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→ Red River Gorge Climbers’ Coalition and Access Fund Offer Joint Membership∞

Posted July 22, 2014 at 8:11 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Big news for the Access Fund and the Red River Gorge:

The Access Fund and Red River Gorge Climbers’ Coalition (RRGCC) are excited to announce they have combined forces to offer joint membership. Climbers can now join and support the Access Fund and RRGCC with a single membership. This new combined membership allows climbers to support national climbing access efforts and Red River Gorge access efforts with a single membership donation.

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→ 7 In 7∞

Posted July 17, 2014 at 7:44 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Dave Allfrey, writing for Alpinist about his and Alex Honnold’s recent efforts to climb El Capitan seven times in seven consecutive days:

In the end I believe we found what we were looking for–a physical and mental endurance challenge and a grand adventure on El Capitan. We hoped to enchain in-a-day ascents and find a new level of difficulty.
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We wanted to test our big-wall skill and efficiency to see if we could make this possible.

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→ “I’m going to send it today”∞

Posted July 16, 2014 at 11:15 am · Comments { 9 } ·

PlanetMountain caught up with Alex Megos after his one day ascent¹ of Biographie (5.15a):

I warmed up by checking out the moves on Biographie, this took circa 1 hour. Then I started to make the attempts, and had circa 30 – 40 minutes rest between each go. Conditions were very good and my first feeling was: I’m going to send it today.

His thoughts on why he didn’t try to flash or onsight the route are interesting to read as well.

I’ve seen a lot of people refer to him having done it in three attempts, but I think it was actually four. But who’s counting, right? ↩

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V13 And V14 For Mirko Caballero In Rocklands

Posted July 16, 2014 at 7:58 am · Comments { 0 } ·

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.

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→ Another 5.14d Onsight For Adam Ondra∞

Posted July 15, 2014 at 7:47 am · Comments { 0 } ·

After another disappointing finish in a Lead World Cup in Chamonix where he failed to make it out of the qualifiers due to skipping a clip on the 2nd qualifier route, Adam Ondra made his way to Gravere, Italy and onsighted TCT (5.14d):

nice satisfaction after the lost Chamonix World cup. A tribute to Tito Traversa first ascended by Stefano Ghisolfi

This marks Ondra’s 3rd 5.14d onsight, all of them coming since July 2013.
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→ Biographie In A Day By Alex Megos∞

Posted July 14, 2014 at 12:36 pm · Comments { 12 } ·

In case we needed more evidence that Alex Megos is one of the top climbers in history, over the weekend he repeated Chris Sharma’s Biographie (5.15a) in just one day.

One.

Day.

Biographie.

Incredible.

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