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Another big, mainstream news piece on Alex Honnold, this time in a cover story for The New York Times Magazine . Plenty of great insight into what makes Honnold tick, but I especia...
Cool, interactive piece from Climbing on the Dawn Wall featuring interviews with both Kevin Jorgeson and Tommy Caldwell. I particularly liked this quote from Tommy about why he is...
PlanetMountain caught up with Chris Sharma on the heels of his recent FA of El Bon Combat : It’s about 25m long, up some really interesting rock, a mix of sandstone and conglomerat...
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Nice interview with surprise ABS Nationals winner Mohammad Jafari Mahmodabadi by his home gym in the U.S., Earth Treks Climbing in Golden, CO: For me, winning championships comes s...
Adam Ondra, in an interview with Squamish Climbing Magazine about his thoughts on Yosemite and the Dawn Wall: Yes, I feel ashamed that I have never been to Yosemite, and this climb...
T0mmy Caldwell, being interviewed by the New York Time minutes after topping out the Dawn Wall: I would love for this to open people’s minds to what an amazing sport this is. I thi...
John Branch also profiled Tommy Caldwell for the New York Times : Whatever part inside of Tommy Caldwell that made him attempt the seemingly impossible — a free climb of El Capitan...
John Branch has been doing some really good pieces about the Dawn Wall for the New York Times , and this profile on Kevin Jorgeson is no exception. Of note is Jorgeson's comments o...
Adam Ondra, in an interview with Evening Sends : For me, however, it takes less time to adapt because I have climbed many kilometers of rock in my life—on all kinds rock and differ...
Daniel Woods, in an interview by Andrew Bisharat for Without Walls : In climbing films, I feel like there is a pattern that we all follow. The filmmakers ask us the same questions...
Epic TV chats with Adam Ondra
KINETIC - Jan Hojer in Fontainebleau Watch on vimeo
I posted this this video to the ClimbingNarc Facebook page on Tuesday and it got an incredible response, so if you haven't taken 10 minutes to watch this profile of Kai Lightner I...
Meagan Martin Athlete Spotlight Watch on youtube
PlanetMountain caught up with Alex Megos after his one day ascent 1 of Biographie (5.15a): I warmed up by checking out the moves on Biographie, this took circa 1 hour. Then I start...
Dewar's White Label "Live true" / Alex Honnold Watch on vimeo
To Climb the World | National Geographic Watch on youtube
Champions: Tommy Caldwell Watch on youtube
PlanetMountain caught up with Alex Megos after he repeated the legendary Action Directe (5.14d) in just a few hours this past weekend: Yes, the thought had occurred to me but I the...
Marmot presents - Louder Than Eleven Live: Talkshow #7 featuring Paige Claassen. Paige has just returned from Marmot's Lead Now Tour (www.leadnowtour.org), a global tour to inspire...
After a brief vacation to Spain I'm back in the States trying to get caught up on everything 1 . Until I can get fully caught up, you can enjoy this interview I did with Crux Crush...
Tommy Caldwell, writing in Rock & Ice : My greatest hardship would be the ordeal in Kyrgyzstan where four of us were kidnapped by Islamic militants for six days. It’s a long, compl...
The North Face presents--Louder Than Eleven Live: Talkshow #6. Featuring Daniel Woods! 10 years ago Daniel did his first V14. In the last decade he has climbed 25+ V15 boulders or...
Yours truly will be conducting a live interview with Daniel Woods tonight as part of the LT11. tv Live Talkshow series. Catch it here at 7 PM EDT, 4PM PDT. We'll be covering a lot...
So many gems in this Ascent article by Dave Graham it was hard to pick my favorite, but this part really stuck with me: I used to come home from fishing by myself and wonder what I...
Nice interview by Crux Crush with Alex Puccio: I want to push myself outside. I haven’t tried many V13s so maybe I’ll try to do my first V13, but I don’t like chasing a grade. I li...
A look into the life of Kevin Jorgeson and his impossible invitation to free the hardest unclimbed big wall route in the word. Directed & Filmed by: Andy Mann & Keith Ladzinski Edi...
I enjoyed reading these interviews the American Alpine Club did with Emily Harrington, Paige Claassen, Melissa Arnot, Sibylle Hechetel, Janet Bergman Wilkinson and Jenn Fleming ove...
