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Emily Harrington - Training For Your Goals
March 20, 2015

Emily Harrington - Training For Your Goals

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March 16, 2015

The Heart-Stopping Climbs Of Alex Honnold

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...

March 12, 2015

The Dawn Wall Interviews

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...

March 10, 2015

Chris Sharma Talks About His Latest FA

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...

February 26, 2015

Audrey Sniezek: Work Hard, Climb Harder

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February 10, 2015

Interview With ABS Nationals Winner Mohammad Jafari

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...

February 5, 2015

"I would like to take a look at it"

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...

January 15, 2015

"It's Really A Lifestyle"

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...

January 14, 2015

New York Times Profiles Tommy Caldwell

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...

January 14, 2015

New York Times Profiles Kevin Jorgeson

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...

September 24, 2014

"I kind of know how to climb"

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...

September 18, 2014

Are Climbing Videos Too Tame?

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...

ondragetsepic
September 9, 2014

Adam Ondra Interviewed By Epic TV

Epic TV chats with Adam Ondra

KINETIC - Jan Hojer in Fontainebleau
September 2, 2014

Kinetic: Jan Hojer

KINETIC - Jan Hojer in Fontainebleau Watch on vimeo

kailightneroutsidetv
August 28, 2014

Kai Lightner Profile

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
August 11, 2014

Meagan Martin Athlete Spotlight

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July 16, 2014

"I'm going to send it today"

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
June 18, 2014

Alex Honnold - Live True

Dewar's White Label "Live true" / Alex Honnold Watch on vimeo

To Climb the World | National Geographic
June 9, 2014

To Climb The World

To Climb the World | National Geographic Watch on youtube

Champions: Tommy Caldwell
June 5, 2014

Champions: Tommy Caldwell

Champions: Tommy Caldwell Watch on youtube

May 6, 2014

Action Directe (5.14d) In A Day By Alex Megos

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...

paigelive
April 24, 2014

Louder Than Eleven Live - Talkshow #7 - Paige Claassen

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...

April 22, 2014

Interviewed By Crux Crush

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...

March 31, 2014

Tommy Caldwell: What I've Learned

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...

dwoodsliveshow
March 26, 2014

LT11.tv Live Talkshow #6 – 03/26/2014 – 5:00pm MDT – Daniel Woods

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...

March 26, 2014

Live Interview With Daniel Woods Tonight

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...

March 19, 2014

"If you love to fish, you fish"

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...

March 17, 2014

Chasing Goals Not Grades

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...

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March 12, 2014

Impossible Invitation - Kevin Jorgeson

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...

March 12, 2014

International Women's Day

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...

goodmanguncontrol
March 4, 2014

Pat Goodman - Athlete Spotlight - Gun Control 5.13c

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...

March 4, 2014

His Life In His Hands

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...

February 27, 2014

Charlie Porter

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...

sharma_sanuk
February 26, 2014

Space 2 Play: Chris Sharma - Ep. 4

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...

doylend
February 6, 2014

Mike Doyle - Athlete Spotlight "Necessary Diligence"

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...

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February 5, 2014

Don't Blink - The Story Of CWP

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...

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January 30, 2014

A Question of Risk - Episode 1 - Alex Honnold

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...

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January 24, 2014

Ashima Shiraishi - The Cleverness Of Youth

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...

January 23, 2014

10 Questions With Access Fund Executive Director Brady Robinson

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...

January 23, 2014

El Sendero Luminoso Q & A With Alex Honnold

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...

January 21, 2014

Chris Webb Parsons. Representing.

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...

January 13, 2014

Bernd Zangerl Talks About Shantaram

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...

dwoodsathletespotlight
January 9, 2014

Daniel Woods - Athlete Spotlight

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...

December 18, 2013

Keeping It All In Perspective

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...

ah_pc_interview
December 9, 2013

Alex Honnold & Peter Croft Video Interview

Video interview with Alex Honnold & Peter Croft

lt11talk5
December 8, 2013

LT11.tv Live Talkshow #5 – 12/9/2013 – 6:00pm MST - Jason Kehl & Rob D'Anastasio

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...

December 3, 2013

How Climbing Fits

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...

paulnadlermovie
November 21, 2013

Paul

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...

November 19, 2013

Adam Ondra Nominated For Adventurer Of The Year

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...

