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Video Friday - 4/3/2015
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Miller, Lightner Win 2015 SCS Nationals
Delaney Miller and Kai Lightner win 2015 SCS Nationals
Live From 2015 SCS Nationals Finals
Tune in tonight at 6:45 PM EDT for live coverage of the final round of 2015 SCS Nationals from Central Rock Gym in Watertown, MA
Live From 2015 SCS Nationals Semifinals
Tune in today at Noon EDT for live coverage of the Semifinal round of 2015 SCS Nationals at Central Rock Gym in Watertown, MA
Live From 2015 SCS Nationals Qualifiers
Tune in at 6PM EDT for live coverage of the qualifying round of the 2015 SCS National Championships from Central Rock Gym in Watertown, MA
Video Friday - 3/27/2015
The highest rated videos of the past week...
2015 SCS Nationals Streaming Live This Weekend
The 2015 edition of SCS Nationals streams live this Friday and Saturday
Video Friday - 3/20/2015
The highest rated videos of the last week...
Ashima Shiraishi Climbs Open Your Mind Direct
Ashima Shiraishi takes it up a notch in Santa Linya, Spain
Video Friday - 3/13/2015
The highest rated videos of the past week...
New 5.15 From Chris Sharma In Spain
Chris Sharma is "back" with another 5.15 in Spain
Video Friday - 3/6/2015
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Video Friday - 2/27/2015
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Alex Puccio Sends The Swarm
More hard sending for Alex Puccio
Video Friday - 2/20/2015
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Sachi Amma Smashes Spanish Sport Climbing
Sachi Amma closes out his trip to Spain with an incredible ticklist
More 5.14 Onsights (And Near Onsights) For Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra has been busy doing Adam Ondra-like things of late, both in Spain and in Canada
Daniel Woods Wins Another Hueco Rock Rodeo
Daniel Woods wins the 2015 Hueco Rock Rodeo
Video Friday - 2/13/2015
The highest rated videos of the past week...
2015 Opens With V15 Repeats Across The Globe
V15 repeats for Alex Megos, Griffin Whiteside, Kilian Fischhuber, Manuel Brunn, Martin Keller and Nils Favre
Puccio, Jafari Win At 2015 ABS Nationals Bouldering Championship
Alex Puccio and Mohammad Jafari Mahmodabadi win 2015 ABS Nationals
Live From 2015 ABS Nationals Finals
Tune in tonight night at 7:30 pm CST for live coverage of ABS Nationals Finals from the Monona Terrace in Madison, Wisconsin
Live From 2015 ABS Nationals Semi-finals
Tune in this morning at 10 AM CST for live coverage of the 2015 ABS Nationals Semi-final round from the Monona Terrace in Madison, WI.
Live From 2015 ABS Nationals Men's Qualifiers
Tune in at 4 PM CST this afternoon for our live coverage of the 2015 ABS Nationals Men's Qualifying round from the Monona Terrace in Madison, WI
Live From 2015 ABS Nationals Women's Qualifiers
Tune in at 9 AM CST this morning for our live coverage of the 2015 ABS Nationals Women's Qualifying round from the Monona Terrace in Madison, WI
Video Friday - 2/6/2015
The highest rated videos of the past week...
2015 ABS Nationals Live Pre-show With Alex Puccio
Check back later this evening at 6 PM CST for a Live ABS Nationals Pre-show from Madison, WI with Alex Puccio and much more...
New V15 In Red Rock From Nalle Hukkataival
Nalle Hukkataival takes care of business in Red Rock
Sachi Amma Repeats Fight Or Flight (5.15b)
World Cup champion Sachi Amma looks to be in top form of late, sending multiple routes 5.14d and harder in Spain.
2015 ABS Nationals Streaming Live This Weekend
The 2015 edition of ABS Nationals is set to stream live from Madison, WI this Friday and Saturday
Video Friday - 1/30/2015
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Video Friday - 1/23/2015
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Daniel Woods Completes The Process
Daniel Woods completes the first ascent of the big project out in Bishop
Video Friday - 1/16/2015
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Valley Uprising Now Available On Demand
Watch Sender Films' Valley Uprising On Demand
Watch Dawn Wall Finish Live
Watch the final moments of the Dawn Wall free climb live
Video Friday - 1/9/2015
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Tommy Caldwell Completes Last 5.14 Pitch Of Dawn Wall
Tommy Caldwell completes the final 5.14 pitch of the Dawn Wall
Video Friday - Top 10 Highest Rated & Most Viewed Videos Of 2014
The top climbing videos of 2013 based on your votes and views
Video Friday - 12/26/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Video Friday - 12/19/14
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Video Friday - 12/12/14
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Video Friday - 12/5/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Video Friday - 11/28/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
Alex Puccio Sends Black Lung (V13)
The Year of The Pooch™ continues...
Jimmy Webb Defies Gravity
Jimmy Webb does the 2nd ascent of one of Colorado's hardest boulder problems
Video Friday - 11/21/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week, and the release of Exposure Volume II
Video Friday - 11/14/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Jorg Verhoeven Frees The Nose
Dutch climber Jorg Verhoeven becomes only the 4th person to free climb The Nose on Yosemite's El Capitan
Video Friday - 11/7/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 10/31/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Video Friday - 10/24/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Video Friday - 10/17/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Video Friday - 10/10/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Puccio, Webb Win 2014 Portland Boulder Rally
Results from the open finals of the 2014 Portland Boulder Rally
Live From The 2014 Portland Boulder Rally
Tune in tonight at 6:15 PM PDT for live coverage of the 2014 Portland Boulder Rally from The Circuit Gym in Tigard, Oregon.
Video Friday - 10/3/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Video Friday - 9/26/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Alex Puccio's 2014 Rampage Continues
More hard sends in the summer of 2014 for Alex Puccio
Video Friday - 9/19/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Ondra, Kim Win Lead World Championships
Adam Ondra and Jain Kim win the 2014 Lead World Championships
Video Friday - 9/12/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Adam Ondra Interviewed By Epic TV
Epic TV chats with Adam Ondra
Video Friday - 9/5/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Video Friday - 8/29/2014
All the latest videos can be found here , but here are the top rated videos of the past week: Exposure Vol II Official Teaser Midwest Restless: Missouri Granite From Rocklands With...
Kai Lightner Profile
I posted this this video to the ClimbingNarc Facebook page on Tuesday and it got an incredible response, so if you haven't taken 10 minutes to watch this profile of Kai Lightner I...
Wurm, Ondra Win 2014 Bouldering World Championships
After a thrilling battle Saturday night that saw both the men's and the women's competition come down to the final attempts by the final climbers, Adam Ondra and Juliane Wurm emerg...
Video Friday - 8/22/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
2014 Bouldering World Championships This Weekend In Munich
This weekend is the highly anticipated 2014 Bouldering World Championships in Munich, Germany. Several Americans will be joining a massive field full of the best male and female co...
Video Friday - 8/15/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
Buhrfeind, McColl Win 2014 Psicocomp
Claire Buhrfeind and Sean McColl emerge victorious at the 2014 Psicocomp
Live From 2014 Psicobloc Masters Psicocomp Finals
Tune in live tonight at 6:50 MDT for the final round of the 2014 Psicobloc Masters Series from Park City, UT
Video Friday - 8/8/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
2014 Psicobloc Masters Series Qualifiers & Instagram Dump
Qualifiers recap and Instagram dump from the 2014 Psicobloc Masters Series
Ondra, Röck Win 2014 Lead World In Imst
Adam Ondra and Magdalena Röck win the 2014 Lead World Cup stop in Imst, Austria
Hard Sends For Payne & Puccio In RMNP
The summer of 2014 continues to be dominated by headlines about women climbers pushing the limits of what has been done before, and last week that trend continued with hard sends b...
2014 IFSC Lead World Cup – Imst Live
The 2014 IFSC Lead World Cup continues this weekend with a stop in Imst, Austria
Video Friday - 8/1/2014
All the latest videos can be found here , but here are the top rated videos of the past week: Mile 18 One Week With Alex Megos Eli A First Ascent Strawberry Roan Sparkshop 2014 Ree...
Video Friday - 7/25/2014
Psicocomp news and the highest rated videos of the past week
Adam Ondra Climbs Biographie, World Barely Notices
A funny thing happened earlier this week: Adam Ondra "finally" repeated Biographie in Céüse and barely anyone seemed to notice.
2014 IFSC Lead World Cup – Briançon Live
The 2014 IFSC Lead World Cup continues this weekend with a stop in Briançon, France
Video Friday - 7/18/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
V13 And V14 For Mirko Caballero In Rocklands
Everyone who is anyone has been in South Africa the past couple months, and 13-year-old Mirko Caballero is among those who have been pushing their limits in Rocklands.
First V14 For Shauna Coxsey
Shauna Coxsey notches her first V14
V13 And V14 For Ashima Shiraishi In Rocklands
Busy week for 13-year-old Ashima Shiraishi in Rocklands, South Africa
Video Friday - 7/11/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
Jonathan Siegrist's Story On Biographie
Footage of Jonathan Siegrist on Biographie
V13s For Puccio, Coxsey & Raboutou
It was a busy week for women repeating V13s as Brooke Raboutou, Shauna Coxsey and Alex Puccio all added a v13 (or two) to their ticklists
Video Friday - 7/4/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
First V13 For Alex Puccio: Top Notch
Since wrapping up her season on the World Cup Circuit three weeks ago in Vail, Alex Puccio has been keeping busy out on the real rocks around Colorado culminating with her notching...
V14 Comes To The Midwest?
Local crusher Jim Merli opens the Midwest's hardest boulder problem
Noguchi, Gelmanov Win Final Bouldering World Cup - Noguchi, Hojer Win Overall Title
Akiyo Noguchi and Rustam Gelmanov win the final Bouldering World Cup of the 2014 season
Video Friday - 6/27/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup – Laval Live
The 2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup concludes this weekend with its 8th and final stop in Laval, France.
2014 Haiyang Boulder & Lead World Replays
Check out the replays from the most recent Lead & Bouldering World Cups in Haiyang, China
Kim, Schubert Win 2014 Lead World Cup In Haiyang
Jakob Schubert and Jain Kim win the opening event of the 2014 Lead World Cup
Noguchi, Hojer Win 2014 Bouldering World Cup In Haiyang
Akiyo Noguchi and Jan Hojer continue their brilliant 2014 Bouldering World Cup season with gold in Haiyan
Video Friday - 6/20/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
2014 IFSC Bouldering, Speed & Lead World Cup – Haiyang
The 2014 IFSC World Cup circuit continues this weekend in Haiyang, China with Bouldering, Lead and Speed events
Video Friday - 6/13/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Noguchi, Sharafutdinov Win 2014 Bouldering World Cup In Vail
Noguchi and Sharafutdinov win gold in Vail while American Megan Mascarenas places 4th in her first World Cup finals
2014 Vail Bouldering World Cup Qualifier Results
Results from the qualifying round of the 2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup at the GoPro Mountain Games
Video Friday - 6/6/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup – Vail Live
The 2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup resumes this weekend with its annual stop in Vail, CO at the GoPro Mountain Games.
Jonthan Siegrist Repeats Biographie (5.15a)
After a prolonged battle, Jonathan Siegriest has completed his hardest redpoint to date with a repeat of Chris Sharma's Biographie (5.15a) in Céüse, France.
Paige Claassen Repeats Just Do It (5.14c)
Paige Claassen becomes the first woman to climb the iconic Just Do It
Noguchi, Glairon Mondet Win 2014 Bouldering World Cup In Toronto
Akiyo Noguchi and Guillaume Glarion-Mondet win the 2014 IFSC Bouldering Cup in Toronto
2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup – Toronto Live
The 2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup circuit resumes this weekend in Toronto, Canada
Video Friday - 5/30/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 5/23/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
Muir Valley To Be Gifted To Climbing Community
Muir Valley, one of the most popular areas in the Red River Gorge, is being gifted by its owners to the climbing community
Two V15s In A Day By Sachi Amma
Japanese climber Sachi Amma repeats two V15s in one day
Coxsey, Fischhuber Win 2014 Bouldering World Cup In Innsbruck
The 4th stop on the 2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup circuit took place this weekend in Innsbruck, Austria with Shauna Coxsey winning her 2nd consecutive gold medal and Kilian Fischh...
Video Friday - 5/16/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup – Innsbruck Live
The 2014 Bouldering World Cup continues this weekend in Innsbruck, Austria
Coxsey, Hojer Win 2014 Bouldering World Cup In Grindelwald
The 3rd stop on the 2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup circuit took place this weekend in Grindelwald, Switzerland with Germany's Jan Hojer winning his 2nd gold medal of the season and...
2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup – Grindelwald Live
The 3rd stop on the 2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup takes place this weekend in Grindelwald, Switzerland
Video Friday - 5/9/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
2nd 5.14d Onsight For Adam Ondra
Another 5.14d onsight for Adam Ondra
Stöhr, Sharafutdinov Win 2014 Bouldering World Cup In Baku
Dmitrii Sharafutdinov and Anna Stöhr win the 2nd Bouldering World Cup of 2014 in Baku, Azerbaijan
2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup – Baku Live
The 2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup circuit continues with live coverage from Baku, Azerbaijan
Nalle Hukkataival Does Bügeleisen Sit
Nalle Hukkataival has finished a long term project with his FA of the sit start to Klem Loskot’s Bügeleisen
Video Friday - 5/2/2014
Video Friday in just a second, but first a few notes about the site that you may or may not care about.
It’s “Wash, Rinse, Repeat” In Europe For Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb has been busy in Switzerland and Austria
Wurm, Hojer Win First 2014 Bouldering World Cup
Germans Juliane Wurm and Jan Hojer win the first bouldering World Cup of the 2014 season
Video Friday - 4/25/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week..
2014 IFSC Bouldering World Cup - Chongqing Live
The 2014 Bouldering World Cup season gets underway this weekend in Chongqing, China
Video Friday - 4/11/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Viva Peñoles
The first two episodes in the Viva Peñoles series featuring Daniel Woods, Dave Graham, Jimmy Webb, Paul Robinson and Diego Montull
The Moment
Something weird happened this weekend at SCS Nationals: I actually liked speed climbing
Weaver, Miller Win At 2014 SCS Nationals
Final results from 2014 SCS Nationals held at Sender One in Santa Ana, CA
Live From 2014 SCS Nationals Finals
Live Coverage of the final round of 2014 SCS Nationals from Sender One in Santa Ana, CA
Live From 2014 SCS Nationals Qualifiers
Live coverage of the qualifying round of the 2014 Sport Climbing Series National Championships
Video Friday - 04/04/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
2014 SCS Nationals Streaming Live This Weekend
2014 SCS Nationals will be broadcast live from Sender One this Friday and Saturday
2014 Red Rock Rendezvous Trip Report – Part 2
Part 2 of my trip to the 2014 Red Rock Rendezvous
2014 Red Rock Rendezvous Trip Report - Part 1
Part 1 of my trip to the 2014 Red Rock Rendezvous
Video Friday - 3/28/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week...
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Jimmy Webb Doing What Jimmy Webb Does In Switzerland (Updated)
After a stellar trip last year, Jimmy Webb is back in Switzerland with similar results.
Productive Trip To Spain For Ashima Shiraishi
Ashima Shiraishi ticks multiple 5.14s during her trip to Spain
First V14 For Mirko Caballero
Mirko Caballero tops out his first V14 at the age of 13
Video Friday - 3/21/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
2014 CWIF Streaming Live This Weekend
Catch live coverage of the 2014 Climbing Works International Festival this Sunday
Video Friday - 3/14/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
2014 Red Rock Rendezvous
Registration is open for the 2014 Red Rock Rendezvous
Video Friday - 3/7/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 2/28/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
3rd Ascent Of Gioia (V16) By Nalle Hukkataival
We often joke that Adam Ondra might be a robot based on his out-of-this-world ticklist, but I'm starting to think that if any of the top climbers is a robot it might be Nalle Hukka...
Woods, Wurm Win 2014 ABS Nationals Bouldering Championship
Final results from 2014 ABS Nationals
Live From 2014 ABS Nationals Finals
Tune in this Saturday night at 7:30 PM MST for live coverage of Men's & Women's Finals at 2014 ABS Nationals in Colorado Springs, CO
Live From 2014 ABS Nationals Semi-finals
Tune in this Saturday morning at 11 am MST for live coverage of Men's & Women's Semi-finals at 2014 ABS Nationals in Colorado Springs, CO
Live From 2014 ABS Nationals Men's Qualifiers
Tune in this afternoon at 3 pm MST for live coverage of Men's Qualifiers at 2014 ABS Nationals in Colorado Springs, CO
Live From 2014 ABS Nationals Women’s Qualifiers
Tune in this morning at 9 am MST for live coverage of Women's Qualifiers at 2014 ABS Nationals in Colorado Springs, CO
Video Friday - 2/21/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
2014 ABS Nationals Streaming Live Friday & Saturday
Schedule for this weekend's ABS Nationals which will be streamed live in its entirety
Video Friday - 2/14/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 2/7/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
Adam Ondra Repeats First Round, First Minute (5.15b)
Spoiler alert: Adam Ondra climbs another really hard sport route
Video Friday - 1/31/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
No Getting Out
Once you enter this family, there's no getting out.
Daniel Woods Does Repeat Lucid Dreaming
Daniel Woods repeats Lucid Dreaming
Video Friday - 1/24/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
2014 Comp Season In Full Swing
A look at a handful of upcoming climbing comps including the Hueco Rock Rodeo, ABS and SCS Nationals and more
Video Friday - 1/17/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 1/10/2014
A few words on The DLFA film I saw recently and the highest rated videos of the past few weeks
Video Friday - Top 10 Highest Rated & Most Viewed Videos Of 2013
The top climbing videos of 2013 based on your votes and views
Video Friday - 12/20/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
New V15 In Red Rock By Daniel Woods & Jimmy Webb
Daniel Woods & Jimmy Webb swoop in to Red Rock Canyon and establish The Nest
Caldwell Frees (A) Crux Pitch On Dawn Wall Project
Tommy Caldwell finally frees one of the crux pitches on the Dawn Wall project
Send Train On The Shining Path
Nalle Hukkataival, Daniel Woods & Jimmy Webb run train on an amazing highball in Nevada
Live Talkshow Podcast
The LT11.tv Live Talk Show is now available in podcast form
Video Friday - 12/13/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
La Dura Complete
Something happened to me over the weekend that hasn't happened in some time: I was blown away watching a climbing movie
Alex Honnold & Peter Croft Video Interview
Video interview with Alex Honnold & Peter Croft
That Didn't Take Long
Jimmy Webb & Daniel Woods repeat Meadowlark Lemon in Red Rock, NV
Video Friday - 12/6/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
2013 La Sportiva Legends Only Live
Watch the 2013 La Sportiva Legends competition live today at 2pm EST
Video Friday - 11/29/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 11/22/2013
The highest rated videos of the week...
Remember First Round First Minute?
Brief video of First Round First Minute getting some action this week...
#honnolding
The trend that is sweeping the climbing world...
Sender One To Host 2014 SCS Nationals
2014 SCS Nationals to be held at Sender One
Another New V15 From Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods adds another new V15 to his ticklist
Video Friday - 11/15/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Jimmy Webb: Fear The Beard
More of the same from Jimmy Webb
Video Friday - 11/8/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Dawn Wall 2013: So You're Telling Me There's A Chance
Don't write off the 2013 Dawn Wall season just yet...
Review & Giveaway: Patagonia's Rover Shoe
A look at the new Rover shoes from Patagonia as well as an opportunity for you to win a free pair!
Making Changes
Moving forward all discussions on this site will be handle by a new Discourse-powered discussion forum
2013 IFSC Lead World Cup – Valence Live
Adam Ondra's return to the Lead World Cup circuit seems as good a time as any to get back on the bandwagon and check out some of the world's best sport climbers as they compete thi...
Video Friday - 11/1/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
2013 Dawn Wall Season Thus Far
Photo updates from Kevin Jorgeson of the first two weeks of Dawn Wall 2013 with Tommy Caldwell and Chris Sharma
More Hard Flashes By Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb continues his great 2013 with more hard flashes in Leavenworth
Video Friday - 10/25/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 10/18/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
A Project No More
Carlo Traversi does the FA of a long-standing project in Washington
2013 Portland Boulder Rally Results
Results from the 2013 Portland Boulder Rally
Video Friday - 10/11/2013
The 2013 Portland Boulder Rally and the highest rated videos of the past week
Live From The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2013
Catch live streaming from the Kalymnos Climbing Festival
News & Notes? - 10/8/2013
A few tidbits of bouldering news on Paul Robinson, Michael O'Rourke, Isabelle Faus and Thomasina Pidgeon from the past couple of weeks
Two 5.14's For Ashima Shiraishi In Kentucky
Ashima doing what Ashima does in Kentucky
Video Friday - 10/4/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
2nd Ascent Of Art Attack (5.14b) By Paige Claassen
More success for Paige Claassen on the Lead Now tour
Visit To RMNP
Ever since the flood a few weeks back a lot of people have been wondering how RMNP and the boulders it holds fared during the big storm. Most of the Park reopened late this week,...
Video Friday - 9/27/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Guidebook To Minnesota Bouldering Coming Soon
A guidebook to the bouldering in Minnesota will be released next month
Sendtember In Full Effect On The Front Range
Busy times along the Front Range as hard sends are going down at Rifle, Guanella Pass and Mt. Evans from the likes of Dave Graham, Daniel Woods, Matty Hong and Jimmy Webb
Video Friday - 9/20/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Reel Rock 8 Kicks Off Tonight
Reel Rock 8 kicks off tonight in Boulder, CO with the premier of this year's film as well as a live interview show with Reel Rock guests!
Boulder Flood
What else is there to say about the flooding that has taken place all along Colorado's Front Range the past few days that hasn't already been said?
adidas Rockstars 2013 Live
Tune in here Saturday, September 14th at 1:15 PM EDT to catch Finals of the 2013 adidas Rockstars live from the Porsche Arena in Stuttgart, Germany
Video Friday - 9/13/2013
Some thoughts on the live interview project I worked on last week as well as the highest rated videos of the past week
More V15s At Lincoln Lake For Webb, Woods
You know what they say, a V15 a day keeps the doctor away
DPM Issue 25 & Free iPad Copy Of Climbing
A bunch of free magazine reading for you today with the release of the latest issue of Deadpoint Magazine as well as the offer of a free download of August's issue of Climbing on a...
Video Friday - 9/6/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
New V15 At Lincoln Lake By Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb continues his strong form by doing the FA of a probable V15 at Lincoln Lake
2013 European Bouldering Championships Live This Weekend
The 2013 European Bouldering Championships are this weekend in Eindhoven, Netherlands and all the action will be streamed live throughout the weekend
Video Friday - 8/30/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Stöhr, Sharafutdinov Win 2013 Bouldering World Cup
Anna Stöhr and Dmitrii Sharafutdinov win the 2013 Bouldering World Cup
2013 IFSC Bouldering World Cup – Munich Live
Watch the 2013 Bouldering World Cup in Munich, Germany live
Video Friday - 8/23/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Watch 2013 IFSC Youth World Championships Live 8/16-19
Coverage starts Friday morning at 9:20 PDT.
Video Friday - 8/16/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 8/9/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week...
Jimmy Webb Finishes South Africa Trip Strong
Before his victory at the Psicobloc Masters Series event, Jimmy Webb was busy wrapping up his visit to South Africa in much the same way he started
Finals Brackets & Instagram Dump From Day 2 Of The Psicobloc Masters Series
Tune in tonight to watch finals of the Psicobloc Masters Series live
Video Friday - 8/2/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Instagram Dump From Day 1 Of The Psicobloc Masters Series
An assortment of Instagram photos from day 1 of the Psicobloc Masters Series event in Park City, UT
New Website From Reel Rock Tour & The Island
New websites from the Reel Rock Tour and The Island
Rocklands Bouldering Crisis
Rocklands bouldering access is in jeopardy
More 5.14s By DiGiulian & Claassen In South Africa
More hard sends by Sasha DiGiulian and Paige Claassen in South Africa
Video Friday - 7/26/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 7/19/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 7/12/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Sasha DiGiulian Nabs Her Own Beautiful 5.14 FA In South Africa
Much like Paige Claassen, Sasha DiGiulian is down in South Africa where she to has completed the first ascent of an amazing looking project, this one coming at the crag at Waterfal...
Quickdraw Setup Like Those From Tito Traversa's Accident
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 Ti...
Paige Claassen Nabs FA Of Beautiful 5.14 In South Africa
Paige Claassen does the FA of a beautiful route in South Africa called Digital Warfare
Outpouring Of Support For Tito Traversa
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-ye...
Video Friday - 7/5/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Jimmy Webb Flashes Sky And Other Rocklands Notables
As usual it's been a busy time for visiting climbers down in Rocklands, South Africa
Video Friday - 6/28/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Shauna Coxsey Repeats Nuthin' But Sunshine (V13)
Nuthin' But Sunshine see it's long-awaited first female ascent
Video Friday - 6/21/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
12-Year-Old Mirko Caballero Getting It Done At Home & Abroad
Mirko Caballero continues to rack up an impressive list of hard sends
Video Friday - 6/14/2013
All the latest videos can be found here , but here are the top 5 highest rated videos from the past week: This Is Yorkshire The Climb: Cedar Wright & Lucho Rivera Ethan Pringle Rep...
