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Michael Reardon Update

Posted July 16, 2007 at 2:10 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Not looking good…More clear details from climbing.com: Michael Reardon, 36, the accomplished free soloist based out of Oak Park, California, went missing off the southwestern coast of Ireland around 5 p.m. Friday. He had just completed a climb near the Valentia Marine Radio Station, on the small island of Valentia, when a rogue wave took […]

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Climber Michael Reardon Missing

Posted July 14, 2007 at 4:13 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

This is sort of messed up.  I was thinking yesterday about writing up a post on how I figured one day I would be reading about how this guy died, but I didn’t expect it this soon and I didn’t expect it like it has apparently gone down.  For those that don’t know who Michael […]

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News & Notes – 7/2/2007

News & Notes – 7/2/2007

Posted July 2, 2007 at 11:08 pm · Comments { 3 } ·

Here are some tidbits and things to check out: Dave Graham recently added another 5.14d to his impressive list of sends when he sent Ali-Hulk at Rodellar, Spain. Infamous Ali-hulk Cave Andy Raether recently repeated Tommy Caldwell’s route Grand Old Opry at the Monsatery outside of Drake, CO. Back in 1998 Tommy graded it .14a […]

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News & Notes – 6/25/2007

News & Notes – 6/25/2007

Posted June 25, 2007 at 11:47 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Finally back with it…somewhat… Of course the big news while I was gone was Daniel Woods fulfilling another portion of my earlier predictions when he did the first ascent of the Green 45 Project at RMNP. He has called the problem Jade and suggested the grade of V15. Several cameras were rolling and you can […]

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Update on Sharma’s Project

Posted June 14, 2007 at 3:30 pm · Comments { 1 } ·

I recently had a post on a new project that Chris Sharma has been working on at Mt. Clark outside of Vegas. Mike Call has been out shooting footage with Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer and has this to say about the project: I have been out shooting a bit with Josh Lowell and Peter […]

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More Muir Valley Drama

Posted June 13, 2007 at 11:11 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Those of you that read this that have never been to the Red River Gorge probably don’t find these Muir Valley updates that interesting but among people that climb at the Red MV seems to generate a disproportionate amount of controversy.  I can’t even begin to summarize this thread at redriverclimbing.com but I will try […]

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Muir Valley Access News

Posted June 6, 2007 at 12:56 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

If you ever climb at the Red River Gorge, you are going to have think twice about bringing your dog into Muir Valley: Effective January 1, 2008, dogs will no longer be permitted in Muir Valley. This date can and will be moved up if flagrant infractions and incidents continue. Until then, dog owners who […]

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