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Well-Known Youth Climbing Coach Mike Lyons Arrested On Sexual Assault Charges

Well-Known Youth Climbing Coach Mike Lyons Arrested On Sexual Assault Charges

Posted June 30, 2011 at 7:18 pm · Comments are closed ·

A well-known coach in the youth climbing community is arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting a member of his team

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Longhope Direct: 5.14ish Trad FA By Dave MacLeod

Longhope Direct: 5.14ish Trad FA By Dave MacLeod

Posted June 29, 2011 at 8:45 am · Comments { 2 } · Photo: Lukasz Warzecha

After years of sporadic work Dave MacLeod has finished off the first free ascent of Longhope Direct on St. John’s Head in Orkney, Scotland

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Phil Schaal Climbing Well In Rocklands

Posted June 28, 2011 at 3:51 pm · Comments { 1 } ·

27Crags reports that Phil Schaal is down in South Africa where he’s managed to send many of the well-known classics including a flash of Green Mamba (V12) and a send of Fred Nicole’s Amandla (V14) among other problems.

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Productive Trip To Washington For Jonathan Siegrist

Productive Trip To Washington For Jonathan Siegrist

Posted June 28, 2011 at 7:30 am · Comments { 1 } · Photo: Jonathan Siegrist on what would become New World Order (5.14b) back in 2009 by Andy Mann

Jonathan Siegrist leaves behind two 5.14 FAs after a successful trip to Washington

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Alex Honnold On His Solo Of The Phoenix

Posted June 27, 2011 at 12:13 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

A few weeks back Alex Honnold, who was in the Valley for a shoot with 60 Minutes, soloed the iconic route The Phoenix (5.13a) in Yosemite, CA. Planetmountain caught up with both Honnold and first ascenionist Ray Jardine to get their thoughts.

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Results From 2011 UBC Pro Tour EMS Pro & Bouldering World Cup Barcelona

Results From 2011 UBC Pro Tour EMS Pro & Bouldering World Cup Barcelona

Posted June 27, 2011 at 8:25 am · Comments { 2 } ·

Results from this past weekend’s UBC EMS Pro in Central Park and the Bouldering World Cup in Barcelona, Spain

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2011 UBC Pro Tour Eastern Mountain Sports Pro Finals Live Blog

2011 UBC Pro Tour Eastern Mountain Sports Pro Finals Live Blog

Posted June 25, 2011 at 5:58 am · Comments { 4 } ·

Results from the semi-finals round of the UBC Pro Tour Eastern Mountain Sports Pro as well as a live blog of Finals!

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