Stöhr, Sharafutdinov Win At 2013 Vail Bouldering World Cup
The annual bouldering World Cup at the newly renamed GoPro Mountain Games in Vail, CO has come and gone. As usual, it was an exciting show filled with an above average presence fr...
2013 IFSC Bouldering World Cup - Vail Live
The bouldering World Cup returns to Vail, CO this weekend at the GoPro Mountain Games. Catch all the action with the following live feeds
Video Friday - 6/7/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Guide To Bouldering And Traveling In The Virgin Islands
A few words about the new bouldering guidebook for the Virgin Islands
More FAs By Adam Ondra In Norway
Adam Ondra is back in Norway for the summer
Video Friday - 5/31/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 5/24/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 5/17/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
2013 IFSC Bouldering World Cup - Innsbruck Live
Live from the 2013 Bouldering World Cup in Innsbruck, Austria
Central Washington Bouldering
A few words about my recent trip to central Washington to boulder in Gold Bar, Index and Leavenworth
2013 IFSC Bouldering World Cup - Log Dragomer Replay
Watch the entirety of the 2013 Bouldering World Cup in Log Dragomer, Slovenia live starting early Saturday morning
Video Friday - 5/10/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Popular Posts & Videos For April 2013
The most popular posts and videos for April 2013
Video Friday - 5/3/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Southern Smoke Repeated By 12-Year-Old Harry Edwards
Don't tell Joe Kinder or this guy, but it looks like Kinder's route Southern Smoke (5.14c) in the Red River Gorge is the new go to route for young crushers
Video Friday - 4/26/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
I Did Not Know That. I Learned Something Today.
You learn something new every day...
Utah Trip Part 2: Joe's Valley To Moab
Rest days from Joe's Valley
Video Friday - 4/19/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Utah Trip Part 1: Joe's Valley
A few words and pictures from my first visit to Joe's Valley, UT
Video Friday - 4/12/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Woods, Durif Win At 2013 SCS Nationals
Daniel Woods and Charlotte Durif win at 2013 SCS Nationals
Live From 2013 SCS Nationals Finals
We'll be live from Boulder, CO at 6:30 MDT to watch the following climbers compete for the title of National Champion and a spot on the U.S. National Team!
2013 SCS Nationals Finalists
List of finalists who will be competing live Saturday night at 2013 SCS Nationals
Video Friday - 4/5/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Webb & Traversi Getting It Done In Switzerland
Jimmy Webb & Carlo Traversi rack up the hard sends in Switzerland
Popular Posts & Videos For March 2013
The most popular posts and videos for March 2013
Video Friday - 3/29/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
2013 SCS Nationals Streaming Live April 6th
Set your calendars for the night of Saturday, April 6th
First 5.14d Onsight Goes Down
If you had Adam Ondra in the office pool for who would be the first to onsight 5.14d you just lost. Probably.
La Dura Dura (5.15c) Repeated By Chris Sharma
Chris Sharma finishes his hardest route yet
Combing Through DPM's Stash
A look at Dead Point Magazine's new pay video area dubbed "The Stash"
Gioia (V16) Repeated By Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra does it again...
Contest: Win A 2011 Access Fund Holiday Pack
It's become an annual tradition here at ClimbingNarc.com, and I'm pleased once again to be able to run a contest giving away an Access Fund Holiday Prize Pack.
Popular Posts & Videos For November 2011
The most popular posts and the highest rated videos for November 2011
Video Friday - 12/02/2011
The most popular videos from the past 2 weeks
It Was An Honor Just To Be Nominated
Outside Online compiles their list of the top 10 climbing blog...
Fred Nicole's Entlinge (V14/15) Flashed By Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods gets really "next level" with things by flashing a Fred Nicole testpiece in Switzerland
Trotter Does First Repeat Of The Prophet (5.13d R)
Tommy Caldwell wasn't the only person hard at work on the flanks of El Capitan this fall
Adam Taylor Brings 5.15 To The Red River Gorge
Red River Gorge local Adam Taylor ushers in the era of 5.15 at the Red
Video Friday - 11/18/2011
An update from Hueco Tanks and your Video Friday videos
5.14c Repeats By Spannuth & Zachariash
A pair of climbers continue their rapid rise up the grading scale
McColl, Robinson & Woods In Switzerland - Updated
Sean McColl, Paul Robinson and Daniel woods have posted up in Ticino, Switzerland and as one might expect they've managed to climb their fair share of hard boulders
Possible V16 From Adam Ondra In The Czech Republic
Adam Ondra keep cleaning up projects near his home in the Czech Republic
Video Friday - 11/11/2011
The most popular videos from the past week
Caldwell Matches Previous Highpoint On Dawn Wall Project
Tommy Caldwell's push to free a new route up El Capitan's Dawn Wall is 10 days old now and the events over the weekend were really something.
Popular Posts & Videos For October 2011
Was Alex Honnold on TV or something???
Video Friday - 11/4/2011
A few words on the Red River Gorge and Video Friday videos...
Adidas Group To Buy Five Ten For $25 Million
The adidas Group is set to buy up shoe maker Five Ten for $25 million in cash
Jorgeson, Traversi Visit Bear Grylls' Discovery Channel Adrenaline Lab
Kevin Jorgeson and Carlo Traversi spend a few minutes with Bear Grylls in the Discovery Channel Adrenaline Lab
Off Belay Podcast Hits The Deck
It was fun while it lasted, but the Off Belay Podcast is no more.
Dawn Wall Push Underway
The push is on for Tommy Caldwell to free his Dawn Wall project on El Cap, this time without injured partner Kevin Jorgeson
Video Friday - 10/28/2011
I would generally have more to say on a Video Friday such as today but I'm currently doing this: Hopefully things are looking this good wherever you're climbing this weekend, and h...
What's Your Scene?
Find out how you can win a copy of Chuck Fryberger's latest movie, The Scene
2011 Yank-N-Yard
Ingenuity, creativity, a $4,000 cash purse and a star studded cast of boulderers come together in Albuquerque, NM. A report from from the 15th annual Yank-N-yard on Yale at Stone...
Potential V15 At Guanella Pass By Dave Graham
Dave Graham adds yet another hard boulder to Colorado, this time at Guanella Pass
Video Friday - 10/21/2011
The 2011 Petzl Roc Trip and Video Friday videos...
3rd Annual Dark Horse Series
As fall wears on and winter starts to rear its ugly head, many of us head for the friendly confines of our local gym. While the cold, dark days can be a bit on the depressing side...
More V15s From Ondra & Woods
Adam Ondra and Daniel Woods each add proposed V15s to Petrohrad and Magic Wood respectively
Pure Imagination (5.14d) Repeated By Sasha DiGiulian
Sasha DiGiulian continues to amaze, this time repeating a 5.14d in the Red River Gorge
Video Friday - 10/14/2011
Two weekends in October down, three precious weekends to go. Do you know where your project is?
Nat Geo Blog Catches Up With Chris Sharma
The Nat Geo Adventure blog checks in with Chris Sharma
News & Notes - 10/12/2011
News & Notes from Lynn Hill, Joe Kinder, Sasha DiGiulian, Reno climbing walls, 50 year anniversaries and more...
Interview With Mayan Smith-Gobat After Freeing Salathé Wall
An interview with New Zealand's Mayan Smith-Gobat after she freed the Salathé Wall on El Capitan
Schubert, Ernst Win 2011 Lead Climbing World Cup In Boulder
Results from the Lead World Cup held over the weekend at Boulder, Colorado's Movement Climbing & Fitness
Video Friday - 10/7/2011
The most popular videos from the past week...
Lead World Cup This Weekend In Boulder
This weekend Boulder, CO, and more specifically Movement Climbing & Fitness, will play host to the first lead climbing World Cup held on American soil in over 20 years.
2011 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: Hound Ears Results
The 2011 Triple Crown Bouldering series got underway last weekend at Hound Ears, NC
Swiss Bouldering News From Koyamada, Ondra & Woods
Despite some challenging conditions Dai Koyamanda, Adam Ondra and Daniel Woods have all been getting it done on the boulders of Switzerland of late.
Jonathan Siegrist Goes Shadowboxing In Rifle
Nearing the end of his time in Rifle for the season, Jonathan Siegrist adds a new testpiece to the canyon
Alex Honnold Keeps It Chill On "60 Minutes"
Alex Honnold's segments from his appearance on the program 60 Minutes
Popular Posts & Videos For September 2011
Popular posts and videos for September 2011
Video Friday - 9/30/2011
Final thoughts from last weekend's Nor'easter and your Video Friday videos
Alex Honnold To Appear On "60 Minutes" This Sunday
Set your DVRs for the 60 Minutes program on CBS this Sunday evening to catch their story about Alex Honnold
Review: A Fine Line
A Fine Line follows the likes of Jimmy Webb, Brion Voges, Brad Weaver, Daniel Woods and Dave Graham as they spend a few months doing what they do best, namely doing nothing but bo...
Nalle Hukkataival Reports On Australian Trip
Nalle Hukkataival, Dave Graham and Ian Dory are back from their adventure in Australia and reports are starting to trickle in out about what they were up to.
More Solos In Yosemite By Alex Honnold - Updated
Alex Honnold is back at it in Yosemite, running up routes big and small without a rope
Payne, Dory Win UBC Pro Tour's The North Face Open At The 2011 Nor'easter - Updated
Results from the finale of the 2011 Unified Bouldering Championships Pro Tour at The North Face Open. UPDATED with more details from finals.
Live From 2011 Unified Bouldering Championships Finale At The North Face Open: Finals
Three live blogs in two days? Sure, why not. Check back around 2:45 PM EST for finals of the 2011 UBC Pro Tour The North Face Open.
Live From 2011 Unified Bouldering Championships Finale At The North Face Open: Semi-finals
Check back around 9:45 AM EST as I'll be kicking off yet another live blog, this time for the semi-final round of the 2011 UBC Pro Tour The North Face Open. Get psyched!
2011 UBC Pro Tour The North Face Open Qualifier Results & Photos
Results and photos from the qualifying round of the 2011 UBC Pro Tour The North Face Open
Live From 2011 Unified Bouldering Championships Finale At The North Face Open: Day 1
Live updates from Day 1 of the finale of the 2011 Unified Bouldering Championships Pro Tour, The North Face Open, at the Nor'easter Sports & Music Festival
Finale Of 2011 UBC Pro Tour This Weekend
The finale of the 2011 UBC Pro Tour, The North Face Open, is this weekend at the Nor'easter in Burlington, VT and I will be there covering the event
Video Friday - 9/23/2011
Video Friday videos one day early....
Fred Nicole Still Getting It Done
Fred Nicole reports on a new boulder problem he did in Switzerland that could be V15
Stockboy's Revenge (5.14b) Repeated By Jen Vennon - Updated
Jen Vennon becomes the first woman to climb 5.14b in Rifle, CO with her repeat of Stockboy's Revenge
AAC Launches New Guidebook Finder Tool
The American Alpine Club launches a new tool to help search their library of climbing guidebooks
Video Friday - 9/16/2011
One week to the Nor'easter and some Video Friday videos!
2011 Reel Rock Film Tour Kicks Off Tonight
A look at the 6th edition of the Reel Rock Film tour which kicks off tonight
News & Notes - 9/14/2011
News & Notes from Sasha DiGiulian, Ben Spannuth, Dai Koyamada and a slew of upcoming access related events...
Sendtember Well Under Way In Rifle
Jonathan Siegrist, Sam Elias and Keller Rinaudo kick off sendtember in Rifle, CO
Final Words From Adam Ondra On His Rocklands Trip
A final update from Adam Ondra's most recent trip to Rocklands, South Africa
Video Friday - 9/9/2011
The psyche is returning, the Nor'easter is fast approaching and Video Friday videos...
Another Day At The Office For Adam Ondra & Sasha DiGiulian
Another day at the office yields 5.15 and V15 FAs for Adam Ondra and a 5.14a onsight for Sasha DiGiulian
Notable Repeats By Daniel Woods In Austria
Daniel Woods ticks off two hard Bernd Zangerl problems in the mountains of Silvretta, Austria
Popular Posts & Videos For August 2011
The most popular posts & videos from August 2011
5.14c For Sasha DiGiulian In Rodellar
Sasha DiGiulian clips the chains on her 3rd 5.14c of 2011
Video Friday - 9/2/2011
A long weekend edition of Video Friday...
2011 World Youth Championships Results
Results from the World Youth Championships of sport climbing held August 25-28, 2011 in Imst, Austria
In Search Of Time Lost (V15) Repeated By Dai Koyamada
Dai Koyamada is back in Magic Wood, Switzerland...
Hard Sends In Rocklands By Johansen & Le Nevé
Therese Johansen and Melissa Le Nevé rack up impressive ticklists in Rocklands, South Africa
Video Friday - 8/26/2011
ClimbingNarc.com gets a makeover and your Video Friday videos
Fischhuber, Stöhr Win 2011 Bouldering World Cup
The 2011 Bouldering World Cup circuit finished up last weekend in Munich, Germany with Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr claiming the overall titles while American Alex Puccio cemen...
The Island Goes Down Under
After following the careers of certain well-known American climbers like Chris Sharma and Dave Graham throughout the years one kind of starts to get the feeling like man, these guy...
Video Friday - 8/19/2011
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 Vide...
Plan For Development Near Red Rock Gets Initial Approval
A proposed development near Red Rock gets initial approval
News & Notes - 8/17/2011
News & Notes from Jonathan Siegrist, 5.14d and V14 in a week by Jorg Verhoeven, a hard mult-pitch gets repeated and MUCH more...
PCI Pro Clinic Series
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), PC...
Adam Ondra Repeats Monkey Wedding (V15)
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
Video Friday - 8/12/2011
Thoughts on the climbing video market and a few of this week's most popular videos
Reviews Of The Schengen Files, The Swiss Account, Better Than Chocolate & Midwest Unknown
A chance for you to win something for free and a few thoughts on The Schengen Files, The Swiss Account, Better Than Chocolate and Midwest Unknown just as soon as the cops are done...
Rocklands Bouldering Draws Attention Of Reuters
This little sport we call bouldering draws more mainstream coverage
Help Save Red Rock Canyon
Development threatens to change the experience at Nevada's Red Rock Canyon forever
Popular Posts & Videos For July 2011
The most popular posts and videos for July 2011
Video Friday - 8/5/2011
A few of this week's most popular videos
Outdoor Retailer Show Kicks Off, Climbing Comp MIA
Bad news for comp climbing fans as the annual competition at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market Trade Show was cancelled
News & Notes - 8/3/2011
A few lingering pieces of News & Notes left over from my recent vacation...
Voting Now Open For The 2011 Reel Rock Filmmaking Competition
Voting is now open for the 2011 Reel Rock Film Tour Filmmaking Contest
Access Fund, Jeep Team Up For National Conservation Team & New Access Fund Smartphone App
News from the Access Fund including how they are teaming up with Jeep to employ two people in a national trail building campaign and a new Access Fund smartphone app for both iOS a...
Video Friday - 7/29/2011
A brief update on what I've been up to and some Video Friday videos...
Numerous Hard FAs Near Cape Town By Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson releases a climbing movie and climbs a slew of hard new boulder problems near Cape Town, South Africa
DiGiulian, Ondra Take Overall Gold At World Championships In Arco, Italy
Adam Ondra and Sasha DiGiulian highlight the results from the 2011 Climbing World Championships that took place in Arco, Italy
3rd Ascent Of Jaws II (5.15a) By Mike Foley
Mike Foley nabs the 3rd ascent of the Rumney, NH testpiece Jaws II (5.15a)
Video Friday - 7/22/2011
Some videos for your Friday...
CCH Alien Cams Are Coming Back
After a year and a half of negotiating with CCH Alien creator David Wagoneer's widow, Fixe-Faders will bring Aliens back to market later this year
New Guidebook To Colorado's Alpine Bouldering Areas
What else if there left to say about the alpine bouldering found in places like Rocky Mountain National Park and Mt. Evans? The scenery is stunning, the boulders are massive, the p...
Video Friday - 7/15/2011
Some videos for your Friday...
Colorado Alpine Update
After the summer of 2010 saw an explosion in development thanks mainly to the efforts of Dave Graham, the summer of 2011 looks to be one of repeats and consolidation in Colorado's...
Registration Open For 2011 Triple Crown Bouldering Series
Registration for the 2011 Triple Crown Bouldering Series is now open with a newly-shuffled lineup of stops
Climbing Shortlisted For 2020 Olympic Games
A year after gaining recognition by the IOC, climbing is on the shortlist of events that could be added for the 2020 Olympic Games
Video Friday - 7/8/2011
Ahem... IT'S FRIDAY And now for some good videos... Alex Honnold Profile Chris Webb Parsons & Alex Puccio Bouldering In The UK Leavenworth Spring Fling Chris Webb Parsons Boulderin...
Ethan Pringle Getting It Done In Rocklands
After a bit of a hiatus Ethan Pringle is back with a mega blog detailing what he's been up to the past few months since he left the U.S. Of particular note is his recent sending sp...
2011 Reel Rock Tour Website Unveiled
The Reel Rock Tour has unveiled their website for the 2011 edition of the show giving more insight into what films we can look forward to seeing
2011 Bouldering World Cup Sheffield Results
Results from the Sheffield stop on the 2011 Bouldering World Cup circuit
Popular Posts & Videos For June 2011
Popular Posts & Videos for June 2011
Video Friday - 7/1/2011
A few words about the end of my trip to Colorado, the schedule for the Bouldering World Cup in Sheffield this weekend and Video Friday videos
Well-Known Youth Climbing Coach Mike Lyons Arrested On Sexual Assault Charges
A well-known coach in the youth climbing community is arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting a member of his team
Longhope Direct: 5.14ish Trad FA By Dave MacLeod
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
Productive Trip To Washington For Jonathan Siegrist
Jonathan Siegrist leaves behind two 5.14 FAs after a successful trip to Washington
Results From 2011 UBC Pro Tour EMS Pro & Bouldering World Cup Barcelona
Results from this past weekend's UBC EMS Pro in Central Park and the Bouldering World Cup in Barcelona, Spain
2011 UBC Pro Tour Eastern Mountain Sports Pro Finals Live Blog
Results from the semi-finals round of the UBC Pro Tour Eastern Mountain Sports Pro as well as a live blog of Finals!
2011 UBC Pro Tour Eastern Mountain Sports Pro Gets Underway, Finals Stream Live Saturday
The UBC Pro Tour's Pete Ward kicks off their Eastern Mountain Sports Pro with a guest post about the road to comp climbing in the Big Apple. Be sure to check back for a live strea...
2011 Bouldering World Cup Eindhoven Results
Results from the most recent bouldering World Cup in Eindhoven, Netherlands that saw an American male find his way onto the podium
Petzl GriGri 2 Recall
Potential problems with the break lever lead to a recall of the Petzl GriGri 2
New & Updated Guidebooks For Joe's Valley, Yosemite Big Walls, Joshua Tree, Summersville Lake, RRG & The Obed
A look at a some new guidebooks that have come out recently for Joe's Valley bouldering, Yosemite big walls, Joshua Tree, the Red River Gorge, Summersville Lake and Gauley River an...
Video Friday - 6/17/2011
Video Friday and a brief update about our trip to Colorado
Bouldering World Cup Circuit Visits The Netherlands This Weekend
Schedule for this weekend's bouldering World Cup in Eindhoven, Netherlands and news of a lead World Cup coming to Atlanta in 2012
Final El Cap Report
After a 5 year run Tom Evans is pulling the plug on his daily reports from El Capitan in Yosemite
Daniel Woods Interviewed About World Cups, Sport Climbing & More
Peter Beal caught up with Daniel Woods to do an interview for Beal's upcoming book's website
Video Friday - 6/10/2011
Videos from Dave Graham, the Vail Bouldering World Cup and talk about "local" blogs
American Alpine Club Making Changes, Launching New $25k Conservation Grant Program
The American Alpine Club launches their Five Year Plan as well as the Cornerstone Conservation Grant program
John Bachar's Training Journals
I don't remember where it was I saw this but a few weeks back someone shared this link to an interesting blog post that went through a few days from John Bachar's training journals
2011 Teva Mountain Games: Vail Bouldering World Cup Final Results
Final results from the Bouldering World Cup at the 2011 Teva Mountain Games in Vail, CO
2011 Teva Mountain Games: Vail Bouldering World Cup Starts Today
The IFSC Bouldering World Cup at the 2011 Teva Mountain Games in Vail, CO begins this morning with proceedings kicking off live on IFSC.tv at 9:00 AM MDT
Video Friday - 6/3/2011
Videos from Endovalley, the Ozarks, France, Boulder Canyon and more...
Popular Posts & Videos For May 2011
A look back at the stories and videos you were clicking on the most in May of 2011
News & Notes - 6/1/2011
News & Notes from Ethan Pringle, Nina Caprez, Carlo Traversi, Jimmy Webb, potential problems with the GriGri 2 and much more...
2011 Bouldering World Cup Canmore Results
Results of the IFSC Bouldering World Cup held in Canmore, Alberta, Canada
Video Friday - 5/26/2011
A getaway weekend edition of Video Friday with videos from Font, Yosemite, Clear Creek Canyon and more...
Bouldering World Cup Visits Canada This Weekend
The IFSC bouldering World Cup circuit hits North America this weekend with a stop in Canmore, Alberta, Canada. As expected, there will be many familiar names on hand with more Ame...
More Thoughts On RRG And Access Situations In General
In the wake of yesterday's news of the closure of Roadside at the Red River Gorge many people took to Facebook and message boards to register their displeasure with the news. Emoti...
Dave Graham Back In The Blogging Mix
After a few year break Dave Graham is back to blogging, this time on Five Ten's website
Access News From The Red River Gorge
The extended Memorial Day weekend will be here in short order and for many climbers the 3-day weekend affords us the opportunity to hit the road to our favorite climbing destinatio...
3 Climbing Media Interviews With Chin, Fryberger & Pavlicek
Not much doing on the news front from the weekend, but there are a few interviews done recently with Jimmy Chin, Chuck Fryberger and Petr Pavlicek that I thought were worth sharing...
Video Friday - 5/20/2011
Before the videos get started I wanted to offer a little more background on the video of Adam Ondra's FA of Chaxi Raxi (5.15b) . Writing on his newly redesigned blog , Andrew Bisha...
Potential V13 By Therese Johansen In Norway
Norway's Therese Johansen repeats Bernd Zangerl's Propaganda, a potential V13 in Norway
2011 Dominion Riverrock Bouldering Comp Results
The World Cup wasn't the only comp taking place last weekend as a small field comprised of many of America's strongest boulderers including Daniel Woods, Paul Robinson, Sasha DiGiu...
Ondra Gets Revenge At Malham Cove, Does 2nd Ascent Of Overshadow (5.15a)
Adam Ondra returns to England to nab the 2nd ascent of Steve McClure's Overshadow (5.15a) at Malham Cove. UPDATED
2011 Bouldering World Cup Vienna Results
Alex Puccio takes 2nd at the 2011 Bouldering World Cup in Vienna, Austria plus another American joins the fun!
Video Friday - 5/13/2011
The weekend is back and so is Video Friday, but first a some news on live climbing going on this weekend as the Bouldering World Cup hits Vienna, Austria
Nice Profile Of Christian Core
iCLIMB.com brings us a nice video profile of Italy's Christian Core
Registration Open For UBC Pro Tour Stop In Central Park
More details on the upcoming stop on the UBC Pro Tour that will culminate with finals staged in New York's Central Park
Review: Petzl GriGri 2
A look at the new GriGri 2 from Petzl
2011 Bouldering World Cup Slovenia Results
Alex Puccio takes 3rd at the 2011 Bouldering World Cup in Log-Dragomer, Slovenia, plus I try my best to explain the World Cup scoring system...
Video Friday - 5/6/2011
The trailer for Chuck Fryberger's "The Scene" as well as your Video Friday videos...
Two 5.15s In A Day At Oliana For Chris Sharma
Since turning 30 a few weeks back do you think Chris Sharma spends his free time watching the Climbing After 30 series to keep his motivation up?? Whatever he's doing is working b...
Popular Posts For April 2011
A look back at the stories and videos you were clicking on the most in April of 2011
Potential V14 FA In RMNP By Dave Graham
Dave Graham adds a potential V14 to the Endo Valley area of Colorado's RMNP
Time For A Shoe Checkup?
A confluence of factors have led me to the inescapable conclusion that I need to buy a new pair of climbing shoes...
Report From The 2011 Collegiate Climbing Series
A report from the final event of the 2011 Collegiate Climbing Series
Video Friday - 4/29/2011
A few words on a new movie called The Southeast Showdown, a nice piece on Jason Kehl's "The Seventh Circle" and the most popular videos of the last 7 days...
News & Notes Bonus Edition - 4/29/2011
A few bonus News & Notes from Emily Harrington, Dorothea Karalus, Enzo Oddo and more...
2nd Ascent Of Graham's Coup de Grace By Gabriele Moroni
Italy's Gabriele Moroni does the 2nd ascent of Dave Graham's Coup de Grace in Sonlerto, Switzerland
News & Notes - 4/27/2011
A few News & Notes from Nik Berry, Daniel Woods, Adam Ondra, the Petzl Roc Trip China, a new iPhone app guidebook for Joshua Tree and more
Nat Geo Shines The Spotlight On Yosemite's "Superclimbers"
Climbing in Yosemite takes center-stage in the May 2011 issue of National Geographic Magazine
Another Potential 5.15b By Adam Ondra In Spain
Adam Ondra does his 4th 5.15b of the year...and it's only April
Video Friday - 4/22/2011
Videos featuring Chris Sharma, Enzo Oddo and more...
