Archive | June, 2013

→ More On Muir Wall Accident∞

Posted June 6, 2013 at 7:37 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Chris Van Leuven, in an excellent account of the accident that killed Mason Robinson on El Cap’s Muir Wall a few weeks ago:

Mason Robinson attended Columbia Falls High School and was on the cross-country team. He grew up exploring the mountains and rocks surrounding his home and became an experienced rock and ice climber.
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He was known for having robust lungs, which helped him link up multiple peaks in a day. He also sang and played the banjo.

Powerful photos from Cheyne Lempe.

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→ Deep Water Soloing Comp Coming To Summer OR Show∞

Posted June 5, 2013 at 11:31 am · Comments { 0 } ·

This is pretty exciting:

Capping off Outdoor Retailer Summer Market 2013, the Psicobloc Masters Series – the first deep water soloing competition ever held in the U.S. – will be held August 2, at the Utah Olympic Park in Park City.

Some of the world’s best climbers will be invited to compete head-to-head on a 50-foot wall using no ropes or harnesses, with only the Olympic Park’s 750,000-gallon freestyle aerial training pool to catch them below. The event will be open to the public and spectators will be treated to a ski jumping exhibition during the intermission periods.

The event is backed by the likes of Chris Sharma, and from what I’ve been hearing it promises to be something you won’t want to miss.

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Guide To Bouldering And Traveling In The Virgin Islands

Guide To Bouldering And Traveling In The Virgin Islands

Posted June 5, 2013 at 8:45 am · Comments { 5 } ·

A few words about the new bouldering guidebook for the Virgin Islands

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More FAs By Adam Ondra In Norway

More FAs By Adam Ondra In Norway

Posted June 4, 2013 at 10:16 am · Comments { 1 } · Photo: Adam Ondra on Illusionist (5.14d) by Petr Pavlíček

Adam Ondra is back in Norway for the summer

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→ 5.14+ FA By Steve McClure∞

Posted June 4, 2013 at 9:05 am · Comments { 0 } ·

42-year-old Steve McClure is still getting it done over in the UK, this time by making a new link-up in the 5.14d/5.15a-range at Malham called Batman:

Not so important for me to put a number on it as I have nothing left to prove, except that I’m not totally over the hill, but perhaps that’s only to myself!  I’ll never make superstar status now, I’ll never manage 9b+; anything below that is old hat in terms of big news. So it doesn’t matter what ‘9’ it is; 9a, 9a+ or 9b is just off the pace. However, it’s not a bad thing to put some kind of marker on a route.

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→ Another Death On El Capitan∞

Posted June 4, 2013 at 8:00 am · Comments { 13 } ·

More bad news from the flanks of El Capitan:

A twenty eight year old climber died in a rock climbing accident on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park yesterday afternoon, Sunday, June 2, 2013. Felix Joseph Kiernan, from London, England, was climbing on the East Buttress of El Capitan, a popular climbing route in Yosemite Valley, when he was struck by a rock.
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Stay safe out there everyone.

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→ Climbers Buying Up More Land In Kentucky∞

Posted June 3, 2013 at 8:06 am · Comments { 8 } ·

Big news for climbers visiting the Red River Gorge in Kentucky:

The Red River Gorge Climbers’ Coalition (RRGCC) and Access Fund are thrilled to announce the acquisition of 309 acres in Beattyville, Kentucky. Named the Miller Fork Recreational Preserve, the land includes several miles of cliff line, some of which has been developed but with the vast majority of it awaiting discovery and development.
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There is potential for more than a dozen individual crags and hundreds of high-quality routes.
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The RRGCC is looking for the support of climbers in paying back the $245,000 purchase price, something they have had success with in the past with the recently paid-off 750 acre Pendergrass-Murray Recreational Preserve.

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