Killswitch: Carlo Traversi – Pinotage (V10), Rocklands
Shameless bouldering porn. One take. No cuts. Classic problems from the world over. Sixty to ninety seconds. “A mainline bouldering fix,” with attitude. [vsw id=”g-l6VPS2Yq4″ source=”youtube” width=”550″ height=”400″ autoplay=”no”]
Catalan Witness the fitness, ~8B+/C, by Chris Sharma
Chris Sharma has made the first ascent of a problem he has been working on for a while in the Cova de Ocell near Barcelona. Catalan Witness the fitness, should weigh in somewhere around ~8B+/C I guess. “I had a great start to the new year by sending the “Catalan Witness the Fitness” at Cova de Ocell …
Adam Ondra – Predator 9a+ (Srbsko, Czech republic)
“Very nice route with awesome sequence in the crux, which is impossible to grade. For me probably 9a/a+, but with no flexibility definitely much harder” [vsw id=”HxB-n-frg0A” source=”youtube” width=”550″ height=”400″ autoplay=”no”]
Alexander Megos repeats First Round, First Minute 9b at Margalef
On 31/12/2015 at Margalef in Spain Alexander Megos made the third ascent of First Round, First Minute 9b, after Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra. On 01/01/2016 he repeated First Ley 9a+ and La Ley Indignata 9a at the same crag. Megos sent First Round, First Minute after five days of effort, 3 in November (during …
Tragedy Strikes Ueli Steck’s 82 Summit Project
Part 3 of “The Classic Alpinist,” a special 4-part series on Ueli Steck’s 82 Summit Project. The Classic Alpinist chronicles the highs and lows of Ueli’s mission to summit all 4,000 meter peaks throughout the Alps in just 80 days during the summer of 2015.
Update on Silvermine West – Table Mountain National Park
Since the fire in March 2015 most of the central section (Silvermine & Tokai) was closed off to visitors for all activities in order for the section rangers team to get to work on post fire rehabilitation projects. This included footpath work, rebuilding of fire damaged structures, closure of illegal paths, law enforcement and monitoring …
Sharma goes Back to the Future on “Magie Blanche” (8b+) 1986
Just outside the town of Mouriès, France, in the small Alpilles Mountains, sits a legendary iconic route from the 1980s called, “Magie Blanche” (White Magic). This twenty-meter-high dead-vertical wall of 8b+ (5.14a) has little in common with the routes typically scaled by today’s sport climbers. On October 16, the best among them took on the …
Doug Tompkins Dies in Kayaking Accident in Patagonia
After a kayaking accident on Tuesday afternoon, December 8, Douglas Tompkins, a long-time adventurer, climber, conservationist and founder of The North Face, died in southern Chile’s Patagonia region. Tompkins was paddling with Rick Ridgeway, Patagonia vice president and part of the first American team to summit K2; Jib Ellison, river guide and Blue Skye founder; …
Sasha DiGiulian & Kevin Jorgeson on Lost Arrow Spire
Sasha DiGiulian, on her first trip to Yosemite, and Kevin Jorgeson climb Lost Arrow Spire. [vsw id=”VCPUoWV9KBg” source=”youtube” width=”550″ height=”400″ autoplay=”no”]
Niccolò Ceria sends Voyager Sit 8B+
“Peak District is by far one of my favorite place where to go and Voyager is simply one of the many gems you can see up-there. Here the second ascent.” – Niccolò Ceria [vsw id=”147303755″ source=”vimeo” width=”550″ height=”400″ autoplay=”no”]