New Speed Record On The Nose By Potter And Leary

Posted November 8, 2010 at 7:20 am · Comments { 8 } ·

According to SuperTopo and Speedclimb.com Dean Potter and Sean Leary teamed up to set a new speed record for climbing The Nose on El Capitan. The pair blazed up the wall in at an astonishing 2:36:45, shaving 20 seconds off the previous record set by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama in 2008.

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Dean Potter, Sean Leary

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Yosemite

Climbing Video Release News and Video Friday

Posted November 5, 2010 at 7:28 am · Comments { 66 } ·

Videos are back this Friday, but first some news about longer form movies from the Reel Rock Tour and Chuck Fryberger

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Carlo Traversi, Daniel Woods, Dave Graham, Jamie Emerson, Jon Glassberg, Kevin Jorgeson, Luke Parady, Max Zolotukhin, Nalle Hukkataival, Ryan Silven

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Mt. Evans

2 5.14bs By Danny Robertson In Rifle

Posted November 5, 2010 at 6:54 am · Comments { 0 } ·

Danny Robertson did his 2nd 5.14b of the season yesterday with his repeat of Dave Graham’s Girl Talk in Rifle, CO. Previously he had also repeated Andy Raether’s Stockboys Revenge back in October.

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Danny Robertson

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Rifle

The Dagger (V14) Repeated By Paul Robinson

Posted November 5, 2010 at 6:42 am · Comments { 0 } ·

27Crags reports that Paul Robinson repeated The Dagger (V14) in Cresciano, Switzerland suggesting that with optimal beta the problem felt like climbing 2 V11s in a row which math math math is more like a V13 than the V14 grade usually assigned to this problem. Now Paul is off to Italy to compete in the IMS Boulder Festival against the likes of Nalle Hukkataival, Kilian Fischhuber and Christian Core.

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