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Phil Schaal has done the 8th ascent1 of Midnight Express, a V14 in Colorado’s Boulder Canyon established by Ty Landman in 2007. See footage of Schaal’s repeat, starting as Landman started, here.

27Crags reports that Phil Schaal is down in South Africa where he’s managed to send many of the well-known classics including a flash of Green Mamba (V12) and a send of Fred Nicole’s Amandla (V14) among other problems.

Phil Schaal reports via his blog that he has done the likely 4th ascent of Echale, a V14 in Colorado’s Clear Creek Canyon first done by Daniel Woods in 2004.
A smorgasbord of News & Notes to get you through your Wednesday
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 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.
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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