Back before Tommy Caldwell embarked on his push up El Cap’s Dawn Wall last fall he took some time out to do some…male modeling?
Review: 70m Petzl Nomad 9.8mm Rope
A review of the Petzl Nomad 9.8mm x 70m climbing rope
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Aussies Getting It Done In Hueco
Alex Puccio, Portia Menlove and a pair of Australians are getting things done in Hueco Tanks
Prana’s Chris Sharma Anthology
Prana launches a cool anthology feature looking back at the career of Chris Sharma

PCI Followup
For additional clarification on last week’s post about Professional Climbers International is this interview Peter Beal did with PCI’s President, Kevin Jorgeson.
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Report From 2011 Ice Climbing World Cup In Cheongsong, South Korea
News from the ice climbing world including winners of the Mixed Climbing comp at Ouray and a report from the Ice Climbing World Cup held in Cheongsong, South Korea
What’s In The Mags: December 2010
The holidays have me a bit behind on things, but here is a quick look at what was in the December issues of both Climbing and Urban Climber
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Narc: Meant to link to that originally but somehow I mes...
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DK: Here's Ethan's write-up about his attempts: h...
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Colton: Just wanted to say thanks for the sticker! Came in...
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Will: Dave is my hero. He should probably be your hero t...
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greg: I agree, Love NKR1's, crazy foot cut DW is off th...
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IanP: Good tip man. What an inspiring little movie....
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Peter: I think it's cool to hear about not just the very...
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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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