Fabian Buhl Portrait
Fabi Buhl im Portrait | Vom Boulderspezialisten zum Allrounder Watch on vimeo
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Emily Harrington - Training For Your Goals
Emily Harrington - Training For Your Goals Watch on youtube
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...
Ontario Climbing, A Season 2014
Ontario Climbing, A Season 2014 Watch on vimeo
Bromancing The Stone
Bromancing The Stone (5.10+) - A Red Rock Canyon First Ascent Watch on vimeo
Nico Favresse Climbing The Recovery Drink
The Recovery Drink Watch on vimeo
Fear Of Falling
One story that re-emerged during the big Dawn Wall push was this incredible story from 2000 when a young Tommy Caldwell, along with Beth Rodden, John Dickey and Jason Smith, was ab...
Tommy Caldwell Climbing Pitch 15 | The Dawn Wall
Tommy Caldwell Climbing Pitch 15 | The Dawn Wall | Patagonia Watch on youtube
Valley Uprising Now Available On Demand
Watch Sender Films' Valley Uprising On Demand
"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...
Watch Dawn Wall Finish Live
Watch the final moments of the Dawn Wall free climb live
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...
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...
Tommy Caldwell Completes Last 5.14 Pitch Of Dawn Wall
Tommy Caldwell completes the final 5.14 pitch of the Dawn Wall
Dawn Wall Project Goes Mainstream
The efforts by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson to free climb a route up El Capitan's Dawn Wall is really blowing up with much of the climbing world and now even the New York Time...
Fire Pillaren: Four Pillars of Lofoten
Fire Pillaren: Four Pillars of Lofoten Watch on vimeo
Fixe Hardware's Alien Evolution
Fixe Hardware's Alien Evolution Watch on vimeo
Family Man
Family Man Watch on vimeo
Leslie Timms Climbs Dead Raibéad (5.12+)
Leslie Timms climbs Dead Raibéad Watch on youtube
Jorg Verhoeven Frees The Nose
Dutch climber Jorg Verhoeven becomes only the 4th person to free climb The Nose on Yosemite's El Capitan
Rocklands: A Trad Diary By James Pearson & Caroline Ciavalidini
Rocklands: a trad diary by James Pearson & Caroline Ciavalidini Watch on youtube
Augmentium (5.13c) - A Trad First Ascent
AUGMENTIUM (30, 8a+) - A Trad First Ascent in Tasmania Watch on youtube
PsychoGramm - Alex Luger - 5.14a Trad
PsychoGramm - Alex Luger Watch on youtube
Three 8's In A Day
3824 Watch on vimeo
Tim Emmett In Muy Caliente
Muy Caliente! Watch on vimeo
Leif Carter Climbs The Broach (5.11d) At Ship Rock, North Carolina
Misty Mountain's Leif Carter Climbs The Broach (5.11d) at Ship Rock, North Carolina Watch on youtube
Jason Haas - The Weekend Warrior
Jason Haas - The Weekend Warrior Watch on vimeo
INERTIA 2: Focus
INERTIA 2: Focus Watch on youtube
To Yosemite, With Love
To Yosemite, With Love Watch on vimeo
Rock Climbing Classics - EP #5 Grand Illusion (5.13b)
Rock Climbing Classics | EP#5 Grand Illusion 8a Watch on youtube
1975
Sonnie Trotter : In 1975 three Rockies legends scoured The Bow Valley in search of the next great aid line. At the time, they were preparing themselves for a very early repeat of t...
7 In 7
Dave Allfrey, writing for Alpinist about his and Alex Honnold's recent efforts to climb El Capitan seven times in seven consecutive days: In the end I believe we found what we were...
3rd Free Ascent Of PreMuir By Elias & Kerzhner
Rock & Ice caught up with Sam Elias after he and Mike Kerzhner did the 3rd free ascent of PreMuir (5.13+) on El Capitan in Yosemite, CA: He fired it . Then, so did I. It wasn’t rom...
Paul Nelson Climbing Color Blind (5.13 trad)
Color Blind Watch on youtube
Nalle Hukkataival Climbs Hard Multipitch
Not content with climbing the hardest boulder problems in the world, Nalle Hukkataival decided to get in the multipitch game with a free ascent of the route Silbergeier in Rätikon,...
Trailer: Valley Uprising
VALLEY UPRISING -- Official Trailer Watch on youtube
Hazel Findlay - Spice Girl - First Female E9
Super Sketchy E9 On UK Sea Cliff - Hazel Findlay Watch on youtube
Dave Allfrey - Seduction Line (5.12a)
Classic Finger Crack Climbing at Red Rock Canyon: Dave Allfrey climbing Seduction Line 5.12a Watch on youtube
Lucky Monkey
Lucky Monkey Watch on vimeo
Border Lands - Episode 2
Border Lands | Episode 2 Watch on vimeo
The Day Tommy Caldwell Sent The Salathe Wall In A Day
Great piece by Tommy Caldwell about how he climbed El Cap's Salathe Wall in a day just months after losing his finger in a home improvement accident: But in the blink of an eye, it...
