much hyped El Cap free climbing project. In his latest blog post Kemple discusses the kind of rigging setup they are using to shoot thousands of feet off the ground.
News & Notes – 11/17/2009
A few News & Notes as I get caught up from nearly 2 weeks away from a computer
Chris Sharma September 2009 Video Interview
A series of video interviews done with Chris Sharma back in September
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Video Friday – 1/27/2012
January 27, 2012
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Kruk & Kennedy Weigh In On Cerro Torre Controversy
January 26, 2012
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If Only We Could All Be Failures Like Adam Ondra
January 26, 2012
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Woods & Traversi Getting Things Done On The Frontrange
January 25, 2012
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The Plot Thickens On Cerro Torre
January 24, 2012
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Deep North: A Trip To The Arrigetch Peaks With Caldwell & Kennedy
January 23, 2012
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Video Friday – 1/20/2012
January 20, 2012
News & Notes
Understanding Patagonia
The news from the other day aside, things happening in Patagonia are usually outside my purview. It’s not that I don’t respect what climbers do there, it’s more that I have a hard time identifying with what it must be like to climb there since I’ve never done anything like it. Posts like this one from Mikey Schaefer that combine a story about a new route on the south face of Poincenot with some incredible photos sure do help though.
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Alex Honnold talks with PlanetMountain about his new highball in Bishop called Too Big To Flail:
3 CommentsThis might be the biggest line that I’ve seen at the Buttermilks but it’s hard to say for sure because there is so much rock out there. It’s definitely rare though to find such a high-quality line on such good rock.
Kennedy & Kruk Climb Compressor Route By “Fair Means”
A lot of sites, including Alpinist, have picked up on the update Colin Haley posted on his Facebook wall indicating that American Hayden Kennedy and Canadian Jason Kruk pulled off the long-awaited “fair-means” ascent of the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre’s Southeast Ridge in Patagonia. The line was infamously bolted using a gas-powered compressor drill by Cesare Maestri during the line’s first ascent in 1970, and this is the first time someone has successfully climbed the line without the use of this bolt ladder. No word on how they managed to pull this off without a camera crew and a slew of extra bolts to aid said camera crew. Developing…
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