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News & Notes – 8/17/2011

News & Notes – 8/17/2011

News & Notes from Jonathan Siegrist, 5.14d and V14 in a week by Jorg Verhoeven, a hard mult-pitch gets repeated and MUCH more…

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Jimmy Chin On Assignment In Yosemite

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New 5.13+ Multipitch By Trotter & Caldwell In Canada

Sonnie Trotter and Tommy Caldwell have teamed up to establish a 15 pitch route up the Diamond Face on Mount Louis in the Canadian Rockies.  Dubbed The Shining, the route has 7 pitches that were bolted on lead with difficulties up to 5.13+.  After three days of prep the pair returned to free all the pitches in a single push:

It is one of the best routes I have ever climbed, and I could not imagine having a better partner for it. In fact, if it were not for Tommy, it would definitely still be a project.  He’s my ultimate hero.

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Honnold Repeats Cobra Crack

Via his 8a.nu scorecard comes word that Alex Honnold has repeated the 5.14 trad route Cobra Crack in Squamish, BC. First done in the summer of 2006 by Sonnie Trotter, Cobra Crack has seen repeats from the likes of Nicolas Favresse, Ethan Pringle, Matt Segal, Yuji Hirahama and Will Stanhope among others.

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Brittany Griffith & Kate Rutherford Climbing On The Incredible Hulk

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Difficult Wyoming Crack Climb Sees 2nd Ascent

Black Diamond has a nice report with pictures from Andrew Burr about J.P “Pee Wee” Oullete’s 2nd ascent of Home On The Range, a difficult crack in Vedauwoo, WY first climbed by Justin Edl back in 2009.

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The North Face: Towers of the Ennedi

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