A report from the final event of the 2011 Collegiate Climbing Series

Report From The 2011 Collegiate Climbing Series
Is Europe Taking America’s Lunch on the Rocks? Yes…and No.
To wrap up the discussion from last week about the perceived superiority of European sport climbers compared to American sport climbers is this guest post by Urban Climber Editor Justin Roth
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Let’s Talk Style
A guest post from Rhoads about the finer points of Climbing Style
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Climbing With A Baby: Some Reflections
As a recently married couple, Mrs. Narc and I are asked about when we will have kids more than just about anything. In this guest post, Peter Beal examines some of the issues one must deal with when climbers start a family.
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Climb Like A Girl
This is another guest post from Zonk. If you would like to write a guest post on any climbing related subject or share some pictures from a recent roadtrip, please contact me. I was going to write a diatribe on the bad journalism that one often sees in climbing news. And I thought about writing [...]
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Red Wing Barn Bluff: A Midwestern Anomaly
“Coming to Carleton was a strictly academic decision,” I explain to the student interviewing me for the Carletonian, the student Newspaper at Carleton College, a small liberal arts college in Northfield Minnesota (think Middlebury in the Midwest). It was my first week on campus and already word had gotten out that I was “some kind [...]
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Hillbilly Hollow
Note from Climbing Narc – Thanks to Sarah for this guest post on Hillbilly Hollow Three hours after leaving Milwaukee, Tony, Kevlar and I pull into a rest stop just off the highway. We could be anyone, stopping to use the restrooms and stretch our legs. However, today we have a different purpose. Just behind [...]
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IanP: Can't wait for this movie. It's going to be real...
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RT: Narc, you have to come out here for the event and ...
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Andrew Krueger: I see. I know Hayden Kennedy can lead boldly, ons...
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Hugo Watt: I have a few times but I'm primarily just a lowly...
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Andrew Krueger: Do you climb on gear?...
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Hugo Watt: Not necessarily, but there is difference in the su...
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UBC Pro Tour Heading To The Northwest
May 24, 2012
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Oz
May 23, 2012
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“You think it will be cool till it isn’t fun anymore”
May 23, 2012
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Bad Girls Club (5.14d) Repeated By Jon Cardwell
May 22, 2012
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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
News & Notes
Oz
This incredible photo essay by Keith Ladzinski from his trip to Australia last year with Dave Graham, Nalle Hukkataival and Ian Dory would make a great coffee table book don’t you think? (h/t Josh on twitter for the link).
“You think it will be cool till it isn’t fun anymore”
The North Face catches up with their athlete Alex Honnold to find out a bit more about his and Tommy Caldwell’s big day in Yosemite, his plans to rope solo the same feat for his segment in the Reel Rock Tour and a casual mention of how he free soloed the West Face of El Cap. As to how the idea for the triple link-up came about:
You do one route and you have a lot of time left in the day and you think, “Oh maybe we should have done two.” And eventually you do two with time left over and you say, “maybe we could do three…” and we did three and we didn’t have any time left over so we said, “we’re over it.”
More detail and pictures from Kelly Cordes on the big day here as well.
Bad Girls Club (5.14d) Repeated By Jon Cardwell
According to his 8a scorecard, Jon Cardwell has repeated Bad Girls Club, a 5.14d in Rifle, CO first done last summer by Matty Hong.





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