Climbers Archives: Ethan Pringle

From Zero To 5.14 In 5 Months

Posted May 27, 2008 at 8:02 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Less than 5 full months since fracturing his heel while attempting Mandala SDS (V14) in Bishop, and about 1 month since taking his first steps outside of his cast, Ethan Pringle sent a 5.14 this past weekend.  He sent Beach Arete at Mickey’s Beach in California that apparently goes at 5.14a without using any chipped holds.  Nice work Ethan!

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Hard, Unrepeated American Boulders

Posted February 4, 2008 at 7:22 am · Comments { 211 } ·

I thought it would be interesting to compile a list of hard (V14 and up) boulder problems that have not been repeated in North America. Thanks to everyone for help in compiling these problems (Most of these grades are pure speculation from outside observers): Nuclear War – V14 – Matt Bosley – Harriman State Park, […]

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Updated Ethan Pringle Blog

Posted December 18, 2007 at 11:58 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Ethan Pringle has updated his Climbing.com blog with some more information on his recent exploits.  He has given the Sharma project at Clark Mt. a working name of Jumbo Pumping Love which goes along with other routes on that wall (Jumbo Glass, Jumbo Pumping Hate).  He also provides a quick recap of his recent repeat […]

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How Does Chris Sharma’s Clark Mt. Project Feel?

How Does Chris Sharma’s Clark Mt. Project Feel?

Posted December 13, 2007 at 1:16 pm · Comments { 8 } ·

Chris Sharma’s much hyped project at Clark Mountain has drawn the attention of two other American Rockstars in the form of Ethan Pringle and Dave Graham. They recently paid the line a visit, and Chad Greedy was there to capture it on film to find out exactly how it felt. You can now view the […]

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Pringle Dominates

Pringle Dominates

Posted October 23, 2007 at 5:50 am · Comments { 3 } ·

Fresh off a 3.5 month trip to Europe that yielded an impressive ticklist of 1 5.14d (Realization), 1 5.14c, 5 5.14b’s and 8 5.14a’s (3 onsight or flash), Ethan Pringle has returned to the U.S.

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Video Friday

Posted September 21, 2007 at 5:34 am · Comments { 3 } ·

Here are a few videos to help pass your Friday: Check out the Dailies #4 video at MometumVM for footage of Ethan Pringle working out the moves of Es Pontas. Apparently a bit harder than he was expecting…and he is working the top crux on toprope. Ty Landman bouldering with a rope on Rumors of […]

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Ethan Pringle Realization Video

Posted September 18, 2007 at 2:17 pm · Comments { 1 } ·

Yesterday I had a post entitled More Momentum that talked about the new updates to MomentumVM.  They really weren’t kidding when they said that updates would be rapid and daily in nature. Today they have posted a video of Ethan Pringle on his repeat of Realization.  Check it while it’s still up.

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