Daniel Woods On Fire In Switzerland
Daniel Woods does his 3rd V14 or harder in a week in Magic Wood, Switzerland
Chris Sharma Does First Ascent Of First Round First Minute In Margalef
Chris Sharma nabs the long-awaited FA of his First Round First Minute project in Margalef, Spain
3rd Ascent Of Practice Of The Wild (V15) & Ill Trill By Daniel Woods UPDATED
Daniel Woods does the 3rd ascent of a Chris Sharma testpiece in Magic Wood, Switzerland. Updated with news of Woods doing the 3rd ascent of Ill Trill, also in Magic Wood.
Results From 2011 Canadian Bouldering Championships & 1st Bouldering World Cup Of 2011
A pair of international comps went down over the weekend in Canada at the Canadian Bouldering Championships and in Milan, Italy at the 1st leg of the 2011 World Cup that featured s...
Video Friday - 4/15/2011
Friday is here and so are the videos...
How to Start a Climbing Website in 3 Easy Steps
Guest post from Crux.com co-founder Matt Paden on 3 steps to starting a climbing website
Adam Ondra Makes Quick Work Of Chilam Balam
Adam Ondra makes quick work of one of the world's hardest and most notorious unrepeated routes
Pair Of Interesting Outside Magazine Articles About Chin & Honnold
A pair of interesting articles about Jimmy Chin and Alex Honnold on Outside Magazine's website caught my attention recently
News & Notes - 4/12/2011
News & Notes from Nina Caprez, Cedric Lachat, Kevin Jorgeson, Fred Nicole and much more...
More On Ashima Shiraishi's Trip To Hueco
An update on 9 year-old Ashima Shiraishi's trip to Hueco Tanks that saw her send a handful of double digit problems and a heartbreaking near send of a V12
Video Friday - 4/8/2011
Somber news about Renan Ozturk and Jimmy Chin and amazing video of Adam Ondra onsighting 5.14c in Oliana
Golden Direct (5.14d) Repeated By Jonathan Siegrist
Jonathan Siegrist does the likely 3rd ascent of a hard Joe Kinder testpiece in southern Utah
2011 Reel Rock Film Tour & Flimmaking Contest
This fall the Reel Rock Film Tour will be back with their 6th installment, and like last year there will be no main event movie so to speak but rather a collection of shorter clips...
Beautiful Soup
If there is one recurring theme about my climbing you probably picked up from reading this site over the years is that I get injured. A lot. In fact, injury was the main impetus fo...
Alex Savage Is Green In The Face
Alex Savage 's roadtrip around the western U. S. rolls on as he seeks out problems to film for his upcoming movie Western Gold . His latest stop found him in Idaho's Castle Rocks S...
DiGiulian, Midtbø Win 2011 SCS Open National Championships UPDATED
The 2011 SCS Open National Championships went off this weekend in Boulder, CO with Magnus Midtbø and the red-hot Sasha DiGiulian taking the top spot on their respective podiums.
Popular Posts & Videos For March 2011
A look back at the stories and videos you were clicking on the most in March of 2011
Video Friday - 4/1/2010
Videos from Cuba, Sweden, Australia and more...
2011 SCS Open National Championships Start Tomorrow
While the annual ABS Nationals bouldering competition seems to generate a lot of buzz among competitors and spectators alike, the yearly SCS Nationals sport climbing competition al...
First Ascent Of Beautiful Line In Red Rocks By Pete Lowe
Under the radar crusher Pete Lowe has added a new problem called The Shining Path to the boulders of Red Rocks, NV that is among the hardest and most beautiful in the area.
Joe Kinder Does FA Of Tiger Blood (5.14c)
Joe Kinder is about to bail on the U.S. and embark on a pretty amazing sounding roadtrip through Europe and South Africa, but before he could get to that he had some unfinished bus...
5.15b FA And 5.14c Onsight In A Day By Adam Ondra
Adam Ondra's 2 week holiday to Spain ended with a 5.15b FA and 5.14c onsight at Oliana
Video Friday - 3/25/2011
Before we get to today's videos I wanted to take a moment to draw your attention to a piece from a recent issue of Climbing that has been posted on their website. Entitled Lake Eff...
More News From Kentucky UPDATED
More hard sends going down at the Red River Gorge. UPDATED
Paul Robinson Ends Road Trip On High Note
Paul Robinson ended his 9 month road trip on a high note by sending another V15 in Fontainebleau
Competitive Bouldering Coming To Central Park With The UBC Eastern Mountain Sports Pro
The next stop on the 2011 UBC Pro Tour is official: comp climbing is coming to New York City's Central Park
5.14a Onsight By Sasha DiGiulian In The Red River Gorge
Sasha DiGiulian is having a pretty good week in Kentucky's Red River Gorge sending Southern Smoke (5.14c) on Saturday and now, according to her Facebook profile, onsighting the 130...
News & Notes - 3/22/2011
News & Notes from Adam Ondra, Daniel Woods and much more...
Southern Smoke (5.14c) FFA By Sasha DiGiulian
Today at Bob Marley in the Red River Gorge I bore witness to Sasha DiGiulian making an impressive send of Joe Kinder's Southern Smoke (5.14c) for the route's first female ascent. M...
Video Friday - 3/18/2011
No times for words on this Friday so let's get right to the videos. Have a great weekend everyone!
Climberism Magazine
Not much time to write this week unfortunately, but I wanted to draw your attention to an online magazine I've been checking out recently, Climberism . Climberism is an online webs...
Potential 5.15a FA In Santa Ana By Adam Ondra
With the warm up out of the way, Adam Ondra turns his attentions to more long term challenges on his current road trip to Spain. News also from Daila Ojeda...
Carlo Traversi Repeats The Game (V15?) In Boulder Canyon
A who's who of Boulder's climbing elite gathered under Boulder Canyon's Cob Rock today to have a go at Daniel Woods' The Game, a previously unrepeated proposed V16. After the dust...
Video Friday - 3/11/2011
Bourbon talk and excellent videos from Arkansas, the UK, Yosemite and Rifle
Another Hard New Boulder In Hueco By Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods capped off a productive season of new problems in Hueco Tanks yesterday with the FA of The House Of Doom (V13) according to his 8a scorecard . In the scorecard comment...
Another Pair Of 5.14c Onsights For Adam Ondra In Spain?!
Adam Ondra actually improves on his recent "world record" of 2 5.14cs in 2 days by doing 2 in one day!
Notable Sends In Bishop & Hueco Tanks
A few notable sends by Enzo Oddo, Jason Kehl and Dave Graham
The Story Of Two Worlds (V15) 2nd Ascent By Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson grabs the 2nd ascent of Dave Graham's The Story Of Two Worlds in Cresciano, Switzerland. UPDATED with pictures.
5.14 Onsight Spree By Adam Ondra In Spain
Adam Ondra builds on his recent 5.15b FA by onsighting 2 5.14cs in Extauri, Spain
Alpinist's Speed Climbing Series
Alpinist recently interviewed Alex Honnold, Dean Potter and Sean Leary for a series on speed climbing
Popular Posts & Videos For February 2011
Popular posts and the most highly rated videos for February of 2011
Video Friday - 3/04/2011
Spring break talk and videos from Daniel Woods, Sean McColl, Nigel Callender and more...
Time For Sendage?
A look at a new site for creating ticklists and tracking your climbs called Sendage
Chris Webb Parsons Interview & Video
Interview with Australia's Chris Webb Parsons as well as a recent video profile put together for iCLIMB.com
More From Tommy Caldwell On Climbing In Keketuohai
More from Tommy Caldwell's trip to the "Tuolumne of China", China's Keketuohai National Geological Park
Necessary Evil (5.14c) Repeated By Jonathan Siegrist
After an extended battle against "frustration, terribly fickle conditions, and some severely height dependent cruxes" Jonathan Siegrist clips the chains on Necessary Evil (5.14c)
Video Friday - 2/25/2011
Videos from Fred Nicole, Sean McColl, Jimmy Webb and more!
Action Alert Regarding NPS Wilderness Fixed Anchor Proposal
The Access Fund has posted a call for climber input regarding the National Park Service's draft of its wilderness management policies which was released back in January. This poli...
Reach
Thoughts on the new climbing film Reach from Rogue State Films & Nathan Bancroft
News & Notes - 2/23/2011
A smorgasbord of News & Notes to get you through your Wednesday
New Moe's Valley Bouldering Guidebook
A quick look at the new Moe's Valley bouldering guidebook and a new production company in the desert southwest
And Now For A Cleansing Of The Palette...
Surely all of the indoor pebble wrestling talk that has permeated this site of late has rubbed some of you the wrong way. While I love indoor climbing just as much as the next guy...
Potential 5.15b "La Capella" By Adam Ondra In Siurana
Just weeks after his 18th birthday Adam Ondra does the FA of perhaps his hardest route yet in Siurana, Spain
Jorgeson's Ambrosia Highball Repeated By 15 Year-Old Enzo Oddo
Ambrosia, the tall line on the south face of the Grandpa Peabody boulder at Bishop's Buttermilks made famous by Kevin Jorgeson's FA in Progression, saw its 4th ascent yesterday at...
2011 ABS 12 Nationals Final Wrap-Up
A final look back at 2011 ABS 12 Nationals
World's Tallest Climbing Wall Coming To Reno?
If all goes to plan Reno, NV will be home to the world's tallest climbing wall by this summer
2011 ABS 12 National Bouldering Championships Final Results
Final results of the 2011 ABS 12 National Bouldering Championships won by Sean McColl and Alex Puccio
Live Blogging Coverage Of 2011 ABS 12 National Bouldering Championships Finals
Live blogging the coverage of the final round of the 2011 ABS 12 National Bouldering Championships
2011 ABS 12 National Bouldering Championships Qualifier Results
Results from the qualifying round of the 2011 ABS 12 National Bouldering Championships in Boulder, CO
Video Friday - 2/11/2011
Videos of Leo Houlding, Dave Graham, Brian Antheunisse, Matt Wilder, Steph Davis and Sam Davis...
2011 ABS 12 National Bouldering Championships Starts Friday, Streams Live Online Saturday
The 2011 edition of ABS Nationals kicks off Friday in Boulder, CO. While the event is returning to familiar ground this year there a couple of changes worth noting.
Upcoming Comps At Shades Crest, Hueco Tanks & HP40
Details about upcoming bouldering comps at Shades Crest, Hueco Tanks & HP40
Paul Robinson Interview & V15 Repeat In Fontainebleau
An interview with Paul Robinson as well as news about another hard send in Fontainebleau, France
Woods & Metcalf Take Down 2011 Dark Horse Series Championship
In a warmup for this weekend's ABS Nationals, Daniel Woods and Francesca Metcalf bested a strong field at the 2011 Dark Horse Series Championship at Metrock in Everett, MA.
Popular Posts & Videos For January 2011
Popular posts and the most highly rated videos for January of 2011
Video Friday - 2/4/2011
Thoughts about last weekend's Quick on the Draw climbing comp as well as the most popular videos of the past week
Climbing Mag Interviews Chris Sharma
Climbing Magazine has gone ahead and posted the feature interview with Chris Sharma from their current issue on their website
Alex Johnson Sends The Mandala
Just the other week Alex Johnson mentioned in the comments of the Bucket List post that the iconic boulder problem The Mandala (V12) was high on her list of problem she was looking...
Ménégatti Gets 2nd Ascent Of The Big Island (V15)
France's Lucas Ménégatti nabs the second ascent of one of Fontainebleau's most difficult testpieces
Video Friday - 1/28/2011
Thoughts on an upcoming climbing comp and videos from Joe Kinder, Jimmy Webb and Adam Ondra
Thoughts On My First Outdoor Retailer Trade Show
Last week I made the journey out to Salt Lake City to take in the sights and sounds of my first Outdoor Retailer Trade Show. Some people go there to learn about the new gear, othe...
News & Notes - 1/25/2011
Has it really been almost 2 months since we last did this??? Hopefully this massive round-up of News & Notes will get me back in your good graces...
David Lama Patagonia Controversy Renewed For Another Season
David Lama and his Red Bull team are back in Patagonia for another go at his project to free climb Cerro Torre's Compressor Route. Much like last year, controversy has not been fa...
Video Friday - 1/21/2011
Video Friday videos from Fontainebleau, Arkansas, Paul Robinson & Jonathan Siegrist
NE2C, USA Climbing Joining Forces
Last week NE2C Productions, the group behind the Unified Bouldering Championships, and USA Climbing, the National Governing Body of Competition Climbing in the U.S. announced they...
What's On Your Climbing Bucket List?
As climbers we often have goals and lists of things we'd like to do in the upcoming months and years. Whether it's a specific route or boulder problem we are hoping to do, a partic...
Trip Reports From Afghanistan, Mongolia & Montenegro
Black Diamond's athletes and employees share stores from trips to Afghanistan, Mongolia & Montenegro
New V14 From Jimmy Webb In Arkansas
Still recovering from a finger injury, Jimmy Webb opens hard new boulders at Arkansas' Horseshoe Canyon Ranch
Video Friday - 1/14/2011
Videos of Yuji Hirayama and bouldering in the Southeast and Fontainebleau highlight this edition of Video Friday
Chris Sharma Opens New 5.15 In Santa Linya
Chris Sharma opens a potential 5.15 dubbed Catxasa in Santa Linya, Spain
Review: 70m Petzl Nomad 9.8mm Rope
A review of the Petzl Nomad 9.8mm x 70m climbing rope
Aussies Getting It Done In Hueco
Alex Puccio, Portia Menlove and a pair of Australians are getting things done in Hueco Tanks
Prana's Chris Sharma Anthology
Prana launches a cool anthology feature looking back at the career of Chris Sharma
Report From 2011 Ice Climbing World Cup In Cheongsong, South Korea
News from the ice climbing world including winners of the Mixed Climbing comp at Ouray and a report from the Ice Climbing World Cup held in Cheongsong, South Korea
What’s In The Mags: December 2010
The holidays have me a bit behind on things, but here is a quick look at what was in the December issues of both Climbing and Urban Climber
Give Ice Climbing A Try?
Winter is here for much of us in the U.S. which means limited options for climbing outside. Most of us turn to the gym to prepare for the coming spring thaw. That's a fine plan. It...
New Partnership With Professional Climbers International
The astute among you may have noticed a bit of a change to the design of this site yesterday. This change coincides with the launch of Professional Climbers International (PCI), a...
Orange Crush
Alex Savage, who brought us the excellent short film Swanky Swizzy, is back with his latest offering, Orange Crush.
Popular Posts & Videos For December, All Of 2010
A quick look back at the most popular posts and videos from December and all of 2010
Another Hard FA In Hueco Tanks By Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods adds yet another hard new boulder problem in Hueco Tanks
Paul Robinson Hits The Ground Running In Fontainebleau
Paul Robinson has moved on from Switzerland and set up shop in Fontainebleau, France with predictable results
News & Notes: Hueco Tanks Edition
The winter season is in full effect in Hueco Tanks, TX with several interesting sends going down in recent weeks
Rich Simpson & The Burden Of Proof
The UK's Rich Simpson comes under fire for refusing to substantiate several high-end sporting claims, including ascents of routes like Action Directe
Chris Sharma Back In Action At Oliana
Chris Sharma is back with another FA of anther 5.15 in Oliana, Spain
Hard 5.14 FA By Ethan Pringle In Yangshuo
Ethan Pringle does the FA of an open Chris Sharma project in Yangshuo, China
Review: Southern Nevada Bouldering Guidebook
A look at Tom Moulin's new Southern Nevada Bouldering guidebook
From Dirt Grows The Flowers Left Variant (V15) Repeated By Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson's strong season of bouldering in the Swiss canton of Ticino continues, this time with the likely 5th ascent of Dave Graham's From Dirt Grows The Flowers (V15) in Chir...
New 5.14 At The Fossil Cave By Joe Kinder
Joe Kinder escaped the snow and cold of Rifle, CO down to southern Utah's St. George area where he got right to work on an undone Randy Leavitt route at the Virgin River Gorge's Fo...
Alex Honnold Up For Nat Geo's Adventurer Of The Year
Alex Honnold is nominated for National Geographic's Adventurer Of The Year and news from his expedition to Chad with James Pearson, Mark Synnott, Jimmy Chin, Renan Ozturk and Tim K...
Things Get Spicy In Yangshuo For Ethan Pringle
Fresh off a successful trip to the Red River Gorge, Ethan Pringle jetted over to Yangshuo, China where his results have been similarly impressive
2010 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: Stone Fort Results
Jimmy Webb and Kasia Pietras continue their dominance of the 2010 Triple Crown Bouldering Series at a wet Stone Fort
Popular Posts & Videos For November 2010
ClimbingNarc.com was dominated by one topic in November: Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson's push to free their Dawn Wall project on El Cap. Thanks to modern technology we were abl...
Video-ish Friday: 2010 Reel Rock Film Tour DVD
Looking for the perfect stocking stuffer for the climbing addict in your life? Then look no further than the 2010 Reel Rock Film Tour which is now available on DVD and digital dow...
Hard Trad FAs At The New River Gorge By Goodman & Wilder
Pat Goodman and Matt Wilder pull off 2 hard trad FAs in West Virginia's New River Gorge with Chuck Fryberger on hand to capture the sends for his upcoming movie The Scene
Dawn Wall Debrief From Kevin Jorgeson
Interview with Kevin Jorgeson after his and Tommy Caldwell's unsuccessful attempt to free their Dawn Wall project on El Capitan
What's In The Mags: November 2010
Better late than never, here is November's climbing magazine rundown
News & Notes - 11/29/2010
Feast on the latest edition of News & Notes with news about several repeats of Dave Graham V15s in Europe, a tragic accident in Red Rocks, a lesson about the importance of helmets...
DPM Launches Climbing After 30 Video Series
Deadpoint Magazine launches a new video series about climbing after 30
Contest: Win A 2010 Access Fund Holiday Pack
Find out how you can win an Access Fund Holiday Pack stuffed with goodies
Caldwell & Jorgeson's Dawn Wall Push Ends...For This Year
Tommy Calwell and Kevin Jorgeson's attempt to free a new route on El Capitan's Dawn Wall comes to an early end
Caldwell & Jorgeson's Dawn Wall Push Nears End Of Week 1
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson's push to free a new line on El Capitan's Dawn Wall is 6 days old now. When we last checked in with the duo on Tuesday morning they had finished P...
Jonathan Siegrist Does FA Of Twenty Four Karats (5.14c) At Red River Gorge
Jonathan Siegrist cleans up another longstanding 5.14 project at Kentucky's Red River Gorge
Going It Alone
Back in the fall of 2008 I spent a great many days venturing out to the local bouldering areas here in Wisconsin on solo missions to what were, for the most part, deserted areas. U...
More Updates From The Dawn Wall
A brief update after the first 3 days of Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson's push up a new free route on El Capitan's Dawn Wall
News From Across The Pond
A few noteworthy sends from across the pond last week by Bernhard Schwaiger, Dai Koyamada, Chris Webb Parsons, Dave MacLeod and Pierre Bollinger
Push Begins On El Cap For Caldwell & Jorgeson
After years of hard work and preparation Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson set off yesterday morning to attempt a ground up send of their project on El Capitan's Dawn Wall
Kehl, Smith & Takeda Talk Zanskar Odyssey
Hear Jason Kehl, Abbey Smith and Pete Takeda talk about their recent bouldering expedition to Zanskar, India
2010 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: HP40 Results
Results from the second leg of the 2010 Triple Crown Bouldering Series at Horse Pens 40 (HP 40), AL
Productive Weekend At The Red River Gorge For Siegrist & Pringle
It was a busy weekend for hard sending at the Red River Gorge's Chocolate Factory with Jonathan Siegrist and Ethan Pringle both sending hard 5.14s
Sender Films Co-Creators On Last Call With Carson Daly
Check out the guys from Sender Films on Last Call With Carson Daly
Help The Southeastern Climbers Coalition Win A $250,000 Grant
See how you can help the Southeastern Climbers Coalition win a $250,000 grant from Pepsi to help preserve climbing access in the southeast
News & Notes - 11/03/2010
News & Notes from Rifle, the Red River Gorge, Switzerland, the Petzl Roc Trip and more...
Alex Honnold & Will Stanhope Team Up To Repeat Southern Belle
Alex Honnold & Will Stanhope teamed up to repeat Southern Belle, one of the most notoriously runout routes in all of Yosemite
Popular Posts & Videos For October 2010
Check out which posts and videos you were clicking on the most during the month of October 2010
Sender Films' First Ascent Series To Air On The Travel Channel
It's been rumored for some time but now it's official: Sender Films' First Ascent: The Series will finally be airing in the U.S. this week on the Travel Channel.
New Free Route On El Cap
Leo Holding and Jason Pickles add a new free route to Yosemite's El Capitan
How Does Your Local Wall Stack Up?
Check out this climbing wall in the Netherlands that weighs in at a staggering 120 ft tall
Interview With Flannery & Asher Shay-Nemirow
Interview with siblings Flannery & Asher Shay-Nemirow
What's In The Mags: October 2010
A look at the latest issues of Climbing, Deadpoint and Urban Climber for October 2010
Chris Sharma Wins Innovative Deep Water Soloing Comp In Spain
Chris Sharma won an innovative DWS comp in Bilbao, Spain over the weekend which has a lot of people talking
Carlo Traversi Sends The Dagger (V14) In Cresciano
Carlo Taversi is having himself quite the year...
Woods, Puccio & Litz Establish Hard Boulders
This weekend saw some interesting news on the bouldering front with hard FAs by the likes of Daniel Woods, Alex Puccio and James Litz
Sailing, Jamming And Climbing On The West Coast Of Greenland
Nicolas Favresee, Sean Villanueva, Olivier Favresee and Ben Ditto spent their summer sailing up and down the west coast of Greenland climbing some amazing new big walls
Potential V15 In Magic Wood By Chris Webb Parsons
Americans aren't the only ones getting things done on the boulders of Switzerland, Australia's Chris Webb Parsons has been cleaning up several area classics and he recently establi...
The Season Begins For Tommy Caldwell & Kevin Jorgeson On El Cap
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson are back in Yosemite for the Fall season to have another go at their well documented project on El Capitan's Dawn Wall
Adam Ondra Visits Madagascar
Adam Ondra (not pictured) took a break from school at the end of last month to go to Madagascar of all places and, as usual, he did not leave empty-handed.
Weekend Of Yosemite Bouldering
A recap of my 5 day trip to Yosemite last week
Americans On The Takedown In Switzerland
Americans Carlo Traversi, Alex Puccio and Paul Robinson are having an excellent start to the bouldering season over in Switzerland including the FA of a potential V15 in Magic Wood...
Pair Of Lincoln Lake Season Wrap Ups
Jamie Emerson & Chad Greedy offer their summaries of the 2010 season at Lincoln Lake plus a brief promo for a new movie about the area
Jason Kruk Interview
"When one of the funniest and most outrageous things imaginable happens to you and is caught on film, I reckon it's your duty to share it with the world."
2010 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: Hound Ears Results
Results from the first leg of the 2010 Triple Crown Bouldering Series at Hound Ears, NC
Jaws II (5.15a) Repeated By Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods nabs the 2nd ascent of one of the country's hardest sport routes
Popular Posts & Videos For September 2010
Here are the most popular posts and videos for September 2010
Potential V15 In Norway By Magnus Midtbø
Magnus Midtbø does his hardest boulder problem yet with the FA of Blood Redemption in Matre, Norway
Rocktoberfest 2010 & Updated Red River Gorge Guidebook
Rocktoberfest hits Kentucky's Red River Gorge next weekend. What better time to put your new guidebook to use??
FFA Of Grand Ol' Opry (5.14) By Paige Claassen
Paige Claasen has succeed in repeating Grand Ol' Opry (5.14) for its first female ascent and only its 4th ascent overall
Climbing Legend Kurt Albert Killed In Fall
German climbing legend Kurt Albert has passed away after falling some 60 feet from a via ferrata in Bavaria on Sunday
Lincoln Lake Season Winding Down
The season at Mt. Evans' Lincoln Lake is nearing its end, but not before a few more hard boulders are sent...
2010 UBC Pro Tour At The Nor'easter Final Results
Final results from the last stop on the 2010 Unified Bouldering Championships Pro Tour
Live Blogging The 2010 UBC Pro Tour Nor'easter Qualifiers
Come chat about the 2010 UBC Pro Tour qualifiers at the Nor'easter
What's In The Mags: September 2010
A look at the the issues of Climbing, Rock & Ice, Deadpoint and Urban Climber for September 2010
Final Stop Of 2010 UBC Pro Tour Streams Live Friday & Saturday
Catch the final stop of the 2010 Unified Bouldering Championships Pro Tour live on the internet this Friday and Saturday
More On Tommy Caldwell's China Trip
More details and pictures from Tommy Caldwell's recent trip to China
News & Notes - 09/21/2010
News & Notes from the European Championships, Alex Honnold, Steve Wempler and more
It’s "Wash, Rinse, Repeat" At Lincoln Lake For Graham & Woods
Stop me if you've heard this before : another week, another hard boulder added to the talus near Mt. Evans' Lincoln Lake by Dave Graham and Daniel Woods. This has become such a con...
