Climbers Archives: Sonnie Trotter

2011

Posted December 20, 2011 at 7:58 am · Comments { 10 } ·

Tell Santa to take the week off…News & Notes is back with this massive dump of news…

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Ben Spannuth, Dan Beall, Daniel Woods, Gregor Peirce, Ian Dory, Jimmy Webb, Nalle Hukkataival, Paul Robinson, Sachi Amma, Sonnie Trotter

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Bishop, Buttermilks, Cowell, Fontainebleau, Hueco Tanks, Oliana, Red River Gorge

Trotter Does First Repeat Of The Prophet (5.13d R)

Posted November 28, 2011 at 8:30 am · Comments { 2 } · Photo: Sonnie Trotter & Will Stanhope on The Prophet

Tommy Caldwell wasn’t the only person hard at work on the flanks of El Capitan this fall

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Sonnie Trotter, Will Stanhope

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Yosemite

New 5.13+ Multipitch By Trotter & Caldwell In Canada

Posted August 16, 2011 at 12:57 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Sonnie Trotter and Tommy Caldwell have teamed up to establish a 15 pitch route up the Diamond Face on Mount Louis in the Canadian Rockies. Dubbed The Shining, the route has 7 pitches that were bolted on lead with difficulties up to 5.13+. After three days of prep the pair returned to free all the pitches in a single push:

It is one of the best routes I have ever climbed, and I could not imagine having a better partner for it. In fact, if it were not for Tommy, it would definitely still be a project. He’s my ultimate hero.

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Sonnie Trotter, Tommy Caldwell

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News & Notes – 8/3/2011

Posted August 3, 2011 at 8:33 am · Comments { 2 } ·

A few lingering pieces of News & Notes left over from my recent vacation…

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Alex Puccio, Bernd Zangerl, Carlo Traversi, James McHaffie, Jonathan Siegrist, Kevin Jorgeson, Nick Duttle, Sonnie Trotter, Tommy Caldwell

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Little Si, RMNP, Ten Sleep Canyon, The Monastery, Vancouver Island

Sonnie Trotter Climbing The Path (5.14 R)

Posted January 10, 2011 at 7:57 am · Comments { 0 } ·

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Sonnie Trotter

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Lake Louise

Video Friday: Mexican Big Walls, Lincoln Lake & New Video Page

Posted August 20, 2010 at 7:49 am · Comments { 16 } ·

The weekend is almost here and what better way to get ready for any weekend of climbing than to watch a couple of videos, right?

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Alex Honnold, Daniel Woods, Dave Graham, Jamie Emerson, Sonnie Trotter

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Basaseachi National Park, Mt. Evans

News & Notes – 08/03/2010

Posted August 3, 2010 at 6:18 am · Comments { 7 } ·

News & Notes from Dave Graham, Alex Honnold, the Pou brothers, another new 5.14 in Utah, more World Cups coming to North America and more…

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Alex Honnold, Anthony Chertudi, Dave Graham, David Lama, Eneko Pou, Iker Pou, Jason Kruk, Sonnie Trotter

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Céüse, Chek Canyon, Logan Canyon, Mt. Evans, Patagonia, Squamish

Sonnie Trotter Back In Action

Posted June 3, 2010 at 9:48 am · Comments { 14 } · Photo: Sonnie Trotter Blog

After spending the end of last year recovering from a ruptured appendix, Canada’s Sonnie Trotter is back in top form again with two notable ascents in the past couple of weeks.

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Sonnie Trotter

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Joshua Tree, Squamish

News & Notes – 4/14/2010

Posted April 14, 2010 at 8:23 am · Comments { 4 } ·

News & Notes from Daniel Woods, Chuck Fryberger, Paul Robinson, the Teva Mountain Games and more…

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Adam Ondra, Alex David Johnson, Alex Honnold, Charles Fryberger, Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Rob D'Anastasio, Sam Davis, Sasha DiGiulian, Sonnie Trotter, Stephen Meinhold

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Cornalba, Jailhouse, New River Gorge, Priest Draw, Red River Gorge, Stone Summit, Summersville Lake

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News & Notes

Jimmy Webb’s Climbed 99 Problems And The Island (V14) Was One

Ok. Horrible title. Forgive me.

Anyway, Jimmy Webb is about a week into his first trip to Font. Last week he managed that one day ascent of Kheops Assis (V14), and according to his 8a scorecard this week he managed a relatively quick repeat of Dave Graham’s The Island a once V15 but now maybe V14 at Coquibus Rumont. This latest ascent puts him at 99 problems V10 or harder in the past 12 months which is notable for being 99 more V10s or harder than I’ve done in my entire life¹.

Unless I can count that 1 problem that is V10 for some people but not V10 for other people. Then I’m only 98 behind! Yes! ↩

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Golden Direct Repeated By Ben Spannuth

Ben Spannuth, who recently started a blog at LT11, grabbed a rare repeat Golden Direct at the Cathedral in Southern Utah according to his 8a scorecard. Golden Direct was first done in 2008 by Joe Kinder at a suggested grade of 5.14d and was subsequently repeated by the likes of Chris Sharma and Jonathan Siegrist. Having climbed five other routes in the 5.14c/d range in the past 6 months, Spannuth felt Golden Direct warranted a grade of 5.14c.

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Alex Johnson Climbs Lethal Design (V12)

Alex Johnson gave the highballs in Bishop a break to check out the bouldering in Red Rock, Nevada where she repeated the V12 highball Lethal Design according to her 8a scorecard:

great support crew and tons of pads! long and crimpy. worked out all the moves quick and sent first burn.

Since the start of 2012 she has done some eight V10′s or harder across Yosemite, Bishop and Red Rock.

Update: Climbing.com caught up with Johnson to discuss the ascent