La Sportiva athlete Pat Goodman discusses some of the ethics and considerations that need to be taken while establishing new routes. Meanwhile, enjoy watching him send "Gun Control...
Interesting profile of Alex Honnold in Men's Fitness by Josh Dean that includes this tidbit on that building climb that was first announced last July: And yet, the checks keep gett...
Great interview from Rock & Ice's archives with legendary climber and alpinist Charlie Porter who passed away recently at the age of 63: To an idealistic youth, who believe in hone...
Watch as the Sanuk climber, Chris Sharma, gives us a first-hand-look into his unconventional beginnings as a rock climber, barges the world famous, "The Mystery Spot" to find out i...
KindKid productions brings you an inside look on the redpointing process as told through the words of La Sportiva Athlete Mike Doyle as he tries to finish Necessary Evil (5.14c) in...
Don't Blink is a feature length film exploring the life and mind of Chris Webb Parsons. Chris, a strong Oz who has been at the forefront of rock climbing for many years takes you t...
For climbers and non-climbers alike, Alex Honnold has become synonymous with taking big risks. We sat down with Alex to talk about the important distinction between risk and conseq...
Ashima Shiraishi bouldering in the Gunks for a DPM exclusive where she shares her outlook on climbing and how it has changed since she first began the sport. Ashima is one of the s...
Nice interview with Access Fund Executive Director Brady Robinson by The Adventure Journal: I think if climbers took a moment to learn more about what we do, how much we accomplish...
Alpinist caught up with Alex Honnold for a little Q & A about his recent free solo of El Sendero Luminoso in El Potrero Chico, Mexico: I used to be scared of spiders but I kind of...
Really nice interview by Simon Carter with Aussie Chris Webb Parsons: Oh, my thumb. I use it like another finger. When I first started climbing I was reading about how to get stron...
UKC caught up with Bernd Zangerl to discuss his new problem Shantaram , which he opened this past summer in Norway: It is my hardest problem for sure - I can't compare it with anyt...
Daniel Woods has been making headlines and setting new standards in rock climbing for years and he seems to only be getting stronger! With V15 and 5.15 first ascents, repeats of so...
Nice interview over at Crux Crush with one of my favorite people in the climbing world, Angie Payne: If I could climb all the time? I wouldn’t. It’s really easy when I’m working al...
Video interview with Alex Honnold & Peter Croft
LT11.tv & ClimbingNarc.com present Louder Than Eleven Live Episode #5! The Show With No Name. Hosted by Brian Runnells aka ClimbingNarc. This episode we will be featuring guests Ja...
Ty Landman, in an interview with UKC about a recent FA he did in the UK: I think an important part of climbing is figuring out what the sport means to you, and where and how it fit...
Alex Savage has put together this beautiful film about a life on the road, not a road trip...life on the road. Paul Nadler has spent the last 6 years of his life climbing and livin...
Nice interview with Adam Ondra by Fitz Cahall as part of Ondra's being nominated for Nat Geo's Adventurer of the Year: I think sport climbing is still a relatively young sport. Not...
LT11.tv & ClimbingNarc.com present Louder Than Eleven Live Episode #6! The Show With No Name. Hosted by Brian Runnells aka ClimbingNarc. This episode we will be featuring guests An...
In 2012 Pro climber Philippe Ribiere sat alone in his van all winter contemplating why he climbs, he almost gave up climbing but luckily for us he didn't, I was lucky enough to spe...
Daniel Woods is one of the strongest boulderer in the entire World, but also really capable in sport climbing (he climbed until 9a+ route). His motivation and free spirit really am...
Vertical Life catches up with Dorothea Karalus after her FA of In The Clouds (V12) in the Grampians: The boulder has two perfect and very obvious starting holds and follows a beaut...
Nice interview with Adam Ondra reflecting on his 15 months as a full-time climber: No, I wasn’t tempted to . Because I know that if I didn’t have to be home to study, it would be h...
PlanetMountain once again with the news making interview , this time with Ueli Steck after his incredible solo of the South Face of Annapurna: Everything calmed down. Just like I'd...