Tommy Caldwell & Crew Explore The "Tuolumne Of China"
What happens when Tommy Caldwell rallies a crew to the far reaches of China to climb in an area where noone has ever been allowed to climb...
Paul Robinson Back In Switzerland
Paul Robinson is back in Switzerland doing what he does best
Chris Sharma Tries A Little Yoga...
What happens when one of the world's best rock climbers gives Yoga a try???
Kryptonite (5.14d) Repeated By Jonathan Siegrist
Jonathan Siegrists succeeds in his quest to repeat Kryptonite (5.14d) at the Fortress of Solitude in western Colorado
Big Summer For Dave Graham Continues
Dave Graham continues his excellent summer with yet another potential V14 at Lincoln Lake. UPDATED with video
New Guidebooks To Stone Fort Bouldering, Yosemite Top Ropes & Sport Climbs
Two new guidebooks to tell you about today, one covering top ropes and sport climbs in Yosemite and the other the bouldering at Tennessee's Stone Fort AKA Little Rock City.
News & Notes – 9/8/2010
News & Notes from Adam Ondra, Brent Perkins, Phil Schaal, Black Diamond and MUCH more...
2010 Reel Rock Film Tour Trailer
Trailer for the 2010 Reel Rock Film Tour, coming soon to a city near you
Daniel Woods & Dave Graham Add Potential V15 At Lincoln Lake
With the addition of Warrior Up (V15) at Mt. Evans' Lincoln Lake, Daniel Woods & Dave Graham have teamed up to establish a contender for one of the hardest boulder problems in the...
Getaway Day
It's "getaway day", the day before a long weekend filled with climbing......or not
Popular Posts & Videos For August 2010
After a quiet month of July, which mainly stemmed from my 2 week vacation, ClimbingNarc.com was firing on all cylinders during the month of August. Here is what you were reading a...
Interview With The Denver Bouldering Club
Last year the aptly named Denver Bouldering Club opened its doors to members offering 24 hours access to 1,500+ square feet of dedicated bouldering terrain. Since I've been seeing...
5.15b By Magnus Midtbø In Rodellar
A rare repeat of a proposed 5.15b by Norway's Magnus Midtbø
First Ascent: The Series DVD Box Set Now Available
As promised back in February the critically acclaimed television series from Sender Films called First Ascent: The Series is now available for purchase in a 3-disc box set.
2nd Ascent Of Monkey Wedding (V15) By Paul Robinson
It sounds like Paul Robinson has ended his 2 month trip to South Africa's Rocklands with a bang
Weekend News
A few notable sends that caught my eye recently and sad news from the Alps...
Contest: Win A Copy Of The Petzl All Access DVD
Find out how you can win a copy of the Petzl All Access DVD
Angie Payne Repeats The Automator (V13) In RMNP
Angie Payne pulls off an impressive ascent of The Automator (V13) in Rocky Mountain National Park,CO
Alex Honnold's Half Dome/El Cap Solo Link-up In His Own Words
Alex Honnold shares with the Black Diamond Journal how he went about soloing Half Dome and El Capitan in a half day push
Review Potpourri
Reviews of Andrew Bisharat's How-To book on sport climbing, Five Ten's Team 5.10 shoe and Yosemite Jean, and movies Herakleia and Perfecto
News & Notes - 08/16/2010
Youth seems to be the theme of this edition of News & Notes...
Climbers Are Sexy, But Is The Sport Getting Too Sexy??
A recent study looking at the "attractiveness" of certain sports that was originally discovered by RockClimberGirl.com has been getting a lot of attention on various climbing websi...
Oh, The Places You'll Go
If there's one thing I miss the most when I'm not climbing it has to be the travel. For me, and I think many of you probably feel the same way, there's something strangely addictin...
Review: The Island Volume 1
A review of the The Island Volume 1, a new movie from Chad Greedy and Dave Graham
Paul Robinson Goes Long On The Big Short
Paul Robinson adds a potential V14 to the 8 Day Rain Sector of Rocklands, South Africa
Alli Rainey Reports On Success In Ten Sleep
Alli Rainey checks in with the Prana Blog to report of her recent success in Ten Sleep, WY
Vote In The 2010 Reel Rock Filmmaking Competition
Voting for the 2010 edition of the Reel Rock Filmmaking Competition is now open until September 10th
Woods, Puccio Win At 2010 UBC Pro Tour ORSM
Daniel Woods & Alex Puccio come out on tap at the Unified Bouldering Championships Pro Tour's stop at the 2010 Outdoor Retailer Summer Market
UBC Pro Tour At 2010 ORSM Live Blog
Check here for a recap of the Live Blog of the 2010 UBC Pro Tour's stop at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market.
Ondra, Noguchi Win 2010 Bouldering World Cup
Adam Ondra and Akiyo Noguchi win the Bouldering World Cup in Munich & they win the overall title for the 2010 Bouldering World Cup as well
Love For A Rocklands Local
A little love for Rocklands local Arjan de Kock
Ten Sleep
A few words on our trip to Ten Sleep and other stops out west earlier this month
Interviews With Peter Mortimer, Dave Graham & More
A couple of interesting interviews to share. One with Peter Mortimer from Sender Films and the other a group discussion on ClimbTalk radio between Rob Pizem, Chad Greedy, Dave Gra...
Paul Robinson Back In Rocklands
Paul Robinson heads back to Rocklands, South Africa as part of his multi-year road trip around the world
New Belay Devices In The Offing
An updated GriGri from Petzl is among the notable new belay devices coming in 2011
Things That Happened While I Was Away
A few stories from the past few weeks that caught my eye including World Cup Bouldering, climbing on El Cap and more...
UBC Pro Tour At 2010 ORSM Streaming Live Online, Live Blogged Here
Hi there. Hello. Um, how does this blogging stuff work again??
Popular Posts & Video For June 2010
Popular posts & videos for June 2010
5.14b FA By Jacinda Hunter In Utah
Jacinda Hunter has done the first ascent of a long-standing project in Utah's American Fork Canyon that could potentially be 5.14b
Brief News & Notes - 6/28/2010
A few News & Notes from over the weekend...
Joy Trip Project Interviews Chris Sharma
Via Prana's blog is this nice audio interview that The Joy Trip Project did with Chris Sharma when he was at the New River Rendezvous last month.
Wheel Of Life Repeated By Ethan Pringle
16 months after a devastating shoulder injury Ethan Pringle returns to top form in Australia
Another Nice Day For Alex Honnold In Yosemite
What did you do yesterday?? I think I might have climbed 500 ft. at the gym over the course of a couple of hours. Alex Honnold, on the other hand, had a pretty productive day out...
Accident At New River Gorge Offers Learning Experience
A tragic accident at the New River Gorge over the weekend offers a valuable learning experience
More On Black Diamond/Gregory Merger
A brief followup on the recent reverse merger of Black Diamond and Gregory into 1 publicly traded company
2010 Teva Mountain Games: Vail Bouldering World Cup Final Results
Final results of the Bouldering World Cup at the 2010 Teva Mountain Games in Vail, CO won by Daniel Woods and Chloé Grafiaux
2010 Teva Mountain Games: Vail Bouldering World Cup Semi-final Results
Results from the Semi-final round of the Bouldering World Cup at the 2010 Teva Mountain Games in Vail, CO
2010 Teva Mountain Games: Vail Bouldering World Cup Men's Qualifier Results
Results from the Men's qualifying round of the Bouldering World Cup at the 2010 Teva Mountain Games in Vail, CO
2010 Teva Mountain Games: Vail Bouldering World Cup Women's Qualifier Results
Results from the Women's qualifying round of the Bouldering World Cup at the 2010 Teva Mountain Games in Vail, CO
Sonnie Trotter Back In Action
After spending the end of last year recovering from a ruptured appendix, Canada's Sonnie Trotter is back in top form again with two notable ascents in the past couple of weeks.
2010 Bouldering World Cup Vienna Results
Results from the 2010 Bouldering World Cup event held in Vienna, Austria as well as a few thoughts on the upcoming World Cup at the 2010 Teva Mountain Games
Climbing Magazine & Urban Climber Magazine Sold
On the heels of an already active first half of the year, more changes are in the works at the magazines Climbing and Urban Climber
Popular Posts & Videos For May 2010
A brief recap of a Memorial Day weekend spent at the Red River Gorge and Popular posts and videos for May of 2010
6th Ascent Of Jade
6th ascent of one of Colorado's hardest boulders by Carlo Traversi
The Anti Cam
Just a few short months after first posting about it the web based TV show The Season , which followed athletes in a variety of outdoor sports as they progressed through a season o...
Waterworks Fundraiser
Find out how you can help open The Waterworks, a new bouldering area at the Gunks in New York
Battle In The Bubble Results
Two familiar faces come out on top at Boulder's Battle In The Bubble...
Alex Johnson Wins Bouldering World Cup In Switzerland
American Alex Johnson wins the first bouldering World Cup event of the 2010 season. UPDATED
Battle In The Bubble Live Broadcast This Saturday
This weekend's Battle In the Bubble bouldering competition in Boulder, CO will be broadcast live on the internet
2nd Ascent Of The Story Of Two Worlds (Updated)
Dai Koyamada makes the long awaited 2nd ascent of The Story Of Two Worlds, a potential V16 in Cresciano, Switzerland
Potential New 5.14b At The New River Gorge
Mike Williams adds a potential new 5.14b to West Virginia's New River Gorge. Updated to also include news of a new hard trad line established at the New by Pat Goodman.
Black Diamond Equipment & Gregory Mountain Products Acquired By Clarus Corp.
Prominent companies in the climbing world Black Diamond Equipment and Gregory Mountain Products have been acquired for a combined $135 million. UPDATED with statements from Black...
The Hull Cook Journals
While not rock climbing related per se, the Hull Cook journals being featured lately on Colorado Mojo about living beneath Longs Peak in the 1930s are pretty fascinating reads.
News & Notes – 05/05/2010
A special Access edition of News & Notes with additional news from Adam Ondra, Jimmy Webb, Dai Koyamada and more...
Popular Posts & Videos For April 2010
Popular posts and videos for April 2010
Review: CORE Blu-Ray
Review of the Blu-Ray version of CORE, the latest release from Chuck Fryberger
2010 UBC Pro Tour Earth Treks Roc Comp Results
Results from the 2010 Unified Bouldering Championships Pro Tour's first stop at the Earth Treks Roc Comp. Updated with more videos...
Free Preview Of Red River Gorge iPhone App Now Available
A lite version of the upcoming Red River Gorge Guidebook for iPhone/iPod Touch is now available for free download
The North Face's Free Range Turkey
The North Face sends several of its athletes to check out the sport climbing in Antalaya, Turkey
2010 UBC Earth Treks Roc Comp To Stream Live Online
Upcoming bouldering comp to be streamed live online
News & Notes - 4/14/2010
News & Notes from Daniel Woods, Chuck Fryberger, Paul Robinson, the Teva Mountain Games and more...
Big Up's Take On First Round First Minute
Last one. I promise.
Paul Robinson Visits Minnesota
Well, that went fast. Mrs. Narc and I are back from a week-long trip to the Red River Gorge in Kentucky. Somehow this was the longest stretch of sport climbing I’ve done in one tri...
Spring 2010 Tin Shed
Looking for something to help get you through your Friday? Look no further than Patagonia's multimedia Tin Shed which got an update for spring 2010.
Being Sponsored Is A Sin?
Is sponsorship in the outdoor sports world a sin???
Pair Of Adam Ondra Interviews
A pair of excellent interviews with Czech climbing prodigy Adam Ondra
Chris Sharma Interview About Climbing First Round First Minute
In a recent interview with Karin.com Chris Shrama talks about how the actual climbing is going with his First Round First Minute project
Popular Posts & Videos For March 2010
Popular posts and videos for March 2010
More On Lucid Dreaming From Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson blogs about his recent FA of Lucid Dreaming
The Lowdown On First Round First Minute
Chris Sharma addresses the recent controversy over the First Round First Minute project
Lucid Dreaming AKA Rastaman Vibration Sit Start FA By Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson nabs the FA the Rastaman Vibration Sit Start, the hardest boulder problem in Bishop, CA and one of the hardest in the U.S. UPDATED
Upcoming Spring 2010 Climbing Competitions
Information on 3 upcoming indoor and outdoor bouldering competitions in Colorado, Arkansas and Utah
2010 Reel Rock Film Tour & Paul Robinson Update
News about the 2010 Reel Rock Film Tour and Paul Robinson's latest efforts on Bishop's Rasta Man Vibration Sit Start project
Climbing Website Time Machine
Take a trip back in time with this look at what 20+ climbing websites looked like over the years
Movement Gym Draws Hannity's Ire
Boulder, Colorado's Movement Gym draws the ire of conservative commentator Sean Hannity...
News & Notes – 3/16/2010
News & Notes from Alex Honnold, Natasha Barnes, GP Salvo, Dean Potter, Yvon Chouinard and more...
Adam Ondra Nabs 2nd Ascent Of Sharma's Golpe de Estado (5.15b)
Adam Ondra ticks one of his hardest yet...UPDATED
Small Amazing Things Taking Place In Bishop...
The exploits of Jimmy Webb and Brion Voges in Bishop gives me a good excuse to re-post a classic Dave Graham video...
New Indoor Climbing Short Coming From Big Up Productions
Matador Sports goes behind the scenes of Big Up Productions' new indoor climbing short
Putting A Price Tag On Climbing
Could you be bribed to give up climbing forever? How much would it cost??
Kentucky Champagne
Sandstone and Bourbon...
News & Notes - 3/4/2010
News & Notes from Chris Sharma, Daila Ojeda, Chris Webb Parsons, Hueco Rock Rodeo Results and much more...
Core Trailer
As seems to be the norm after returning from an extended absence from technology, I'm having a hard time processing all that happened in the world of climbing since we left for HP4...
Popular Posts & Videos For February 2010
Popular posts and videos for February 2010
News & Notes – 2/23/2010
News & Notes of a new V14 in Utah, a new competition series from NE2C, highballs in Bishop and much more...
Climbing One Step Closer To The Olympics?
Climbing clears another hurdle on the path toward becoming an Olympic sport. UPDATED
Update On Alex Honnold's "Alone On The Wall" & First Ascent: The Series
An update on when and where you will be able to see the First Ascent TV series episode "Alone On The Wall" that includes footage of Alex Honnold's free solo of Yosemite's Half Dome...
Simon Carter Talks Photography, Shows Off New Camera
Professional climbing photographer Simon Carter talks about his craft and shows off some HD video shot in Australia's Blue Mountains
Hard Crack Freed In Colorado's South Platte
News of a difficult new line in Colorado's South Platte and a spotlight on the Colorado Mountain Journal
2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Qualifiers Results & Videos
Results and media from the qualifying round at the 2010 ABS 11 Open National Championships
Daniel Woods Opens The Game (V16)
Daniel Woods takes it to the next level in Boulder Canyon with the first ascent of The Game (V16)
News & Notes – 02/10/2010
It’s been a bit of a slow news year month week so there’s not much to report of late. ABS Nationals , probably the biggest and most important indoor bouldering comp of the year, wi...
Popular Posts & Videos For January 2010
A note about the ClimbingNarc.com Facebook page as well as a summary of popular posts and videos for January 2010
The Season
Check out The Season, a new web based TV show that follows 5 athletes through a season in the Pacific Northwest
Review: Bouldering Guide To Horse Pens 40 (HP40), Moss Rock & Palisades Park
A review of the upcoming guidebook to bouldering at Alabama's Horse Pens 40 (HP40), Moss Rock Preserve & Palisades Park.
3rd Ascent Of Terremer (V15) By Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods ticks off another of America's hardest boulders in Fred Nicole's Terremer (V15) at Hueco Tanks, TX
Quick On The Draw 2010
Pictures and a few thoughts after attending the annual competition at my local gym for the 10th time
News & Notes – 1/27/2010
News & Notes from the OR Winter Market, Chris Sharma, Iker Pou and more
2010 SCS Open National Championship Results
Results of the 2010 SCS Open National Championships held this past weekend in Sandy, UT. Updated with Video.
A Brief Note
A brief note about my upcoming plans...
Ad Blackout
An interesting look at the ad content of climbing magazines as well as some thoughts on the content of the mags
Paul Robinson On Red Rocks Bouldering
I caught up with Paul Robinson to find out more on his recent bouldering trip to Red Rocks, NV
2009 Year In Review Part 4
A look back at what was making news the last 3 months of 2009
New AAC Grant Inspired By Jonny Copp & Micah Dash
The American Alpine Club has created the Copp-Dash Inspire Award to honor Jonny Copp & Micah Dash
News & Notes – 1/11/2010
News & Notes from Matt Wilder, Paul Robinson, Daniel Woods and MORE. Updated 1/12/10.
More Climbing Movies Available As HD Downloads
Continuing a trend that started to take hold in late 2009 with the release of Progression via both DVD and internet download, Bouldering.com has added a nice assortment of climbing...
2009 Year In Review Part 3
A look back at what was making news the months of July, August and September of 2009
Chris Webb Parsons On The Comeback Trail
Almost a year after a debilitating shoulder injury, Australia's Chris Webb Parsons begins his comeback at the Buttermilks
2009 Year In Review Part 2
A look back at what was making news April through June of 2009
2009 Year In Review Part 1
A look back at what was making news the first 3 months of 2009
Jonathan Siegrist, American Gangster In Yangshuo
Jonathan Siegrist, fresh off an impressive fall trip to the Red River Gorge, makes fast work of several hard routes in Yangshuo, China.
Beth Rodden On The Road To Recovery
Beth Rodden shares her story as she recovers from a torn labrum
Only The “Highest Caliber Of Wood Grained Sandstone” For Paul Robinson…
It seems like an annual tradition at this point that each winter some of America’s strongest boulderers make their way to Arkansas to sample the untapped sandstone that can be foun...
Adam Ondra Flashes V14 In Switzerland
Another week, another impressive piece of news from Czech youngster Adam Ondra. UPDATED with a link to video of Daniel Woods doing the problem as well as additional details.
Chris Sharma, Neanderthal Among Boys
Chris Sharma ticks off another 5.15 project, this time the Neanderthal project in Santa Linya, Spain. Updated with link to pictures and more route info.
What Can You Say About The Grade?
Important to some and meaningless to others, climbing grades have long been a great source of debate to pass the time in between sessions. Recent years have seen an explosion of c...
R.I.P. Dr. Topo
Free topo website Dr. Topo is shutting down operations...
Organic Bouldering Holiday Sale
Our friends at Organic Bouldering are running a holiday sale, but you have to act fast
2009 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: Little Rock City/Stone Fort Results
Results of the final leg of the 2009 Triple Crown Bouldering series as well as the final overall standings
MSA Redpoint Descender Auto Belay Discontinued Indefinitely
Climbers all over the country are going to have to go back to a more quaint time (2002?) when one actually had to make friends in order to climb routes in a gym, at least if their...
Extras From Big Up Productions’ Progression DVD Now Available For Download
80 minutes of extras from Big Up Productions' Progression are now available for download
Photo Friday: Hueco Tanks & RRG
A few photos from Hueco Tanks and the Red River Gorge
Tis The Season In Spain
News from Spain from Chris Sharma, Dani Andrada, Dave Graham, Jon Cardwell and more...
Popular Posts & Videos For November 2009
The top posts and videos on Climbingnarc.com for November 2009
2009 Access Fund Prize Pack Winners
Winners of the 2009 Access Fund Prize Pack contest
New V14 In Austria By Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods is done with the sport climbing game for now and he’s moved on to the bouldering around his temporary home in Innsbruck, Austria. UPDATED
“The Disciples Of Gill” Premiers Tonight In Boulder
A new movie about bouldering icon John Gill premiers tonight in Boulder, CO. UPDATED
Worth The Wait
It only took me 10 years, but I finally climbed at Hueco Tanks
News & Notes – 11/17/2009
A few News & Notes as I get caught up from nearly 2 weeks away from a computer
Chris Sharma September 2009 Video Interview
A series of video interviews done with Chris Sharma back in September
Contest: Win An Access Fund Holiday Pack
Last year I ran a contest giving away Access Fund Holiday Prize Packs, and I enjoyed it so much we're doing it again this year.
A Sneak Peak At Between The Trees
A few thoughts after watching the new Ty Landman bouldering movie Between The Trees
Not A Bad Ticklist…For A Lifetime
Jonathan Siegrist's ticklist at the Red River Gorge continues to grow
Review: Big Up Productions’ Progression DVD
A review of Progression, the latest release from Big Up Productions
A Painful Learning Curve
A painful lesson of what can happen highball bouldering, updated with video.
Adam Taylor Punches Golden Ticket At The Red
Adam Taylor opens perhaps the most difficult line at the Red River Gorge
Jonathan Siegrist Is Motivated, Sends Lucifer (5.14c) With Quickness
Jonathan Siegrist rolls into the Red River Gorge in Kentucky and promptly sends one of the area's hardest sport climbs
Wheelin N’ Dealin
Matt McCormick survives a few scary falls to open a new R-rated trad climb in New York's Adirondacks
New 5.14 Trad Line Near Boulder
Matt Wilder adds a new trad testpiece Cheating Reality (5.14a R) to the Flatirons outside of Boulder, CO
News & Notes – 10/16/2009
News & Notes to wrap up the week...
Deadpoint Magazine 2009 Photo & Video Annual Now Online
Deadpoint Magazine launches their first annual Photo & Video edition
The Keymaker Finally Gets Repeated
Boy did I pick a bad day to stay home from Devil’s Lake yesterday...
The Mental Game
Will Gadd had a series of posts recently where he shared a handful of random training thoughts, most of which espouse the benefits of actually doing an activity (i.e. climbing) rat...
The (Partial) Cost Of Freeing El Cap
Kevin Jorgeson had a post on his blog recently where he outlined the packing list for his upcoming attempt to free a new route on El Capitan with Tommy Caldwell. In reading over t...
News & Notes – 10/06/2009
News & Notes from Dave Graham, Tommy Caldwell, the Hubers, Adam Ondra and much more...
2009 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: Hound Ears Results
Results from the 2009 Triple Crown Bouldering Series stop at Hound Ears, NC. UPDATED with links to more pictures.
Interview With Josh Lowell About Progression, Big Up Productions' Latest Release
Interview with Josh Lowell about Big Up Productions latest movie, Progression, that features Chris Sharma, Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, Paul Robinson, Daniel Woods and others pu...
Yuji Hirayama: Older, Wiser…And Still Pretty Strong
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 th...
Something To Keep In Mind
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 sendi...
Is Europe Taking America's Lunch on the Rocks? Yes...and No.
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 J...
First 5.14d For Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods graduates to the 9th grade...
2nd Ascent Of Chris Sharma’s Dreamcatcher (5.14d) By Sean McColl
Chris Sharma's Dreamcatcher (5.14d) in Squamish, BC sees a 2nd ascent after rebuffing some of the world's strongest climbers
Why Chris Sharma Doesn’t Boulder More
Ever wonder why you don't hear much about Chris Sharma bouldering these days?
One Less Excuse
As climbers, we often utilize a wide array of excuses for not sending our latest project. One I’ve started working in to my repertoire is that I’m simply “too old” to do something...
Alex Honnold Is The 2009 Robert Hick Bates Award Winner
Each year the American Alpine Club gives out the Robert Hicks Bates Award in memory of Bob Bates who was a “renowned explorer, alpinist, Peace Corps director, and educator, accompl...
Review Of SuperTopo Guides To Zion, Tuolumne
Reviews of SuperTopo guidebooks to Tuolumne free climbing, Tuolumne bouldering and Zion free climbing.
News & Notes – 09/15/2009
News from Jon Cardwell, Adam Ondra and Paul Robinson. Notes from Chris Sharma, the Reel Rock Tour and more...
Limited Edition Team 5.10 Vs. Five Ten V10 Comparison
A visual comparison of the new Limited Edition Team 5.10 shoes and the old V10s
New V13 Near Lake Tahoe
Jesse Bonin adds a new V13 to the boulders near Lake Tahoe
Layton Kor Fundraiser
Find out how you can help iconic climber Layton Kor fight mounting medical bills and win a day of guided climbing with well known climbers.
Alex Johnson To Compete In 2009 Arco Rock Master This Weekend
Alex Johnson will be the lone U.S. participant in the 23rd Arco Rock Master this weekend. UPDATED with Results.
Daniel Woods Heating Up In Gorges du Loup
Basically out of hard boulder problems to send in the U.S. during the summer months, Daniel Woods has turned his attention to taking his sport climbing game to the next level*. Wel...
ClimbingNarc.com Mentioned In Latest Rock & Ice
Check out the latest issue of Rock & Ice magazine for an article on the recent Mammut Bouldering Championships which features some quotes from yours truly.
Popular Posts & Videos For August 2009
The top posts and videos on ClimbingNarc.com during August 2009
Anchorpoint
The weather this Summer in Wisconsin has been a climber's dream. Temps have rarely gotten higher than 80 and many perfect sunny days in the 70's have been there for the taking whic...
2009 World Youth Climbing Championship Results
One of America's brightest young rock stars finishes on the podium at the 2009 World Youth Championships in Valence, France. UPDATED
Possible New 5.14 Crack In Vedauwoo
Vedauwoo, WY local Justin Edl has established a contender for the hardest crack climb in the U.S.
Where In The World Is James Litz?
James Litz has been very busy putting up hard sport routes this summer...
