On the heels of the recent footage of Kevin Jorgeson bouldering The Fly comes the footage of Kevin’s ropeless ascent of Feeding Frenzy (5.13d) also at Rumney.
Video Of Kevin Jorgeson Bouldering Feeding Frenzy (5.13d) In Rumney
Kevin Jorgeson Bouldering The Fly (V14) Video
Back in April, Kevin Jorgeson and Paul Robinson made quick repeats of Dave Graham’s Rumney, NH testpiece The Fly (5.14d/V14). Kevin’s ascent was particularly noteworthy as he was the 2nd person after Jason Kehl to eschew a rope for the 20 and some odd foot tall route. Check out this video from Tim Kemple of [...]

Climbing Video: Brian Kim Climbing China Beach (5.14b)
Kevin Jorgeson & Paul Robinson Send The Fly In Rumney
Joe Kinder is reporting on his blog that Kevin Jorgeson has made the 2nd ropeless ascent of Dave Graham’s The Fly (5.14d, V13/14?) in Rumney, NH. The first ropeless ascent was by Jason Kehl back in 2003. It sounds like video cameras were rolling for Kevin’s ascent so I guess we can look forward to [...]

Hard, Unrepeated American Boulders
I thought it would be interesting to compile a list of hard (V14 and up) boulder problems that have not been repeated in North America. Thanks to everyone for help in compiling these problems (Most of these grades are pure speculation from outside observers): Nuclear War – V14 – Matt Bosley – Harriman State Park, [...]
- Andre Di Felice, Anthony Chertudi, Bernd Zangerl, Brian Antheunisse, Brian Hedrick, Brion Voges, Carlo Traversi, Chris Sharma, Chris Webb Parsons, Cory French, Dan Beall, Daniel Woods, Dave Graham, Ethan Pringle, Gregor Peirce, Guillaume Glairon-Mondet, Isaac Caldiero, James Kassay, James Litz, Jason Kehl, Jesse Warren, Johnny Goicoechea, Jon Cardwell, Jorg Verhoeven, Kevin Jorgeson, Luke Parady, Matt Bosley, Matt Hong, Matt Wilder, Max Zolotukhin, Nalle Hukkataival, Nick Duttle, Paul Robinson, Phil Schaal, Sam Davis, Sam Edwards, Sean McColl, Shawn Diamond, Simon Parton, Tim Clifford, Tony Lamiche, Ty Landman, Yves Gravelle

Jaws II
Vasya Vorotnikov has made the First Ascent of Dave Graham’s crimp nightmare Jaws since some holds broke. Originally graded 5.14b, Vasya has registered the new version as 5.15a and he calls it Jaws II.
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Jasin: Awesome. Making the Smith community proud....
- Climbing Bidness | A Million Ancient Bees: [...] What did you do this weekend? If you were To...
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Narc: There's nothing regular about James Litz...
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JMB: I suspect James Litz is the all-time leader in FRJ...
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colin: FRJA = first real job ascent. well done....
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Derek Jf: First trip to rumney nh, first time sport climbing...
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Andrew: awesome video!...
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Regular Dude Climbs Just Do It (5.14c)
May 22, 2012
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What Did You Do This Weekend?
May 21, 2012
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Ethan Pringle On Jumbo Love
May 18, 2012
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Video Friday – 5/18/2012
May 18, 2012
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Mon Pote Assis (5.14a) By Heather Robinson
May 17, 2012
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When In Doubt Pack It Out
May 16, 2012
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Gravelle Repeats Echale (V14)
May 16, 2012
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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