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Phil Schaal Jade (V15) Video Now Up At MVM

Posted September 4, 2009 at 12:19 pm · Comments { 8 } ·

It lives…for now.  Footage of Phil Schaal’s 5th ascent of Jade (V15) is up at MVM.

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Outtakes From Swedish Climbing Movie

Posted September 1, 2009 at 12:00 pm · Comments { 3 } ·

Via 8a.nu is this cool clip of DWS and sport climbing in Sweden.  As an added bonus you get to meet the “eccentric” Jens Larssen.

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Climbing.com Boone Speed Interview

Posted August 28, 2009 at 12:49 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Climbing.com has a nice interview up with 90’s sport climbing icon Boone Speed.

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New Patagonia Tin Shed

Posted August 27, 2009 at 12:00 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Patagonia has updated their Tin Shed multimedia website.  This update features climbing in Namibia among other very cool clips.  There’s also a good video of Lynn Hill bouldering at Hueco in the archives from Fall ‘08.

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Video Of Chris Schulte Sending 2 V14s In Fontainebleau

Posted August 26, 2009 at 2:10 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Deadpoint Magazine has a lengthy video from Fontainebleau that features Chris Schulte and Jackie Hueftle sending several problems in the forest including 2 V14s, Gecko Assis and Kheops Assis.

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Amazing Story Of Survival On Half Dome

Posted August 25, 2009 at 3:58 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Check out this incredibly well written account of a near fatal accident on the popular, and increasingly infamous, Half Dome Cables.

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Pete Takeda Remembers Jonny Copp

Posted August 18, 2009 at 11:24 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Writing on the Cleanest Line blog, Pete Takeda remembers his friend Jonny Copp.

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