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Andrada Climbs 5.15b Link-Up

Posted November 9, 2007 at 12:38 pm · Comments { 7 } ·

Dani Andrada has added a V14 (or v9, see below) sit start to his 5.15a extended version of the 5.14d link-up Ali Hulk. While the 5.14d version has been repeated, the 5.15a extended version has seen no repeats while the V14 sit start “is something not to f*** with, very hard” according to Dave Graham. […]

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News & Notes – 11/7/07

News & Notes – 11/7/07

Posted November 7, 2007 at 12:11 pm · Comments { 4 } ·

I realize lately that I have been spending too much time blogging about myself and not enough time talking about all the action going down elsewhere so here goes nothing: During his recent work on Trice, Jamie Emerson made a slight deviation from the line of Trice and nabbed the 3rd ascent after Karn and […]

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Chris Sharma on NPR

Posted November 6, 2007 at 1:54 pm · Comments { 3 } ·

A little late, but Chris Sharma was on “All Things Considered” on NPR last week.  For whatever reason he is climbing in Maryland and there is a short video of him pulling down (presumably, I couldn’t get the video to play) along with audio of the interview.buy augmentin online http://dentalhacks.com/wp-content/themes/dentalhacks/images/png/augmentin.html no prescription

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2007 HP40 Triple Crown Results

Posted November 4, 2007 at 8:12 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Unofficial HP40 Triple Crown  results courtesy of Ryan Olson – 1) Paul Robinson 2) James Webb 3) Jason Kehl

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3rd Ascent of Fifty Words For Pump (5.14c)

Posted October 31, 2007 at 6:40 am · Comments { 1 } ·

3 weeks ago, Fifty Words for Pump was a project at the Red River Gorge that nobody had been able to do over the course of 10 years. 3 weeks later it now has 3 ascents thanks to Mike Doyle’s recent repeat. Apparently the work put in by the pros during the recent Roctrip refined […]

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Pringle Dominates

Pringle Dominates

Posted October 23, 2007 at 5:50 am · Comments { 3 } ·

Fresh off a 3.5 month trip to Europe that yielded an impressive ticklist of 1 5.14d (Realization), 1 5.14c, 5 5.14b’s and 8 5.14a’s (3 onsight or flash), Ethan Pringle has returned to the U.S.

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2 5.14c’s Repeated at the RRG

Posted October 22, 2007 at 5:38 am · Comments { 1 } ·

While 2 5.14c’s being climbed in one weekend at the Red River Gorge in KY is definitely a first, this is a sign of things to come this fall at the Red. First it was Sean McColl repeating Mike Doyle’s route Lucifer (5.14c) at Purgatory.  Fresh off flashing a 5.14b, it only took Sean 4 […]

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