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Video: Paul Robinson Sending The Swarm (V14)
Here is one last video from the footage that Paul Robinson was kind enough to send along. This time up he is depicted repeating The Swarm, an “easy” V14 at the Buttermilks outside of Bishop, CA. Along with Hueco’s Esperanza (V14), The Swarm is the most repeated V14 in the U.S. Somewhat notable is that [...]
Video: Paul Robinson Mandala Direct Assis (V14) First Ascent
Video of Paul Robinson’s 2007 FA of the sit start to The Mandala Direct (V14).
Alex Puccio Does FFA Of A Maze Of Death (V12)
Alex Puccio does the FFA of another V12.
Video: Paul Robinson Sending Direction (V13)
Here’s another video from Paul Robinson. This time it is footage from his send of Direction (V13) at the Buttermilks outside of Bishop, CA. You can see video of Paul sending A Maze Of Death here. [media id=2 width=540 height=360]
Video: Paul Robinson Sending “A Maze Of Death” (V12)
Video of Paul Robinson sending “A Maze Of Death” (V12) in Bishop, CA
Happy Boulders: Hulk [Ego Crush]
To conclude this series of posts, let me recount one of my more unpleasant experiences during my trip to Bishop. One of the more well known moderate lines at the Happy Boulders is Hulk. The Dr. Topo guide gave it V6, but I have seen it other places as low as V4. Why is this important? Because I got totally shutdown, that’s why.
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Ethan Pringle On Jumbo Love
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Mon Pote Assis (5.14a) By Heather Robinson
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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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