Sufferfest 2
Climbing.com has a nice report on the recent "Sufferfest 2" undertaken by Alex Honnold & Cedar Wright: Now they have completed Sufferfest 2, a 700-mile ride through Canyonlands in...
Musta Been High
Heather Weidner, writing on her blog about her recent repeat of the notorious trad line Musta Been High (5.13 R) in Eldorado Canyon: Some might say I Musta Been High to climb this...
The Lost Valley
Where does a journey begin and end? Off the grid in Patagonia the stakes are high. Consequence and weather are constant travel companions on the way to sending La Vuelta de los Con...
Border Lands - Episode 1
In the summer of 2013, Mike Libecki, Ethan Pringle, and Liv Sansoz traveled to the remote Tian Shan Mountains near the border of China and Kyrgyzstan. The team traveled though dese...
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...
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...
The Dawn Wall: Episode 12
Winter finally shuts down Jorgesen and Caldwell’s 2013 season, their eighth on the Dawn Wall Project. With “the hardest pitch in Yosemite” ticked, and only two remaining leads to r...
The Dawn Wall: Episode 11
"The hardest pitch in Yosemite goes down." Desperately trying to outrun winter, Tommy Caldwell returns (after a three-week injury layoff) and redpoints pitch 15 at 5.14d. Only pitc...
The Dawn Wall: Episode 7
Kevin wages an all-out assault on the first traverse pitch (pitch 14, 5.14). After many days spread over five years, he finally can execute and link all the moves, and will soon be...
Caldwell Frees (A) Crux Pitch On Dawn Wall Project
Tommy Caldwell finally frees one of the crux pitches on the Dawn Wall project
The Dawn Wall: Episode 6
One-thousand feet up the wall, at hanging “Basecamp 1,” Kevin assesses his progress, declaring that, “We can do this thing!” Lyrical action footage strikes his narration to life.
The Dawn Wall: Episode 5
Adidas athlete Carlo Traversi joins Kevin Jorgesen as he does work on the first 5.14 traversing pitch, roughly 1,500 feet up the wall. Can Kevin unlock the sequence on these critic...
The Dawn Wall: Episode 4
With Tommy Caldwell sidelined with a rib injury, Adidas athlete Kevin Jorgesen perseveres on his attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall Project. Recruiting reliable belayers is sure t...
The Dawn Wall: Episode 3
Tommy Caldwell suffers a painful rib injury when a haulbag connected to his harness falls 200 feet. After receiving treatment in the Yosemite clinic, Caldwell heads back to Colorad...
The Nose Wipe
Dave Campbell, as to why he got involved in the annual clean up effort on El Cap appropriately named "The Nose Wipe": Yvon Chouinard sums it up well in the movie 180° South : “The...
The Dawn Wall: Episode 2
Dawn Wall veterans Kevin Jorgesen and Tommy Caldwell are joined by sport climber Chris Sharma. The trio warm up on the lower pitches, then take a run at the first crux: An "eight-a...
The Dawn Wall: Episode 1
Adidas Outdoor USA athlete Kevin Jorgeson schlepps loads and fixes ropes on El Capitan prior to his free attempt on the Dawn Wall: "The hardest route never climbed."
Leslie Timms Repeats Sacred Geometry (5.13c)
Somewhat of a quiet season down in the Red River Gorge this fall, especially compared to last year , but one notable thing that caught my eye was this excellent post by Leslie Timm...
JP Ouellet - Athlete Spotlight - Hypothenuse (5.13c)
With plans to travel to the Trango Valley foiled by terrorism and violence, JP "PeeWee" Ouellet decides to remain in Quebec to take care of old business. The result is the FA of Hy...
Pete Whittaker - 1st Ascent Baron Greenback (E9/10 7a)
Pete Whittaker’s ascent of Baron Greenback, E9/10 7a, at Wimberry in May of this year was not only one of 2013’s best ascents but resulted in one of the Uk’s hardest routes, period...
The Nose In A Day And Freerider In 3
Hazel Findlay, after doing her third free route on El Cap: Having freed three lines on El Cap now, with Freerider supposedly the easiest, I have to say that there really isn’t an e...
Dawn Wall 2013: So You're Telling Me There's A Chance
Don't write off the 2013 Dawn Wall season just yet...
Tommy Caldwell Injured, Off Dawn Wall Project
Tommy Caldwell, writing on The Facebook : Disaster strikes! Haul bag took a 200 plunge while clipped to the back of my harness. Hauling hook fail. It was a bit jarring. Looks like...
