Regular Dude Climbs Just Do It (5.14c)

Regular Dude Climbs Just Do It (5.14c)

To borrow a phrase from the fine folks over at Rock & Ice, Ryan Palo is a pretty regular dude.  He works for a living, he climbs, he gets injured, he recovers and he climbs some more.  It’s just that when he climbs, he tends to climb 5.14.  Not very regular dude of him.  It [...]

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What Did You Do This Weekend?

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??

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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.

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Video Friday – 5/18/2012

Video Friday – 5/18/2012

Bouldering comp news as well as the top videos from the past week…

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Mon Pote Assis (5.14a) By Heather Robinson

Mon Pote Assis (5.14a) By Heather Robinson

A little over a year after she did her first 5.13d, Heather Robinson fired her first 5.14a when she did Mon Pote Assis at Nevada’s Mt. Potosi.  Commenting about the ascent on her 8a scorecard she had this to say: Oh my goodness! This send was a dream come true. Thank you Chris for believing in [...]

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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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Gravelle Repeats Echale (V14)

I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that with training like this that Canadian Yves Gravelle was able to climb his first V14 in Daniel Woods’ Echale in Clear Creek Canyon according to his 8a scorecard.

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El Cap Report Returns For Spring 2012

So, listen up Cubicle Pukes!! Put down your work, clear the room, put on some cool tunes, and come with me to the Valley of your dreams, in this, the first of many Reports to follow.

Yep, the El Cap Report is back.

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