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Climbing Videos: Tommy Caldwell & Kevin Jorgeson On El Cap

Narc — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:22:38 +0000

“It’s a lot of work…and it’s probably not for everybody”

So says Tommy Caldwell in a new video released this week that details his work with Kevin Jorgeson to free a new line on El Capitan’s southeast face. The line in question requires free climbing several new pitches in the 5.13 and 5.14 range which has led Caldwell to question the likelihood of success on such a project (emphasis mine):

I fully realize that free climbing the Dawn Wall of El Capitan is improbable. Miles of blank steep granite—no true weaknesses to follow. To free climb the Dawn Wall will mean catapulting forward what is thought possible in the world of big wall free climbing. I’ve spent parts of two years either rope soloing up or rapping down from the top, swinging around, searching and trying the moves. I’m trying to force a paradigm shift with this route, and the prospect of linking together at least seven pitches of 5.14 to 5.14+ and another ten in the 5.13 range is daunting. Several times I have given up and moved on, worried I might waste too much of my life searching for something that does not exist or that is too hard for me. But I have invested so much, and am unable to resist El Cap’s magnetic pull. Now, after two and a half years, I think I have finally found the path, done all the moves. But the journey is far from over.

To give you a better idea of what it’s like working a new line up on El Cap here are two videos filmed for Black Diamond by Tim Kemple and Pete Vinitov with Mike Call on the edit. The clips feature behind the scenes information as well as shots of some of the hard free climbing Caldwell & Jorgeson are doing (including the crazy sideways dyno):

VIDEO Part 1: BD athletes Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson attempting to free El Cap’s hardest climb from Black Diamond Equipment on Vimeo.

VIDEO Part 2: BD athletes Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson attempting to free El Cap’s hardest climb from Black Diamond Equipment on Vimeo.

Caldwell and Jorgeson are back in Yosemite to continue their work throughout the spring in anticipation of the prime fall climbing season later this year. You can follow their efforts via Jorgeson’s blog or the Black Diamond Journal.

For more on the “Fun Scale” referenced in the video check out this post on Kelly Cordes’ blog.

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Movement Gym Draws Hannity’s Ire

Narc — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 11:27:38 +0000

While this blog is far from the place for political discussion, I think it can be interesting any time climbing finds its way into political discourse. Take, for instance, the example of Boulder’s Movement Climbing & Fitness Center which opened its doors last July. In building the gym, Movement took advantage of $157,800 in stimulus money to help offset a portion of the cost for a solar array which helps power the facility.

The effectiveness of the government’s stimulus efforts have been a hot topic in recent months, and in a recent edition of his Fox News TV show Great American™ conservative commentator Sean Hannity listed Movement’s solar array as the #2 biggest waste of stimulus dollars (I fast forwarded for you to the pertinent segment of the video. Feel free to rewind to the beginning of you must):

In response, Anne Worley Moelter, who co-owns Movement, had this to say to Boulder’s Daily Camera:

“We read it and were like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’ It’s very hard for us to understand why they think that it’s a waste,” she said. “We’re putting energy back into the grid. We’ve provided Boulder with 50 new jobs. … I think it’s just a political scheme of, “How can we point out what this administration is doing wrong.’”

Like I said, this blog is not really the place for political discourse so I encourage you to read the rest of the story and the 100+ politically charged comments that go along with it at the Daily Camera’s website. Or you could just watch Chruck Fryberger’s remix of the above video:

Via B3Bouldering

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Ethan Pringle Realization Video

News & Notes – 3/16/2010

Narc — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:00:12 +0000

The spring thaw continues here in Wisconsin, and if last year was any sort of trend the climbing season should be on at Devil’s Lake for the next 8 months or so. I’d be more excited about this development if a) I had done any sort of meaningful training this winter and b) the finger injury I was resting all winter felt any different than it did back in November. WHY???

But enough about me. Here are some News & Notes from people who are out there getting things done:

At the Jailhouse crag in California, Natasha Barnes redpointed Assassin (5.13d) while Alex Honnold redpointed Hacktivism (5.14b) and a new link-up he called Knee To Mile (5.14b). In total, Honnold has now done 7 5.14b’s; all but one coming at the Jailhouse.
GP Salvo has done the first repeat of Tactile Style, a desperate V13 on West Mountain at Hueco Tanks that was first done by Chris Sharma in Dosage IV.
Dean Potter checks in with an interesting post on the Five Ten blog:

Security was the main thing that lacked in my life. As I push towards more and more ultimate dreams on the rock, in the air and on the line I need stability, something to return to. These next years I plan on traveling the world looking for enchanted places where the ultimate in natural-human achievement can be reached. I want to fly free!

Hard new routes are getting done at Colorado’s Shelf Road
It’s not often that an ad on TV causes me to do a double take as I fast forward past it with my DVR, but this American Express commercial featuring Yvon Chouinard was a rare exception:

The HP40 Rocks Comps was a big success with 150 competitors and some 200 spectators on hand to raise over $2500 for various charities. Brad Weaver won the open division by completing an impressive 24 problems rated V7 or harder.
Simon Carter shares a series of excellent photos of a new 5.14b in Australia’s Blue Mountains.
Peter Beal takes an insightful look at volume 1 of the autobiography of Royal Robbins:

Readers looking for climbing narrative will be relatively disappointed. Though the book is bracketed by beautifully written accounts of Robbins’ groundbreaking solo on the Leaning Tower, its value lies elsewhere.

