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Local climbers in British Columbia have launched a new online climbing magazine
A few News & Notes for your Monday…
A few videos of Fred Moix, Will Stanhope, Franz Widmer and more to get you to the weekend
News from Joe Kinder, Brad Weaver, Chuck Odette, Adam Ondra, Andy Raether and more
In keeping with the theme of videos lately, here are a few more I came across that I think will help keep you psyched.

Matt Segal has made the 4th ascent of one of the hardest traditionally protected crack climbs in the world, Cobra Crack (5.14) in Squamish, BC. It was first climbed by Sonnie Trotter a few years back with Nicolas Favresse and Ethan Pringle making quick repeats earlier this summer. Click here to see video of Trotter working the line. So who’s next on Beth Rodden’s Meltdown??
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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