Alexander Megos climbs Lucid Dreaming 8C
German climber Alexander Megos has made the third ascent of Lucid Dreaming V15 / 8C at Bishop, USA. Alexander Megos from Germany has clinched the third ascent of Lucid Dreaming, the superbly difficult highball on the famous Grandpa Peabody boulder at the Buttermilks close to Bishop, USA. Put up by America’s Paul Robinson in March …
Tommy Caldwell Climbing Pitch 15 – The Dawn Wall
On January 14, 2015, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson made the first free ascent of The Dawn Wall on Yosemite’s El Capitan. Watch Tommy climb pitch 15 (5.14c) in this first footage released by the film crew on the wall. [vsw id=”PLd_c4CjG44″ source=”youtube” width=”550″ height=”380″ autoplay=”no”]
Steve Bradshaw’s 2014 highlights from Rocklands.
Highlights from a season living in the magical Rocklands. [vsw id=”VlKFNzEhKNE” source=”youtube” width=”500″ height=”380″ autoplay=”no”]
Women’s Speed Record on El Capitan – Mayan Smith-Gobat & Libby Sauter
Some records are just meant to be broken. Mayan Smith-Gobat and Libby Sauter just knew that the women`s speed record for the ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, California was their`s for the taking. Crushing the old record and standing atop El Capitan at 5 hours 02 minutes after their …
Interview with Matt Bush on Soloing
Matt Bush is currently working on a new film project, documenting his attempts to free solo hard lines on Table Mountain.
Dawn Wall Update: Jorgeson Sends Pitch 15!
“Pure joy. Pitch 15 finally went down after 11 attempts over 7 days. Riding high, I stuck the dyno on Pitch 16, but fell in the corner right above the no hands stance. Back to finish that tomorrow. THANK YOU SO MUCH to everyone who has followed along, believed and supported us. It’s not over …
Dawn Wall Push: Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson reach new highpoint in Yosemite
Huge progress has been made by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgesson on their ground-up attempt to free the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite. “One step closer” These are the words Tommy Caldwell posted on FB yesterday after having successfully negotiated pitch 15 on what is being hailed as the “The Climb of the …
Adam Ondra climbs 100 9a or harder!
At Wielka Cima in Poland, the Czech climber Adam Ondra sent his 100th sport route graded 9a or harder. Ondra has climbed 68 9a 20 9a+, 9 9b and 3 9b+… Read more… Source: planetmountain.com IMAGE: Onsights Il Domani (9a). Screenshot from vimeo
Clinton Martinengo – 2nd Ascent of Amazing Grace (7B)
Amazing grace is a overhanging off-width boulder problem at Llandudno, that was opened by Joe Möhle in 2006. This is the second ascent and be warned off-width climbing is not a fast-paced activity. [vsw id=”113472304″ source=”vimeo” width=”550″ height=”400″ autoplay=”no”]
Biographie | Sachi Amma | Ceuse (France)
Earlier this year Sachi Amma left his mark in the history books of climbing when he crushed the infamous route “Biographie”,9a+ in Ceuse, France. Sachi was the 11th person in the world to complete the route opened by Chris Sharma in 2001 who called it “Realization”. Sachi said “it felt like touching the history of …