Archive | 2009

Yuji Hirayama: Older, Wiser…And Still Pretty Strong

Posted October 1, 2009 at 6:17 am · Comments { 5 } · Photo: Yuji Hirayama

40-year-old Yuji Hirayama, the legendary all around climber from Japan, made a trip to British Columbia late this summer. Not surprisingly he left with a couple of notable sends that included a repeat of the Squamish trad climbing testpiece Cobra Crack (5.14) and an onsight of Dinosaur Highway (5.14a) at Horne Lake. Besides the impressive sends, […]

Read full story · Comments { 5 } · Climbers { 0 }

No Climbers associated with this post

· Areas { 0 }

No Areas associated with this post

Something To Keep In Mind

Posted September 30, 2009 at 6:00 am · Comments { 13 } · Photo: Phil Schaal

Last summer while I was wandering around the boulders in RMNP’s Lower Chaos Canyon I stumbled across an odd scene: there was a really strong looking guy getting very close to sending Freaks Of The Industry (V13). It wasn’t odd that someone was close to doing the problem (it had seen many repeats at that […]

Read full story · Comments { 13 } · Climbers { 0 }

No Climbers associated with this post

· Areas { 0 }

No Areas associated with this post

Ondra, Ernst Win World Cup In Puurs, Belgium

Posted September 29, 2009 at 7:30 am · Comments { 13 } ·

Results and a cool pair of videos from the 2009 IFSC Lead Climbing World Cup in Puurs, Belgium

Read full story · Comments { 13 } · Climbers { 0 }

No Climbers associated with this post

· Areas { 0 }

No Areas associated with this post

Is Europe Taking America’s Lunch on the Rocks? Yes…and No.

Posted September 28, 2009 at 8:45 am · Comments { 37 } ·

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