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November 18, 2013

LT11.tv Live Talkshow #4 – 11/19/2013 – 6:30pm MST - Angie Payne & Dave Graham

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...

ribiere_interview
November 12, 2013

Philippe Ribiere PRO CLIMBER

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...

dwoods_interview
November 4, 2013

Daniel Woods: Climbing, Bouldering And Motivation

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...

October 24, 2013

Interview With Dorothea Karalus

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...

October 20, 2013

Adam Ondra's Sabbatical

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...

October 14, 2013

Ueli Steck And Annapurna

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
September 24, 2013

LT11.tv Live Talkshow #3 - 9/25/13 - 6-7pm MDT

Louder Than Eleven Live: Talkshow #3 • Jimmy Webb & Matty Hong Watch on youtube

Louder Than Eleven Live: Talkshow #2 • Reel Rock 8
September 20, 2013

LT11.tv Live Talkshow #2 - 9/19/13 - Reel Rock 8

Louder Than Eleven Live: Talkshow #2 • Reel Rock 8 Watch on youtube

September 12, 2013

Maybe Alex Megos Is Human After All?

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
September 12, 2013

Adam Ondra Interview In Copenhagen

Adam Ondra in Copenhagen Watch on vimeo

Louder Than Eleven Live: Episode #1 • Paul Robinson & Alex Johnson
September 10, 2013

LT11.tv Live Talkshow #1 - 9/4/13 - Paul Robinson & Alex Johnson

Louder Than Eleven Live: Episode #1 • Paul Robinson & Alex Johnson Watch on youtube

Tommy Caldwell - Athlete Spotlight
September 9, 2013

Athlete Spotlight - Tommy Caldwell

Tommy Caldwell - Athlete Spotlight Watch on youtube

August 29, 2013

Being Alex Megos

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
August 12, 2013

Flannery

Flannery Watch on vimeo

July 25, 2013

The Circuit Interviews Daniel Woods

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...

July 24, 2013

The World According To Kai

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...

July 3, 2013

"It Felt Surprisingly Easy"

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"
June 21, 2013

Athlete Spotlight - Chelsea Rude SCS Nationals

Chelsea Rude - Athlete Spotlight "2013 SCS Nationals" Watch on youtube

Ordinary day of Adam Ondra (Black Diamond - Digital rock climbing catalog 2012)
June 10, 2013

Ordinary Day Of Adam Ondra

Ordinary day of Adam Ondra (Black Diamond - Digital rock climbing catalog 2012) Watch on vimeo

May 2, 2013

Crux Crush Interviews Colette McInerney

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
April 27, 2013

Beth Rodden Is Climbing Back

Rock Climber Beth Rodden is Climbing Back Watch on youtube

Ian Powell Shaping Life
April 25, 2013

Ian Powell Shaping Life

Ian Powell Shaping Life Watch on vimeo

April 16, 2013

5.14c FA By Dan Mirsky At The Cathedral

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...

March 26, 2013

Alex Megos' Three Try Limit

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...

March 26, 2013

Chris Sharma Interviewed About La Dura Dura

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...

December 15, 2011

Jeremy Zachariash On Going From 0 To 5.14 In Just A Few Years

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...

November 8, 2011

"I'm An Equal Opportunity Sheriff"

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...

October 20, 2011

The Key To Being World Cup Champion?

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...

October 18, 2011

Alex Honnold: "I hardly ever do anything badass"

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...

October 13, 2011

Nat Geo Blog Catches Up With Chris Sharma

The Nat Geo Adventure blog checks in with Chris Sharma

October 11, 2011

Interview With Mayan Smith-Gobat After Freeing Salathé Wall

An interview with New Zealand's Mayan Smith-Gobat after she freed the Salathé Wall on El Capitan

October 2, 2011

Alex Honnold Keeps It Chill On "60 Minutes"

Alex Honnold's segments from his appearance on the program 60 Minutes

September 30, 2011

Alex Honnold To Appear On "60 Minutes" This Sunday

Set your DVRs for the 60 Minutes program on CBS this Sunday evening to catch their story about Alex Honnold

September 26, 2011

Thomas Willenberg

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...

September 20, 2011

PlanetMountain Interviews Petit About Black Bean Ascent

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...

September 12, 2011

The Other Side Of Life As Alex Honnold

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
July 28, 2011

Chris Sharma Interviewed By Playboy Italy

Barbara Pedrotti & Chris Sharma for Playboy Watch on youtube

July 18, 2011

DPM Interviews Nick Duttle

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...

