In June 2006, Sonnie Trotter made the first free ascent of Cobra Crack (5.14) in Sqamish, BC placing all the gear on lead. While it may or may not be the hardest trad climb in the world, it certainly has to involve the most painful and difficult finger locks one can imagine. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McHosr_98r0]
Video of Sonnie Trotter Climbing Cobra Crack 5.14
Incubator (V13) Video
Last week I had some news on Daniel Woods and Jon Cardwell quickly making the 2nd and 3rd ascents of Markus Schwaiger’s Incubator (V13) at Zillertal, Austria. Now you can see the video at MomentumVM. You can read a bit more about Markus’s FA of this Jerry Moffat project at PlanetMountain.
Dave Graham in Small Amazing Things
Probably one of my favorite climbing clips ever featuring rather hilarious banter as well as Dave Graham and Isaac Caldiero pulling down in Bishop, CA. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=dhWaJPEoJzQ]
Andrada Climbs 5.15b Link-Up
Dani Andrada has added a V14 (or v9, see below) sit start to his 5.15a extended version of the 5.14d link-up Ali Hulk. While the 5.14d version has been repeated, the 5.15a extended version has seen no repeats while the V14 sit start “is something not to f*** with, very hard” according to Dave Graham. […]
Falling Climber Videos
Check out Splitter Choss for a compilation of videos of climbers taking huge whips at places like the Red River Gorge, KY and the Grampians, Australia. Inexplicably there is also video of someone holding onto a tree and then taking a nasty fall on natural gear. How do you fall off holding a tree??
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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.
3 New Moonclimbing Videos
3 new videos have been added over at Moonclimbing.buy augmentin online https://desiredsmiles.com/wp-content/themes/twentynineteen/inc/new/augmentin.html no prescription com. They include: Ty Landman climbing Aslan (V14) and The Lockness Monster (V13) as well as Isaac Calidero climbing Secret Splendour (V12) all at RMNP. Click here to check them out.
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