Alex Honnold is nominated for National Geographic’s Adventurer Of The Year and news from his expedition to Chad with James Pearson, Mark Synnott, Jimmy Chin, Renan Ozturk and Tim Kemple
Alex Honnold Up For Nat Geo’s Adventurer Of The Year
Things Get Spicy In Yangshuo For Ethan Pringle
Fresh off a successful trip to the Red River Gorge, Ethan Pringle jetted over to Yangshuo, China where his results have been similarly impressive

Action Alert For North Carolina’s Chimney Rock State Park
The Access Fund has an alert on their website concerning a plan being proposed for North Carolina’s Chimney Rock State Park. The plan allows for continued climbing at established areas within the park like the bouldering at Rumbling Bald, but it places limits on the climbing allowed in many other areas. Check the Access Fund’s site to learn more and see how you can make your voice heard.
2010 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: Stone Fort Results
Jimmy Webb and Kasia Pietras continue their dominance of the 2010 Triple Crown Bouldering Series at a wet Stone Fort
Climbing Video: Daniel Woods Sending Hypnotized Minds (V15)
Video of Daniel Woods sending Hypnotized Minds, a potential V15 in RMNP, CO
Popular Posts & Videos For November 2010
ClimbingNarc.com was dominated by one topic in November: Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s push to free their Dawn Wall project on El Cap. Thanks to modern technology we were able to follow along with the team on Twitter and Facebook as they tried to make history. Other newsworthy events were multiple hard 5.14s getting sent [...]
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Paul Robinson Repeats Ninja Skills (V14)
27Crags reports that Paul Robinson did the 2nd ascent of Nalle Hukkataival’s Ninja Skills, a beautiful and long V14 in Sobrio, Switzerland. According to the report Robinson felt it compared in difficulty to Dreamtime (V14) which he did recently as well. You can see footage of Hukkataival’s FA of Ninja Skills in this excellent video.
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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
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Video Friday – 5/18/2012
May 18, 2012
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Mon Pote Assis (5.14a) By Heather Robinson
May 17, 2012
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When In Doubt Pack It Out
May 16, 2012
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Gravelle Repeats Echale (V14)
May 16, 2012
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El Cap Report Returns For Spring 2012
May 15, 2012
News & Notes
What Did You Do This Weekend?
Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold spent Saturday romping up big walls in Yosemite. The pair free climbed Freerider on El Cap, the South Face of Mt. Watkins and the Regular Northwest Face on Half Dome in just over 21 hours. So…how was your weekend??
Ethan Pringle On Jumbo Love
Ethan Pringle is back at Mt. Clark, home to that one route first done by that one guy:
Projecting a route like this requires all of your attention, and having to devote all of your attention to a route like this can get really tiring really fast. At some point, you just want to get it over with. Of course, afterward you feel a mix of relief and loss. Relief that you’re done and the epic is over, and loss that this magnificent line doesn’t require your presence anymore. But for me, I think I’ll have to take a nice long break from serious route projects for a little while after this. Like Randy Levitt said, “It’s like a limestone El Cap.” Obviously, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it does sort of convey the amount of work required to complete a project of this caliber.
Pringle is no stranger to Jumbo Love, having tried it even before its FA back in 2008. You can see some footage of those attempts here.
When In Doubt Pack It Out
I don’t know about you, but I always try my best to climb close to an actual bathroom. In case you don’t, the Access Fund has a nice refresher on what to do when nature calls.





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