Climbers Archives: Patxi Usobiaga
News & Notes – Mass Update

News & Notes – Mass Update

Posted January 21, 2008 at 4:28 pm · Comments { 2 } ·

Thanks to James for compiling this massive list of updates. In this update you will find a lot of news on Dai Koyamada’s exploints in the Frankenjura. Also news from Daniel Woods, Jon Cardwell, Chris Sharma, Dave Graham, Lisa Rands and Paxti Usobiaga among others. This has taken me longer than anticipated so some of […]

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More Hard Sport Routes in Spain

More Hard Sport Routes in Spain

Posted December 9, 2007 at 3:11 am · Comments { 1 } ·

Thanks to James for compiling this news In more sport climbing news: Patxi Usobiaga: repeated La Rambla (9a+) on Nov 27, 2007 at Siurana, Spain. The route had its first ascent by Ramón Julian Puigblanque and had been repeated by Edu Marin, Chris Sharma, and Andreas Bindhammer. Many of the climbers used different beta, where […]

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Patxi Usobiaga Climbing La Rambla Original (5.15a)

Posted December 5, 2007 at 1:22 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Click here to watch the video of Patxi Usobiaga climbing La Rambla Original (5.15a) recently. Thanks to Ant for the tip.

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Sharma & Usobiaga Repeat Andrada 5.15a

Sharma & Usobiaga Repeat Andrada 5.15a

Posted December 3, 2007 at 3:39 pm · Comments { 2 } ·

The somewhat elusive (from an online spray observer’s standpoint) Chris Sharma has surfaced in Spain with his recent repeat of Dani Andrada’s 5.15a La Novena Enmienda at Santa Linya. This 175 foot long route connects the first 75 feet of La Novena Puerta (5.14c) with 100 feet of La Enmienda (5.14b). Dani Andrada on La […]

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News & Notes – 6/4/2007

Posted June 4, 2007 at 12:12 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Back from rock climbing in Iowa of all places… Joe Kinder and Jon Cardwell both repeated Andy Raether’s route Kuru 5.14c at Rifle, CO. Joe commented that the route is 45% manufactured which sort of gives you the impression that he says this as a negative against the route. Of course 8a overreacts to this […]

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