Ethan Pringle does the FA of an open Chris Sharma project in Yangshuo, China
Hard 5.14 FA By Ethan Pringle In Yangshuo
Video Friday: Jonathan Siegrist On Pure Imagination (5.14d)
Footage of Jonathan Siegrist on his new route at the Red River Gorge, Pure Imagination (5.14d) plus bonus footage of Ethan Pringle on The Golden Ticket (5.14d)

Review: Southern Nevada Bouldering Guidebook
A look at Tom Moulin’s new Southern Nevada Bouldering guidebook
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From Dirt Grows The Flowers Left Variant (V15) Repeated By Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson’s strong season of bouldering in the Swiss canton of Ticino continues, this time with the likely 5th ascent of Dave Graham’s From Dirt Grows The Flowers (V15) in Chironico
New 5.14 At The Fossil Cave By Joe Kinder
Joe Kinder escaped the snow and cold of Rifle, CO down to southern Utah’s St. George area where he got right to work on an undone Randy Leavitt route at the Virgin River Gorge’s Fossil Cave. After a few days of work he was able to figure the line out and do the FA of [...]

DPM Interviews Porter Jarrard
DPM has a nice interview up with Red River Gorge legend Porter Jarrard who, at age 44, is climbing as well as he ever has with multiple 5.14a sends to his name in the last year.
Video Friday: A Rehab Story With Josh Wharton
A few months ago all-around climber Josh Wharton broke his back after he made a mistake while maintaining a route in Rifle, CO and fell 25 ft. to the ground. Check out this excellent video in which Wharton talks about the accident, his approach to recovery, and watch him as he climbs a few nice [...]
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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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