Louder Than Eleven Live: Talkshow #3 • Jimmy Webb & Matty Hong Watch on youtube
Louder Than Eleven Live: Talkshow #2 • Reel Rock 8 Watch on youtube
In many ways German phenom Alex Megos seems like a robot sent from another planet to climb all our hardest routes and boulder problems without making much of a fuss about it, but t...
Adam Ondra in Copenhagen Watch on vimeo
Louder Than Eleven Live: Episode #1 • Paul Robinson & Alex Johnson Watch on youtube
Tommy Caldwell - Athlete Spotlight Watch on youtube
Nice interview with Alex Megos by Nick Fletcher: Watching Alex climb is like watching an elite athlete running or swimming (for example). There’s no discernible effort – yet you kn...
Flannery Watch on vimeo
Daniel Woods sits down with The Circuit for an interview while he is in Australia: So it’s just funny to see this stagnant plateau that we’re sitting at right now. There’s honestly...
Nice piece from the latest issue of DPM about 13-year-old Kai Lightner: How then, did a young black child from the flatlands of North Carolina come to find his passion in a sport l...
Jimmy Webb, in an interview DPM about his flash of Sky : It felt surprisingly easy. Yet that's how most flashes at your limit should feel. It's that wild moment where everything co...
Chelsea Rude - Athlete Spotlight "2013 SCS Nationals" Watch on youtube
Ordinary day of Adam Ondra (Black Diamond - Digital rock climbing catalog 2012) Watch on vimeo
Crux Crush , one of the better new climbing sites to crop up of late, has a nice interview with Colette McInerney who recently climbed her first 5.14a in Oliana with a repeat of Ch...
Rock Climber Beth Rodden is Climbing Back Watch on youtube
Ian Powell Shaping Life Watch on vimeo
DPM interviews Dan Mirsky after he did the FA of Solid Gold , a proposed 5.14c in Utah's Cathedral: So basically, Solid Gold is the most straight up way to climb the main awesome c...
Alex Megos, in an email to sponsor DMM, with some details on his onsight of Estado crítico (5.14d) : In that moment I didn’t think about having done something really outstanding. B...
Chris Sharma, in an interview with PlanetMountain , talking about his repeat of La Dura Dura (5.15c) : I must have spent a whole year trying the lower section, those 15 moves. Doin...
DPM catches up with Jeremy Zachariash who progressed from not climbing to sending 5.14 in just four years: My weaknesses are ice cream, sugar cookies with buttercream frosting, cin...
I'm a big fan of the interviews done on Boulder's ClimbTalk Radio and thanks to the hard work of Dave McAllister we can all peruse transcripts of the shows. The latest interview to...
With Austrian climbers winning the recent sport climbing World Cup in Boulder as well as the overall Boulder World Cup title , you might be wondering what their secret to success i...
Alex Honnold has been getting a lot of attention lately, likely related to that TV show you might have seen him on . This recent interview he did with Trails Edge has several inter...
The Nat Geo Adventure blog checks in with Chris Sharma
An interview with New Zealand's Mayan Smith-Gobat after she freed the Salathé Wall on El Capitan
Alex Honnold's segments from his appearance on the program 60 Minutes
Set your DVRs for the 60 Minutes program on CBS this Sunday evening to catch their story about Alex Honnold
UKC interviews Thomas Willenberg who has climbed multiple V15s but is relatively unknown these days: In the last decade both climbing and bouldering have changed significantly. At...
PlanetMountain interviews Arnaud Petit about his ascent of the 5.13d sport route Black Bean on trad gear , touching on his motivations for doing so and whether or not he considered...
Adventure Journal catches up with Alex Honnold to discuss the fact that although he may be one of the world's best climbers, his lifestyle and diet are not exactly glamorous: I hav...
Barbara Pedrotti & Chris Sharma for Playboy Watch on youtube
DPM has a nice interview with Nick Duttle detailing his background and how health challenges haven't stopped him from climbing 5.14 and V14. There's also this nice video of him cli...
Urban Climber has posted the big feature interview they did for a recent issue with Adam Ondra . A lot of interesting tidbits throughout so definitely check this one out if you can...
Peter Beal caught up with Daniel Woods to do an interview for Beal's upcoming book's website
Not much doing on the news front from the weekend, but there are a few interviews done recently with Jimmy Chin, Chuck Fryberger and Petr Pavlicek that I thought were worth sharing...