Access Alert for New York State Parks
Kelly Cordes shares the story from his recent accident that left him with a severely injured leg
Andy Mann shares how he constructed an image of GP Salvo attempting Nagual in Hueco Tanks
Rock climbing game coming to the Nintendo Wii?
Cool video of the bouldering in Varazze, Italy
It’s never too early to get excited about the alpine climbing season in Colorado. I know I’m already getting excited for our brief visit in early July.
For climbers in the Frontrange or Dallas, here is an event coming up in April where you can help raise money for young adults with cancer:

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Climbing Video: Julien Nadiras, Nina Caprez, Michaël Fuselier and Sebastien Boussogne exploring virgin rock somewhere in South America

Narc — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:05:59 +0000

Julien Nadiras, Nina Caprez, Michaël Fuselier and Sebastien Boussogne exploring virgin rock somewhere in South America Climbing Video: Julien Nadiras, Nina Caprez, Michaël Fuselier and Sebastien Boussogne exploring virgin rock somewhere in South America from ClimbingNarc.com Related posts:Climbing Video: Nico Favresse and Sean Villanueva Climbing In Western North America Climbing Video: 3 From Little Rock City Climbing Video: [...]

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Adam Ondra Nabs 2nd Ascent Of Sharma’s Golpe de Estado (5.15b)

Narc — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 20:29:26 +0000

According to Vojtech Vrzba and 8a.nu 17 year-old Adam Ondra has done the 2nd ascent of Golpe de Estado (5.15b) on the beautiful limestone of Siurana, Spain. Golpe de Estado, which adds a bouldery 5.14d start to the 5.14c/d (or 5.14d, see below) Estado Critico, took some perseverance on Ondra’s part as he suffered a minor finger injury on a trip to Spain about a month ago. Pending his thoughts on the grade, Golpe is likely the hardest route Ondra has done…and he’s done tons of them.

You’ll recall that Golpe de Estado was first done in late 2008 by Chris Sharma. There is an excellent clip of Sharma working the route from Dosage V at the Big Up website.

Adam Ondra Golpe de Estado photo gallery

Update: More details from Czech Climbing:

“Golpe de estado“ is direct variant of the route “Estado critico” 9a (5.14d).
The first part of the route is 9a+ (5.15a). Then the route continues by “Estado critico”, that is after broken of a hold again 9a (5.14d) and in the new form it has not got any ascent up to now.
The first sender and creator of the route Chris Sharma had climbed it before the hold broke away. And what is Adam´s opinion about the grade: „After the hold was broken it is hard 9b (5.15b)“

Update 2: Here is what Adam had to say about the route on his scorecard:

HUGE relief for me, mission accomplished despite various obstacles – notoriously strong wind, injury, flu and stomach ache just before the second trip (thus I was out of shape). After first day in the route I did not expect I would have to dedicate so much time, but proved to be really hard and mischievous.

29 tries (mental torture for me!) during 14 days, but some days only go when I found out it is just too windy to climb at 6th bolt. I do not say it is hard 9b after breaking the hold, but 100% it is 9b now (a bit harder than Marina)

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Small Amazing Things Taking Place In Bishop…

Narc — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:18:45 +0000

Jimmy Webb and Brion Voges are having a nice trip to Bishop thus far with each ticking off The Buttermilker (V13), A Form Destroyer (V12, flashed by Webb) and A Scanner Darkly (V12). In addition, Voges flashed Haroun and the Sea of Stories and The Mandala registering both as V11 on his scorecard. In reference to The Mandala, Voges shared his thoughts on both the grade and the start holds in this interesting post on his blog. For reference, here are 2 of the different ways people have started The Mandala:

Dave Graham using the original method and some overall different beta while doing the 2nd ascent:

Chris Webb Parsons using a newer method earlier this year:

While impressive, my reporting on the feats of Webb and Voges is really just an excuse to re-post the timeless classic “Small Amazing Things” video that features Dave Graham on the FA of A Form Destroyer and the likely unrepeated 8a circular hangboard routine:

Have a great weekend everyone!

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Climbing Video: Jason Kehl Sends Get Over It

Narc — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:25:44 +0000

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Video Interview With Chris Sharma

Narc — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:08:36 +0000

Via 8a.nu is this interview of Chris Sharma by someone who sounds a lot like Robin Leach for something called World Sport TV. In the video Sharma discusses the emotions involved with projecting hard routes and states that he is more motivated than ever to push himself:

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2010 Hueco Rock Rodeo Photo Gallery

Narc — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:37:41 +0000

Merrick Ales has an excellent gallery of photos from the 2010 Hueco Rock Rodeo up on his website that includes plenty of shots of comp winners Daniel Woods and Alex Puccio. There’s also a short video from the comp up at DPM.

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New Indoor Climbing Short Coming From Big Up Productions

Narc — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:35:16 +0000

Last weekend at Central Rock Gym in Worcester, MA Josh and Brett Lowell from Big Up Productions collaborated with gym owner Joe Hardy in an attempt to create a short film that will highlight indoor climbing. Adam Roy of Matador Sports was on hand to provide some background on how the idea came about:

Big UP had filmed segments on gym training and climbing competitions for their movies, and for years, Josh had wanted to make “something really stylized and careful about indoor climbing.”

