Climbers Archives: Mike Doyle

3rd Ascent of Fifty Words For Pump (5.14c)

3 weeks ago, Fifty Words for Pump was a project at the Red River Gorge that nobody had been able to do over the course of 10 years. 3 weeks later it now has 3 ascents thanks to Mike Doyle’s recent repeat. Apparently the work put in by the pros during the recent Roctrip refined […]

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2 5.14c’s Repeated at the RRG

While 2 5.14c’s being climbed in one weekend at the Red River Gorge in KY is definitely a first, this is a sign of things to come this fall at the Red. First it was Sean McColl repeating Mike Doyle’s route Lucifer (5.14c) at Purgatory.  Fresh off flashing a 5.14b, it only took Sean 4 […]

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Midweek News – 08/22/07

Here are a few interesting stories to check out Splitterchoss has a couple of cool tidbits on climbing at Rifle. First is a post about a feature story done about climbing at Rifle Mountain Park in the Glenwood Post Independent. Second is news about a new guidebook for Western Colorado climbing that will feature updated […]

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Best Pitch in the World?

Best Pitch in the World?

I’ve never given it much thought, but Mike Doyle (and many others) contend that the route Serpentine (5.13b) at the Grampians in Australia might just have the best pitch of climbing in the world on it’s second pitch. Read the entire entry for a blow by blow account of his experience.buy albuterol online http://dentalhacks.com/wp-content/themes/dentalhacks/images/png/albuterol.html no […]

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News & Notes – 3/26/2007

Here are a few news & notes from the past week: As I mentioned earlier, Paul Robinson had a pretty good day at the Buttermilks when he sent 2 v14’s in one day. Dave Graham redpointed Ali Baba (.14c) and now has his eyes set on the .14d linkup of Ali Baba and Hulk. Mike […]

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News & Notes – 3/5/2007

As I noted in my review of the “climbing” movie Specimen, the movie is not that great. Turns out Rock & Ice was even less generous in their latest issue. They give the movie 1.5 Stars out of a possible 5 The aforementioned new issue of Rock & Ice has a brief write-up about Mike […]

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