Climbing Areas Archives: Red River Gorge
News & Notes – 12/20/2011

News & Notes – 12/20/2011

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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Sasha DiGiulian Sending Pure Imagination (5.14d)

Posted December 7, 2011 at 8:32 pm · Comments { 3 } ·
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“Why On Earth Don’t I Live Here?”

Posted November 30, 2011 at 8:45 pm · Comments { 5 } ·

Writing for Five Ten about his recent time spent in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge1, Dave Graham unleashes another classic entry for the internet to enjoy:

I will admit, as this is my second trip to this place, I am blown away by the quality of the rock, the natural nature of the way the routes flow. The fact that I have never dedicated some time to climbing here confuses me, and makes me question whether I even know what the hell I am doing after climbing for 15 years.

Why on earth don’t I live here?

And writing on her blog, Emily Harrington offers some pictures and some insights she gained from climbing with Graham the past couple of weeks:

Dave is one of those individuals who doesn’t train for climbing.  He doesn’t believe in it. Instead, he believes in his own creativity and self-expression, and it’s evident when he climbs.  He never stops believing in his ability to do a move or complete a route….As Dave has shown me, sometimes using your mind is more important than everything else.

  1.  A time that has been plagued by fickle weather and trips to the mall to visit Hot Topic ↩
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Adam Taylor Climbing The Tube (5.14) In The Red River Gorge

Posted November 29, 2011 at 9:41 am · Comments { 1 } ·
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Successful Trip To The Red River Gorge For Jorg Verhoeven

Posted November 28, 2011 at 1:00 pm · Comments { 2 } ·

Jorg Verhoeven reports on his blog that he had a pretty successful trip to the Red River Gorge with repeats of Pure Imagination (5.14d), Fifty Words For Pump (5.14c) and Southern Smoke (5.14c) among the routes on his ticklist.  Check out a video of the Pure Imagination send here.

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Jorg Verhoeven Repeating Pure Imagination (5.14d)

Posted November 28, 2011 at 12:12 pm · Comments { 0 } ·
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Adam Taylor Brings 5.15 To The Red River Gorge

Adam Taylor Brings 5.15 To The Red River Gorge

Posted November 22, 2011 at 9:35 am · Comments { 11 } ·

Red River Gorge local Adam Taylor ushers in the era of 5.15 at the Red

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5.14c Repeats By Spannuth & Zachariash

Posted November 17, 2011 at 11:10 am · Comments { 0 } ·

A pair of climbers continue their rapid rise up the grading scale

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Southern Smoke (5.14c) Repeated By Dylan Barks

Posted November 9, 2011 at 9:00 am · Comments { 2 } ·

According to his 8a scorecard 16-year old Dylan Barks from Ann Arbor, MI has done Joe Kinder’s Southern Smoke (5.14c) in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge.  This was Barks’ second route 5.14 or harder and prior to 2011 his hardest redpoint was 5.13b.

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