Just a quick post to update everyone on a situation that was brewing last year. You’ll remember that there was some talk about building a bridge through one of the Red River Gorge’s more popular areas Muir Valley. Thanks to a positive response from over 100 climbers it looks like this is unlikely to happen. […]
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Update On Kentucky’s Bridge To Nowhere
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Dave MacLeod Repeats “Walk Of Life”
Back in September of 2008, James Pearson made the first ascent of a traditionally protected slab climb in England he dubbed Walk Of Life. At the time, Pearson proposed a grade of E12 which would be similar to someone climbing a sport route and calling it 5.15c or 5.15d. Basically, he felt as though it […]
News & Notes: 1/6/2009
News & Notes from Shawn Diamond, Alex Johnson, Matt Segal, Matt Wilder, Tim Clifford and much more…
Alabama’s Crag X Update
A few weeks back I posted about a secret crag that the Southeastern Climber’s Coalition was attempting to purchase. At the time, the name of the crag was being withheld until plans were finalized. At the Triple Crown event at the Stone Fort it was revealed that the area being purchased is a sport and […]
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Sendtrain Heating Up In Hueco Tanks
It’s the winter season in Hueco Tanks, TX and with strong youngsters all across the fruited plains lacking anything else to do, the sends are starting to roll in. A couple of years back, the V13 du jour seemed to be El Techo De Los Tres Bs with many climbers sending this onetime V14. This […]
Only The “Highest Caliber Of Wood Grained Sandstone” For Daniel Woods…
The bouldering at Arkansas’s Horseshoe Canyon Ranch was featured in Dosage III in a memorable piece culminating with Chris Sharma’s FA of Witness The Fitness. This footage is presumably what lured the likes of Ethan Pringle, Ty Landman and Dave Graham to the woods of Arkansas. Given the two high profile pieces on Arkansas bouldering, it was only a matter of time before other strong climbers decided to stop to check things out. UPDATED 12/30/08
Not Much News, Mostly Just Notes – 12/19/2008
Since no other news this week looks that impressive compared with 5.15 sport climbing FAs, here are a few links.
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Jared: Use to visit this site daily. Miss you Narc! Hope ...
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chris marcolini: Did you ever find the falling block?...
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Nate: The narc lives on, at least as an archive. Miss th...
- Climbing Controversy: Behind the Decades-Long Conflict Roiling the Sport’s Elite - Swiss Cycles: […] the world’s first consensus 5.15b in 2...
- Climbing Controversy: Behind the Decades-Long Conflict Roiling the Sport’s Elite - Swiss Cycles: […] that they didn’t see repeats for decad...
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J: Two slings half inch webbing 24 inch sewn slings w...
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Animull89: So gnarly that he did that twice...I remember the ...
