The American Alpine Club has created the Copp-Dash Inspire Award to honor Jonny Copp & Micah Dash
New AAC Grant Inspired By Jonny Copp & Micah Dash
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Pete Takeda Remembers Jonny Copp
Writing on the Cleanest Line blog, Pete Takeda remembers his friend Jonny Copp.
Climbing Videos: Alpine Climbing In Canada & Alaska
One of the trends in the online climbing world that’s gaining popularity is the self-filmed expedition report. While quality photographs of alpine expeditions make for great eye candy, they struggle to capture the full scope of what it’s like to be in the mountains. Fortunately for those of us stuck sitting at a desk climbers are more and more willing to carry a camcorder (increasingly HD to boot) in order to chronicle their trip for sponsors and/or general public enjoyment.
Craig Luebben Killed In Cascades Icefall
Climber, guide, author and Climbing Magazine Senior Contributing Editor Craig Luebben died yesterday while climbing on Mount Torment in Washington’s Cascades. UPDATED.
Video Tributes to Micah Dash, Jonny Copp & Wade Johnson
Two moving videos about climbers Micah Dash, Jonny Copp & Wade Johnson who were recently lost in China.
Micah Dash, Jonny Copp & Wade Johnson Lost In China
It’s not often the untimely death that sometimes finds those that use the mountains as their playground hits home in the rock climbing community, but unfortunately that is exactly what has happened with the recent passing of Micah Dash, Jonny Copp and Wade Johnson. As you have no doubt heard, the trio were likely killed [...]

CO Based Mountaineers Missing In China
The news of the possible disappearance in China of Boulder, CO based climbers Micah Dash and Jonny Copp along with filmmaker Wade Johnson has been blazing around the internet today on blogs, news sites, twitter and The Facebook. Visit this blog for all the updates. My thoughts are with the friends and families…
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Climb Like Chris Sharma: His Tips, Part 1
May 21, 2012
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What Did You Do This Weekend?
May 21, 2012
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Two 5.14d FA’s By Pirmin Bertle
May 21, 2012
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Ethan Pringle On Jumbo Love
May 18, 2012
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Campus Training With Flannery Shay-Nemirow
May 18, 2012
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Video Friday – 5/18/2012
May 18, 2012
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Trailer: DAVE
May 17, 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 (6:45 climbing), the South Face of Mt. Watkins (2:40 climbing) and the Regular Northwest Face on Half Dome (5 climbing) 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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