“There are a lot of people now who only climb indoors. To them, climbing is climbing in a gym,” he [Josh Lowell] says. “It’s surprising that no one’s put the effort in yet to make it look cool.”

After a couple of conversations with Hardy, Josh Lowell and Big UP were in. They got together a cast of four of the best young sport climbers on the competition circuit: besides Robinson and Vorotnikov, Big UP brought in national sport climbing champion Sasha DiGiulian, and 8-year-old competitive climber Ashima Shiraishi. Josh convinced Prana and several other climbing gear makers to sponsor the film, and Hardy offered up his gym for the shoot.

It remains to be seen how exciting a film about indoor climbing can be, but if anyone is up to the challenge it’s the guys from Big Up. The short film will be released online for free sometime in April.

Check out the post on Matador Sports for the full write-up

Update: Write-up from routesetter Chris Danielson

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Climbing Video: Rob Guinn Sends Black Dahlia (V10) In Joe’s Valley

Narc — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:12:17 +0000

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Putting A Price Tag On Climbing

Narc — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:20:30 +0000

In addition to my obvious obsession with climbing, I’ve been obsessed with the “sport” of poker for quite some time now as well. While my interest in losing money actually playing has waned in recent years, I still find time to watch various poker programming when it’s on TV.

One of the more popular poker shows out there is a show called High Stakes Poker. HSP features some of the world’s most well-known degenerate gamblers putting hundreds of thousands of dollars of their own money on the line in a high stakes game of poker. A climbing equivalent might be like if cameras were on hand to watch Sharma, Graham, Robinson, Ondra, Hukkataival and Woods session a boulder problem. Obviously there is no money changing hands in the climbing example, but what attracts most people to a show like HSP is the chance to see their favorite players bantering amongst themselves while they ply their craft. Although seeing how different players react to losing massive amounts of money can be interesting. But I digress.

Since winning and losing large sums of money playing actual poker isn’t enough action for the types of degenerate gamblers that appear on shows like HSP, the players often make side bets on any number of topics. Well known examples of past side bets in the poker world include bets about weight loss, standing in the ocean for 18 hours and a man getting breast implants. In that same vein, Tom “durrrrr” Dwan bet Phil Ivey $1,000,000 in last week’s episode of HSP that Ivey, a carnivore, couldn’t go a year without eating meat of any kind. If Ivey makes it a year without eating meat Dwan owes him a million otherwise Ivey has to ship Dwan a million. Simple as that.

Phil Ivey and Tom Dwan

The idea of being paid money to give up something you enjoy got me to thinking about how much money it would take for someone to give up the sport of climbing for a year. No climbing. No hanging out at the crag. No eating pizza at Miguel’s. No reading ClimbingNarc.com. Nothing.

I posed the question to Paul Robinson who rightly pointed out that for a large enough sum of money 1 year would be tough but very doable. You could simply take the money you got for missing that year and spend the rest of your years travelling around climbing.

Perhaps a better question would be this: how much money would someone have to pay you to give up climbing for the rest of your life? Obviously this is hypothetical since climbers tend to have more respect for money than the degens on HSP, but it’s an interesting question nonetheless.

Personally, I could be bought for a relatively small amount of money. I spend half the year not climbing for free anyhow, so getting paid to give up on the other half of the year for the rest of my life would actually be liberating in some sense. I could take the money and do more productive things with my time, like play more poker.

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Interviewed By SplitterChoss.com

Narc — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:35:33 +0000

In the event that you can’t get your full ClimbingNarc fix from this site alone I did an interview with SplitterChoss.com that you can check out here. Interviewed By SplitterChoss.com from ClimbingNarc.com Related posts:ODub Interviewed By UKClimbing Climbing Video: Chris Sharma Interviewed At Trento Film Festival Interesting Peter Mortimer Interview FrontRangeBouldering.com Interview Matt Wilder Interview Rock & Ice Interviews Top Climbing Photographers Patagonia’s [...]

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Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Alex Johnson Sign With Nicros

Narc — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:13:06 +0000

Hold maker Nicros has signed Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson and Alex Johnson to their team to help shape holds and develop products for the 2011 Nicros line-up. Word on the street is that Daniel and Paul will be visiting Minnesota soon to do work both in the shop and out on the boulders. Stay tuned.

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New V12 In Minnesota

Narc — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:55:16 +0000

First off, if you were unable to access climbingnarc.com over the weekend you were not alone. Fortunately, the non-existent problem with my host has been corrected and the site is back up and running. Thanks to everyone who let me know that the site was down. Hopefully your weekend wasn’t ruined.

In other news, Nic Oklobzija did the FA of The Raven (V12) this weekend on the so-called 30 degree roof at Sandstone, Minnesota, adding it to the short list of “hardest problems in the midwest”. Here’s the video:

The definition of what boulder problems are in “the midwest” is murky at best, (for the purposes of WI climbers I think that SoIll would probably be included as well since Sawmill up in MN is just as far away) but here is Nic’s “Big 6″ hard problems in MN and WI:

The Amateur (V12/13 – Sawmill, MN – unrepeated)
The Raven (V12 – Sandstone, MN – unrepeated)
Left Of Lloyds SDS aka The Sporting Life (V12 – Taylor’s Falls, MN)
Left Of Lloyds (V11 – Taylor’s Falls, MN)
Exodus (V10/11 – Sawmill, MN)
The Keymaker (V10 – Devil’s Lake, WI)

I’m a lifetime 0 for 6, how about you??

