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Video Of Beth Rodden & Tommy Caldwell Climbing In The Grand Canyon

Video Of Beth Rodden & Tommy Caldwell Climbing In The Grand Canyon

Posted September 17, 2008 at 7:40 am · Comments { 2 } · Photo: Corey Rich

Video from NBC’s Jeep World Of Adventure Sports of Beth & Tommy Caldwell exploring the climbing in Arizona’s Grand Canyon.

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Chris Sharma’s ‘Jumbo Love’ (5.15b)

Chris Sharma’s ‘Jumbo Love’ (5.15b)

Posted September 15, 2008 at 7:37 am · Comments { 8 } · Photo: Big Up Productions

Looking for more on Big Up’s latest movie Progression and Chris Sharma’s Jumbo Love?  Check out these posts! The dust has settled on Chris Sharma sending his project at Clark Mt., which gives us some time to reflect on important things like the name of the route and how hard it is. The route is […]

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Chris Sharma Sends Clark Mountain Super Project: Jumbo Love (5.15b)

Chris Sharma Sends Clark Mountain Super Project: Jumbo Love (5.15b)

Posted September 12, 2008 at 7:00 am · Comments { 6 } ·

Looking for more on Big Up’s latest movie Progression and Chris Sharma’s Jumbo Love? Check out these posts! The Big Up Blog is reporting that Chris Sharma has climbed the fabled project at California’s Clark Mountain.  This was the route featured in King Lines that had sick aerial shots of Sharma taking massive whippers on […]

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Matt Segal Does 4th Ascent of Cobra Crack

Posted September 12, 2008 at 6:18 am · Comments { 3 } ·

Matt Segal has made the 4th ascent of one of the hardest traditionally protected crack climbs in the world, Cobra Crack (5.14) in Squamish, BC.  It was first climbed by Sonnie Trotter a few years back with  Nicolas Favresse and Ethan Pringle making quick repeats earlier this summer.  Click here to see video of Trotter working the line.  So who’s next on Beth Rodden’s Meltdown??

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News & Notes – 9/11/2008

News & Notes – 9/11/2008

Posted September 11, 2008 at 1:11 pm · Comments { 5 } · Photo: Jeff Silcox

News & Notes from Alex Honnold, Way Lake Bouldering and several big upcoming events.

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May I Buy You A Compass?

May I Buy You A Compass?

Posted September 10, 2008 at 7:57 am · Comments { 9 } ·

Guest post from Mrs. Narc: As any Narc reader knows, this summer was packed with climbing adventures for the Narc and me.  Being that he possesses the vast majority of our combined climbing knowledge, I’m usually content to let him do the trip planning and guiding.  Our vistit to Yosemite was no exception.  Planning to […]

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Yosemite Trad: Learning Lessons On ‘After Six’

Yosemite Trad: Learning Lessons On ‘After Six’

Posted September 8, 2008 at 1:06 pm · Comments { 9 } ·

I am a firm believer in learning something new every time I climb a route.  Whether it is a new body position to do a move, a different way to rest, a better method for placing gear or something else that improves my climbing, I’m always looking for it.  Unfortunately, our first route on our […]

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