DPM has posted a video interview with Daniel Woods in which they discuss grades, FAs and Woods' future plans with some snippets of him climbing in Magic Wood thrown in for good mea...
PlanetMountain has an excellent interview with Adam Ondra discussing his quick repeat of Chilam Balam (5.15b) last week .
News & Notes from Nina Caprez, Cedric Lachat, Kevin Jorgeson, Fred Nicole and much more...
Mark Anderson recently added the first 5. 14 to Colorado's Shelf Road when he did the first ascent of Apogee Pending . Check out this interview Anderson did with Splitter Choss to...
News & Notes from Adam Ondra, Daniel Woods and much more...
Following up on this week's news about Adam Ondra onsighting multiple 5.14cs is this interview he did discussing these ascents with PlanetMountain.com. Among the factors that contr...
Interview with Australia's Chris Webb Parsons as well as a recent video profile put together for iCLIMB.com
A smorgasbord of News & Notes to get you through your Wednesday
An interview with Paul Robinson as well as news about another hard send in Fontainebleau, France
Climbing Magazine has gone ahead and posted the feature interview with Chris Sharma from their current issue on their website
The Outside Blog caught up with Ethan Pringle to discuss his comeback from injury, his FA of Spicy Dumpling (5.14d) , his efforts to repeat Jumbo Love (5.15b) and more. Check it ou...
DPM has a nice interview up with Red River Gorge legend Porter Jarrard who, at age 44, is climbing as well as he ever has with multiple 5.14a sends to his name in the last year.
Interview with Kevin Jorgeson after his and Tommy Caldwell's unsuccessful attempt to free their Dawn Wall project on El Capitan
Hear Jason Kehl, Abbey Smith and Pete Takeda talk about their recent bouldering expedition to Zanskar, India
Interview with siblings Flannery & Asher Shay-Nemirow
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson are back in Yosemite for the Fall season to have another go at their well documented project on El Capitan's Dawn Wall
"When one of the funniest and most outrageous things imaginable happens to you and is caught on film, I reckon it's your duty to share it with the world."
News & Notes from Rifle, Smith Rocks, Mt. Evans, Alex Honnold, Jamie Emerson, Phil Schaal and more...
News & Notes from the European Championships, Alex Honnold, Steve Wempler and more
Outside Magazine's The Outside Blog catches up with Alex Honnold to discuss his thoughts on climbing fast, climbing alone and climbing without a rope .
The young French phenom Enzo Oddo did another 5.14d last week , repeating Tony Lamiche's Condé de choc at Entraygues, France. Petzl also posted this nice interview with the 15 year...
Last year the aptly named Denver Bouldering Club opened its doors to members offering 24 hours access to 1,500+ square feet of dedicated bouldering terrain. Since I've been seeing...
One last post on Angie Payne's FFA of The Automator (V13) in RMNP,CO . You can read some of her thoughts in this write-up she did for the Five Ten Blog and there is also this nice...
News & Notes from Dave Graham, Alex Honnold, the Pou brothers, another new 5.14 in Utah, more World Cups coming to North America and more...
A couple of interesting interviews to share. One with Peter Mortimer from Sender Films and the other a group discussion on ClimbTalk radio between Rob Pizem, Chad Greedy, Dave Gra...
A few News & Notes from over the weekend...
Via Prana's blog is this nice audio interview that The Joy Trip Project did with Chris Sharma when he was at the New River Rendezvous last month.
On the heels of his repeat of The Story Of Two Worlds (V15) Dai Koyamada recently did interviews with both DPM and The Low Down . Check out his thoughts at the respective links.
UKClimbing has a long and extensive interview with Adam Ondra discussing his recent visit to the UK which saw Ondra repeat 2 5.14d's and onsight several 5.13d's.
News & Notes from Daniel Woods, Chuck Fryberger, Paul Robinson, the Teva Mountain Games and more...
A pair of excellent interviews with Czech climbing prodigy Adam Ondra
In a recent interview with Karin.com Chris Shrama talks about how the actual climbing is going with his First Round First Minute project
News & Notes about an 8 year-old sending V10, a new climbing gym, route development and much more...
Video interview of Chris Sharma by World Sport TV that features discussions about projects as well as footage from Spain and China
In the event that you can’t get your full ClimbingNarc fix from this site alone I did an interview with SplitterChoss.com that you can check out here .