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Climbing Video: Chris Sharma Working Potential 5.15 Project In Oliana

Narc — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:20:48 +0000

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Kentucky Champagne

Narc — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:45:47 +0000

Last weekend Mrs. Narc and I made the 12 hour drive south to spend a couple of days bouldering at HP40. A nagging finger injury that flared up during my trip to Hueco way back in November prevented me from doing much practice climbing before our trip, so my expectations for the trip being productive from a climbing standpoint were not high. Sadly my expectations were about right….

Despite my failure to send either of the harder problems I tried, the new guidebook pointed me toward a few easier lines I had overlooked on my previous trips. I also finally tried 2 squeeze problems I’d never attempted (somehow), Millipede and Centerpede. Millipede was too much for me, but I was able to scamper up Centerpede in short order. Neighboring Bum Boy, a problem I’ve run laps on in prior years, spit me off despite repeated efforts. This is just how things go on these types of problems I suppose.

Regardless, I find it hard to have a disappointing day of climbing at HP40 no matter how things go. How unhappy can one be when you are surrounded by one of the most dense concentrations of high quality boulder problems in the country??

While the bouldering at HP40 was certainly enjoyable, the highlight of the trip came on our drive home. Inspired by my visit to the Wild Turkey and Four Roses distilleries last year, we made a detour to check out a couple bourbon distilleries on the western end of the so-called Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Our stops on this day included Jim Beam and Maker’s Mark.

Even if you’re like Mrs. Narc and you (allegedly) can’t stand the smell of bourbon, touring these distilleries is a real treat. The combination of driving the back roads of Kentucky, visiting historic buildings and learning about the distilling process is something anyone can enjoy. If you like bourbon the free tastings are a bonus!

If you are looking for a fun detour during your next trip through Kentucky, here is how I would rank the 4 distilleries I’ve visited thus far:

Maker’s Mark – Free cookies, excellent tour, free tasting. One of the more in depth tours and the only one that shows the bottling line. Hand dipping a souvenir bottle of MM was cool even if it was wildly overpriced.
Four Roses – Unique Spanish architecture, a quality tour and 5 separate samples including 2 straight from the still. Bring a designated driver…
Wild Turkey – Cool tour but NO free samples.
Jim Beam – No tour and only 2 samples, one of which was Beam Black. Weak. Only bonus is the proximity to I-65 (roughly 10 minutes).

If you had a different experience or have been to one of the other distilleries on the trail feel free to share your experiences in the comments.

Here are a few more pictures from our trip:

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Climbing Video: Sonnie Trotter Direquiem (5.14R) FA

Narc — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:32:00 +0000

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News & Notes – 3/4/2010

Narc — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:59:37 +0000

News…

Chris Sharma did the FA of a variation to the infamous First Round, First Minute project at Margalef. This new line, dubbed First Ley (5.15a), climbs the first part of FRFM before trending left. Full details at TLD.
Daila Ojeda has climbed her first 5.14b, Oliana’s Fish Eye.
Dani Andrada is an animal
Australia’s Chris Webb Parsons’ recovery from shoulder surgery is nothing short of impressive. Here’s some video of him sending The Buttermilker (V13) at the Buttermilks just a year after severely dislocating his shoulder:

Alex Puccio did the FFA of Tequila Sunrise during the Hueco Rock Rodeo last weekend. Once graded V13 after its FA by Nalle Hukkataival, this problem seems to be settling in the V12 range.
Full results for the 2010 Hueco Rock Rodeo have yet to be posted, but thanks to the Spot’s blog one can learn the top 3 finishers in the Men’s & Women’s Mutant category. For several videos of men’s 2nd place finisher Sam Davis click here.

Men’s Results	Women’s Results
Daniel Woods Sam Davis Garrett Gregor	Alex Puccio Thomasina Pidgeon Audrey Gawrych

…And Notes

Nalle Hukkataival offers a well reasoned and informed opinion on the grade debate that has been swirling around the interwebs this week. Be sure to check out the comments for additional thoughts from Nalle.
Registration for the 2010 Teva Mountain Games is now open
Planetmountain interviews Adam Ondra and Iker Pou
ClimbTalk Radio interviews Thomas Betterton and Steve Mammen
The online version of the Red River Gorge guidebook just underwent a major overhaul. I can’t say that I love the look but the new functionality is superb.
Boston Rock Gym interview with Tim Kemple which includes an interesting tidbit about how Kemple is starting a video production company with Renan Ozturk and Jimmy Chin. Based on the trio’s prior work this collaboration is pretty exciting..
Part 2 of Peter Beal’s discussion with former Climbing Magazine EIC Matt Samet
Writing on the Five Ten Blog, Ethan Pringle goes back in time to the days when he received his first shoe sponshorship
A reminder for those in the southeast: the HP40 Rocks comp is taking place this Saturday.
Rib Mountain, a small bouldering area in northern WI, is closed to climbing.
Update on the forthcoming guidebook to RMNP and Mt. Evans
Touchstone climbing catches up with Alex Honnold:

Bishop has been fun this winter. I’m trying to build some power, in the hope that I won’t always fall off of the hard moves on routes. I think I’m naturally more of an endurance climber, so I guess I’m just trying to train my weakness.