News & Notes – 08/28/2009
Sport climbing news from France and Colorado and a slew of notes...
New Climbing Book: Sport Climbing, From Toprope To Redpoint
Rock & Ice editor Andrew Bisharat has been hard at work on a book about sport climbing called Sport Climbing: From Toprope to Redpoint, Techniques for Climbing Success.
Phil Schaal Does 5th Ascent Of Jade (V15)
One of America's hardest boulders gets a 5th ascent. Updated.
Rock N’ Roll Climber
Rock climbing hits the Nintendo Wii...
New Video Area
There are so many interesting and high quality climbing videos being shared online these days that I've had a hard time keeping up sharing them on this site. Often times it is jus...
Issue 6 OF Deadpoint Magazine Now Available
Issue 6 of Deadpoint Magazine is now online and it looks like they have been listening to your feedback.
Big Up’s Progression: Sneak Peak From Kevin Jorgeson
Kevin Jorgeson shares a sneak peak of the upcoming Big Up Productions film Progression as well as his fall climbing plans
2009 Squamish Mountain Festival Starts Tomorrow
I wish I was in Squamish this weekend...
Craig Luebben Killed In Cascades Icefall
Climber, guide, author and Climbing Magazine Senior Contributing Editor Craig Luebben died yesterday while climbing on Mount Torment in Washington's Cascades. UPDATED.
Tuolumne Trip 2009
I originally came up with the idea of going to Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park for a week of climbing long trad routes earlier this year during one of my frequent injury...
New Online Squamish Climbing Magazine Launched
Local climbers in British Columbia have launched a new online climbing magazine
Vote In The 2009 Reel Rock Filmmaking Competition
Vote now in the 2009 Reel Rock Filmmaking Competition
Ondra Flashes 2 Rocklands V13s In One Day
I’m still decompressing and trying to catch up after being on the road for the past 10 days, but here is a bit of news to tide you over. UPDATED TWICE
What's It Like To Climb The Nose In A Day?
There have been a lot of videos made about climbing the Nose on El Cap in a day, most notably Tommy Caldwell in Dosage IV and the insane speed record of Hans Florine and Yuji Hiray...
Updates From South Africa
I mentioned last week how it has been a somewhat slow summer for climbing news. Part of this can be attributed to the lack of action taking place here in the States, but another r...
Video Of 2 Recent Chris Schulte Boulder Canyon FAs
An area like Boulder Canyon outside Boulder, CO is the type of climbing area you would think holds zero first ascent potential given its proximity to so many climbers, but that was...
2009 Mammut Bouldering Championships Wrap-Up
The 2009 Mammut Bouldering Championships are in the books and what an interesting event it was. UPDATED with problem 4 footage
Johnson, Woods Win 2009 Mammut Bouldering Championships
Results of the 2009 Mammut Bouldering Championships at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market in Salt Lake City, UT.
Treatment Of Climbing Injuries Increases 63% Since 1990
A recent study found that the treatment of climbing injuries in hospital emergency rooms has increased 63% since 1990.
2009 Mammut Bouldering Championships At ORSM Qualifier Results
Results of the qualifiers for the 2009 Mammut Bouldering Championships at the Outdoor Retailer Summer Market and Live Blog news.
Footage Of Sharma’s Jumbo Love FA To Premiere Tomorrow In SLC
Footage of Chris Sharma on the FA of Jumbo Love and Kevin Jorgeson on Ambrosia to premiere this week
Full Stop
Yesterday I came to a realization that the past 3 years have all followed the same pattern as far as my climbing is concerned. Each of the 3 years began with a roughly 6 month brea...
2009 Mammut Bouldering Championships To Stream Live Online
News about the Mammut Bouldering Championships at the Summer 2009 Outdoor Retailer tradeshow
News & Notes – 07/13/2009
A few News & Notes for your Monday...
The Cost Of Doing Business?
Are airline baggage fees putting a cramp in your climbing travel plans?
2009 Climbing World Championships Results
Results from the 2009 Climbing World Championships held in Qinghai, China
John Bachar Dead At Age 52
Legendary climber John Bachar died yesterday in an apparent free soloing accident at the Dike Wall near his home in Mammoth Lakes, CA
Mysterious New Five Ten Shoe Identified
Earlier this year there was a lot of interest shown in a pair of mysterious blue Five Ten shoes that looked very similar to the recently discontinued, but highly popular, V10s. Ke...
Pro Climber Injury Update
Updates on the injuries of a few well known climbers courtesy of Urban Climber
Sharma Flashes 300 Ft. 5.14b At Roc Trip Millau
Chris Sharma makes his presence felt at the 2009 Petzl Roc Trip Millau. UPDATED
Big Ups To Footage Of Chris Sharma Working Pachamama (5.15a)
Big Up has the latest footage of Chris Sharma working a 5.15 in Spain
2 Out Of 3 Ain’t Bad For Honnold & Leary
Alex Honnold & Sean Leary "settle" for two routes on El Cap in a day...
The Players DVD Review
BS Productions has released another DVD, The Players . This productions offer a glimpse into what makes some of today's strongers climbers tick. Climbers you will see include: Chri...
News & Notes – 06/24/2009
News from Joe Kinder, Brad Weaver, Chuck Odette, Adam Ondra, Andy Raether and more
Impressive New V13 From Nalle Hukkataival At Mt. Evans
Nalle Hukkataival is making his trip to the U.S. this summer count
Boulder’s Newest Climbing Gym Set To Open Soon
Boulder, CO's newest climbing gym Movement Climbing & Fitness is set to open next month
Issue 5 Of Deadpoint Magazine Now Available
Issue 5 of Deadpoint Magazine is now online
4th Ascent Of Jade (V15) By Nalle Hukkataival
Jade (V15) sees a 4th ascent. UPDATED
Divisionals Weekend 2009: It’s All About Giving Back To The Kids
I learned a couple of things while coaching/belaying/juding at this weekend's USAC SCS Youth Divisionals held at my home gym of Adventure Rock.
Video Tributes to Micah Dash, Jonny Copp & Wade Johnson
Two moving videos about climbers Micah Dash, Jonny Copp & Wade Johnson who were recently lost in China.
Alex Honnold News: Fast Free Ascents & Free Solos In Yosemite
Alex Honnold is up to his old tricks in Yosemite Valley
Micah Dash, Jonny Copp & Wade Johnson Lost In China
It’s not often the untimely death that sometimes finds those that use the mountains as their playground hits home in the rock climbing community, but unfortunately that is exactly...
2009 Teva Mountain Games: Bouldering World Cup Final Results
Americans take 3 spots on the podium at the Bouldering World Cup at the 2009 Teva Mountain Games.
2009 Teva Mountain Games: Bouldering World Cup Semi-Final Results
Results from the Semi-Final round of the Bouldering World Cup at the 2009 Teva Mountain Games.
2009 Teva Mountain Games: Bouldering World Cup Men’s Qualifier Results
The Men's qualifier is in the books at the Bouldering World Cup at the 2009 Teva Mountain Games.
2009 Teva Mountain Games: Bouldering World Cup Women’s Qualifier Results
4 American Women move on to the Semi-Final round at the 2009 Teva Mountain Games Bouldering World Cup including defending champ Alex Johnson.
2009 Bouldering World Cup At Teva Mountain Games Begins Today
The International bouldering circuit returns to American soil today with the kick-off of the Bouldering World Cup at the Teva Mountain Games in Vail, CO.
Upcoming Access Events In Colorado
For those reading from Colorado here are a couple of upcoming access related events you may be interested in.
Access Troubles In Yangshuo
The limestone sport climbing crags near Yangshuo, China, specifically White Mountain, have been receiving an increased level of attention the past couple of years. The climbing the...
Chris Sharma Got A Haircut…And FA’ed Another 5.15
Another 5.15 First Ascent in Spain for Chris Sharma
2009 Gravity Brawl Results
Results from the 2009 Gravity Brawl bouldering competition in New Jersey. UPDATED
2009 Gravity Brawl This Weekend
The summer competition kicks off tomorrow with the 2009 Gravity Brawl at the New Jersery Rock Gym in Fairfield, NJ.
‘Made In China’ Featuring Chris Sharma Now Playing At MVM
Video of Chris Sharma trying possible 5.15 projects in China is now up at MVM.
An Interview With Shawn Diamond
An interview with boulderer Shawn Diamond about his recent V14 FA at the Buttermilks.
News & Notes – 05/20/2009
News & Notes from Matt Wilder, Southern Illinois, Black Diamond and more...
Climbing Video: Chris Sharma Interviewed At Trento Film Festival
It’s almost the end of May and I’ve yet to meet my monthly contractual obligation to post about Chris Sharma. Since he has been slacking on the 5.15 crushing front now seems like...
2009 Reel Rock Filmmaking Contest Now Open
The Reel Rock Film Tour is back with another filmmaking competition.
2009 Canadian Bouldering Championships To Stream Live On The Internet
This weekend the 2009 Canadian Bouldering Championships will be taking place in Montreal...and it will be broadcast live on the internet. Be sure to take the poll regarding the li...
Pictures Of The Bolting On Everest
Bolts on Everest?? THE HORROR!!!
Climbing TV Show Coming To National Geographic Channel?
Sender Films and Big Up Productions have teamed up to create a climbing TV show
News & Notes – 05/07/2009
News & Notes returns...
Interesting Closure At The New River Gorge
In areas like Colorado's Frontrange seasonal crag closures to accommodate nesting birds are an accepted fact of life, but a recent closure in West Virginia has the locals buzzing.
Devil's Lake Bouldering: Alpine Club and Beautiful Soup
After 6 weeks of sitting inside watching the spring season pass by while waiting for my knee to feel better, I was abnormally psyched to meet up with Nic (of Five Ten fame), Steve...
Will Stanhope Does 2nd All Gear Ascent Of East Face Of Monkey Face
Via Jamie Chong's blog comes word that Canadian Will Stanhope has done the 2nd all gear ascent of the iconic East Face (5.13d) of the Monkey Face at Smith Rocks, OR.
Two New V13s In Colorado From Chris Schulte
Back in Colorado after a successful trip to Europe that saw him climb his first V14s, Chris Schulte has once again turned his attention to climbing new problems
Joe Kinder Opens New 5.14d In Utah
Well, that didn’t take long. Yesterday I mentioned that Joe Kinder was working on a link up in Southern Utah that could be one of the harder routes in America. Sure enough, later i...
Spring Break ‘09 Pt. 3: Zahnd
After getting rained out in Kentucky, tearing my LCL and climbing on many fun problems in Rocktown we finished up our trip with a brief stop at Zahnd on our way out of town.
New V13 In Rhode Island By Ty Landman
Ty Landman opens a new V13 at Lincoln Woods, RI. UPDATED with Video.
Black Lung
With the Spring season at Joe's Valley in full effect lately, Joe's best known hard problem has been receiving a fair amount of attention lately with Jamie Emerson working it and M...
Someone Please Do This For Every Boulder Problem Ever
In my role as the Climbing Narc I do my best to bring you interesting topics on all aspects of climbing. I like to think that I don't miss many of the more interesting things out...
Issue 4 Of Deadpoint Magazine Now Available
Deadpoint Magazine now has their 4th issue available for your online reading pleasure.
Spring Break ‘09 Pt. 2: Rocktown Pt. 2
More pictures from my recent trip to Rocktown, GA.
Hard Onsights & New Projects For Chris Sharma In China
Chris Sharma is up to his usual tricks in Yangshuo, China
Spring Break ‘09 Pt. 2: Rocktown Pt. 1
If you ask most people to identify one classic problem in Rocktown, GA, The Orb would probably be it. One of the first problems you come across on the approach to the boulders, Th...
ClimbTalk Radio John Bachar Interview
Legendary free soloist John Bachar discusses how he began free soloing as well as one of his more memorable accidents in an interview with ClimbTalk Radio.
Five Ten Project First Impressions
My first impressions of the new Five Ten Projects after trying them out in Rocktown
Spring Break ‘09 Pt. 1: Kentucky
With the weather not cooperating during my trip to Kentucky, we had no other option but to seek out alternative activities to occupy our time.
Urban Climber James Litz Article
An interesting article about James Litz in a recent Urban Climber Magazine is now online.
Desert Southwest Spring Break Update
Last week was a pretty big week for the areas in the desert southwest as some of the best climbers in the world descended on the areas stretching from St. George, UT to Las Vegas,...
Rewind DVD Contest Winner
Pardon the delay, but I have finally selected a winner from the recent Rewind DVD Contest.
From Dirt Grows The Flowers (V15) Repeated
Another of Dave Graham's longstanding unrepeated testpieces sees a 2nd ascent this week.
New Rocky Mountain Highball Website
Rocky Mountain Highball is a climbing movie that has been in the works for several years now. In case you couldn’t guess, the movie is going to prominently feature highball boulde...
Paul Robinson Does 2nd Ascent Of Psychedelic (5.14c/d)
Paul Robinson repeats Psychedelic in St. George, UT.
All Good Spring Breaks Must Come To An End
Spring break starts, spring break ends...
Contest: Win A Copy Of Rewind
Win a copy of Rewind from BS Productions
New Highball V12 In Eldorado Canyon
Kevin Jorgeson has been in Colorado this week in search of overlooked highball boulder problems that need FAs. With the help of Andy Mann he found just such a boulder in Eldorado...
Big Up's Progression Update From Spain: Sharma, Ondra & Ojeda
Big Up Productions is hard at work in Spain filming their next movie Progression. As usual, Chris Sharma is one of their main subjects, but we will be treated to more of a Europea...
News & Notes – 3/13/2009
News & Notes about Fred Nicole, Lynn Hill, Mike Doyle's unexpected send, V13s for Nalle Hukkataival and more.
Matt Segal Sends New Trad Line "Smart Went Crazy" In Eldo
Matt Segal, who is probably most well known these days for his first free ascent of a route in Eldorado Canyon, CO's Kloof Alcove called Iron Monkey (5.14), recently returned to th...
Another Climbing Area Being Purchased By The SCC
The Southeastern Climbers Coalition continues to lead the way when it comes to securing permanent access to previously closed climbing areas. Late last year they secured access to...
Donation Update
An update on the donations from ClimbingNarc.com to access causes and thoughts on an access related thread on 8a.nu
Rewind DVD Review & Sale
BS Productions has released their 5th climbing movie, Rewind. The movie includes highlights from previous BS Productions movies The Life, The Australia Project, Karma and Spray as...
Paul Robinson Wins 2009 Hueco Rock Rodeo
Paul Robinson made his return of sorts to outdoor bouldering this past weekend at the Hueco Rock Rodeo. Apparently spending the past 5+ months rehabbing from his broken ankle hasn'...
Where In The World Is Chris Sharma?
When I was a kid, one of the games we played on the classic Apple IIe computers was Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego. The basic gist of the game was that adults were tricking...
Ty Landman Crushing Font
I think it’s safe to say that Ty Landman has been having an above average trip to Fontainebleau. On the heels of his ascents of Kheops Assis (V14) and Gecko Assis (V14), Landman re...
Stone Alliance Film Tour Trailer
You seemingly can't release a climbing movie these days without an accompanying film tour, and the Stone Alliance Film Tour seeks to take it to the next level by featuring 3 movies...
News & Notes - 2/27/2009
Climbing news & notes from Chris Schulte, Jacinda Hunter, Ty Landman and more...
Caution: Side Effects May Include…
As anyone that reads this blog knows, injury related downtime is nothing new for me. In fact, injury related boredom is the main reason this blog was created 2 years ago. Given my...
The Book Of Bitter Aspects (V13) Repeated By Phil Schaal
Dave Graham’s boulder problem The Book Of Bitter Aspects (V14) has stood unrepeated for several years now. Strong climbers like Paul Robinson have come close to repeating the prob...
Hueco Tanks Update: Hukkataival, Cardwell, Wilder and More
Bouldering news from Hueco Tanks, TX including a new V13 from Nalle Hukkataival and Jon Cardwell as well as a slew of V13 repeats. Other news makers include Matt Wilder, Andre Di...
Chris Sharma Does First Ascent of Demencia Senil (5.15a) In Margalef
After a fairly miserable sounding Winter, the conditions in Spain have improved as of late which can mean only one thing: another new 5.15 from Chris Sharma. As with the new routes...
2009 ABS 10 Nationals Adult Finals Wrap Up
A wrap up of this past weekend's 2009 ABS 10 Nationals Adult Finals with thoughts from several of the athletes as well as links to pictures and video.
ABS 10 Nationals Weekend Shoutouts
A few thank yous to go around from our weekend in Colorado.
Issue 3 Of Deadpoint Magazine Now Available
Issue 3 of Deadpoint Magazine is now available at the Deadpoint Mag site. Here are a few highlights from issue 3: Video of Joe Kinder sending Souther Comfort Right (5.14b) at Littl...
2009 ABS 10 Nationals Adult Bouldering Championships Results
Results of the 2009 ABS 10 Adult Bouldering National Championships from The Spot Gym in Boulder, CO. UPDATED 2/16/09.
News & Notes – 2/13/2009
A summary of the past few weeks worth of News & Notes including the must see video from the Australian bolt failure tragedy.
Dave Graham Doing What Dave Graham Does: Sending V13s
It continues to be a somewhat slow winter on the uber difficult boulder front, but that doesn’t mean that nothing is happening out there. Dave Graham is back stateside which can me...
Adventure Rock Anniversary Week Schedule
The schedule of events for Adventure Rock's Anniversary week.
Chris Sharma Spain Update
Since his first ascent of Golpe De Estado back in December , Chris Sharma has been keeping things low key. He is still holding it down in Spain, but poor weather has severely hampe...
Quick On The Draw X Results & Pictures
In case you haven't seen them in the other locations I posted them, I added pictures from last weekend's Quick On The Draw X climbing competition to my pictures page . You can down...
News & Notes – 1/30/2009
Since I usually forget half the items I want to use for the News & Notes posts, I started posting them as I find them on the top of the front page of Climbingnarc.com. To avoid clu...
Spraycaster Climbing Logbook App For iPhone/iPod Touch
Spraycaster is a new application that was recently released for Apple’s iPhone (or iPod Touch). It’s main purpose is to serve as another method for keeping track of the climbs you...
A Wisconsin Trifecta: 3 Areas, 3 Disciplines, 3 Classic Hard Lines
The news of Josh Wharton’s recent trifecta of 3 difficult bouldering, mixed and sport climbing challenges rekindled a hair brained idea I thought up last year. For those that didn’...
Quick On The Draw X
On Saturday a record crowd descended on my local gym, Adventure Rock, for the 10th Annual Quick On The Draw competition. I have had the pleasure of attending the last 9 QotD's and...
A Cautionary Tale About Bad Bolting
A fatal sport climbing accident in Australia's Blue Mountains due to a failed bolt and a cut rope raises questions about how the route in questions was bolted.
ClimbIdaho.com: Bouldering Videos From Idaho And Beyond
ClimbIdaho.com is a great blog that I'm not sure many people have heard of. I for one never even knew there was so much climbing to be had in Idaho, so I have thoroughly enjoyed le...
Let’s Talk Style
A guest post from Rhoads about the finer points of Climbing Style
Alpinist Magazine Coming Back In March
Seemingly against all odds, it looks like Alpinsit Magazine will be making a comeback just 6 months after closing its doors in October of 2008.
Hueco Tanks Update: Chris Webb Parsons, Keita Mogaki, Phil Schaal and Matt Bosley
News from Hueco Tanks including repeats of Slashface, Diabolique, Nagual and Couer de Leon by the likes of Chris Webb Parsons, Keita Mogaki and Phil Schaal. Also, a new update on...
Modump Returns
Online climbing movie site Modump.com has returned with a new update...
Friday News & Notes – 1/16/09
Not a whole lot going on this past week on the spray front. Here are a few interesting links to help get you to the weekend: Sonnie Trotter has an excellent discussion taking place...
Old Devil’s Lake Bouldering Photos: The Keymaker (V11?)
Not all the bouldering on the West Bluff at Devil's Lake is spread out and hard to find. A short hike down the tumbled rocks trail followed by a brief foray in to the talus will b...
Old Devil’s Lake Bouldering Photos: Jenga (V6 or 7?)
When we were moving last year, I was very psyched to stumble across a series of pictures from the spring of 2003 I didn't remember taking. Among the pile were several pictures of t...
Joe’s Valley Trip Beta Needed
Mrs. Narc and I are in the process of picking out a destination for a Spring break trip in mid-April. I really wanted to go to Hueco, but several factors have pointed us in the dir...
Daniel Woods Arkansas Bouldering Update
Since we last checked in , Daniel Woods has continued his exploration of the sandstone blocs in and around Arkansas' Horseshoe Canyon Ranch. Recent noteworthy ascents include a new...
Update On Kentucky’s Bridge To Nowhere
Just a quick post to update everyone on a situation that was brewing last year. You’ll remember that there was some talk about building a bridge through one of the Red River Gorge’...
Cult Followings Not Paying Off Like They Used To, Alpinist Magazine Sold For $71K
Details on the buyer who paid $71,000 for the assets of Alpinist Magazine are starting to emerge.
Dave MacLeod Repeats “Walk Of Life”
Back in September of 2008, James Pearson made the first ascent of a traditionally protected slab climb in England he dubbed Walk Of Life . At the time, Pearson proposed a grade of...
News & Notes: 1/6/2009
News & Notes from Shawn Diamond, Alex Johnson, Matt Segal, Matt Wilder, Tim Clifford and much more...
HP40 New Years Washout
Our trip to HP40 in Alabama wasn't a complete wash, but as far as climbing was concerned it sure felt like it. Before we left I didn't feel all that prepared, and it showed once w...
Top 10 Posts Of 2008 On ClimbingNarc.com
The 10 most popular posts of 2008 on ClimbingNarc.com
Alabama’s Crag X Update
A few weeks back I posted about a secret crag that the Southeastern Climber’s Coalition was attempting to purchase. At the time, the name of the crag was being withheld until plans...
Sendtrain Heating Up In Hueco Tanks
It’s the winter season in Hueco Tanks, TX and with strong youngsters all across the fruited plains lacking anything else to do, the sends are starting to roll in. A couple of years...
HP40 For The New Year
Tomorrow we will heading to Steele, AL to ring in the New Year at HP40. I’m nursing a tweaked finger on my right hand and Mrs. Narc is still recovering from her unfortunate ankle i...
Only The “Highest Caliber Of Wood Grained Sandstone” For Daniel Woods…
The bouldering at Arkansas’s Horseshoe Canyon Ranch was featured in Dosage III in a memorable piece culminating with Chris Sharma’s FA of Witness The Fitness. This footage is pres...
Lynn Hill Chablanke (V11/12) Video On MVM
Over the long holiday weekend, Momentum Video Magazine posted up a video by Scott Neel of Lynn Hill’s ascent of Chablanke (V11/12) in Hueco Tanks. You can check it out by clicking...
Not Much News, Mostly Just Notes – 12/19/2008
Since no other news this week looks that impressive compared with 5.15 sport climbing FAs, here are a few links.
Nameless Arete
The so-called Nameless Arete (V4) at Governor Dodge is one of those problems that can be really frustrating. Based on its grade it shouldn't be that hard (in the grand scheme of t...
Chris Sharma Sends ‘Golpe De Estado’ (5.15b?) In Siurana
Chris Sharma ups the ante in Spain. UPDATED
Issue 2 Of Deadpoint Magazine Now Available
Issue 2 of Deadpoint Magazine is now available at the Deadpoint Mag site . Here are a few highlights of what is in Issue 2: Interviews with Alex Puccio and Ty Landman Video* of Nat...
Dosage V Review & Trailer
I wish I had some sort of excuse as to why it has taken me 5 months to share my thoughts about the latest release from Big Up Productions, Dosage V. In my defense, the glut of inf...
Dave Graham’s ‘The Island’ (V15) Repeated Twice
Dave Graham's Fontainebleau testpiece The Island (V15) is repeated twice.
Extremist’s Guide To Devil’s Lake New Climbs
Any climber that has spent time on the quartzite cliffs at Devil’s Lake State Park knows that it has a rich and colorful history. Legends like Fritz Wiessner, John Gill and Pete Cl...
Chris Sharma Interview In Men’s Journal Magazine
Chris Sharma is interviewed by Men's Journal Magazine regarding what it took to send Jumbo Love (5.15b)
What A Difference A Week Makes
Two weekends ago I was out at Governor Dodge pulling down on sandstone boulder problems in a t-shirt. Conditions really could not have been much better. At the time, I knew that th...
Access Fund Prize Pack Winner
The winner of the Access Fund Prize Pack is...
2008 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: Little Rock City/Stone Fort Results
This weekend was the final installment of the 2008 Triple Crown Bouldering Series. After comps at Hound Ears in North Carolina and Horse Pens 40 in Alabama , it all came down to th...
A Couple Of New Blogs To Check Out: Jamie Chong & Sean McColl
Two new (to me) blogs for everyone to check out.
News & Notes – 12/08/2008
A few links for your perusal on this Monday...
Contest: Win An Access Fund Membership & Prize Pack
Thanks to everyone’s continued support of the ads on Climbingnarc.com, it is already time for another donation to a climbing access cause. Given that it has been a long time since...
Sandstone Violence
Over the past month, as Fall conditions have finally arrived here in Wisconsin, I have been slowly working my way through some of the harder problems at Governor Dodge in an attemp...
Organic Bouldering Mats After Thanksgiving Sale
Organic Bouldering Mats after Thanksgiving sale can save you roughly 20%!
