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Climbing Video: Mallorca Psicoblog Seven “Smackdown”

In keeping with this week’s theme of innovative ways climbers are working for their sponsors, I wanted to make sure to mention The North Face’s Summit Series Road Trip going on right now over in Europe.

Not a whole lot going on this past week on the spray front.  Here are a few interesting links to help get you to the weekend:

Sonnie Trotter has an excellent discussion taking place on his blog about whether top climbers are born with genetic gifts or if they developed their skills through hard work and [...]

Back in September of 2008, James Pearson made the first ascent of a traditionally protected slab climb in England he dubbed Walk Of Life.  At the time, Pearson proposed a grade of E12 which would be similar to someone climbing a sport route and calling it 5.15c or 5.15d.  Basically, he felt as though it [...]

Rocktoberfest is coming soon to the Red River Gorge, Ty Landman repeats Sharma’s Practice Of The Wild, James Pearson climbs E12, the Colorado Bouldering guidebook controversy and much more!

James Pearson, who is better known on this site for having flashed 3 V13 boulder problems, recently returned to the Gritstone of the UK to establish a new E10 route on the Cratcliffe Groove. You can download a video preview of Pearson working the route by clicking here. It doesn’t sound like [...]

Consider with me for a moment, what it takes (beyond being freakishly strong) to flash a V13 boulder problem. Patience is no doubt important as one must wait weeks or even years before the right combination of skill and conditions come together in a singular moment. One must also be extremely dedicated to [...]

21 year old James Pearson added to his unprecedented list of V13 flashes this past month when he flashed Schules des Lebens in Chironico, Switzerland. In Switzerland to work on Dave Graham’s unrepeated V15 From Dirt Grows the Flowers, Pearson had a great deal of success on several of the “easier” problem he tried. [...]

Mixed news out of the climbing paradises of Switzerland.
The good news is that James Pearson has made his 2nd flash of a V13 boulder. I had previously reported that he flashed Ganymede Takeover in Brione, Swizzy. This time around he had set his eyes on flashing The Great Shark Hunt at Chironico and [...]