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Access Alert For California State Parks

Keeping with the access theme, Prana has a post on their blog about the pending closure of 70 California State Parks including several that offer access to climbing like Caste Rock State Park.

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Report From 2011 New River Rendezvous

The 2011 edition of the New River Rendezvous went down in West Virginia last weekend and DPM was there to capture the weekend in words and video.

 

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El Cap Report Returns For 2011

Tom Evans is back at his usual spot on the bridge beneath El Cap in Yosemite, CA, posting photos and updates for all to enjoy!

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More On The Bouldering In RMNP’s Endo Valley

Colorado has a new bouldering hotspot in the Endo Valley region of RMNP.
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 Last week Dave Graham established a potential V14 up there and here Jamie Emerson updates us on the latest happenings from the “new zone”.

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Hard 5.14/Easy 5.15 2nd Ascent By Enzo Oddo

Enzo Oddo reports on his website that he’s done the 2nd ascent of Aubade Directe, a route somewhere in the hard 5.14/easy 5.15 range at Sainte Victoire, France that was first done last year by Gérôme Pouvreau.  Look for footage of the send some time in the near future on Petzl’s website.

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Strong First Quarter For Black Diamond, Inc.

Black Diamond, Inc., the parent company of both Black Diamond and Gregory Packsreported first quarter results for 2011 on Monday, announcing an increase in sales of 18% to $39.1 million for the quarter ending March 31st.  Shares of the companies’ stock surged over 10% this week on the news.

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Grading Thoughts From Paul Robinson

Paul Robinson put together a list of all the hard boulder problems he’s done over the years, offering his revised opinion on the grade each problem based on some of the climbs he’s done recently.

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