But after about 6 weeks of bouldering I’m starting to get kind of into it. It’s so fun and chill. Super mellow. I see why so many people love to boulder. But I’m still fantasizing about walls. . .

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More Hueco Bouldering

Narc — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:06:30 +0000

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Core Trailer

Narc — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 16:26:00 +0000

As seems to be the norm after returning from an extended absence from technology, I’m having a hard time processing all that happened in the world of climbing since we left for HP40 Friday morning. I see that Daniel Woods did the FA of Desperanza (an extended version of Fred Nicole’s Esperanza (V14)) during the Hueco Rock Rodeo and there is an interesting debate taking place about his decision to drop the V15 number on it.

Other than that there are several interesting stories worth sharing that I hope to have for you tomorrow. In the meantime here is the trailer for Chuck Fryberger’s upcoming movie Core, which is notable for being the first climbing movie slated to be released on Blu-Ray. I’m not sure how many people are going to want to throw down $40 for this version of the movie, but it’s cool to have it as an option.

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Rock & Ice Interviews Top Climbing Photographers

Narc — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 20:08:03 +0000

Andrew Bisharat at Rock & Ice interviewed several well known climbing photographers for a recent magazine piece and he posted the various answers to 6 of his questions on R&I’s website. Rock & Ice Interviews Top Climbing Photographers from ClimbingNarc.com Related posts:Interesting Developments At Mad Rock Alex Honnold & Paul Robinson Interviews Climbing Video: Paul Robinson At The 2009 Hueco [...]

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2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Bouldering Championships Highlight Videos

Narc — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:57:50 +0000

Here are a couple of highlight videos from the recent 2010 ABS Nationals won by Alex Puccio and Daniel Woods:

Women’s Highlights

Men’s Highlights

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Climbing Video: Chris Schulte In Hueco tanks

Narc — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:04:59 +0000

Chris Schulte In Hueco tanks Climbing Video: Chris Schulte In Hueco tanks from ClimbingNarc.com Related posts:Climbing Video: Chris Schulte Mt. Evans FAs Climbing Video: Several Problems From Hueco Tanks Climbing Video: ClimbIdaho.com Visits Hueco Tanks Climbing Video: Garrett Gregor, Kyle Owen, Carlo Traversi & Alex Puccio Bouldering In Yosemite & Hueco Tanks Chris Schulte Climbs His [...]

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News & Notes – 2/23/2010

Narc — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 14:55:30 +0000

News…

Anthony Chertudi has done the FA of Spirit Walker, a potential V14 that links 2 of his previous FAs at the 27th St. Boulders in Ogden, UT. Click here to see video of Chertudi doing the 2nd ascent of The Masterpiece (V13) in Joe’s Valley.
Sean McColl and Ethan Pringle both nabbed repeats of the Bishop highball Evilution Direct (V11). McColl sent the line ground up while Pringle worked it on a rope first. It’s worth noting that Pringle is still recovering from a debilitating shoulder injury suffered at last year’s ABS Nationals. Seems like things are going pretty well thus far.
Jon Glassberg recently completed his long battle with Dark Waters (V12/13ish) in Clear Creek Canyon, CO. First done way back in 2006 by Daniel Woods, the grade of Dark Waters has always been good fodder for a debate about grades. Check out Glassberg’s blog post for another good addition to the discussion.

Dark Waters (V13) from Jon Glassberg on Vimeo.

…And Notes…

Formerly the Mammut Bouldering Championships, the newly minted Unified Bouldering Championships Pro Tour kicks off in Maryland on April 23 & 24 at the Earth Treks Roc Comp presented by Mountain Hardwear. Already scheduled to appear at the comp to compete for an $11,000 cash purse are the likes of Lisa Rands, Paul Robinson and some guy named Chris Sharma. Read the tour launch press release here.
Issue 9 of Deadpoint Magazine is now available
There’s been a bit of a shake up at the magazines published by Skram Media. With the departure of Matt Samet from Climbing Magazine, Urban Climber’s Editor in Chief Justin Roth has been promoted to Editorial Director of all 3 Skram Media brands.
Part 1 of Peter Beal’s interview series with former Climbing Magazine Editor in Chief Matt Samet
Urban Climber Magazine interviews 2009 Triple Crown winner Kasia Pietras
To put a cap on last week’s post about the 2010 ABS Nationals is this excellent write up from Rock & Ice and this gallery of images from Steve Woods
Jamie Emerson poses several interesting questions with regards to women and the world of high-end climbing
Episode 6 of The Season is now up on the Arc’Teryx website. This episode offers the first look at climber Matt Maddaloni and his “anti-cam” (shown above).
Pump Factory Road has the transcript from a recent edition of Climb Talk Radio with guidebook authors and first ascenionists Jason Haas and Tom Hanson. Several interesting quotes including this one from Haas:

But, I’ve been climbing a lot in the South Platte lately, and replacing some bolts down there and working on a guidebook for there. And talking to some of the old first ascensionists, they kind of regret their run-out routes, because people aren’t repeating them. Looking back on that, 20/30 years later, [they] really wish that they had done them in a different style. So, I think there’s something to be said for that, of looking back on your routes.

