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As usual, I go out of town and a ton of things happen: Last week Ty Landman visited Squamish and did what he normally does, which is climb hard problems. He did 1 V13 and a couple of V12’s including one flash. Throw in a handful of V10’s and V11’s and I think most [...]
Continue reading...Michael Reardon Obituary
23. July 2007
Some final closure on the death of Michael Reardon Technorati Tags: Michael Reardon, Climbing News
Continue reading...More Michael Reardon
17. July 2007
I was organizing some magazines on my desk last night when I came across this issue of Climbing Magazine from October of 2006 Climbing #252 On the cover is Michael Reardon freesoloing his way up a cliff face along the coast of Ireland. More tragic irony for an already ironic situation. Seeing the magazine cover reminded me [...]
Continue reading...Last Photo of Michael Reardon
16. July 2007
Michael Reardon after sucessfully downclimbing 600 ft freesolo. Photo taken shortly before being swept out to sea.Photo by Damon Corso
Continue reading...Tragic Irony of Michael Reardon
16. July 2007
Michael Reardon was someone who was known for constantly pushing the envelope when it came to ropeless climbing. He logged thousands upon thousands of feet of freesolo climbing that could have been classified as insanity if not for his grace and skill at pushing the limits of what is possible when climbing with no safety [...]
Continue reading...Michael Reardon Update
16. July 2007
Not looking good…More clear details from climbing.com: Michael Reardon, 36, the accomplished free soloist based out of Oak Park, California, went missing off the southwestern coast of Ireland around 5 p.m. Friday. He had just completed a climb near the Valentia Marine Radio Station, on the small island of Valentia, when a rogue wave took him [...]
Continue reading...Climber Michael Reardon Missing
14. July 2007
This is sort of messed up. I was thinking yesterday about writing up a post on how I figured one day I would be reading about how this guy died, but I didn’t expect it this soon and I didn’t expect it like it has apparently gone down. For those that don’t know who Michael [...]
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