Alex Puccio Does FFA Of A Maze Of Death (V12)
Alex Puccio does the FFA of another V12.
America! F**k Yeah!
Team America continues to leave their mark on British Gritsone...
Joe Kinder Adds A New 5.14c To The Red River Gorge
Joe Kinder has opened a new 5.14c called Southern Smoke at Kentucky's Red River Gorge.
The Southeastern Climbers Coalition Needs Your Help!
On the heels of last week’s access alert in Kentucky comes another alert. Unlike the well-known Red River Gorge's Muir Valley, little is known about this yet-to-be-named Alabama cr...
Kevin Jorgeson Decks From And Then Sends Gaia (E8), Solos Meshuga (E9)
An interesting bit of news was just posted over at MomentumVM . Kevin Jorgeson , who has been climbing on the Gritstone of England for the past several weeks, was out climbing rece...
Adam Ondra Repeats (World’s First?) 5.15
Adam Ondra has repeated Alex Huber's 1996 testpiece Open Air at Austria's Schleier Wasserfall, suggesting a grade of 5.15a for the route.
Fifty Words For Chump
A couple of weeks back, there was a minor controversy at the Red River Gorge in Kentucky where two of the bolt hangers on Fifty Words For Pump (5.14c) were flattened by Adam Taylor...
Theater Of The Absurd
My Dad often asks me why I don’t just use a ladder to get to the top of a boulder when I tell him about our various bouldering excursions. That’s a valid question I suppose, but wh...
Alpinist Magazine’s Assets For Sale
The assets of Alpinist Magazine are for sale.
Kentucky’s Bridge To Nowhere
Proposed road improvements could negatively impact access to Kentucky's Muir Valley climbing area.
Horseshoe Canyon Ranch Bouldering
Two weekends ago we took the kids from our climbing team on an 11+ hour drive to try out the bouldering at the Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Jasper, Arkansas. Based on both awesome se...
Central Wisconsin Sandstone Bouldering
I have to admit that I lived the past several years in a bubble, believing that Devil’s Lake was the only place to climb in the entire state of Wisconsin. Thanks to the generous be...
A Conspiracy Theory That Has Nothing To Do With The Election
A few weeks back, Skyler Weeks opened a new dyno at Clear Creek Canyon, CO called Zion . You might be asking yourself, who is Skyler Weeks and why would I care about some dyno in C...
Putting Climbers First to Create Climbing We Can Believe In
Today is election day in the United States, an important day no doubt. I have to ask: What has either candidate vowed to do regarding the important problem that plagues many of u...
“Fifty Words...” & Horseshoe Canyon Ranch Sneak Peak
Fifty Words For… …Get A Life?? …A Job?? I'm not really sure what to make of the mini-melodrama that took place at the Red this weekend. Here is a brief synopsis for those intereste...
2008 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: HP40 Results
Results from the 2008 Triple Crown Bouldering event at Horse Pens 40, AL.
ClimbingNarc.com Readers Like Quality In Their Crashpads
A couple of weeks back, I posed a question for readers. The question being “What was the main factor in choosing your current crashpad?”. After almost 100 votes and 25+ comments,...
News & Notes – 10/29/2008
News from Kevin Jorgeson, James Webb, Daniel Woods and Justin Alarcon. Notes on DPM, RRG Accidents and more.
Deadpoint Magazine Goes Live
A few weeks back, many people in the climbing world were dismayed to see that Alpinist Magazine was shutting down operations . To many though it was not really a surprise given Alp...
The Sharp End DVD Review
A review of the latest release from Sender Films: The Sharp End
Kevin Jorgeson Takes His Bold Skills Overseas
Kevin Jorgeson is best known here in the U.S. for blurring the line between highball bouldering and outright soloing. His notable highball boulder ascents include The Duel (V10 FA)...
Rockstar Watch At The Red River Gorge: Chris Sharma Sends 2 5.14s, 5.15 On The Horizon??
When Nate called me last weekend to let me know he saw Chris Sharma down at Kentucky’s Red River Gorge, I knew it wouldn’t be long before the news of hard sends started to trickle...
Dave Graham UK Interview
Via UKClimbing.com here is an interesting series of video interviews with Dave Graham . Interspersed throughout the interviews is footage from some of his lectures. As you may reca...
Dave Graham On The Road In The U.K.
Fresh off a successful late summer sending spree in Rifle, CO Dave Graham has once again headed back to Europe. This time he is giving a series of lectures in the United Kingdom a...
Bummer x10000
The bad news seems to keep coming these days. My favorite V15 climber in the world, Paul Robinson , has unfortunately had his dream trip to Europe cut short. Apparently Paul fell w...
Help Choosing A Crashpad
Help a Climbingnarc.com reader choose a crashpad to buy.
How Do You Think Our Trip To Rocktoberfest Went?
This past weekend I made the trip to the Red River Gorge in Kentucky with Mrs. Narc, Kevlar and Sarah. We all had high hopes of climbing well and having a good time at the Rocktobe...
Climbers Take The Access Initiative In Joe’s Valley
This has been posted elsewhere already, but I thought it was important to pass along as a general reminder for visitors to all climbing areas. Often times the things we take for gr...
Dean Potter's Eiger FreeBASE On NBC’s Jeep World Of Adventure Sports This Weekend
A segment shot, directed and produced by Sender Films of Dean Potter's freeBASE of the North Face of the Eieger will be airing this weekend. It will be featured on the Saturday, Oc...
More Details On 8th Annual Red River Gorge Rocktoberfest
Pre-Registration for the festivities at this weekend’s 8th Annual Rocktoberfest in the Red River Gorge of Kentucky is closing soon. The event promises to have plenty of music, food...
2008 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: Hound Ears Results
Results from the 2008 Triple Crown Bouldering Series stop at Hound Ears, NC.
Taylors Falls
This weekend we made a brief 2 day roadtrip to Minnesota. On Friday night we attended the “Sweet 16” party at Vertical Endeavors St. Paul . They were celebrating 16 years of busine...
RMNP: Kind Boulder
During our time in RMNP last month, one of the highlights for me was revisiting the Kind Boulder near Emerald Lake. It was one of the boulders I had distinct memories of visiting o...
New Devil’s Lake Guidebook Review
A review of the updated Climbers Guide To Devil's Lake, 3rd Edition that was just released.
News & Notes - 10/1/2008
Rocktoberfest is coming soon to the Red River Gorge, Ty Landman repeats Sharma's Practice Of The Wild, James Pearson climbs E12, the Colorado Bouldering guidebook controversy and m...
A Few Annoyances Observed At The Red River Gorge This Weekend
It’s been awhile since I’ve spent any amount of time at the Red River Gorge in Kentucky and even longer since I’ve stayed at the local hangout Miguel’s. This past weekend I had the...
ClimbingVibe.com
As someone who spends a good chunk of his time perusing the internet for climbing news and information, I can attest to the fact that it is incredibly difficult to follow everythin...
Chris Sharma Onsights Two (or Three?) 5.14s In Maple Canyon
Chris Sharma's onsight spree at Maple Canyon, UT yields several impressive sends.
New Devil’s Lake Guidebook Delayed?
As far as guidebooks go, the current edition of the “Climber’s Guide to Devil’s Lake” by Sven Olaf Swartling is the epitome of the phrase “it is what it is”. It is far from spectac...
Amateur Hour At Devil’s Lake
After two frustrating weekends that involved no outdoor climbing, this past weekend we made it out to the quartzite bluffs of Devil’s Lake. The crew consisted of Mrs. Narc, Old Sch...
Girl Talk In Rifle
If you are looking for some evidence that people can get along in this crazy world of partisan presidential politics and large financial institution collapse, look no further than...
Chris Sharma’s ‘Jumbo Love’ (5.15b)
Looking for more on Big Up's latest movie Progression and Chris Sharma's Jumbo Love? Check out these posts ! The dust has settled on Chris Sharma sending his project at Clark Mt. ,...
Chris Sharma Sends Clark Mountain Super Project: Jumbo Love (5.15b)
Looking for more on Big Up's latest movie Progression and Chris Sharma's Jumbo Love? Check out these posts ! The Big Up Blog is reporting that Chris Sharma has climbed the fabled p...
News & Notes - 9/11/2008
News & Notes from Alex Honnold, Way Lake Bouldering and several big upcoming events.
May I Buy You A Compass?
Guest post from Mrs. Narc: As any Narc reader knows, this summer was packed with climbing adventures for the Narc and me. Being that he possesses the vast majority of our combined...
Yosemite Trad: Learning Lessons On ‘After Six’
I am a firm believer in learning something new every time I climb a route. Whether it is a new body position to do a move, a different way to rest, a better method for placing gear...
Johnson, Puccio & Payne Crushing V12 In Colorado
The summer bouldering season of 2007 was one for the record books in Rocky Mountain National Park. It seemed like every week a new double digit problem was being established or rep...
Yosemite Trad: Dog Crack
Eddie attempting the overhanging 5. 12 finger crack Dog Crack near the Wawona Tunnel in Yosemite Valley: Here is the full gallery:
Yosemite Bouldering: Largo Lunge
Largo Lunge is one of the more fun easy problems in Yosemite’s Camp 4. As with just about all problems (of any grade) in Yosemite though, this V0 is no gimme. Here is Mrs. Narc get...
I Can’t Believe I Am Alive To Write This Trip Report
You will never believe what happened to us during our recent drive to the Red River Gorge in Kentucky...
A Few News & Notes Items
As usual when we go out of town I fell way behind on my obsessing over what other people are doing in the climbing world. It took me a few days to get through everything in my read...
RMNP Bouldering: Mikala
Going into the bouldering leg of our trip in RMNP, I had pretty low expectations. The cast from my latest surgery had only been off for 2 months, I got bouted in Yosemite recently...
RMNP Bouldering: Paul Robinson Working Top Notch Project
Last week I had the opportunity to tag along with Paul Robinson as he worked on an (at the time) unclimbed line in Upper Chaos Canyon, RMNP, CO.
RMNP Trip Update
Our trip out west is going very well so far. We are in RMNP right now and it has been cool to see everything that is going on out here. Apparently the ever-humble Tommy Caldwell re...
Yosemite Museum Climbing Exhibit
While in Yosemite we had the good fortune of visiting during the Climbing Exhibit that was on display at the Yosemite Museum. The free exhibit is an incredible journey back in tim...
Upcoming Falcon Guide To Colorado Bouldering
It is with great interest that I have been following the controversy surrounding the upcoming Bob Horan guidebook to the bouldering in Colorado's frontrange that is to be released...
Governor Dodge Bouldering Update
Last year I made a few trips to Governor Dodge State Park to check out some of the bouldering that I had heard was there. I found a few good problems and a lot of suspect rock. My...
Dean Potter Free Solos The Eiger North Face [Confirmed]
Dean Potter has free-soloed the North Face of the Eiger. UPDATED: 8/08/08
Yosemite Bouldering: Park Life
While in Yosemite I checked out one of the more famous testpieces, 'Park Life' (V12)
Yosemite Bouldering: Housekeeping
If this is a post about the Housekeeping boulders, then why is the preview image of the LeConte memorial you ask? Because it gives me an excuse to bring up Dean Potter’s ridiculou...
News & Notes - 8/4/2008
News & Notes from bouldering strongmen, a Mt. Evans bouldering guidebook in the works, the Fortress Of Solitude and more...
Yosemite Bouldering: Candyland
If you are looking to pad your spraysheet with a slew of easy ticks, Yosemite might not be for you. If you are looking to try hard and climb classic lines regardless of the grade...
Living The High Life At Devil’s Lake
Old School and I made our respective returns from surgery to the sharp end at Devil’s Lake yesterday. I decided to leave my camera behind so my words will have to suffice...for th...
Midnight Lightning
Let's start out the stories from our trip to Yosemite with someone (sadly not me) sending the most famous boulder problem on the planet, Midnight Lightning (V8). Located smack dab...
Momentum Video Magazine Switching To A Free Format
The high quality climbing site Momentum Video Magazine is dropping it's paid subscription service and offering all of its content for free beginning in September 2008.
Newsflash: Paul Robinson and Ty Landman Are REALLY Strong…
Paul Robinson and Ty Landman have taken their talents on the road to South Africa and Switzerland respectively. Read on for tales of V15 sending in two hours and repeats of histor...
DVD Winner & Back From Yosemite
Before we left for our Left Coast trip I failed to mention the winner of our Free DVD competition . The winner was Isaac and he unfortunately chose The Australia Project . I say un...
Happy Boulders: Hulk [Ego Crush]
To conclude this series of posts, let me recount one of my more unpleasant experiences during my trip to Bishop. One of the more well known moderate lines at the Happy Boulders is...
Buttermilks: Soulslinger
Soulslinger. One of the Buttermilks's most iconic problems. At V9 it is tops on the ticklist of many who aspire to climb hard problems, but cannot pull down on double digit testp...
Buttermilks: Cave Problem
During my 2006 trip to Bishop, I spent a lot of rest time running around and fondling holds of testpieces like The Mandala. Who hasn't? However, I couldn't spend the hole trip mi...
Governor Dodge: The Good Times Are Killing Me
No One Gets Outta Here Alive (V2) is probably one of the best boulder problems at Governor Dodge State Park in Southwest Wisconsin. Check out these two sequences of photos featuri...
Rachel & Eddie El Cap Pictures
Short on words, long on pictures, here is a visual summary of Rachel & Eddie’s trip up the Big Stone. They got to spend their first night on El Cap Tower with Ivo Ninov and Eric Pe...
Five Hard-ish Boulder Problems You Should Do Before Death (or Full Time Tradding)
I have had a lot of downtime to compile lists of routes and boulder problems I would like to do once I get healthy again. The following is a list of 5 classic problems that are har...
An Organic Anniversary
What better gift is there for a wedding anniversary than Organic Bouldering Mats???
Finger Injuries Of Doom
Being that I am no stranger to finger injuries, both benign and catastrophic, I was extremely dismayed to recently learn that two of our young protégés have cracked bones in their...
Pad Stashing Redux
It’s summer in the Frontrange of Colorado and that can only mean one thing, boulderers escaping to the cooler temperatures of one of Colorado’s alpine bouldering areas. Cooler tem...
Rachel & Eddie El Cap Nose Report
Not to turn this site into a Rachel and Eddie love-fest, but if you wanted to see some of their progress on The Nose of El Capitan be sure to check out the daily El Cap reports at...
More From Yosemite
This week’s Yosemite update includes David (broken heel and all) and Rachel climbing on Separate Reality, Eddie climbing on Tales of Power (5.12b), a trip to the Mariposa Grove and...
The Life DVD Review
I was at the gym Rockquest in Cincinnati recently for a youth climbing competition. During one of the frequent spells of downtime I was perusing their DVD rack when I noticed that...
Win A Free Climbing DVD
You could win a free climbing DVD just by commenting on this post?!? Yep, it's that easy. Enter by 7/2/08...
Stuck On Yosemite
A few friends of ours, David, Rachel and Eddie, have been out in Yosemite for the past few weeks. After a few tantalizing emails about their exploits they were kind enough to shar...
Urban Climber Website Gets Redesigned…Sort Of
I was perusing my messages on The Facebook yesterday when I saw a notification from my “friend” Urban Climber Magazine that their website had been redesigned. I’m into websites an...
Update On The Climbingnarc.com Forum
I added a forum earlier this year that had been temporarily lost in the shuffle of updating the design of this site. Now that things are settling down I fixed things up so that the...
Climbing With A Baby: Some Reflections
As a recently married couple, Mrs. Narc and I are asked about when we will have kids more than just about anything. In this guest post, Peter Beal examines some of the issues one...
Nalle Hukkataival, Others Crush At Mt. Evans
In Colorado for the recent Bouldering World Cup event, Finland's Nalle Hukkataival made short work of several Mt. Evans testpieces. UPDATED 6/17/08
Muir Valley
Muir Valley, for those that don't know, is a sport climbing area in Kentucky's Red River Gorge. However, calling it a sub-area of the RRG is somewhat misleading as it is actually...
A Bit Of Housekeeping
It's been a few weeks since I made some changes to the site here and I wanted to take a moment to inform you of some of the changes.
Ancient History: Narc Rock Climbing
Sorry for the lower quality photos... the technology back when I used to climb isn't what it is today... Click pictures to expand... Thanks to Dan for hooking up these long lost pi...
One Step Closer
So it's been almost 3 weeks since my most recent surgery. Back in February, I had surgery on my left thumb and this time it was my right thumb taking the knife, or scope as it wer...
Escalade Magazine Steph Davis Interview
Escalade Magazine recently caught up with Steph Davis after her Free Solo and Base Jump from Castleton Tower in Moab, UT. Here is a translation of the French interview into Englis...
Exclusive Details On Contents Of Dosage 5
There have been hints dropped here and there as to what will be on the upcoming Dosage 5 DVD, but never a definitive list. Until now that is. Check out this list of what Doses wi...
Gibraltar Rock
Unfortunately, I can't claim much knowledge about the bolted sandstone climbing at Gibraltar Rock near Devil's Lake, WI. In fact, it took me several years before I even realized h...
How Much Would You Give?
Memorial Day weekend. An opportunity seized by almost all climbers to take advantage of an extended break from our day to day lives to go climbing. Unfortunately for me, my recent...
Countdown To 2008 Bouldering World Cup In Vail
Two weeks from today, internationally sanctioned competition climbing will make its return to U.S. soil at the Teva Mountain Games. It seems like just yesterday we were at ABS Nat...
Plan D Part 4: The Tombstone Left
To wrap up this series of ego boosts for T-Boz here is a sequence of photos of him climbing the left side of the Tombstone (not sure if it has a name or not). Regrettably he botch...
Plan D Part 3: The Tombstone Right
After Sarah & Kevlar gave the Tombstone their best efforts, Tony came down from his perch...
Plan D Part 2: The Tombstone
After finishing up at the Flatiron, we made our way over to the Tombstone boulder. Home to 3 tall problems ranging from V1 to V5, the Tombstone is one of the best boulders in...
Plan D Part 1: Gill's Flatiron
Late in the month of March, I headed up to Devil's Lake with the goal of exploring some lesser traveled boulders with the not-so-R-Tard crew (Kevin, Sarah & Tony). Unfortunately,...
Dosage 5 To Premier June 4th In Boulder
FRB is reporting on their message board that the much anticipated 5th installment in the Big Up Productions Dosage series will be premiering on June 4th at the Boulder Theater in d...
Beta Whoring
I was discussing my FRB interview with someone at the gym a while back. This person mentioned that he took exception to the part in the interview about how my climbing partners vie...
Mt. Evans Photos
Sock Hands made a trip to the alpine bouldering area Mt. Evans this past weekend and clutched up with some nice photos of various sends. Check out the posts by clicking a link belo...
News & Notes - 05/13/2008
I have another interesting topic for discussion tomorrow, but in the meantime here are a few links for your perusal: If you enjoy salivating over the posts at the Betabase blog , y...
News & Notes - 5/8/2008
Not much Earth shattering news going down lately but here are a few things to check out from the past few weeks: Joe Kinder prepared nicely for his 2 month trip to Spain with his r...
Whipper Night...Unsafely?
With last night being whipper night at team (sorry Tony) the below video that I found at the newly redesigned Splitter Choss Blog seems especially pertinent. The video demonstrates...
How Much Landscaping Of Boulders Is Ok?
These days I don't get to spend as much time on MVM as I would like, however when I received an email from a reader alerting me to a possible ethical lapse in one of their latest v...
ClimbTalk Radio Show
Last week Monday, a climbing talk radio show premiered on KGNU in Boulder, CO. Wait. What? Talk radio? Climbing??? Yes, you read that right. The hour long show featured FRB's Mike...
Parfrey's Glen State Natural Area
As usual, a weekend forecast for snow, wind and generally miserable weather leading up to the class I was teaching last weekend with Chris at Devil's Lake had us gripping all week....
Ancient History: Horse Pens 40 Pt. 2
Horse Pens 40, AL - October, 2003 Hammerhead V5 The Drip VFun My Tips = Owned
2008 Tournament Of All Things Climbing Winner
After nearly 6,500 votes, a champion has been crowned in the 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing! The final round between pre-tournament favorites Chris S...
Monday Bouldering Extravaganza Comp Photos
Monday night was (I think) the 4th edition of Adventure Rock's Monday Bouldering Extravaganza Comp (MBEC to the initiated). Besides the fresh new boulder problems, the best part of...
Final Round Of 2008 Tournament Of All Things Climbing
As I expected, round 5 was not exactly close and the two favorites, Chris Sharma and Yosemite, have made it to the final round. Final round voting will end Wednesday night . On Thu...
Gravity Brawl 2008 Wrap-up
Photo: Tim Kemple At the end of March, the 2008 Mammut Bouldering Championships Pro Tour got underway with Gravity Brawl '08 at the New Jersey Rock Gym. Overall the event sounded l...
Final Four Voting
The 2008 Tournament Of All Things Climbing is down to the Final Four! It looks like Sharma and Yosemite are on a collision course for the finals as many of you predicted. Voting fo...
Lifestyle, Training, Performance: A Review Of The 2007 8a.nu Yearbook
After quickly devouring my 2006 8a.nu Yearbook and promptly letting it sit under my car seat until Mrs. Narc made me throw it away last month, I was on the fence as to whether or n...
Regional Finals Voting Begins
After almost 6,000 votes, we are down to the Regional Finals of the 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing . Dave Graham came the closest to pulling off an upset i...
Kevin Jorgeson & Paul Robinson Send The Fly In Rumney
Joe Kinder is reporting on his blog that Kevin Jorgeson has made the 2nd ropeless ascent of Dave Graham's The Fly (5.14d, V13/14?) in Rumney, NH. The first ropeless ascent was by J...
News & Notes: Spring Break Followup
A bit of followup on last week's Spring Break edition of News & Notes . Here are a few more links for you to check out: Many of you are no doubt following Jamie Emerson's updates f...
Dave Graham's New V15 In Fontainebleau: 'The Island'
Pictures from Dave Graham's new V15 in Fontainebleau called The Island.
New Climbing Gym Coming To Boulder
Despite already having 3 gyms within the city of Boulder, CO there is news that a 4th gym called Monument Climbing & Fitness Center will be coming soon.
Tournament Round 3 Voting
After another successful round of voting in the 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing we are on to Round 3 and the final 16. No major surprises in Round 2 except...
Alex Honnold Free Solo of Moonlight Buttress Details
For such an intriguing ascent, the news of Alex Honnold's April Fool's solo of the 1200 ft. 5.12+ Moonlight Buttress in Zion is coming out at a snail's pace. Almost a week after I...
New Dave Graham V15 in Fontainebleau?
American climbing superstar Dave Graham has opened a possible V15 (8c) in the forest of Fontainebleau, France.
Mrs. Narc Opens The Spring Season at Devils Lake
Despite the fact that I have no prospects for climbing anytime soon, I have been abnormally eager for the snows to melt and the Spring season at Devil's Lake to begin. A couple of...
Round 2 Voting Begins
Thanks to everyone for the over 3000 votes that were cast in Round 1 . The closest matchup was Alex Honnold eking out a win over Dean Potter by 1 vote! Here are the links to get st...
Voting Reminder
Just a quick reminder that today is the last day to get your votes in for Round 1. With roughly 3000 total votes cast there are several very close matchups that will come down to t...
News & Notes: Spring Break Edition
A few general bits of climbing news along with several links to check out what people were up to over Spring Break: Early last month, Dean Potter completed a 40 foot roof project h...
Keep Up The Support Update
Thanks to everyone that has used Climbingnarc.com to place their order with any one of our retail affiliates. Just that easily you have helped to raise money for climbing acc...
It's Official...
It is no secret to anyone that knows us that we (I) have been itching to move out of Wisconsin. After months of careful consideration, Mrs. Narc and I have finally decided to make...
Let The Voting Begin...
Last week I launched the 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament of all Things Climbing and the response was awesome. We had around 50 brackets returned for a chance to win either MVM Vol...
FrontRangeBouldering.com Interview
I was recently interviewed by the great Colorado based website FrontRangeBouldering.com . So if you can't get enough of what I have to say here, you can head over to FRB and check...
The 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing
Ruined NCAA Tournament bracket have you feeling down?? Perhaps your ego is bruised after another crushing defeat for Duke in the early rounds. Inspired by the NCAA Tournament brack...
Ancient History: Narc Climbing On Spring Break
I am a bit busy working on a semi-secret climbingnarc.com project which I hope to unveil in its entirety on Monday. In the interim, these pictures from Rockclimbergirl.com that I c...
More On Dave MacLeod's 5.14b Free Solo
Last week, Dave MacLeod made news when he reported that he had free soloed Darwin Dixit (5.14b) at Margalef, Spain. As Gabor pointed out in the comments at the time, Kairn.com was...
News & Notes – 3/19/2008
Climbing news: Rastaman Vibration Sit pictures, Midnight Express repeated, Steve House in Argentina, Steve Dieckhoff's passing, Yosemite Bouldering, Ty Landman FAs and Pete Whittak...
Truth In Advertising?
Two recent La Sportiva Solutions ads have featured some fuzzy math when it comes to the grades attributed to the routes in the ads. One being a Timy Fairfield as showing him climb...
Adam Ondra Climbs 3 5.14s in One Day
15 year old Adam Ondra continues to amaze. In the course of one day he sent Sanjski Par Extension (5.14d), Človek e jezi se (5.14c) and Popolni mrk (5.14b) all at Slovenia's Misja...