and this one from Hanson about everyone’s Sock Hands’ favorite chosspile, Castlewood Canyon:

Well, I think a lot of the rock has really cleaned up, so there’s not so much loose climbing anymore. I really think of Castlewood as a winter climbing area. It has one of the warmest climates on this side of Shelf Road, which is considered Colorado’s “banana belt.” Castlewood can often be the same way. But, in the summertime you really have to be aware of rattlesnakes. One day in particular, we encountered 28 rattlesnakes in one day. The place can really be infested in the warm summer months

Rock breaks, even on famous V13 super highballs. Be careful out there!
Via TheLowDown is this Kairn.com interview with the Huber Brothers:

Oh and I forgot to mention that this site is 3 years old as of last Saturday. Thanks to everyone for reading!

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Climbing Video: 2009 Season In The Frankenjura

Narc — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 12:26:07 +0000

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Video Of Hard Sport Route 2nd Ascents To Get You Psyched

Narc — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:13:40 +0000

Winter training starting to wear you out? Looking for a reason to get off the couch? Need a little motivation for your weekend? Then perhaps one of these videos will help get you psyched.

The first is a stellar clip of Iker Pou doing the 2nd ascent of Chris Sharma’s tendon busting route Demencia Senil (5.15a or 9a+) at Margalef, Spain’s Laboratory crag.

IKER POU – DEMENCIA SENIL (MONTAJE 2.1) from jordi canyigueral on Vimeo.

The second video comes from Joe Kinder. While admittedly not the highest quality footage, the video shows Dave Graham doing the 2nd ascent of Lev Pinter’s Bunda Ju Fora (5.14d or 9a) at Acephale, Canada. Have a great weekend everyone!

Dave Graham on 9a Bunda Ju Fora from Joey Kinder on Vimeo.

This is what you do with getto footage from a trip that you just really want to use. Dave climbing the second ascent of Lev Pinter’s route Bunda Ju Fora 9a.

Video Of Hard Sport Route 2nd Ascents To Get You Psyched from ClimbingNarc.com

Climbing One Step Closer To The Olympics?

Narc — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:24:36 +0000

After being granted provisional recognition status back in 2007 the International Federation of Sport Climbing has been recognized as the official governing body of the sport of climbing by the International Olympic Committee, a key step toward climbing’s inclusion in the Olympic Games. There are several hurdles remaining and Olympic events need to be finalized years in advance, but the conventional wisdom is that climbing could appear in the Olympics as soon as the 2020 summer games.

Here in the U.S., it’s no secret that USA Climbing has been focusing on the Olympic effort for the past several years. They’ve been working hard to expand participation in the sport of climbing, and they’ve worked closely with the IFSC in an effort to create a more unified international presence for the sport. In an interview on The Adventure Life, USAC Executive Director Keith Ferguson calls this latest development a “huge deal” and says that:

“We have to become attractive enough that the IOC wants us in the games,” Ferguson said. Citing rugby’s change from 11 players on a side to 7 for the Olympics, he said, “Sometimes it’s about altering the rules. It might be scoring—some sports have altered their scoring to make them easier to understand…we have a huge opportunity in that we’re youth-based and they’re looking for youth games.”

Check out The Adventure Life for the full story.

The idea of climbing becoming an Olympic sport is one that seems especially polarizing for some people. It’s hard to say what possible Olympic climbing events would look like at this point, but on the whole I don’t really see a problem with climbing being part of the Olympics.

What about you? How do you feel about the potential of climbing becoming an Olympic sport? Which discipline of climbing do you think will make the best Olympic event? How old will Daniel Woods and Alex Puccio be in 2020?? Take the poll and let us know how you feel in the comments.

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Olympic themed Scarpa shoe given to IOC officials during the IFSC’s pitch to the committee late last year

Update 2/23/10 – Planetmountain interviews IFSC President Marco Scolaris about this latest development

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Update On Alex Honnold’s “Alone On The Wall” & First Ascent: The Series

Narc — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 12:14:30 +0000

Back in August a clip of Alex Honnold’s free solo of Half Dome was put online for a brief time before being removed temporarily permanently. Not surprisingly, this clip was never supposed to be put online, but it resurfaced in an episode in the new TV series from Sender Films, First Ascent: The Series.

Those who attended the 2009 Reel Rock Tour saw the official version of this clip as part of an episode of First Ascent called “Alone On The Wall”. In addition to the Half Dome footage, the episode chronicled Honnold’s impressive free solo of Zion’s Moonlight Buttress.

As I noted in the past, the First Ascent series is not airing on TV in the U.S. (yet), but I have confirmed that the entire series will be available for purchase in the U.S. as a DVD box set late in the summer of 2010. The box set will include the award-winning “Alone On The Wall” and 5 other episodes plus a DVD of bonus footage, behind the scenes clips and more.

I’ll have more information as the release date draws closer, but until then here is a brief snippet of the original First Ascent announcement that should give you an idea what other episodes will be about:

We are currently polishing off the first two episodes. The first documents Chris Sharma’s latest 5.15 efforts in Spain and Clark Mountain, created in close collaboration with Big Up Productions. The second follows Renan Ozturk, Cedar Wright and Sean Leary on an epic trip to South America in honor of the great Roberta Nunes. We are going to be cranking all through the summer shooting and editing these and four other shows from Alaska to The Himalayas.

