A few photo links to inspire your weekend: bouldering at Castle Rock, ID, sport climbing in Kalymnos, Greece and any post from the El Cap Report.

Photo Friday
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Anchorpoint
The weather this Summer in Wisconsin has been a climber’s dream. Temps have rarely gotten higher than 80 and many perfect sunny days in the 70′s have been there for the taking which is a far cry from normal. Of course, I haven’t been able to take much advantage of these conditions due to various [...]
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Tuolumne Trip 2009
I originally came up with the idea of going to Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park for a week of climbing long trad routes earlier this year during one of my frequent injury breaks from hard climbing. What I forgot to take into account was that Mrs. Narc and I hadn’t really climbed that many long trad routes so we weren’t even sure how much we even liked that kind of climbing in the first place.
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Full Stop
Yesterday I came to a realization that the past 3 years have all followed the same pattern as far as my climbing is concerned. Each of the 3 years began with a roughly 6 month break from climbing due to various injuries. Back in 2007 I was struggling with tendinitis in my elbow, 2008 began [...]
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Devil’s Lake Bouldering: Alpine Club and Beautiful Soup
After 6 weeks of sitting inside watching the spring season pass by while waiting for my knee to feel better, I was abnormally psyched to meet up with Nic (of Five Ten fame), Steve and Remo for a day of bouldering at Devil’s Lake. Of course, I didn’t actually climb anything as I’m still trying to be “patient”, but it was fun nonetheless.
Spring Break ‘09 Pt. 3: Zahnd
After getting rained out in Kentucky, tearing my LCL and climbing on many fun problems in Rocktown we finished up our trip with a brief stop at Zahnd on our way out of town.
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Spring Break ‘09 Pt. 2: Rocktown Pt. 2
More pictures from my recent trip to Rocktown, GA.
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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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