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Alex Johnson Back In Bishop, Climbing Well

Posted January 14, 2011 at 6:50 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Via 8a.nu comes news that Alex Johnson is back in Bishop where she recently dispatched of the excellent Haroun And The Sea Of Stories (V11/12) at the Buttermilks.  You can read more about Johnson’s trip on her blog, and you can check out some video of the problem here.

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Tommy Caldwell, Male Model?

Posted January 13, 2011 at 2:16 pm · Comments { 2 } ·

Back before Tommy Caldwell embarked on his push up El Cap’s Dawn Wall last fall he took some time out to do some…male modeling?

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PCI Followup

Posted January 10, 2011 at 4:20 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

For additional clarification on last week’s post about Professional Climbers International is this interview Peter Beal did with PCI’s President, Kevin Jorgeson.

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Video Of Jonathan Siegrist On Twenty Four Karats (5.14c) At The Red River Gorge

Posted January 6, 2011 at 7:37 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Arc’teryx has a nice video up on their website of Jonathan Siegrist climbing on his new route Twenty Four Karats (5.14c) at Kentucky’s Red River Gorge.  Check it out here.

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First Repeat Of 20+ Year-Old 5.14 By Cody Roth

Posted January 5, 2011 at 10:03 am · Comments { 2 } ·

Late last year Cody Roth managed the first repeat of a route called Malvasia (5.14c after broken holds) in Croatia some 20+ years after its first ascent by Mauricio “Manolo” Zanolla.  PlanetMountain has an excellent article about this that includes thoughts from Manolo on how he first discovered the area and how he envisioned and realized this climb in particular.

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More V14s For Paul Robinson In Fontainebleau

Posted January 3, 2011 at 12:24 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Building on the strong start to his time in Fontainebluea, France, Paul Robinson added a couple more V14s to his 8a scorecard over the past few days with fast repeats of Gecko Assis and Kheops Assis.  The latter problem was sent over the course of a single session and only a few tries after completing the V13 stand start according to 27 Crags.

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Potential New 5.14 At The Puoux

Posted December 28, 2010 at 6:28 am · Comments { 4 } ·

Joe Kinder reports on his blog that he did the first ascent of 31º at the Puoux near Glenwood Springs, CO yesterday.  Check his post for a cool photo sequence of him on the route for which he has proposed a grade of 5.14b.

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