Joe Kinder is reporting on his blog that Kevin Jorgeson has made the 2nd ropeless ascent of Dave Graham’s The Fly (5.14d, V13/14?) in Rumney, NH. The first ropeless ascent was by Jason Kehl back in 2003. It sounds like video cameras were rolling for Kevin’s ascent so I guess we can look forward to […]
Archive | April, 2008
News & Notes: Spring Break Followup
A bit of followup on last week’s Spring Break edition of News & Notes. Here are a few more links for you to check out: Many of you are no doubt following Jamie Emerson’s updates from Europe on his trip with Ryan Olson and Angie Payne. However, somewhat lost in the double digit shuffle has […]
Dave Graham’s New V15 In Fontainebleau: ‘The Island’
Pictures from Dave Graham’s new V15 in Fontainebleau called The Island.
New Climbing Gym Coming To Boulder
Despite already having 3 gyms within the city of Boulder, CO there is news that a 4th gym called Monument Climbing & Fitness Center will be coming soon.
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Tournament Round 3 Voting
After another successful round of voting in the 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing we are on to Round 3 and the final 16. No major surprises in Round 2 except for Organic losing to Petzl by a scant 3 votes. Also, Alex Honnold’s recent freesolo wasn’t enough to overtake Tommy Caldwell, but A) […]
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Alex Honnold Free Solo of Moonlight Buttress Details
For such an intriguing ascent, the news of Alex Honnold’s April Fool’s solo of the 1200 ft. 5.12+ Moonlight Buttress in Zion is coming out at a snail’s pace. Almost a week after I posted having read a small tidbit on the send in the Climbingnarc.com forums, (and reading hints from Peter Beal and MVM) […]
New Dave Graham V15 in Fontainebleau?
American climbing superstar Dave Graham has opened a possible V15 (8c) in the forest of Fontainebleau, France.
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