Archive | July, 2013

Quickdraw Setup Like Those From Tito Traversa’s Accident

Posted July 9, 2013 at 10:56 am · Comments { 21 } ·

After a lot of speculation over the weekend, according to Grimper the police have released an image of a quickdraw slung like those that were responsible for the tragic death of Tito Traversa last week.

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→ 5.14d Onsight By Adam Ondra∞

Posted July 9, 2013 at 8:58 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Kairn.com reports in French that Adam Ondra has done his long-awaited 5.14d onsight with his first go send of La cabane au Canada in Rawyl, Switzerland. Long expected to be the first to onsight 5.14d, Ondra was just beaten out by Alex Megos who onsighted Estado critico (5.14d) in Siurana, Spain earlier this year. Prior to this, Ondra had onsighted some 15 5.14cs¹ in addition to 75 5.14a or b onsights so to say he has been building toward this goal would be an understatement.
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Including two in the Red River Gorge that were considered by some to be 5.14d although ultimately they likely never were ↩

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→ Alex Megos Repeats Wheel Of Life∞

Posted July 9, 2013 at 8:44 am · Comments { 0 } ·

In what should be surprising news to no one at this point, Alex Megos has made quick work of Wheel Of Life in the Hollow Mountain Cave in the Grampians:

Though he hasn’t been here for long Megos hasn’t wasted any time, racking up what is almost certainly (and by a long way) the fastest ascent of the Wheel of Life (35/36) in the world-famous Hollow Mountain Cave.

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Paige Claassen Nabs FA Of Beautiful 5.14 In South Africa

Posted July 8, 2013 at 10:55 am · Comments { 2 } · Photo: Paige Claassen on Digital Warfare by Jon Glassberg

Paige Claassen does the FA of a beautiful route in South Africa called Digital Warfare

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Outpouring Of Support For Tito Traversa

Posted July 7, 2013 at 10:06 pm · Comments { 4 } ·

I thought I’d share some of the outpouring of emotion and support from some of the more well known climbers on social media in the past few days as they react to the death of 12-year-old Tito Traversa

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Tito Traversa Killed In Fall

Posted July 5, 2013 at 10:04 am · Comments { 65 } ·

Just a day or two after climbing another 5.14a, 12-year-old Tito Traversa was seriously injured in a sport climbing accident at Orpierre, France. This report in French by Grimper seems to indicate that a number of quick draws he was using were improperly slung¹ causing them to fail resulting in a fall from some 60 feet off the deck. He is now fighting for his life in a Grenoble hospital in a medically induced coma.

It goes without saying that we are hoping all the best for him and his family in this difficult time.

Update: According to this article in an Italian newspaper Tito has passed away. Sad, sad story.