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Patagonia Axes Sponsored Climbers?

Posted April 4, 2007 at 6:05 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

This is getting to be an old story but still is a bit interesting. Apparently Patagonia has decided to change the way they work with their sponsored athletes. And in this case “change” means “let most of them go”. Check out this super long thread at supertopo.com to learn more. Most notably let go was […]

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News & Notes – 3/26/2007

Posted March 26, 2007 at 11:58 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Here are a few news & notes from the past week: As I mentioned earlier, Paul Robinson had a pretty good day at the Buttermilks when he sent 2 v14’s in one day. Dave Graham redpointed Ali Baba (.14c) and now has his eyes set on the .14d linkup of Ali Baba and Hulk. Mike […]

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News & Notes – 3/19/2007

News & Notes – 3/19/2007

Posted March 19, 2007 at 3:22 am · Comments { 0 } ·

A few tidbits from the past week: Another week another FA for Dave Graham. This time it is the FA of a V13 boulder problem he has called Do or Die at Cogul, Spain. You can also read more about him climbing two 5.14c in one day at climbing.com Ethan Pringle has repeated Chris Sharma’s […]

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Torrent Falls at Red River Gorge has been sold!

Posted March 15, 2007 at 1:12 pm · Comments { 1 } ·

Late last year, the access situation at Torrent Falls at the Red River Gorge in Kentucky got ugly. I talked with the landownder Mark about it several times and I can’t say that I really blamed him for closing the crag to climbing. Personally I was disappointed in how events transpired but I was also […]

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News & Notes – 3/12/2007

Posted March 12, 2007 at 1:22 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Ethan Pringle has repeated Fred Nicole’s Eperanza (V14) at Hueco Tanks, TX. Fred made the first ascent back in 2001 Stewart Watson has repeated Ben Moon’s Voyager (V13). You can see the video of the first ascent as here, as well as the first ascent of the sit start (V14) here. Paul Robinson has made […]

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Will Gadd Interview

Posted March 11, 2007 at 7:09 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

The Southeastern Climbers Coalition has an interview up on their site with all around climber and paragliding fanatic Will Gadd. His blog is also a pretty cool read. Right now he has been doing a lot of paragliding, and if his elbow ever heals he might have some climbing to report on. You of course […]

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Another 5.14d for Dave Graham

Another 5.14d for Dave Graham

Posted March 9, 2007 at 2:51 am · Comments { 1 } ·

Dave Graham has made what is likely the 2nd ascent of Ramon Julian Puigblanque‘s Esclatamasters at Perles, Spain. It took him only 8 tries over the course of about 5 months. He had noted his desire to climb this route in his Pro Blogs here and here. The route consists of 25 meters of difficult […]

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