In June 2006, Sonnie Trotter made the first free ascent of Cobra Crack (5.14) in Sqamish, BC placing all the gear on lead. While it may or may not be the hardest trad climb in the world, it certainly has to involve the most painful and difficult finger locks one can imagine. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McHosr_98r0]
Video of Sonnie Trotter Climbing Cobra Crack 5.14
Trice Repeated Twice
Last week I somewhat jokingly was speculating on who would be first to repeat Jim Holloway’s Trice at Flagstaff Mountain after 30 years. Yesterday the answer ended up being Carlo Traversi, however Jamie Emerson was quick to follow suit, repeating Trice shortly after Carlo did. They both decided to give it the grade of V12. […]
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Eiffel Tower Free Solo
On Monday, November 12, England’s Mike Robertson was arrested while soloing the outside of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. He made it roughly 720 feet up the 1,063 foot tall monument before surrendering to Police. Mike carried out the stunt in an effort to raise awareness about the situation in Burma. You can read […]
Incubator (V13) Video
Last week I had some news on Daniel Woods and Jon Cardwell quickly making the 2nd and 3rd ascents of Markus Schwaiger’s Incubator (V13) at Zillertal, Austria. Now you can see the video at MomentumVM. You can read a bit more about Markus’s FA of this Jerry Moffat project at PlanetMountain.
Bouldering World Cup Coming to U.S.
Via B3Bouldering, we have news that a World Cup event will be held on U.S. soil for the first time in almost 20 years. It was announced yesterday that there will be a Bouldering World Cup event at the 2008 Teva Mountain Games June 4-8 in Vail, CO. More information on the event as well […]
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My Climbing Shoe Collection
Lately I have been accused by many of owning too many pairs of climbing shoes.buy clomid online https://rxbuywithoutprescriptiononline.net/dir/clomid.html no prescription One might even think that I am sponsored by Five Ten based on my endless promotion of their shoes, but they would be wrong. While perhaps not necessary, each shoe does actually have a specific […]
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Dave Graham in Small Amazing Things
Probably one of my favorite climbing clips ever featuring rather hilarious banter as well as Dave Graham and Isaac Caldiero pulling down in Bishop, CA. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=dhWaJPEoJzQ]
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