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New Campground Coming To The New River Gorge

Posted December 21, 2010 at 7:37 am · Comments { 5 } ·

The American Alpine Club has announced plans to open a climber’s campground at the New River Gorge on 40 acres of land they’ve purchased in Fayetteville, WV.  The campground, which is expected to take 2 years to build, will hold 50-60 campsites and “will be developed specifically with climbers in mind and will allow for extended stays at inexpensive rates.
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DPM Interviews Porter Jarrard

Posted December 13, 2010 at 7:03 am · Comments { 0 } ·

DPM has a nice interview up with Red River Gorge legend Porter Jarrard who, at age 44, is climbing as well as he ever has with multiple 5.14a sends to his name in the last year.
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Action Alert For North Carolina’s Chimney Rock State Park

Posted December 8, 2010 at 6:29 am · Comments { 0 } ·

The Access Fund has an alert on their website concerning a plan being proposed for North Carolina’s Chimney Rock State Park.  The plan allows for continued climbing at established areas within the park like the bouldering at Rumbling Bald, but it places limits on the climbing allowed in many other areas.  Check the Access Fund’s site to learn more and see how you can make your voice heard.

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Paul Robinson Repeats Ninja Skills (V14)

Posted December 3, 2010 at 3:22 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

27Crags reports that Paul Robinson did the 2nd ascent of Nalle Hukkataival’s Ninja Skills, a beautiful and long V14 in Sobrio, Switzerland. According to the report Robinson felt it compared in difficulty to Dreamtime (V14) which he did recently as well. You can see footage of Hukkataival’s FA of Ninja Skills in this excellent video.

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2 Swiss V15s For Adam Ondra

Posted December 1, 2010 at 8:23 am · Comments { 6 } ·

According to his scorecard Adam Ondra did his 2nd V15 in as many days yesterday with a repeat of Dave Graham’s From Dirt Grows The Flowers in Chironico, Switzerland.  On Monday he repeated Big Paw, a V15 also in Chironico and also first done by Dave Graham.  Ondra comments on his scorecard that both might be V14/15 but admits he isn’t an expert in boulder grades.
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 Check out video of Bernd Zangerl on the second ascent of FTDGTF here.

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Access Secured At California’s Jailhouse, Access Fund Needs Your Help

Posted November 18, 2010 at 1:56 pm · Comments { 1 } ·

The Access Fund has secure permanent access to Sonora, California’s Jailhouse crag thanks to the dedicated efforts of locals, cooperation with private landowners and a $100,000 loan from the Access Fund’s Land Conservation Campaign.  For more information, and to learn how you can help the Access Fund reach their goal of raising $40,000 to finalize the process, check out this news brief on their website.

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Brion Voges Lost In The Hood

Posted November 16, 2010 at 6:09 am · Comments { 0 } ·

According to his 8a scorecard Brion Voges has done the 3rd ascent of Dave Graham’s Lost In The Hood (V14) in Cowell, AR.  You can see video of the ascent here courtesy of Jimmy Webb.

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