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Leslie Timms Repeats Sacred Geometry (5.13c)

Somewhat of a quiet season down in the Red River Gorge this fall, especially compared to last year, but one notable thing that caught my eye was this excellent post by Leslie Timms about her efforts to repeat Sacred Geometry, a 5.13c trad route that was established in recent years by local Andrew Gearing:

It was love at first try. The movement is amazing, super technical yet powerful, and with that beautiful combination of bouldering and crack skills. It is located up on a ledge at Long Wall and you have to climb a nice 5.8 corner to get to it. This position was a wonderful change from the busy sport crags of the Red. It made me so much more aware of how important the scenery and setting are as the climb to me. It has the smallest, trickiest gear that I have ever climbed that hard above, but it is safely protected despite 000 BD and blue aliens being an average size. This mental aspect inspired me even more.

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JP Ouellet – Athlete Spotlight – Hypothenuse (5.13c)

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Pete Whittaker – 1st Ascent Baron Greenback (E9/10 7a)

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The Nose In A Day And Freerider In 3

Hazel Findlay, after doing her third free route on El Cap:

Having freed three lines on El Cap now, with Freerider supposedly the easiest, I have to say that there really isn’t an easy way of freeing El Cap, and it’s a real achievement to even get up it at all.

In addition to her recent ascent of Freerider, Findlay has also freed the PreMuir and Golden Gate over the past few seasons.

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Dawn Wall 2013: So You’re Telling Me There’s A Chance

Don’t write off the 2013 Dawn Wall season just yet…

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Tommy Caldwell Injured, Off Dawn Wall Project

Tommy Caldwell, writing on The Facebook:

Disaster strikes! Haul bag took a 200 plunge while clipped to the back of my harness.
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Hauling hook fail. It was a bit jarring. Looks like a costochondral seperation. I am headed home to try and heal as quickly as possable.

Best of luck to Tommy as he recovers.
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 What this means for the 2013 effort on the Dawn Wall is unclear, but between the 16 day government shutdown and this, the odds of the route going this year don’t look real great from here.

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2013 Dawn Wall Season Thus Far

2013 Dawn Wall Season Thus Far

Photo updates from Kevin Jorgeson of the first two weeks of Dawn Wall 2013 with Tommy Caldwell and Chris Sharma

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