News & Notes from Chris Sharma, Daila Ojeda, Chris Webb Parsons, Hueco Rock Rodeo Results and much more...
It’s been a bit of a slow news year month week so there’s not much to report of late. ABS Nationals , probably the biggest and most important indoor bouldering comp of the year, wi...
Alpinist Magazine caught up with Will Gadd after his marathon 24 hour session of ice climbing to learn what his inspirations were among other things. Check it out here .
Examiner.com has a nice interview up with longtime Frontrangebouldering.com webmaster Mike Brooks.
The Boston Rock Gym recently interviewed Peter Mortimer from Sender Films where he says (among other things) that King Lines is the best selling climbing DVD of all time and that t...
Planetmountain.com has an excellent interview with Smith Rock sport climbing pioneer Alan Watts .
Joost has done a nice interview with well known Finnish boulderer Nalla Hukkataival in which they discuss how Hukkataival began climbing as well as his thoughts on the V15 grade.
A few News & Notes as I get caught up from nearly 2 weeks away from a computer
A series of video interviews done with Chris Sharma back in September
News & Notes to wrap up the week...
Interview with Josh Lowell about Big Up Productions latest movie, Progression, that features Chris Sharma, Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, Paul Robinson, Daniel Woods and others pu...
Dean Potter beim 15. FILMFEST ST. ANTON Watch on youtube
Ever wonder why you don't hear much about Chris Sharma bouldering these days?
Climbing.com has a nice interview up with 90’s sport climbing icon Boone Speed.
Sport climbing news from France and Colorado and a slew of notes...
Photographer Tim Kemple recently did a nice interview with Ascartel.com ( Via FStopgear on Twitter )
An interview with boulderer Shawn Diamond about his recent V14 FA at the Buttermilks.
It’s almost the end of May and I’ve yet to meet my monthly contractual obligation to post about Chris Sharma. Since he has been slacking on the 5.15 crushing front now seems like...
Climber/Climbing Rapper ODub was recently interviewed for the site UKClimbing.com .
Odub has a funny interview up with reigning ABS Nationals champ Alex Johnson.
TheLowDown has a nice interview with Lynn Hill posted that focuses on her recent repeat of Chablanke (V11/12) at Hueco Tanks, TX.
Climbing Magazine has a good interview with Australia’s Chris Webb Parsons on their website.
Check out this lengthy interview with Matt Wilder . It’s definitely worth reading.
A couple of good interviews to check out: one with Paul Robinson and the other with Alex Honnold .
Not a whole lot going on this past week on the spray front. Here are a few interesting links to help get you to the weekend: Sonnie Trotter has an excellent discussion taking place...
Chris Sharma is interviewed by Men's Journal Magazine regarding what it took to send Jumbo Love (5.15b)
Via UKClimbing.com here is an interesting series of video interviews with Dave Graham . Interspersed throughout the interviews is footage from some of his lectures. As you may reca...
Escalade Magazine recently caught up with Steph Davis after her Free Solo and Base Jump from Castleton Tower in Moab, UT. Here is a translation of the French interview into Englis...
Rock Climber Chris Sharma Chases Next 'King Line' Watch on youtube
I was recently interviewed by the great Colorado based website FrontRangeBouldering.com . So if you can't get enough of what I have to say here, you can head over to FRB and check...
Brian Solano, producer of Spray, recently did an interview with the French language climbing magazine Escalade. Thanks to Tony for proving that the public education system isn't co...
A little late, but Chris Sharma was on "All Things Considered" on NPR last week. For whatever reason he is climbing in Maryland and there is a short video of him pulling down (pres...
Climbing.com has a great new interview up with the "King of Kings" Chris Sharma. Filled with incredible images from his travels this past year, the interview spends a lot of time e...
Check out this very lengthy (and expletive filled) video interview with Dave Graham. In it he talks about the level of "wizardy" it was necessary for him to obtain prior to his asc...
The latest edition of Climbing magazine devoted its cover and a big article to Jim Holloway (you can read the entire article online ). From what I have read, Holloway is most famou...
The Southeastern Climbers Coalition has an interview up on their site with all around climber and paragliding fanatic Will Gadd. His blog is also a pretty cool read. Right now he h...