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Chris Sharma climbing La Rambla Original (5.15a)

Posted April 14, 2007 at 3:30 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Here is a recent video that was made of Chris Sharma climbing La Rambla Original (5.15a) at Siurana, Spain. This was the 3rd ascent behind Ramonet and Edu Marin. Or you can download it for yourself directly from the Petzl website.

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Spring Break

Spring Break

Posted April 13, 2007 at 6:58 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

I guess it’s not really called “Spring Break” any more for me now that I work for a living, but nevertheless this past weekend/week served as our Spring Break trip for the year. I was a bit apprehensive about climbing as I hadn’t really been able to test out my rehabbed arm prior to the […]

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Perspective

Perspective

Posted April 5, 2007 at 11:29 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Suddenly my ailments seem a lot less severe

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Triple Sec

Posted April 3, 2007 at 2:31 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

The route Triple Sec (Fifty Bucks) at the RRG is now open for business. One less thing for me to complain about….Scott

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Whiskey a Go-Go

Whiskey a Go-Go

Posted March 28, 2007 at 6:42 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

When most people think of climbing in Wisconsin (which most people probably don’t really do) they think mostly of the toprope/trad climbing at Devil’s Lake and that is about it. If you are one of these people you are missing out on some of the best climbing anywhere, let alone in Wisconsin. I’m of course […]

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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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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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