Archive | March, 2009

Lynn Hill Interview At TheLowDown

TheLowDown has a nice interview with Lynn Hill posted that focuses on her recent repeat of Chablanke (V11/12) at Hueco Tanks, TX.

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Paul Robinson Wins 2009 Hueco Rock Rodeo

Paul Robinson Wins 2009 Hueco Rock Rodeo

Paul Robinson made his return of sorts to outdoor bouldering this past weekend at the Hueco Rock Rodeo.  Apparently spending the past 5+ months rehabbing from his broken ankle hasn’t slowed him down much.  In fact, his performance at the HRR combined with his performance at ABS Nationals last month makes it look as though […]

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Where In The World Is Chris Sharma?

Where In The World Is Chris Sharma?

When I was a kid, one of the games we played on the classic Apple IIe computers was Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego. The basic gist of the game was that adults were tricking us into learning geography while we tried to arrest the evil Carmen Sandiego. In a lot of ways, I feel the same way nowadays trying to track the progress of everyone’s favorite climber, Chris Sharma.

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Chuck Fryberger’s Thoughts On Fred Nicole

Chuck Fryberger has an excellent collection of his thoughts and impressions gleaned from working with bouldering legend Fred Nicole.  Very cool stuff.

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Webb & Glassberg Repeat The New Zero (V13)

Webb & Glassberg Repeat The New Zero (V13)

News of James Webb and Jon Glassberg repeating The New Zero (V13) in Southern Illinois including footage of Glassberg’s ascent.

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Ty Landman Crushing Font

Ty Landman Crushing Font

I think it’s safe to say that Ty Landman has been having an above average trip to Fontainebleau.  On the heels of his ascents of Kheops Assis (V14) and Gecko Assis (V14), Landman recently repeated Satan I Helvete Bas (V14).  This is all in addition to having climbed several V13s as well.  All this in […]

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Terre De Sienne (V14) Repeated Twice

Jon Cardwell and Matt Wilder have made the 5th and 6th ascents respectively of Fred Nicole’s Terre De Sienne (V14) at Hueco Tanks, TX.

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