Archive | August, 2011
Video Friday – 8/19/2011

Video Friday – 8/19/2011

Posted August 19, 2011 at 8:00 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Registration is now open for the 2011 UBC Pro Tour’s finale at the Nor’easter Outdoor Sports & Music Festival, the schedule for this weekend’s Munich World Cup as well as your Video Friday videos

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Plan For Development Near Red Rock Gets Initial Approval

Plan For Development Near Red Rock Gets Initial Approval

Posted August 18, 2011 at 9:03 am · Comments { 13 } ·

A proposed development near Red Rock gets initial approval

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News & Notes – 8/17/2011

News & Notes – 8/17/2011

Posted August 17, 2011 at 8:31 am · Comments { 3 } ·

News & Notes from Jonathan Siegrist, 5.14d and V14 in a week by Jorg Verhoeven, a hard mult-pitch gets repeated and MUCH more…

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New 5.13+ Multipitch By Trotter & Caldwell In Canada

Posted August 16, 2011 at 12:57 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Sonnie Trotter and Tommy Caldwell have teamed up to establish a 15 pitch route up the Diamond Face on Mount Louis in the Canadian Rockies.  Dubbed The Shining, the route has 7 pitches that were bolted on lead with difficulties up to 5.13+.  After three days of prep the pair returned to free all the pitches in a single push:

It is one of the best routes I have ever climbed, and I could not imagine having a better partner for it. In fact, if it were not for Tommy, it would definitely still be a project.  He’s my ultimate hero.

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PCI Pro Clinic Series

PCI Pro Clinic Series

Posted August 16, 2011 at 6:51 am · Comments { 35 } ·

Earlier this year I announced a partnership with PCI that was met with decidedly mixed reviews. While that partnership is still developing (perhaps a bit slower than expected), PCI is continuing to evolve and better define their mission. In this guest post from PCI founder Kevin Jorgeson he shares a bit more on PCI’s mission as well as their developing Pro Clinic series.

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Adam Ondra Repeats Monkey Wedding (V15)

Adam Ondra Repeats Monkey Wedding (V15)

Posted August 15, 2011 at 6:38 am · Comments { 21 } · Photo: Adam Ondra on Amandla (V14) 2 years ago - PlanetFear.com

Fresh off overall gold at the World Championships and quickly redpointing two 5.14d’s, Adam Ondra has taken his talents to Rocklands, South Africa

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Honnold Repeats Cobra Crack

Posted August 12, 2011 at 12:53 pm · Comments { 2 } ·

Via his 8a.nu scorecard comes word that Alex Honnold has repeated the 5.14 trad route Cobra Crack in Squamish, BC. First done in the summer of 2006 by Sonnie Trotter, Cobra Crack has seen repeats from the likes of Nicolas Favresse, Ethan Pringle, Matt Segal, Yuji Hirahama and Will Stanhope among others.

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