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Highline meet above the Italian Alps
Crazy International Festival Where You Sleep in Hammocks Hundreds of Feet Above the Italian Alps. Besides hanging out on hammocks suspended hundreds of feet above the gorgeous mountain landscape, the festival also has amenities you’d find in a conventional gathering. It includes a bar, a kitchen, jam sessions, a Yoga workshop, and even tandem paragliding …
Highballin’ In Southern Africa With Jimmy Webb And Nalle Hukkataival
After discovering the first major bouldering venue in Swaziland, Nalle and Jimmy go after the most striking and obvious lines in the country. They find a crag that’s close to the clouds, with giant hard problems. In the process, the crew stumbles across evenmore areas and discovers the beautiful countryside around Mbabane. It’s not all …
A 9a+/b, a 9a and a couple of 8c’s onsight by Ondra
Adam Ondra has had a busy weekend. First he made the first ascent of Vicious Circle, 9a+/b, at Misja Pec, Slovenia, then he moved on to Medveja in Croatia, where he made the first ascent of More, 9a, as well as onsighted The Core, 8c/+, and Outdoorfingerspiele, 8c. Read what Adam had to say here. Source: ukclimbing.com IMAGE: Adam Ondra …
Cold Fusion (26), Energy Crisis Prow, goes down!
On Good Friday 25 March 2016, Hilton Davies and Anthony Hall, finally sent their outrageous project through the centre of the Energy Crisis Prow at Wolfberg in the Cederberg. Cold Fusion (26) takes a steep, bold line that has been avoided by all the other routes up the Prow, until now. I had the dubious …
Ueli Steck in Les Drus “North Couloir Direct” (VI, Al 6+, M8)
The video of Ueli Steck, Mathieu Maynadier and Jérôme Para repeating the North Couloir Direct alpine climb on Les Drus in the Mont Blanc massif. “Last winter, we were with Ueli Steck, Mathieu Maynadier and Jérôme Para in “Les Drus – North Couloir Direct” (VI, Al 6+, M8, 800m) for the shooting of the SITTA …
Ashima Shiraishi Sends V15
Ashima Shiraishi, 14, made history yesterday when she sent Horizon (8C/V15) at Mount Hiei, Japan. She became the first female and the youngest person to climb V15. “My dream came true!!!!!!! ?I just sent Horizon V15 in Hiei, Japan! I can’t believe that I have become the 1st female to do a V15 and the youngest …
Western Cape Rock RECALL NOTICE
Over the past few months it has come to our attention that quite a few copies of Western Cape Rock were being returned due to binding problems. Some of the sections were coming loose from the spine glue, others were losing their cover, and some had stitching problems. This was of course a huge concern …
Stefano Carnati climbs Cornalba’s Goldrake 9a+
On Sunday 20 March 2016 at Cornalba, Italy, Stefano Carnati made the third ascent of Goldrake, the 9a+ sports climb freed by Adam Ondra and repeated so far only by Gabriele Moroni. “The send was very unexpected!” Carnati told 8a.nu. “I did everything perfectly, climbed the last slab calmly and I found myself at the …
Valley Climbers React to Name Changes in Yosemite
The recent renaming of many of the facilities at Yosemite National Park is drawing considerable criticism from current and former Valley climbers, residents and visitors. “It’s a shame when financial interests are able to trump the importance of cultural heritage in our own national parks,” Colby Brokvist, general manager of Southern Yosemite Mountain Guides, wrote …
Daniel Woods and Dave Graham Send Thor’s Hammer (5.15a), Flatanger, Norway
Norway’s Hanshelleren cave contains the densest concentration of hard sport climbs in the world. It’s not where you would expect to find two of America’s strongest boulderers. In 2015 Daniel Woods and David Graham traded their pads for GRIGRIs, packed their ropes, and crossed the Atlantic in search of forearm pumps, kneebars, and Thor’s own …