Climb Like A Girl
This is another guest post from Zonk. If you would like to write a guest post on any climbing related subject or share some pictures from a recent roadtrip, please contact me . I w...
Dave MacLeod Free Solos 5.14b in Spain
Dave MacLeod, best known for his difficult headpoints in Britain, recently free soloed Darwin Dixit (5.14b) in Margalef, Spain . Unless someone can think of something harder, this...
Don't Fall Mode
If there is one dream I have, it is to simultaneously hold down a respectable job and travel the world climbing. Mike Doyle is living my dream. He has spent the last couple of year...
News & Notes - 3/10/2008
Just an update on Beth Rodden's new 5.14 trad route Meltdown . Big Up Productions was there filming her work on the route for the upcoming Dosage 5. Big Up shares their first hand...
Gem Lake
With one day to ourselves before our coaching duties commenced for the recent ABS Nationals comp in Boulder, we somehow had to pick only a couple of activities out of the myriad th...
Micah Dash Slideshow
La Sportiva and Mountain Hardwear athlete Micah Dash paid Adventure Rock a visit this past Friday night. He shared with the gathered crowd stories and pictures from his travels aro...
Beth Rodden Climbs 5.14 Crack In Yosemite
I know this has been reported elsewhere, but for those that haven't seen it yet Beth Rodden (pictured at right on her FA of The Optimists 5.14b at Smith Rocks, OR) has done the fir...
Ancient History: Horse Pens 40 Pt. 1
click pictures to expand Horse Pens 40, AL - October, 2003 Paper & Plastic V5 The Lowdown
Spray DVD Winner
The winner of the Spray DVD giveaway is none other than Kevlar . Thanks to everyone else who registered or posted in the forums . Thanks again to Brian Solano for donating this...
Sonnie Trotter On Bouldering In Hampi, India
"Pilgrimage", the Big Up movie featuring Chris Sharma and Katie Brown bouldering in Hampi, India, inspires anyone who watches it to dream of one day climbing in India. Unfortunatel...
Devil's Lake Trad Ticklist
With Spring rapidly approaching and me having a cast on for the foreseeable future, I figured what better time than now to go over a ticklist of 50 or so routes that I wanted to le...
Cast of ???
First there was Sock Hands' Boot of Doom ... Then came Mrs. Narc's Boot of Unicorns and Rainbows ... Now there is my Cast of ??? Please offer some suggestions on a menacing name th...
Brian Solano Spray Interview Translation
Brian Solano, producer of Spray, recently did an interview with the French language climbing magazine Escalade. Thanks to Tony for proving that the public education system isn't co...
Spray DVD Giveaway Reminder
Remember that you have until Wednesday March 5th to enter to win a free copy of the new Spray DVD. You can enter for free by both registering AND posting on a topic in the Forums ....
News & Notes: Friday Links
Here are a few links for your Friday reading pleasures: A good post on the various ways to manage your rope(s) on multi-pitch routes Canada's Tour de Bloc bouldering event in Frede...
Big Up to Arkansas - Updated
As I reported last week, Dave Graham has returned to Arkansas after tearing the place up over the New Year. Big Up is there to capture everything on film for us (Dosage 5 soon???)...
Dab & Die Followup
If one thing is clear from our recent discussion on Dabbing , it is that using your knee on a topout does not count for a dab. Poor style? No doubt. Cheating? I guess not. The numb...
Just A Little Patience Is All You Need
Yes, I had surgery on Friday to correct one of several ailments that have been bothering me recently. Typing is a bit difficult so details will have to wait until later. Basically,...
One Year of Narc-ing in the Books
One year ago the Climbing Narcissist blog was born out of a combination of boredom, frustration and extreme obsession with climbing. Since then the site has grown and evolved...
News & Notes - 2/21/08
Matt Birch recently repeated The Mandala Sit Start (V14) at the Buttermilks outside of Bishop, CA. By my count this is the problem's 7th ascent. Wade David has photos posted from b...
Spray DVD Giveaway
Win a free copy of the latest climbing video from Brian Solano: Spray. Folow Chris Lindner, Joe Kinder and Luke Parady as they explore the climbing along the coast of Northern Ca...
Keep Up The Support
Thanks to whomever used Climbingnarc.com to place their order with Moosejaw . Just that easily you have helped to raise $5 for climbing access and you probably bought some cool stu...
2008 ABS 9 Nationals Results
Results of the 2008 ABS 9 Adult & Youth National Championships held on Februrary 15-17, 2008 in Boulder, CO
Blank Man - 5.13b
01/27/2008 - Peter Bonamici climbing Blank Man (5.13b) at Red Wing, MN Nice work Peter...
Problogs: Angie Payne & Daniel Woods
Climbing.com has added two more pro climbers to their growing list of bloggers: Daniel Woods and Angie Payne. Angie's first blog is about her trip to the South with Jamie Emerson....
ABS Nationals: Boulder Bound
Barring any weather related delays we will be on a plane heading to Denver/Boulder later this evening. Friday will be a day of exploration with the weekend dedicated to coaching an...
Poker Night at Adventure Rock
Last night was day 2 of Adventure Rock's 7 day 10 Year Anniversary celebration . Despite the continued snowfall, plenty of people turned out in their cheesy dealer hats to make Pok...
Dab & Die?
I originally ran this post very early last year when very few people were visiting this site. I wanted to revisit this topic to give people a chance to weigh in and take the new po...
Mallorca
EMS is shooting their new catalog in Mallorca and they have Chris Sharma and Joe Kinder (among others) on the scene. Joe has started posting updates on the first couple of days on...
Paying to Climb Outdoors Follow-up
Last month I ran a poll asking people how they felt about paying to access climbing areas. After receiving 72 votes and several comments, it is clear that the majority of peo...
Climbingnarc.com Forums
With the 1 year milestone approaching, I have been thinking of ways to improve this site and get you more involved. To that end I have created the Climbingnarc.com Forums . Right n...
Adventure Rock 10 Year Anniversary
Next week, my home gym Adventure Rock is celebrating its 10 year anniversary with a 7 day extravaganza. Click the below flier for a schedule of events. The event of most interest t...
First Tracks
From the sounds of it people from all over the Climbingnarc.com reading area are getting crushed with snow this winter and here in southeast Wisconsin it is no different. We have a...
MVM Contest Winner
Congratulations to JPWill who is the winner of a one month subscription to the Momentum Video Magazine . You will be contacted shortly. A big thanks to the roughly 40 people who en...
Metolius Master Cams
Like any good addiction, putting together a trad rack is one that always leaves you looking for that next piece of gear to buy. Ever since I started building my rack I've been thin...
News & Notes - 2/6/08
James Pearson, who is better known on this site for having flashed 3 V13 boulder problems , recently returned to the Gritstone of the UK to establish a new E10 route on the Cratcli...
Hard, Unrepeated American Boulders
I thought it would be interesting to compile a list of hard (V14 and up) boulder problems that have not been repeated in North America. Thanks to everyone for help in compiling the...
MVM Subscription Contest Reminder
Just a reminder that you have until next week Tuesday to leave a comment on the MVM Subscription Contest Post to be in the drawing for a free 1 month subscription to MVM. Big thank...
Quick on the Draw Results & Photos
Results and Photos from the 2008 Quick on the Draw competition at Adventure Rock Climbing Gym
Momentum Video Magazine Subscription Contest
To commemorate the upcoming 1 year anniversary of the Climbing Narcissist blog, I am holding a small and simple contest. The prize is going to be a 1 Month subscription to the Prem...
Quick on the Draw 9
This past weekend was the 9th Annual Quick on the Draw comp at Adventure Rock . The event saw a record number of participants and was incredibly fun to be a part of. Please check b...
Paying to Climb Outdoors
As climbers we often spend a lot of time disagreeing about seemingly unimportant things. Is that route 5.12a or just hard 5.11d? Is using your knee on a topout a dab that nullifies...
Midnight Express
Dave Graham recently did the 3rd ascent of Ty Landman's Midnight Express (V14) in Boulder Canyon. Ty indicated that he named the problem after a movie that he rather enjoyed so I t...
News & Notes - Mass Update
Thanks to James for compiling this massive list of updates. In this update you will find a lot of news on Dai Koyamada's exploints in the Frankenjura. Also news from Daniel Woods,...
ABS Regionals
We are back from Cincinnati and the ABS Midwest Regionals competition. Overall the comp was a very good experience, and we had 4 kids qualify for Nationals at the Spot which was ve...
News & Notes - Bouldering Edition
A summary of recent bouldering activity including more repeats of Trice in Boulder, Bishop bouldering, hard first ascents in Idaho and scary highball first ascents in Hueco Tanks....
Various Ailments Update
With the way things were progressing in the Fall, what with me doing more outdoor climbing than I had ever done, you would think that I would be well on my way to recovery for a gr...
Updated Design
If you are reading this via the RSS Feed and don't visit the actual site on a regular basis, climbingnarc.com recently underwent a makeover. There are a few new features incl...
ABS Midwest Regionals
We are heading down to Climb Time Blue Ash in Cincinnati this weekend for the ABS Regionals competition . This will be the first time most of our kids will be climbing in a c...
More Gunks Pictures
Last October, I had the good fortune of climbing at the Gunks for a few days. If you missed my original write-up on the trip you can find it here . Finally, I got around to going t...
Paul Robinson Terremer Video
The video of Paul Robinson repeating Terremer (V15) is now available on the Momentum Video Magazine . As I expected, the catch is that you have to be a premium subscriber to see th...
Sir Edmund Hillary Dead at Age 88
Sir Edmund Hillary, probably the first person (along with Tenzing Norgay ) to summit Mt. Everest in 1953 died Friday in New Zealand. Famous for both his strength and his humility,...
Climber Falls 100 Feet in Yosemite and Lives
It's not every day that you can get a person's thoughts on what it is like to rappel off the end of their ropes and fall 100 ft. to the ground. The accident in question took place...
Sean McColl Repeats Goldfish Trombone (V14)
Super strong Canadian Sean McColl has repeated one of the hardest problems in Bishop, Goldfish Trombone (V14). He has also done 11 other problems graded V10 or harder in the...
Momentum Video Magazine Follow-Up
More information on subscribing to the Premium Area of the Momentum Video Magazine including a list of videos featured in the Premium Area.
RRGCC Donation
Thanks to everyone who has visited this site and supported my sponsors. Thanks to you I was recently able to make a donation in the amount of $100 to the Red River Gorge Climbers'...
Anatomy of a V13 Flash
Consider with me for a moment what it takes (beyond being freakishly strong) to flash a V13 boulder problem. Patience is no doubt important as one must wait weeks or even years bef...
Paul Robinson Repeats Terremer (V15)
MVM is reporting that Paul Robinson repeated Fred Nicole's hitherto unrepeated Hueco Tanks testpiece Terremer (V15) on New Year's Day. This problem connects Diaphanous Sea (V12) wi...
Random Winter Pictures
I added some random winter themed pictures to the Pictures page . They were taken either out behind our apartment complex or at Lapham Peak State Park . I think they are some of th...
Lapham Peak Snowshoeing Pictures
I was pretty lucky to get a set of snowshoes for Christmas and then have it snow 6 inches 3 days later. Last night I headed out to Lapham Peak State Park to test them out. Wh...
Paul Robinson Flashes Nagual V13
On 12/27 Paul Robinson flashed Nagual (V13) at Hueco Tanks, TX. You may recall seeing Chris Sharma fall off the last move on his flash attempt of Nagual in Dosage 4 when he "...
Famous Climber Ape Indexes
From what I can gather, Theo Merrin has a rather well known home climbing facility. Being that he is located in Boulder, many a strong climber has made their way through his house...
Sending Begins in Hueco
In what is surely a sign of things to come, the season at Hueco Tanks, TX has gotten into full swing with the arrival of Paul Robinson. Since his arrival about a week ago, Paul has...
Horspens 40 Pictures - Black & White Edition
Click on pictures to expand, click anywhere off the picture to close...
Updated Ethan Pringle Blog
Ethan Pringle has updated his Climbing.com blog with some more information on his recent exploits. He has given the Sharma project at Clark Mt. a working name of Jumbo Pumpin...
Momentum Video Magazine Premium Section
For a long time, Mike Call has been coming up with innovative ways to bring climbing content to the Internet. The first example that I was an avid consumer of was his SmackMag proj...
More Hard Sport Routes in Spain
Thanks to James for compiling this news In more sport climbing news: Patxi Usobiaga: repeated La Rambla (9a+) on Nov 27, 2007 at Siurana, Spain. The route had its first ascent by R...
Red Wing Barn Bluff: A Midwestern Anomaly
“Coming to Carleton was a strictly academic decision,” I explain to the student interviewing me for the Carletonian, the student Newspaper at Carleton College, a small liberal arts...
Triple Crown 2007: Stone Fort/LRC
Thanks to Ryan Olson for the following results from the 2007 Triple Crown finale at the Stone Fort: Women 1) Lisa Rands 2) Kate McGinnis 3) Sasha DiGiullian 4) Jill Church 5) Danie...
Sharma & Usobiaga Repeat Andrada 5.15a
The somewhat elusive (from an online spray observer's standpoint) Chris Sharma has surfaced in Spain with his recent repeat of Dani Andrada's 5.15a La Novena Enmienda at Santa Liny...
3rd V13 Flash for James Pearson
21 year old James Pearson added to his unprecedented list of V13 flashes this past month when he flashed Schules des Lebens in Chironico, Switzerland. In Switzerland to work on Dav...
May I Check Your Tire Pressure?
Note from the Narc - Please enjoy this guest essay by the newest unofficial member of the Gimp Mode Squad: Mrs. Narc Some five weeks ago, the Climbing Narc and I took our climbing...
Boot of Doom Revisited
Word to the wise: get a second opinion...
Hillbilly Hollow
Note from Climbing Narc - Thanks to Sarah for this guest post on Hillbilly Hollow Three hours after leaving Milwaukee, Tony, Kevlar and I pull into a rest stop just off the highway...
Little Rock City Video - Red House (V7)
In preparation for the upcoming Triple Crown Bouldering event at Little Rock City/Stone Fort outside of Chattanooga, TN, here is a video of me on Red House from the Spring of 2005....
A Few From Governor Dodge
Cold, yet fun day...
Bishop Bouldering: 365 Days Ago
November 22, 2006 Buttermilks, Bishop, CA High Plains Drifter
Updates...
...or lack thereof. Updates will be few and far between for the foreseeable future due to incipient hand pain brought on by excessive pounding on a keyboard. Hopefully...
Trice Repeated Twice
Last week I somewhat jokingly was speculating on who would be first to repeat Jim Holloway's Trice at Flagstaff Mountain after 30 years. Yesterday the answer ended up being Carlo...
Eiffel Tower Free Solo
On Monday, November 12, England's Mike Robertson was arrested while soloing the outside of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. He made it roughly 720 feet up the 1,063 foot tall mon...
Bouldering World Cup Coming to U.S.
Via B3Bouldering , we have news that a World Cup event will be held on U.S. soil for the first time in almost 20 years. It was announced yesterday that there will be a Bouldering W...
My Climbing Shoe Collection
Lately I have been accused by many of owning too many pairs of climbing shoes. One might even think that I am sponsored by Five Ten based on my endless promotion of their shoes, bu...
2007 Mammut Bouldering Championship Results
Mens 3rd place finisher Ryan Olson Photo and results: Boulderingcomps.com Pro Men 1) Paul Robinson 2) Rob D'Anastasio 3) Ryan Olson 4) Carlo Traversi 5) Future Roden Pro Women 1) A...
A Few From Devil's Lake
Here are a few pictures from a fantastic day at Devil's Lake yesterday. Danny and I had a great day of climbing with the entire East Bluff to ourselves for the entire day. Lo...
Mometum Video Magazine Redesigned
I think I just blew my mind. Or rather, Mike Call blew my mind. I haven't had a chance to check out the entire new site, but the Momentum Video Magazine has had a make over and it...
News & Notes - 11/7/07
I realize lately that I have been spending too much time blogging about myself and not enough time talking about all the action going down elsewhere so here goes nothing: During hi...
Chuck Fryberger Gets Cold
How about something not really climbing related for this week's video. Here we have climber/filmmaker Chuck Fryberger sliding his way into the frigid waters of Lake Neva. Chu...
Chris Sharma on NPR
A little late, but Chris Sharma was on "All Things Considered" on NPR last week. For whatever reason he is climbing in Maryland and there is a short video of him pulling down (pres...
Who Will Be 1st To Be 2nd?
It has been roughly 30 years since Jim Holloway established Trice (aka Another Hollway Route) at Flagstaff Mountain. Jim Holloway on Trice Photo: Rob Candelaria via Peter Beal Now...
Picture of Nate's First Lead
Here is an approximate picture of Nate on his lead this weekend:
Devil's Lake in the Fall
Picture if you will for a moment the most glorious Fall day you have ever seen at your local climbing crag. Picture in your head the trees ablaze with full fledged Fall colors. Fee...
2007 HP40 Triple Crown Results
Unofficial HP40 Triple Crown results courtesy of Ryan Olson - 1) Paul Robinson 2) James Webb 3) Jason Kehl
HP40 Triple Crown Weekend
Good luck this weekend to everyone competing at the Triple Crown event at HP40 in Alabama. Probably not especially prime temps being that it is supposed to be 70 tomorrow but it sh...
Governor Dodge Bouldering
Right about the time that I got injured earlier this year I heard about some bouldering 2 hours away in Governor Dodge State Park. Ever since then I've been eager to get out there...
3rd Ascent of Fifty Words For Pump (5.14c)
3 weeks ago, Fifty Words for Pump was a project at the Red River Gorge that nobody had been able to do over the course of 10 years. 3 weeks later it now has 3 ascents thanks to Mik...
HP 40 Day 2
Day 2 at HP 40 dawned to more fantastic weather. Despite the Boulderween festivities promised for later in the evening the campground didn't seem that crowded and the boulders were...
HP 40 Day 1
Last weekend, Amy and I took 5 kids from our climbing team for a long weekend to Horse Pens 40 in Alabama. Having been there a few times myself I was really excited for the kids to...
King Lines Extras
If you bought a copy of the recently released climbing film King Lines , and you were wondering why the Extras were cut short, you are not alone. It turns out that there was a prob...
Back from HP40
As usual, HP40 was fantastic. Here is a picture of Tony attempting Boomslang (V6 but probably downgraded like everything else). More pictures and whatnot coming later this week.
Boulderween Weekend
Tomorrow we are heading to HP40 in Alabama for the Boulderween event that benefits the Southeastern Climbers Coalition. I've only been there previously during Indian Pow-wows and B...
Boot of Doom Imminent?
Breaking News... Mrs. Narc suffered a devastating fall off the black problem by the stairs at the ABS comp this past weekend at VE Warrenville. Her awesome effort that ended in a s...
Pringle Dominates
Fresh off a 3.5 month trip to Europe that yielded an impressive ticklist of 1 5.14d (Realization), 1 5.14c, 5 5.14b's and 8 5.14a's (3 onsight or flash), Ethan Pringle has returned...
2 5.14c's Repeated at the RRG
While 2 5.14c's being climbed in one weekend at the Red River Gorge in KY is definitely a first, this is a sign of things to come this fall at the Red. First it was Sean McColl rep...
The Gunks
Despite all of my (and Old School's) stressing, belly-aching and doomsday predictions about the weather forecast for New Paltz last week, the weather was basically a non-factor dur...
Full 2007 Hound Ears Results
The full results for the 2007 Triple Crown Bouldering event at Hound Ears have been posted . Also, check out Scotty Gross's blog for some nice pictures from the comp.
New Frontrange Pictures
Check out BoulderingMedia.com for new pictures from Independence Pass, CO and the recent Horsetooth Hang at the Horestooth Reservoir outside of Ft. Collins.
Gunks Bouldering
What better way to start recapping my trip to the Gunks than to talk about bouldering?
Wheel of Life (V16) Repeated
22 year old Chris Webb Parsons has repeated Dai Koyamada's Wheel of Life (V16) at the Hollow Mountain Cave of the Grampians, Australia. At 60 moves long, this link up of several ha...
Jaws II
Vasya Vorotnikov has made the First Ascent of Dave Graham's crimp nightmare Jaws since some holds broke. Originally graded 5.14b, Vasya has registered the new version as 5.15a and...
Another New Design
After receiving some feedback on my new design from last week, I decided to head in another direction yet again. I actually like this layout as it offers a unique way of presenting...
ABS 9 Adventure Rock Wrap Up
This past Saturday we held our first bouldering comp at Adventure Rock since the epic Booldering comp held in October of 2000. This time it was a local comp for the ABS 9 series. E...
Petzl Roc Trip Brief
I am back from the Gunks and still unwinding. Check out Petzl's Blog to catch up on what went down at this weekend's Roctrip. More on the Gunks and the Roctrip this wee...
New Design
Ever since I switched to a Wordpress blog I was never really happy with the template that I had chosen. Then I came across the redesigned Allclimbing.com and realized that this was...
Triple Crown 2007: Hound Ears
Some of the results are in from this past weekend's Triple Crown event held at Hound Ears in Boone, NC: 1.Paul Robinson 2.Nick Vosbein 3.Ryan Roden 1.Jill Church 2.Kate Mcginnis 3....
Things Can Only Get Better...
Below is the extended forecast for New Paltz, NY. This is not the kind of forecast you usually want to see when you are going on a climbing trip where your main climbing days are...
It's Here
Just in time for my trip to the Gunks this Wednesday...
ABS 9 Photos
I put together a quick page of photos from yesterday's ABS 9 comp at Adventure Rock. Check it out by clicking here .
Committed
If all this talk of easy, well protected trad climbing lately doesn't quite do it for you, maybe the trailer for the upcoming film Committed will. Featuring climbers like Dave MacL...
More Devil's Lake Pictures
I added a few pictures from this past weekend's excursions at Devil's Lake to the pictures page . I'm still learning how to work with my new Nikon D70 which is at times frust...
The Learning Curve
I spend a great deal of my time with young climbers. Most have boundless energy and seemingly unlimited potential as climbers. Despite all their physical strengths, I cannot spend...
We Hike, We Like?
With the Horsetooth Hang taking place this past weekend at the Horsetooth Reservoir it was a perfect opportunity for some of the Frontrange's elite to try and tackle the longstandi...
ABS 9
The upcoming season of ABS bouldering comps is rapidly approaching. If you are anywhere in the Midwest you should come check out the new bouldering cave at Adventure Rock during t...
Monday Morning Video
Due to some schedule adjustments at work I don't have as much time on Monday mornings to put together my spray summary for the previous week so I will have to keep this brief. We h...
Devil's Lake - 9/22-23/2007
Here are a few pictures with related storytelling from our weekend at Devil's Lake. More pictures than what is seen here can be viewed by visiting the pictures page . On Satu...
Devil's Lake Pictures
I added some pictures from the past weekend's adventures at Devil's Lake to the pictures page . Amy and I spent Saturday bouldering with Tony & Sarah at the North Shore...
Climbing.com Chris Sharma Interview
Climbing.com has a great new interview up with the "King of Kings" Chris Sharma. Filled with incredible images from his travels this past year, the interview spends a lot of time e...
The Best Boulderer in the World...
...only climbs V10 outside? Apparently this is true when it comes to Russian Dmitry Sharafutdinov who won the Bouldering World Championships last week in Aviles, Spain. This probab...
Devil's Lake: John Cow Edition
Berkeley Foreplay Charybdis Thanks Chris!
Front Range Freaks?
If you are still bored at work/school today and want to do some reading on how some Frontrange climbers hash out their differences then head over to the FRB message boards. The iss...
Thanks
It's been about 7 months since I brought my unhealthy obsession with climbing to the internet. I don't think I ever thought that I would still be injured after all this time,...
Devil's Lake - 9/16/07
What a great weekend. Amy and I pulled off a rare doubleheader on Saturday when we took in a Wisconsin Badger football game in the afternoon and then a Brewers baseball game in the...
News & Notes - 9/17/2007
Let's get back to the spray... Paul Robinson made the 2nd ascent of Harry Roberton's Both Sides of the Spectrum (V12). He also put a new V9 highball at Camp Dick which he called Th...
Purgatory
Over the Labor Day weekend I had an opportunity to check out the crag Purgatory at the Red River Gorge. I had always wanted to go there pre-injury so I could check out the hyper cl...
Mountain Climbing - Wisconsin Style
It was such a beautiful day for my day off today and seeing as climbing was out of the question, I decided to do some mountain climbing instead. Unfortunately I live in Wisco...
Updated Ethan Pringle Pro Blog
Ethan Pringle has updated his Climbing.com pro blog . He has had a pretty big summer since his last update mainly due to the fact that he recently made the 5th ascent of Real...
Roadside Attraction
Over the Labor Day weekend, I was fortunate enough to be able to climb one of the more classic trad routes at the Red River Gorge, Roadside Attraction .
Updated Dave Graham Blog
After no updates for 2 months, Dave Graham is back with an updated Climbing.com pro blog . Obviously the big news since his last entry was his repeat of Realization . In the blog,...
NOLS Alaska
Approximate location of my NOLS course with Anchorage and Denali NP pictured. Back in High School, circa 1999, I was required to read Krakauer's Into Thin Air for an English class....
