After years of sporadic work Dave MacLeod has finished off the first free ascent of Longhope Direct on St. John’s Head in Orkney, Scotland
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Longhope Direct: 5.14ish Trad FA By Dave MacLeod
Dave MacLeod On The FA Of Seven Of Nine (V14)
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News & Notes – 4/27/2011
A few News & Notes from Nik Berry, Daniel Woods, Adam Ondra, the Petzl Roc Trip China, a new iPhone app guidebook for Joshua Tree and more
Dave MacLeod & Tim Emmett Climbing In Pembroke
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News From Across The Pond
A few noteworthy sends from across the pond last week by Bernhard Schwaiger, Dai Koyamada, Chris Webb Parsons, Dave MacLeod and Pierre Bollinger
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Friday News & Notes – 1/16/09
Not a whole lot going on this past week on the spray front. Here are a few interesting links to help get you to the weekend: Sonnie Trotter has an excellent discussion taking place on his blog about whether top climbers are born with genetic gifts or if they developed their skills through hard work […]
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Dave MacLeod Repeats “Walk Of Life”
Back in September of 2008, James Pearson made the first ascent of a traditionally protected slab climb in England he dubbed Walk Of Life. At the time, Pearson proposed a grade of E12 which would be similar to someone climbing a sport route and calling it 5.15c or 5.15d. Basically, he felt as though it […]
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