July 12, 2011

Urban Climber's Adam Ondra Interview

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...

June 13, 2011

Daniel Woods Interviewed About World Cups, Sport Climbing & More

Peter Beal caught up with Daniel Woods to do an interview for Beal's upcoming book's website

May 23, 2011

3 Climbing Media Interviews With Chin, Fryberger & Pavlicek

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...

May 4, 2011

Daniel Woods Video Interview

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...

April 18, 2011

PlanetMountain Follows Up With Ondra On Chilam Balam

PlanetMountain has an excellent interview with Adam Ondra discussing his quick repeat of Chilam Balam (5.15b) last week .

April 12, 2011

News & Notes - 4/12/2011

News & Notes from Nina Caprez, Cedric Lachat, Kevin Jorgeson, Fred Nicole and much more...

April 6, 2011

Mark Anderson Adds First 5.14 To Shelf Road

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...

March 22, 2011

News & Notes - 3/22/2011

News & Notes from Adam Ondra, Daniel Woods and much more...

March 10, 2011

PlanetMountain Interviews Ondra Regarding 5.14c Onsights

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...

March 2, 2011

Chris Webb Parsons Interview & Video

Interview with Australia's Chris Webb Parsons as well as a recent video profile put together for iCLIMB.com

February 23, 2011

News & Notes - 2/23/2011

A smorgasbord of News & Notes to get you through your Wednesday

February 8, 2011

Paul Robinson Interview & V15 Repeat In Fontainebleau

An interview with Paul Robinson as well as news about another hard send in Fontainebleau, France

February 1, 2011

Climbing Mag Interviews Chris Sharma

Climbing Magazine has gone ahead and posted the feature interview with Chris Sharma from their current issue on their website

January 26, 2011

Outside Blog Interviews Ethan Pringle

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...

December 13, 2010

DPM Interviews Porter Jarrard

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.

December 1, 2010

Dawn Wall Debrief From Kevin Jorgeson

Interview with Kevin Jorgeson after his and Tommy Caldwell's unsuccessful attempt to free their Dawn Wall project on El Capitan

November 10, 2010

Kehl, Smith & Takeda Talk Zanskar Odyssey

Hear Jason Kehl, Abbey Smith and Pete Takeda talk about their recent bouldering expedition to Zanskar, India

October 28, 2010

Interview With Flannery & Asher Shay-Nemirow

Interview with siblings Flannery & Asher Shay-Nemirow

October 20, 2010

The Season Begins For Tommy Caldwell & Kevin Jorgeson On El Cap

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

October 7, 2010

Jason Kruk Interview

"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."

October 5, 2010

News & Notes - 10/05/2010

News & Notes from Rifle, Smith Rocks, Mt. Evans, Alex Honnold, Jamie Emerson, Phil Schaal and more...

September 21, 2010

News & Notes - 09/21/2010

News & Notes from the European Championships, Alex Honnold, Steve Wempler and more

September 17, 2010

Alex Honnold Interviewed By Outside Magazine's Blog

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 .

September 14, 2010

Enzo Oddo Sends Another Hard 5.14, Gets Interviewed About Realization

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...

August 31, 2010

Interview With The Denver Bouldering Club

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...

August 26, 2010

More On Angie Payne's Automator FFA

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...

August 3, 2010

News & Notes – 08/03/2010

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...

July 23, 2010

Interviews With Peter Mortimer, Dave Graham & 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...

June 28, 2010

Brief News & Notes - 6/28/2010

A few News & Notes from over the weekend...

June 25, 2010

Joy Trip Project Interviews Chris Sharma

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.

May 26, 2010

2 Interviews With Dai Koyamada About Recent Sends

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.

May 7, 2010

UKClimbing Interviews Adam Ondra

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.

April 14, 2010

News & Notes - 4/14/2010

News & Notes from Daniel Woods, Chuck Fryberger, Paul Robinson, the Teva Mountain Games and more...

April 7, 2010

Pair Of Adam Ondra Interviews

A pair of excellent interviews with Czech climbing prodigy Adam Ondra

April 6, 2010

Chris Sharma Interview About Climbing First Round First Minute

In a recent interview with Karin.com Chris Shrama talks about how the actual climbing is going with his First Round First Minute project

March 29, 2010

News & Notes – 3/29/2010

News & Notes about an 8 year-old sending V10, a new climbing gym, route development and much more...

