DPM has posted a video interview with Daniel Woods in which they discuss grades, FAs and Woods’ future plans with some snippets of him climbing in Magic Wood thrown in for good measure.
DPM has posted a video interview with Daniel Woods in which they discuss grades, FAs and Woods’ future plans with some snippets of him climbing in Magic Wood thrown in for good measure.
A confluence of factors have led me to the inescapable conclusion that I need to buy a new pair of climbing shoes…
Via Sender Films come news that Mason Earle climbed what he considers to be his hardest desert crack yet when he was the first to free the 2nd pitch of Hot Pork Sunday in Indian Creek, UT. After climbing the 5.12 first pitch, the 5.13+ 2nd pitch features 120 feet of vertical to slightly overhanging climbing culminating in a “wicked left leaning narrowing finger splitter”. Earle fell 3 times on the final moves before “finally sketching [his] way to the top”.

A report from the final event of the 2011 Collegiate Climbing Series
Alex Puccio has been keeping busy in between World Cups events, sending Jack’s Broken Heart (V12) and The Right Hand Of Darkness (V11) in Magic Wood, Switzerland according to her 8a scorecard.
A few words on a new movie called The Southeast Showdown, a nice piece on Jason Kehl’s “The Seventh Circle” and the most popular videos of the last 7 days…
A few bonus News & Notes from Emily Harrington, Dorothea Karalus, Enzo Oddo and more…
Italy’s Gabriele Moroni does the 2nd ascent of Dave Graham’s Coup de Grace in Sonlerto, Switzerland
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