Alex Honnold talks to CNN about Dean Potter
Dean Potter, who died BASE jumping in Yosemite National Park, gravitated toward what scared him most, rock climber Alex Honnold tells CNN’s Anderson Cooper. Click here to view the video Source: CNN
June – August 2015
Read the editorial and check out the contents of the latest issue. With up-to-date news coverage, training articles, gear reviews, celebrity profiles, technical tips covering a wide variety of subjects, event reports, big glossy pics and enthralling articles. FEATURES No Space for New Routes? New Tradding in the Cederberg and Other Stories by DOUW STEYN …
No Space for New Routes?
New tradding in the Cederberg and other stories. words and pic by DOUW STEY A long, long time ago, in a place not so far away, a climber once espoused that ‘For something like 20 years now climbers have periodically asserted that Table Mountain was “worked out”, that is, the possibilities of new routes have …
An African Safari
Reflections on a new route through one of Table Mountain’s biggest walls. Words by HILTON DAVIES pic by ROSS SUTER Tinie [Versfeld] made me do the second ascent with him. I don’t know why. But it was great in so many ways. Right from the first pitch, you realise you’re in for a tough day. …
Welcome to Slacklands – Rocklands Highline Meet 2015
words by JAMES DICKS pic by NIR AVNEYON – AntiGravity Photography There are few feelings as pure as being poised high in the sky, held up only by a gently quivering piece of webbing. I suspect injecting heroin into your eyeball may be on a par. Lose concentration for a single moment though, and you …
Black Diamond Wolfberg Tradathon
words by GOSIA LIPINSKA pic by JOHNNY MILLER I kept expecting to get better, but as each day passed I was still unable to eat normally. I had just recovered from tick bite fever, but my relief from the constant headaches was short-lived as I developed oesophagitis as a result of the strong antibiotics. Every …
Ethan Pringle Sends Jumbo Love (5.15b)
Ethan Pringle made the first repeat of Jumbo Love (5.15b) at Clark Mountain, California. The 250-foot limestone masterpiece was bolted by visionary Randy Leavitt and first climbed by Chris Sharma in 2008. “It’s just a hard, long, badass line! It’s huge and exposed and pretty much as long as you can find—you get to top …
Dawn Wall – Kevin Jorgeson’s Firsthand Account
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Ashima Shiraishi Sends Open Your Mind Direct (5.14d/5.15a)
13 Year old, Ashima Shiraishi, sent Open Your Mind Direct in Spain, after four days projecting the route. She may be the first female, and the youngest climber ever, to break the 5.15 barrier. [vsw id=”Z1yf51BiRoQ” source=”youtube” width=”550″ height=”400″ autoplay=”no”] IMAGE: youtube
Everest – A Tribute to the Fallen
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