Check out the Nat Geo TV website for more sneak peaks.

Update On Alex Honnold’s “Alone On The Wall” & First Ascent: The Series from ClimbingNarc.com

2nd Ascent Of Ambrosia By Alex Honnold

Narc — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 04:12:40 +0000

Alex Honnold has nabbed the 2nd ascent of Kevin Jorgeson’s Buttermilks uber-highball Ambrosia. Honnold figured out a slightly easier sequence for the 45+ foot tall line on the Grandpa Peabody boulder which he felt was in the V11 range. In recent weeks Honnold has also done several other Buttermilks classics including The Mandala (V12) and Evilution Direct (V11). Check out the Bishop Bouldering Blog for more. Thanks to Christopher for the tip!

2nd Ascent Of Ambrosia By Alex Honnold from ClimbingNarc.com

Progression Excerpt: Kevin Jorgeson Climbing On Grit

Narc — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:51:38 +0000

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Simon Carter Talks Photography, Shows Off New Camera

Narc — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:00:24 +0000

Chances are that if you’ve opened a climbing magazine in the past 10+ years you’ve seen images from Australian photographer Simon Carter. His images from climbing destinations all over the world are consistently amazing.

In conjunction with Nikon, Carter recently put the new Nikon D3S through its paces in Australia’s beautiful Blue Mountains to show off the HD video possibilities offered by this new camera and the results are, predictably, quite good.

In the first video Carter discusses the processes he goes through to shoot photos and the second video is more a streamlined feature of climbers Vince Day and Monique Forestier. Be sure to click the 4-way arrow in the bottom right corner of the videos to enjoy them in full screen.

Simon Carter Talks Photography, Shows Off New Camera from ClimbingNarc.com

Climbing Video: Several Problems From Hueco Tanks

Narc — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:03:08 +0000

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Hard Crack Freed In Colorado’s South Platte

Narc — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:08:50 +0000

After roughly a year and half of work, Jason Haas has freed a roof seam in Colorado’s South Platte (southwest of Denver) that could be as hard as 5.14a. Dubbed Comprometido by Haas, the route follows an old aid line up Dome Rock with 2 poorly protected pitches and a difficult 30 foot roof pitch:

…the second pitch traverses out the underbelly of the roof for 30 feet of horizontal climbing to that downward lip. It’s hard 5.12 or easy 5.13 jamming to get off the belay, and then there’s a V10 cross into a mono finger-lock, followed by an all-out dynamic campus/throw to a flat undercling. Hard compression leads to a hand-jam rest, then some really funky, unique cross-over jams get you to the lip.

Due to the difficulty Haas encountered working the route as well as the tenuous nature of the pieces protecting the hardest (and most dangerous) moves, the crux pitch was led on pre-placed gear. For a full first person account from Haas check out this post on Colorado MoJo.

Created by former Rock & Ice editor Dougald MacDonald, the Colorado Mountain Journal (Colorado MoJo) is a great blog for stories about the Colorado backcountry including (but not limited to): skiing, mountaineering, ice climbing and of course rock climbing. You can read more about MacDonald’s motivation behind starting the site in this interview he did with AllClimbing.

Hard Crack Freed In Colorado’s South Platte from ClimbingNarc.com

Climbing Video: Daniel Woods “The Game” (V16) Teaser

Narc — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:37:12 +0000

3rd ascent of Terremer (V15)

FA of The Game (V16)

ABS National Champion

Not a bad 3 week stretch for Daniel Woods.

As promised last week, here is the teaser video of Woods working The Game. For full footage you’ll have to check out the 2010 Reel Rock Tour. Keep an eye out for Woods’ sick new Organic pad in the video.

The Game, World’s Hardest Boulder Problem? from Cedar Wright on Vimeo.

Climbing Video: Daniel Woods “The Game” (V16) Teaser from ClimbingNarc.com

Climbing Video: 3 From Little Rock City

Narc — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:16:02 +0000

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2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Bouldering Championships Final Results & Video

Narc — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:38:47 +0000

Finals for the 11th edition of ABS Nationals went down Saturday night in Alexandria, VA and it sounded like quite the show. Daniel Woods topped a strong men’s field and Alex Puccio edged out Alex Johnson (again) with some surprises following them on the podium, especially on the Men’s side of the ledger. Here are the top 5 finishers:

Men’s Results

Women’s Results

Daniel Woods
Matt Bosley
Robert D’Anastasio
Zach Lerner
Magnus Midtbø

Full Men’s results

Alex Puccio
Alexandra Johnson
Francesca Metcalf
Sasha DiGiulian
Sierra Blair-Coyle

Full Women’s Results

Complete records are hard to come by but I believe this was Woods’ 3rd win in the past 4 years while Puccio has won 4 out of the past 5 years losing a close battle with Alex Johnson last year.

Of course, if you weren’t in the gym you really had no way of seeing the action unfold which is unfortunate in my opinion. Jamie Emerson tried his best to keep us posted via his twitter feed but he reached Twitter’s limit right as the heavy hitters were starting to climb. Garrett Gregor was also at the comp posting videos to twitter via his cell phone which was certainly better than nothing. Hopefully this will be the last year without some sort of live stream.