Bit of News
Here is a bit of news for your Wednesday: Paul Robinson has made the 4th ascent of Ode to the Modern Man (V14) at Mt. Evans after Woods, Landman and Jorgenson. This would be Paul's...
Creature Feature
For the Labor Day weekend, Amy and I took some friends of ours down to the Red River Gorge. On Friday we headed to Phantasia and did the classic route Creature Feature (5.9). I mad...
Dave Graham Interview
Check out this very lengthy (and expletive filled) video interview with Dave Graham. In it he talks about the level of "wizardy" it was necessary for him to obtain prior to his asc...
Updates - Pringle repeats Realization
Sorry for the lack of updates recently. It is mostly owing to my worsening tendonitis in my fingers which makes all typing increasingly painful. Therefore I have been saving as man...
Freaks of the Industry
Paul Robinson added Freaks of the Industry (V13) to his impressive ticklist yesterday. That means that in the past 8 days he has done 1 V15, 3 V13s, 1 V12, 1 V11 and 1 V10. He even...
Devil's Lake Trad
Back in May, our friend Chris was nice enough to take us on a trad climbing adventure at Devil's Lake State Park. Having never done any trad climbing, it was something I had...
News & Notes - 08/27/2007
As usual, I go away from a computer for a weekend and the sendtrain begins... The big news is that Paul Robinson has made the 3rd ascent of Jade (V15 for now) in RMNP. The day afte...
Before They Were Stars
The September 2007 issue of Outside Magazine features a spread on Chris Sharma's whirlwind year that will be featured in the upcoming film King Lines. This whirlwind year that star...
Pictures Page
I started adding a few pictures to the Pictures Page . Currently there are pictures from my trip to Colorado and Wyoming back in 2001. They were taken with my sister's...
And Then There Were None?
Sean McColl has made the 2nd ascent of Daniel Woods's Aslan (V14) in RMNP. This brings the number of unrepeated problems in the Park to 0...for now. The 23 move problem is not typi...
www.BoulderingMedia.com
ColoradoClimbs.com is no more, www.BoulderingMedia.com is the new outlet for bouldering pictures and videos. Of course, my favorite part is the list of problems V12 or harder in CO...
News & Notes - 8/20/2007
A scary story that seems to be coming to a positive resolution is that of Ryan Sewell contracting the Hantavirus virus while climbing in Rifle, CO. Unfortunately both Ryan and his...
Pulldown & Hoedown - RRG '07
I am just about recovered from last weekend's trip to the Red. Also, I am slowly getting everything in order with this new site and so far I am liking it a lot better. ...
Summertime At The Red
The hike into Muir Valley My old shoes still getting it done Trail to the Whittleton Arch Whittleton Arch Natural Bridge State Park, KY
A Fresh Start
At the suggestion of a fellow climbing blogger , I have decided to move my blog from Blogger to a self-hosted WordPress blog. It will probably take a few days for everything to get...
King Lines Review
If you are as excited as I am about the upcoming climbing film "King Lines" then you should read this review from the Western Colorado Climbing blog. He was at the Outdoor Re...
Back From Kentucky
We are back from our weekend in Kentucky. Although overall it was an exhausting trip, it was one of the best I have had despite my lack of time spent on the wall. It will ta...
Giving Back to the Kids
One of the harder aspects of my being injured this past 6 months has been how to channel my obsession for climbing into something more productive than just aimlessly surfing 8a.nu...
Ty Landman’s "Hour of Chaos"
Here is an excerpt from a nice write-up Ty did for moonclimbing.com about his recent repeat of Jade (V15): I chalked my hands and arranged my hands on the start holds. I pulled on...
Prediction Review
At the end of May, I made a few predictions about some events at the pinnacle of difficulty bouldering I thought might happen this summer: Ode to the Modern Man (V15) at Mt. Evans...
News & Notes - 8/6/2007
As usual, I go out of town and a ton of things happen: Last week Ty Landman visited Squamish and did what he normally does, which is climb hard problems. He did 1 V13 and a couple...
Five Ten Shoes on Modern Marvels
The segment about Stealth Rubber on History Channel's "Modern Marvels" was short but interesting. It was cool to see the process through which they synthesized and cured the rubber...
Pad Stashing in RMNP
Back in the day when I visited RMNP to explore the alpine bouldering there was to be done there, I distinctly remember seeing some pads around the boulders that curiously didn't se...
Small Victories
Days spent climbing each month the last 11 months: 9/06 - 16 10/06 - 12 11/06 - 12 - Elbow pain begins/worsens 12/06 - 6 1/07 - 8 2/07 - 4 - Valentine's Day Massacre '07, elbow/sho...
Jim Holloway
The latest edition of Climbing magazine devoted its cover and a big article to Jim Holloway (you can read the entire article online ). From what I have read, Holloway is most famou...
Dave Graham Climbs Realization (5.15a)
Dave Graham on Realization Photo: BigUp Yesterday, Dave Graham made the 4th ascent (Sharma, Patxi Usobiaga, Sylvain Millet) of Chris Sharma's Realization (5.15a) at Ceuse, France....
More News & Notes - 7/30/2007
I really dropped the ball this morning when I failed to mention a few more tidbits to check out: An updated version of the already phenomenal guidebook to sport climbing at the Red...
News & Notes - 7/30/2007
Paul Robinson is back from his trip to California with Daniel Woods . I would have to believe he is a little bit disappointed he did not send problems like Black Mamba (V13) or Som...
Kelly McBride Sends V11
Props to Kelly McBride for sending Kind Traverse (V11) at Emerald Lake in RMNP. Nice Work! Photo (of practice sending) by sock hands Pretty strong for someone from Wisconsin.
Mt. Evans Photos
Click photo to become enlightened... Click the photo and become enlightened to the fact that there is more climbing at Mt. Evans, CO than just the understandably legendary Dali Bou...
Man vs. "Wild"
Time for something a bit off the board Bear Grylls surviving on his own As a regular viewer of the hit TV show Man vs. Wild I always had my suspicions about how much of the show wa...
More on Sharma’s Uber-Proj
There is a lot of mystery surrounding this project at the epic 3rd Tier/Monastery of Clark Mountain that Chris Sharma has been working on. It is getting a lot of play for becoming...
Michael Reardon Obituary
Some final closure on the death of Michael Reardon Technorati Tags: Michael Reardon , Climbing News
Coming Together
Things are starting to come together... finally. Numerous aches and pains are starting to subside and I'm really starting to really feel it again. I feel like I am de-aging a year...
Sharma Sends New Project in Ceuse?
Last week on the BigUp Blog, Josh Lowell hinted at a new project Chris Sharma has been working on in Ceuse, France: Chris also stuck the dyno on his project for the first time, so...
New Urban Climber Mag
On a lighter note, the new issue of Urban Climber is out (or should be soon). It features a rather cool staged photo of Paul Robinson over the water on Wrinkle in Time (V11) at Joe...
More Michael Reardon
I was organizing some magazines on my desk last night when I came across this issue of Climbing Magazine from October of 2006 Climbing #252 On the cover is Michael Reardon freesolo...
Last Photo of Michael Reardon
Michael Reardon after sucessfully downclimbing 600 ft freesolo. Photo taken shortly before being swept out to sea. Photo by Damon Corso
Tragic Irony of Michael Reardon
Michael Reardon was someone who was known for constantly pushing the envelope when it came to ropeless climbing. He logged thousands upon thousands of feet of freesolo climbi...
News & Notes - 7/16/2007
16 year old Erik Lopez recently climbed two .14d's in one day at Rodellar, Spain. He climbed Ali-Hulk and made the second ascent of Dave Graham's Los Borrachos del Mascun . Not a b...
Michael Reardon Update
Not looking good...More clear details from climbing.com : Michael Reardon, 36, the accomplished free soloist based out of Oak Park, California, went missing off the southwestern co...
Climber Michael Reardon Missing
This is sort of messed up. I was thinking yesterday about writing up a post on how I figured one day I would be reading about how this guy died, but I didn't expect it this s...
Dog Days of Summer
It's been a slower than normal week as far as things to spray about are concerned. A few tidbits here and there that I could expound upon later this week like Dave Graham's m...
Youth Nationals
I am back from the SCS Youth National Championships in Ann Arbor, MI. The event was an enjoyable experience. You can check out the results here . In no particular order here are so...
Nationals Weekend
This weekend is the culmination of a busy 2 months that has found me out of the state of Wisconsin for 7 straight weekends. This weekend's excursion takes my wife and I to Ann Arbo...
Martina Cufar Comes to America
Former World Champion sport climber Martina Cufar from Slovenia announced her retirement from competitive climbing in 2006. During her competition days she sent sport routes as har...
Vegas Calls…
Duty once again calls and I must return to the desert known as Las Vegas for a wedding. In the mean time, here are a few pictures from a trip I took out there a few years back. Rou...
Sock Hands
I spend a lot of time on here spewing about how many hard boulder problems guys like Daniel Woods and Paul Robinson have done lately, but their overall totals pale in comparison to...
I’m Waiting To Get On My Project…
Back in my younger days the this was basically my mantra. I was constantly lounging around at the crag resting up to get on whatever route project I was working on. Unfortunately,...
News & Notes - 6/25/2007
Finally back with it...somewhat... Of course the big news while I was gone was Daniel Woods fulfilling another portion of my earlier predictions when he did the first ascent of the...
Miss much eh?
I'm back from a week of gorging on fish and beer north of the border. I am on climbing spray sensory overload...back with more tomorrow...
Gone Fishing…
Update on Sharma’s Project
I recently had a post on a new project that Chris Sharma has been working on at Mt. Clark outside of Vegas. Mike Call has been out shooting footage with Josh Lowell and Peter Morti...
More Muir Valley Drama
Those of you that read this that have never been to the Red River Gorge probably don't find these Muir Valley updates that interesting but among people that climb at the Red MV see...
Chalk Debate
I haven't heard of such an area in the U.S. but apparently over in Europe chalk is banned from being used on certain types of rock at certain climbing areas. Adam Ondra , who...
Dave Graham Blog Updated
If you are bored of reading the blog of someone that never climbs (mine) you could try checking out Dave Graham's latest blog . Or, if you don't want to try to decipher his r...
Back from divisionals
I am back from coaching at the SCS Midwest Divisional climbing competition this past weekend in Cincinnati. Overall my team did well and I was really proud of how all the kids did....
Treatment Day # Who Knows
I haven’t had too much to say on here lately about my rehab efforts because frankly it’s not really that exciting. I did some physical therapy for a while, thought I was almost bet...
Best Pitch in the World?
I've never given it much thought, but Mike Doyle (and many others) contend that the route Serpentine (5.13b) at the Grampians in Australia might just have the best pitch of climbin...
Teva Mountain Games 2007
Here are the results from this year's bouldering contest... basically a repeat of last year. Wade David has the goods on the photos. 1 Daniel Woods 1 Alex Puccio 2 Paul Robinson 2...
Wild Iowa
This past weekend I went rock climbing in Iowa. Yes, Iowa. I volunteered myself to take the climbing team I coach down there. Despite the weather we managed to have a great 2 days...
Muir Valley Access News
If you ever climb at the Red River Gorge, you are going to have think twice about bringing your dog into Muir Valley : Effective January 1, 2008, dogs will no longer be permitted i...
South Dakota Bouldering
Check out the latest post on b3bouldering.com for Jamie's first installment on his trip to South Dakota. I for one haven't heard or read a whole lot on the bouldering up that way b...
News & Notes - 6/4/2007
Back from rock climbing in Iowa of all places... Joe Kinder and Jon Cardwell both repeated Andy Raether's route Kuru 5.14c at Rifle, CO. Joe commented that the route is 45% manufac...
Sharma’s New Project
Shh, don't tell anyone: I’m not really supposed to talk about it, but I will say this: When it gets done, it will be the hardest, most badass sport route in the world. There you go...
Blink Of An Eye
That seems to be a good way to describe how long it seems to take for any climbing trip to be over. It seems like 5 minutes ago that I was fighting insane traffic in Chicago wonder...
Busy busy busy
About to head down the Kentucky for the weekend. Hopefully my arm won't hurt any worse than it does now when I get back. I will be out of town something like the next 6 or 7 consec...
Giving back to the kids…
It has been somewhat of a slow news week for a bit here. As a ravenous consumer of high end climbing information there hasn't been too much that has blown my mind lately. Hopefully...
Big "E" Update
Summit fever is in full effect again on Everest this year. With 480 ascents last year and well over 200 already this year, Everest is almost turning into your local Colorado 14er.....
Frozen in Time
It has been 3 months since I have really been able to climb at all My shoulder feels better, but it still nags me My elbow feels somewhat better, but it still nags me It has been a...
News & Notes - 5/14/2007
Big news of last week was Daniel Woods making the 2nd ascent of Suspension of Disbelief (V13 or V14) at Eldorado Canyon, CO. Dave Graham called it V13 but Daniel felt it was harder...
Couple of Links
Busy week for once, especially now that I am out of canned posts from 6 year old trips. Here are a few links: M7bouldering.com - New blog on the block - I have a feeling Nic will b...
Summer 2001 Road Trip: Wild Iris Pt. 2
Wild Iris Part 2 Mike Nash climbing Atomic Stetson (.13b/c) Mike climbing on the White Buffalo boulder. An interesting 20-25 foot boulder that has 2 bolts. The anchors were chopped...
Summer 2001 Road Trip: Wild Iris Pt. 1
Wild Iris The climbing at the Wild Iris outside of Lander, WY is a lot of tendon tweaking pulling on steep limestone pockets. Much like RMNP, the setting in which you are climbing...
Summer 2001 Road Trip: Lumpy Ridge
Lumpy Ridge The word lumpy is an apt word to describe the bouldering at Lumpy Ridge. The rock was very crystallized and rough on the skin. I think I remember us climbing there a fe...
News & Notes - 5/7/2007
Andreas Bindhammer has made the 4th ascent of La Rambla Original (5.15a) at Siurana, Spain. Ethan Pringle and Issac Caldiero recently repeated Ben Moon's V13 testpiece in Little Co...
Summer 2001 Road Trip: RMNP Rest Day
The "Rest" Day On one of our rest days I pushed for a hike to the top of Long's Peak. That was met with a lukewarm reception so we instead decided to hike to the lake pictured belo...
Summer 2001 Road Trip: RMNP Bouldering
RMNP Bouldering A few more pictures from "The Park" Mike Nash attempting an unkown problem near the Kind Traverse Mike attempting the hyperclassic Deep Puddle Dynamics (V9) Sundev...
Summer 2001 Road Trip: Camp Dick
Camp Dick Peter was friends with a local named Josh Heiney who was nice enough to take us on a tour of a what I believe was a newer area at the time, Camp Dick. Though the rock was...
Summer 2001 Road Trip: Chaos Canyon
Chaos Canyon There isn't much you can say to describe the bouldering and the atmosphere at Chaos Canyon in Rocky Mountain National Park. It has to be one of the best settings to cl...
Summer 2001 Road Trip
It seems like a different lifetime, but back in the summer of 2001 I went on a one month road trip after I graduated from High School. The destinations were Colorado for some alpin...
New Blog to Check Out
If you like to sweat high end climbing as much as I do, then you will be psyched to find out that Paul Robinson has his very own blog . To say that he climbs a lot would be an unde...
Super Sherpa Expedition
Along with my passion for rock climbing news I also have a fading obsession with armchair mountaineering. With May rapidly approaching that can mean only one thing: it is Everest S...
News & Notes - 4/30/2007
This will be an all Red River Gorge news week out of respect for the fire at Red River Outdoors : There is a nice writeup about what might have happened at climbing.com . There are...
All’s Not Well In Swizzy
Mixed news out of the climbing paradises of Switzerland. The good news is that James Pearson has made his 2nd flash of a V13 boulder. I had previously reported that he flashed Gany...
Valley Bouldering
When we did some bouldering in Yosemite last summer for our Honeymoon, I had assumed that all the bouldering had to have been tapped out. People have been climbing in the Valley fo...
Red River Outdoors Fire
Tragedy has struck the well known Red River Outdoors outfit at the Red River Gorge. Apparently a fire has burned down the entire building claiming the life of their dog River. The...
Disturbing Trend of Failure
A trend became painfully apparent during my last trip to the RRG: I don’t usually get very much accomplished when I climb there. For the number of days I have climbed there (roughl...
News & Notes - 4/23/2007
After a bit of a hiatus, here is some spray: Jamie Emerson sent Circadian Rhythm (V13) at Poudre Canyon. Video is already available here . In the past few weeks Daniel Woods has se...
8a Yearbook
I started writing this post about a month ago but got sidetracked. As a degenerate for climbing information I was obviously very excited to receive my 8a yearbooks about a month ag...
Got Chalk?
So I went to an SCS comp this weekend at a gym I had never seen before. I don't really have anything bad to say about the comp itself although the fact that the results of these "q...
Spring Break
I guess it’s not really called “Spring Break” any more for me now that I work for a living, but nevertheless this past weekend/week served as our Spring Break trip for the year. I...
Climbing Areas Visited
There is this company known as Google that has a nice map feature. With it I can now plot out various locations at which I have gone rock climbing and share them with you . Badly n...
Not what I had in mind…
I don't think this is what we had in mind when we decided to leave Kentucky last night at 8:30 pm (and drove through the night because we are cheap) to avoid getting rained on: Spr...
Pressure
T omorrow we leave for 5 days of southern bouldering and sport climbing. Normally my anticipation level would be through the roof, but this is the first climbing trip I can ever re...
Perspective
Suddenly my ailments seem a lot less severe
Patagonia Axes Sponsored Climbers?
This is getting to be an old story but still is a bit interesting. Apparently Patagonia has decided to change the way they work with their sponsored athletes. And in this case "cha...
Triple Sec
The route Triple Sec (Fifty Bucks) at the RRG is now open for business. One less thing for me to complain about....Scott
Destination Wish List
In no particular order, here is a list of areas within a long weekend’s trip from where I live that I have yet to do any climbing at. I wish to someday touch rock at some of these...
Two Updated Pro Blogs
Dave Graham has a new pro blog up at Climbing.com covering: His ascent of Esclatamasters (5.14d) which he describes as such: It was crazy to feel my body work properly for climbing...
The Mandala
In an apparent effort to turn the classic Buttermilks problem The Mandala into a western version of the Dark Waters boulder in Clear Creek, CO, two new variations/lines were recent...
Not a bad day…
Ethan Pringle had a pretty good day up at Poudre Canyon yesterday. He sent Dave Graham's classic problem Circadian Rhythm (V13) . He also managed to repeat Hollow's Way (not in the...
Whiskey a Go-Go
When most people think of climbing in Wisconsin (which most people probably don't really do) they think mostly of the toprope/trad climbing at Devil's Lake and that is about it. If...
Dab and Die?
I would like to take a moment to discuss an uncomfortable subject for me. Not injuries, not impulsive behavior, not even climbing obsession. No, I am talking about the dreaded dab...
News & Notes - 3/26/2007
Here are a few news & notes from the past week: As I mentioned earlier , Paul Robinson had a pretty good day at the Buttermilks when he sent 2 v14's in one day. Dave Graham redpoin...
Paul Robinson
There's not much else to say except that Paul Robinson has been crushing it lately. In the past 2 days in Bishop he has done the following: Mandala SDS - V14 in 1 day - same day as...
Wisconsin Bouldering: Devil’s Lake
I had the day off today so I decided to go and do some exploring up at one of the only crags here in Wisconsin. This of course meant a trip to Devil's Lake State Park. I will be th...
Matt Segal
After seeing the video at momentumvm.com that features Matt Segal doing the FA of Iron Monkey (5.14) on natural gear, I have to say that I was a bit intrigued. I contrasted that wi...
Climbing Addiction
I was going to take the time and put something together on this route Whiskey A Go-Go (5.13a) today to showcase one of the most classic hard lines anywhere that also happens to res...
News & Notes - 3/19/2007
A few tidbits from the past week: Another week another FA for Dave Graham . This time it is the FA of a V13 boulder problem he has called Do or Die at Cogul, Spain. You can also re...
TGIF
Leaving town for the weekend so here are some cool people/sites you can check out in the meantime: Ryan Olson has two pretty cool sites that are worth checking out on a regular bas...
What’s with the ads?
Just so people aren't getting the wrong impression, I am fully intending to donate any ad revenue generated by the ads on this site to climbing access. For now my intent is to dona...
Torrent Falls at Red River Gorge has been sold!
Late last year, the access situation at Torrent Falls at the Red River Gorge in Kentucky got ugly . I talked with the landownder Mark about it several times and I can't say that I...
Treatment Update
Couple of interesting developments on the perpetually injured front. First off, I've had 2 more treatments on my elbow/shoulder. I had one session of straight therapy last week and...
To 8a Or Not To 8a?
I have one . So do plenty of other people. I get good natured shit from my friends for having one. I'm of course talking about the infamous 8a.nu scorecard. I truly don't think I h...
Few Extra Bishop Bouldering Pictures
Here are a few leftover pictures that Tim Kettering was nice enough to forward to me.
News & Notes - 3/12/2007
Ethan Pringle has repeated Fred Nicole's Eperanza (V14) at Hueco Tanks, TX. Fred made the first ascent back in 2001 Stewart Watson has repeated Ben Moon's Voyager (V13). You can se...
Will Gadd Interview
The Southeastern Climbers Coalition has an interview up on their site with all around climber and paragliding fanatic Will Gadd. His blog is also a pretty cool read. Right now he h...
RSS Feed
I seemed to have biffed my RSS feed last night but it should be fixed now. An RSS feed is a good way to keep up to date on my posts without having to load your browser. Sharpreader...
Another 5.14d for Dave Graham
Dave Graham has made what is likely the 2nd ascent of Ramon Julian Puigblanque 's Esclatamasters at Perles, Spain. It took him only 8 tries over the course of about 5 months. He ha...
Allez?
I don' really have much to say today. Besides my arm starting to feel better, it is supposed to hit 40 degrees tomorrow and 50 by next week. Making me anxious to get back to Devil'...
Treatment & Grotesque Injury Report
Nothing really that earth shattering to report after today's treatment. I still have intermittent random pains from my elbow up to my shoulder but the actual elbow joint itself see...
Petzl Roctrip Coming to the Red River Gorge!
I'd say this qualifies as a big freaking deal. The Petzl Roctrip is coming to the Red River Gorge . The event will be during the annual Rocktoberfest celebration that was already p...
Envy & Joe’s Valley Bouldering
First off, despite the fact that I tend to read way too much about climbers and know more about their sends than they probably do, I do not really know any of the climbers that I r...
Bishop Bouldering Pictures: Sad Boulders
Here is the last of the decent pictures I have from my trip to Bishop. These are from the Sad boulders. These shots have more of a professional flavor because they were taken by a...
News & Notes - 3/5/2007
As I noted in my review of the "climbing" movie Specimen, the movie is not that great. Turns out Rock & Ice was even less generous in their latest issue. They give the movie 1.5 St...
Bishop Bouldering Pictures: Happy Boulders Pt. 2
Here is the second set of pictures from the Happy Boulders: Weapons of Mass Distraction Serengeti Atari almost ate it hard...
Narcissism at its best…
I really fucked up my arm. At least that was my medical opinion. Jacked, messed up, tweaked all wrapped in one. My elbow has hurt before from excessive campusing and general overus...
Bishop Bouldering Pictures: Happy Boulders Pt. 1
Here is the first set of pictures from the Happy Boulders: Hulk I suck... Heavenly Path (best V1 ever) Big Chicken
Bishop Bouldering Pictures: Buttermilks
I'll be posting a few pictures a day over the next few days from my trip to Bishop last November. I'll start with some pictures from the Buttermilks. High Plains Drifter Cave Probl...
New Dave Graham Blog
Normally I would be more interested in this sort of thing but Dave Graham seems to be losing it a bit. He has a new Pro Blog at Climbing.com which is pretty uninformative if you wa...
New Josune Bereziartu Pro Blog
Freakishly strong and freakishly man-ish Spanish climber Josune Bereziartu has an updated blog about her 2nd ascent of Patxi Usobiaga's .14b Mandragora in the Ordesa Valley, Spain.
News & Notes - 2/26/2007
Not much going on the past week, here are a few quick hitters: Ty Landman flashed the first ascent of Freak Brothers II (V10/11) at Boulder Canyon, CO. It was quickly repeated by h...
Horse Pens 40
It's not a big secret that Horse Pens 40 has some of the best bouldering in the Southeast and arguably in the whole country. I have been to only a handful of the "destination" boul...
New Ethan Pringle Blog
Ethan Pringle has a new Pro Blog over at Climbing Magazine's website . Some good pictures and a good insight into all of the cool bouldering he has been doing lately.
What’s the Point?
Before I get too ahead of myself I should probably at least say a little about what my whole point here is. It basically comes down to this: I am obsessed with all facets of rock c...
"What was the standard…
...you know...they're going to get flashed" - paraphrasing Dave Graham in Dosage 4. Speaking of standard setting problems getting flashed, Freakclimbing has a good story about the...
Five Ten Dragon Shoe Review
I finally got my hands on a pair of the “new” 5.10 Dragons last month and they blew my mind. I have pretty much always been a 5.10 addict and I have had basically all of their “hig...
2007 ABS Nationals Results
Here are the results from the ABS National Bouldering Competition held Feb 16-17 in Maryland. Men 1 Daniel Woods 4400.00 2 Paul Robinson 4400.00 3 Sean McColl 4400.00 Women 1 Alex...