“Coming to Carleton was a strictly academic decision,” I explain to the student interviewing me for the Carletonian, the student Newspaper at Carleton College, a small liberal arts college in Northfield Minnesota (think Middlebury in the Midwest). It was my first week on campus and already word had gotten out that I was “some kind […]
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Red Wing Barn Bluff: A Midwestern Anomaly
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Patxi Usobiaga Climbing La Rambla Original (5.15a)
Click here to watch the video of Patxi Usobiaga climbing La Rambla Original (5.15a) recently. Thanks to Ant for the tip.
Sharma & Usobiaga Repeat Andrada 5.15a
The somewhat elusive (from an online spray observer’s standpoint) Chris Sharma has surfaced in Spain with his recent repeat of Dani Andrada’s 5.15a La Novena Enmienda at Santa Linya. This 175 foot long route connects the first 75 feet of La Novena Puerta (5.14c) with 100 feet of La Enmienda (5.14b). Dani Andrada on La […]
Hillbilly Hollow
Note from Climbing Narc – Thanks to Sarah for this guest post on Hillbilly Hollow Three hours after leaving Milwaukee, Tony, Kevlar and I pull into a rest stop just off the highway. We could be anyone, stopping to use the restrooms and stretch our legs. However, today we have a different purpose.buy aciphex online […]
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Dave Graham Realization (5.15a) Video
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=dpSfHQtBdOQ] Not quite Big Up quality but it is footage nonetheless of Dave Graham’s recent repeat of Chris Sharma’s Realization in Ceuse, France.
Jaws II
Vasya Vorotnikov has made the First Ascent of Dave Graham’s crimp nightmare Jaws since some holds broke. Originally graded 5.14b, Vasya has registered the new version as 5.15a and he calls it Jaws II.
Purgatory
Over the Labor Day weekend I had an opportunity to check out the crag Purgatory at the Red River Gorge. I had always wanted to go there pre-injury so I could check out the hyper classic route Paradise Lost (5.13b) but I sadly never made it there. Purgatory also made a lot of news last […]
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