For pictures of Finals you can check out Ben Carlson’s site.

Report from routesetter Chris Danielson

Excellent pictures from Caroline Treadway. Part 1. Part 2.

Good discussion about the comp scene in posts on B3Bouldering here and here.

Gabor Szekely’s thoughts from a competitor’s perspective

I’ll update this post as more media becomes available.

Here are 4 videos of Daniel Woods:

Daniel Woods completes problem 1 of ABS Bouldering National Championships from Lu on Vimeo.

Daniel Woods completes problem 2 at ABS National Bouldering Championships from Lu on Vimeo.

Daniel Woods completes problem 3 at ABS National Bouldering Championships from Lu on Vimeo.

To be clear, this last video was taken after the comp. Thanks to B3 for clarifying.

Daniel Woods, final problem. Wins ABS National Bouldering Championship from Lu on Vimeo.

2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Bouldering Championships Final Results & Video from ClimbingNarc.com

2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Qualifiers Results & Videos

Narc — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:08:10 +0000

ABS Nationals is in full swing now in Alexandria, VA, and despite concerns about the weather it looks like most of the competitors were able to make it for the Open qualifying round yesterday. Jamie Emerson was on hand tweeting live updates which he promises to do once again this evening for the Open finals beginning some time around 7:30 PM EST. Until USA Climbing finally does something like ne2c did this past summer with the Mammut Bouldering Championships this is probably the best option for live “coverage” of the comp.

Here are the climbers who qualified for finals tonight:

Men’s Qualifying Results

Women’s Qualifying Results

Paul Robinson
Vasya Vorotnikov
Daniel Woods
Magnus Midtbø
Jimmy Webb
Robert D’Anastasio
Julian Bautista
Carlo Traversi
Gabor Szekely
Adam Markert
Matt Bosley
Alex Johnson
Paul Wallace
Joshua Levin
Kyle Owen
Eric Paulsen (No Finals)
Zach Lerner
Ryan Olson

Full Men’s results

Alex Puccio
Audrey Gawrych
Elizabeth Asher
Alexandra Johnson
Sierra Blair-Coyle
Francesca Metcalf
Sasha Digiulian
Kate McGinnis
Cicada Jenerik
Isabelle Faus
Chauncenia Cox
Michaela Kiersch
Taylor Clarkin
Audrey Sniezek
Amy Lipschultz

Full Women’s Results

On the media front, Jamie has a few pictures from the Women’s qualifying round up on his site and Ben Carlson has some images from the youth comp going up on his site.

Here are a few videos that made their way online, if you see any others feel free to share them in the comments.

Paul Robinson on Men’s #5

Alex Puccio on Women’s #6

Jimmy Webb on 3 of the qualifying problems

2010 ABS Qualifiers from Jimmy Webb on Vimeo.

2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Qualifiers Results & Videos from ClimbingNarc.com

ClimbingNarc.com

Climbing Videos: Tommy Caldwell & Kevin Jorgeson On El Cap

Movement Gym Draws Hannity’s Ire

News & Notes – 3/16/2010

Climbing Video: Julien Nadiras, Nina Caprez, Michaël Fuselier and Sebastien Boussogne exploring virgin rock somewhere in South America

Adam Ondra Nabs 2nd Ascent Of Sharma’s Golpe de Estado (5.15b)

Small Amazing Things Taking Place In Bishop…

Climbing Video: Jason Kehl Sends Get Over It

Video Interview With Chris Sharma

2010 Hueco Rock Rodeo Photo Gallery

New Indoor Climbing Short Coming From Big Up Productions

Climbing Video: Rob Guinn Sends Black Dahlia (V10) In Joe’s Valley

Putting A Price Tag On Climbing

Interviewed By SplitterChoss.com

Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Alex Johnson Sign With Nicros

New V12 In Minnesota

Climbing Video: Chris Sharma Working Potential 5.15 Project In Oliana

Kentucky Champagne

Climbing Video: Sonnie Trotter Direquiem (5.14R) FA

News & Notes – 3/4/2010

News…

…And Notes

More Hueco Bouldering

Core Trailer

Popular Posts & Videos For February 2010

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Top Rated Videos

Climbing Video: Sam Elias At the Ouray Ice Festival

Rock & Ice Interviews Top Climbing Photographers

2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Bouldering Championships Highlight Videos

Climbing Video: Chris Schulte In Hueco tanks

News & Notes – 2/23/2010

News…

…And Notes…

Climbing Video: 2009 Season In The Frankenjura

Video Of Hard Sport Route 2nd Ascents To Get You Psyched

Climbing One Step Closer To The Olympics?

Update On Alex Honnold’s “Alone On The Wall” & First Ascent: The Series

2nd Ascent Of Ambrosia By Alex Honnold

Progression Excerpt: Kevin Jorgeson Climbing On Grit

Simon Carter Talks Photography, Shows Off New Camera

Climbing Video: Several Problems From Hueco Tanks

Hard Crack Freed In Colorado’s South Platte

Climbing Video: Daniel Woods “The Game” (V16) Teaser

Climbing Video: 3 From Little Rock City

2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Bouldering Championships Final Results & Video

2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Qualifiers Results & Videos