March 11, 2010

Video Interview With Chris Sharma

Video interview of Chris Sharma by World Sport TV that features discussions about projects as well as footage from Spain and China

March 9, 2010

Interviewed By SplitterChoss.com

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 .

March 4, 2010

News & Notes - 3/4/2010

News & Notes from Chris Sharma, Daila Ojeda, Chris Webb Parsons, Hueco Rock Rodeo Results and much more...

February 10, 2010

News & Notes – 02/10/2010

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...

January 19, 2010

Alpinist Interviews Will Gadd After Endless Ascent

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 .

January 13, 2010

Interview With The Man Behind Frontrangebouldering.com

Examiner.com has a nice interview up with longtime Frontrangebouldering.com webmaster Mike Brooks.

December 18, 2009

Interesting Peter Mortimer Interview

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...

November 30, 2009

Excellent Alan Watts Interview

Planetmountain.com has an excellent interview with Smith Rock sport climbing pioneer Alan Watts .

November 23, 2009

Nalle Hukkataival Interview

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.

November 17, 2009

News & Notes – 11/17/2009

A few News & Notes as I get caught up from nearly 2 weeks away from a computer

Chris Sharma Interview September 2009 Part 1
November 13, 2009

Chris Sharma September 2009 Video Interview

A series of video interviews done with Chris Sharma back in September

October 16, 2009

News & Notes – 10/16/2009

News & Notes to wrap up the week...

October 2, 2009

Interview With Josh Lowell About Progression, Big Up Productions' Latest Release

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
September 29, 2009

Dean Potter Interview

Dean Potter beim 15. FILMFEST ST. ANTON Watch on youtube

September 23, 2009

Why Chris Sharma Doesn’t Boulder More

Ever wonder why you don't hear much about Chris Sharma bouldering these days?

August 28, 2009

Climbing.com Boone Speed Interview

Climbing.com has a nice interview up with 90’s sport climbing icon Boone Speed.

August 28, 2009

News & Notes – 08/28/2009

Sport climbing news from France and Colorado and a slew of notes...

July 30, 2009

Cool Tim Kemple Interview

Photographer Tim Kemple recently did a nice interview with Ascartel.com ( Via FStopgear on Twitter )

May 21, 2009

An Interview With Shawn Diamond

An interview with boulderer Shawn Diamond about his recent V14 FA at the Buttermilks.

Chris Sharma interviewed by Kay Rush, Trento Filmfestival 2009 - PART I
May 18, 2009

Climbing Video: Chris Sharma Interviewed At Trento Film Festival

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...

April 7, 2009

ODub Interviewed By UKClimbing

Climber/Climbing Rapper ODub was recently interviewed for the site UKClimbing.com .

March 9, 2009

Odub Interviews Alex Johnson

Odub has a funny interview up with reigning ABS Nationals champ Alex Johnson.

March 5, 2009

Lynn Hill Interview At TheLowDown

TheLowDown has a nice interview with Lynn Hill posted that focuses on her recent repeat of Chablanke (V11/12) at Hueco Tanks, TX.

February 18, 2009

Climbing.com Chris Webb Parsons Interview

Climbing Magazine has a good interview with Australia’s Chris Webb Parsons on their website.

February 10, 2009

Matt Wilder Interview

Check out this lengthy interview with Matt Wilder . It’s definitely worth reading.

January 27, 2009

Alex Honnold & Paul Robinson Interviews

A couple of good interviews to check out:  one with Paul Robinson and the other with Alex Honnold .

January 16, 2009

Friday News & Notes – 1/16/09

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...

December 10, 2008

Chris Sharma Interview In Men’s Journal Magazine

Chris Sharma is interviewed by Men's Journal Magazine regarding what it took to send Jumbo Love (5.15b)

October 20, 2008

Dave Graham UK Interview

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...

June 2, 2008

Escalade Magazine Steph Davis Interview

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'
May 29, 2008

Chris Sharma On NPR's All Things Considered

Rock Climber Chris Sharma Chases Next 'King Line' Watch on youtube

March 28, 2008

FrontRangeBouldering.com Interview

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...

March 3, 2008

Brian Solano Spray Interview Translation

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...

November 6, 2007

Chris Sharma on NPR

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...

September 25, 2007

Climbing.com Chris Sharma Interview

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...

September 5, 2007

Dave Graham Interview

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...

July 31, 2007

Jim Holloway

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...

March 11, 2007

Will Gadd Interview

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...

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