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Dave Graham Climbs Realization (5.15a)

Dave Graham Climbs Realization (5.15a)

Posted July 31, 2007 at 11:26 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Dave Graham on Realization Photo: BigUp Yesterday, Dave Graham made the 4th ascent (Sharma, Patxi Usobiaga, Sylvain Millet) of Chris Sharma’s Realization (5.15a) at Ceuse, France. Those who remember “Dosage 1” will remember that it was Dave who belayed Chris on his FA. I had speculated in June that this might be the year that […]

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More News & Notes – 7/30/2007

More News & Notes – 7/30/2007

Posted July 30, 2007 at 9:50 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

I really dropped the ball this morning when I failed to mention a few more tidbits to check out: An updated version of the already phenomenal guidebook to sport climbing at the Red River Gorge is coming out September 28, 2007: The Red River Gorge in eastern Kentucky is one of the best rock-climbing areas […]

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News & Notes – 7/30/2007

Posted July 30, 2007 at 12:24 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Paul Robinson is back from his trip to California with Daniel Woods. I would have to believe he is a little bit disappointed he did not send problems like Black Mamba (V13) or Somewhere in Time (V13) like Mr. Woods did, but it sounded like a great trip nonetheless. If you didn’t see it in […]

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Kelly McBride Sends V11

Kelly McBride Sends V11

Posted July 26, 2007 at 12:20 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Props to Kelly McBride for sending Kind Traverse (V11) at Emerald Lake in RMNP. Nice Work! Photo (of practice sending) by sock hands Pretty strong for someone from Wisconsin.

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More on Sharma’s Uber-Proj

More on Sharma’s Uber-Proj

Posted July 23, 2007 at 11:00 pm · Comments { 1 } ·

There is a lot of mystery surrounding this project at the epic 3rd Tier/Monastery of Clark Mountain that Chris Sharma has been working on. It is getting a lot of play for becoming THE standard for hard climbing if/once he sends it. Details beyond this have been hard to come by although a few words […]

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Michael Reardon Obituary

Posted July 23, 2007 at 2:30 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Some final closure on the death of Michael Reardon   Technorati Tags: Michael Reardon, Climbing News

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News & Notes – 7/23/2007

News & Notes – 7/23/2007

Posted July 23, 2007 at 12:21 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

A few quick hitters: Jon Cardwell has been having a good run out in Europe. In the past month he has done 4 .14b’s. Most recently he completed La Chronique de la Haine at Ceuse. Alan Moore recently sent The Gay Science (.13d), Gayness (.14a) and Zulu (.14a) at Rifle in the same day. If […]

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