Pat Goodman and Matt Wilder pull off 2 hard trad FAs in West Virginia’s New River Gorge with Chuck Fryberger on hand to capture the sends for his upcoming movie The Scene
Hard Trad FAs At The New River Gorge By Goodman & Wilder
Caldwell & Jorgeson’s Dawn Wall Push Ends…For This Year
Tommy Calwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s attemp to free a new route on El Capitan’s Dawn Wall comes to an early end
Caldwell & Jorgeson’s Dawn Wall Push Nears End Of Week 1
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s push to free a new line on El Capitan’s Dawn Wall is 6 days old now. When we last checked in with the duo on Tuesday morning they had finished Pitch 9 which put them in position to begin work on the route’s most difficult pitches, pitches that would take [...]
More Updates From The Dawn Wall
A brief update after the first 3 days of Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson’s push up a new free route on El Capitan’s Dawn Wall
Push Begins On El Cap For Caldwell & Jorgeson
After years of hard work and preparation Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson set off yesterday morning to attempt a ground up send of their project on El Capitan’s Dawn Wall
Video Friday: The Bachar-Yerian
A little runout climbing on the Bachar-Yerian to get your palms sweating on this Friday

New Speed Record On The Nose By Potter And Leary
According to SuperTopo and Speedclimb.com Dean Potter and Sean Leary teamed up to set a new speed record for climbing The Nose on El Capitan. The pair blazed up the wall in at an astonishing 2:36:45, shaving 20 seconds off the previous record set by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama in 2008.
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Narc: There's nothing regular about James Litz...
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JMB: I suspect James Litz is the all-time leader in FRJ...
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colin: FRJA = first real job ascent. well done....
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Derek Jf: First trip to rumney nh, first time sport climbing...
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Andrew: awesome video!...
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PocketPumper: I was psyched to hear some actual climbing tips st...
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PJ: First problem is the title of the video, complete ...
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2012 Dominion River Rock Women’s Climbing Highlights
May 22, 2012
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Regular Dude Climbs Just Do It (5.14c)
May 22, 2012
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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
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. More at Climbing.com. 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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