2013 Dawn Wall Season Thus Far
Photo updates from Kevin Jorgeson of the first two weeks of Dawn Wall 2013 with Tommy Caldwell and Chris Sharma
The Holy War - Pamela Shanti Pack
The Holy War - Pamela Shanti Pack Watch on youtube
Exposure Vol 1 Trailer
Exposure Vol 1 Trailer Watch on youtube
More On Wide Boys' Cobra Crack Send
Really enjoyed this piece on The RV Project about the process behind Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker both repeating Cobra Crack (5.14) in Squamish, BC: Tom and Pete will be the firs...
Jenn Fleming In Devils Tower
Jenn Flemming in DevilsTower: National Parks Epic Challenge Watch on vimeo
Chris Sharma To Join Dawn Wall Team
So... this is happening (maybe...hopefully) : Chris Sharma will join Tommy Caldwell, Kevin Jorgeson, and Jonathan Siegrist for this fall's attempts on the Dawn Wall , a multi-year...
5.14 On Mt. Hooker
20 miles from the road, David Alfrey, Nik Berry and Mason Earle put up a free route on Wyoming's Mt. Hooker with difficulties up to 5.14a: "The rock is incredible for alpine stone,...
Hoy Boys
Hoy Boys Watch on vimeo
Taming The Cobra
Nice piece by Brits Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker about their successful ascents of Sonnie Trotter's Cobra Crack (5.14-) in Squamish, BC: So where does this leave us, three weeks...
First Free Ascent in Yosemite, The Liberty Project | Cedar Wright Climbing Reels, Ep. 3
First Free Ascent in Yosemite, The Liberty Project | Cedar Wright Climbing Reels, Ep. 3 Watch on youtube
El Cap Report Returns For Fall 2013 Season
It's baaaaack : So take a break Cupcakes, Cubicle Pukes, Internet Climbers, and get ready for today’s report … ditch the kids, the spouse, the pets… because this is your time to he...
Diamond In The Rain, Climbing At Its Most Difficult | Exposed, Ep. 3
Diamond in the Rain, Climbing at Its Most Difficult | Exposed, Ep. 3 Watch on youtube
The North Face La Reunion Expedition
The North Face La Reunion Expedition Watch on youtube
Trailer: Reel Rock 8
Reel Rock 8 Official Trailer Watch on youtube
Tommy Caldwell Working New Free Line On The Diamond
Tommy Caldwell on The Dunn-Westbay, 5.14 at nearly 14,000 feet Watch on vimeo
Caldwell, Mills Climb First 5.14 On The Diamond
Impressive: Tommy Caldwell and Joe Mills have redpointed the first 5.14 route up the Diamond on Longs Peak, the premier granite wall in Colorado's high mountains. The two free-clim...
The Almighty
Jonathan Siegrist writes about his experience repeating a mixed route called The Almight y (5.14a) in Teton Canyon, WY that was first done by local Ty Mack in 2011 : This is one of...
Spirits Of Asgard
vimeo video Watch on vimeo
Matt Wilder - Eye Of The Beholder
Matt Wilder - Athlete Spotlight "Eye of the Beholder" Watch on youtube
Rescue On Leaning Tower
Since there was a fair bit of bad news from Yosemite this season it's nice to see this bonus El Cap Report detail the successful rescue of a climber off of the Leaning Tower: It st...
Nathan Lee Repeating Appointment With Death
Nathan Lee. Appointment With Death. Watch on vimeo
Tim Emmett Climbing Year Of The Snake (5.13b R)
Massive Ground Fall, Emmett Hits the Deck! Year of the Snake - Tim Emmett Diaries Watch on youtube
Mapping Yosemite's Granite
Fascinating study being done by Roger Putnam on the different types of granite that make up the most famous granite formation in the world: To get a more complete and detailed pict...
"Well, we didn't"
Emily Harrington with a very honest look back on a trip she took to Morocco to climb with Hazel Findlay for the 2013 Reel Rock Film Tour: I had never climbed a big wall like that b...
New Free Route On Liberty Cap
Since I've only been posting bad news out of Yosemite, it seems like now would be a good time to post about something good like this new free route on Liberty Cap established by Lu...
More On Muir Wall Accident
Chris Van Leuven, in an excellent account of the accident that killed Mason Robinson on El Cap's Muir Wall a few weeks ago: Mason Robinson attended Columbia Falls High School and w...
Another Death On El Capitan
More bad news from the flanks of El Capitan: A twenty eight year old climber died in a rock climbing accident on El Capitan in Yosemite National Park yesterday afternoon, Sunday, J...
Salathe - El Capitan, Yosemite
Salathe - El Capitan, Yosemite Watch on vimeo
Favresse Frees Hard Crack Project In Norway
Belgian climber Nicolas Favresse has done the FA of The Recovery Drink in Jossingfjord, Norway, calling it his hardest crack climb yet 1 : I sent the pitch placing gear on lead exc...
A Day On The Diamond With Josh Wharton
A Day On The Diamond Watch on vimeo
Tragic Death On El Capitan
Tragic news from high on El Cap this past Sunday : An experienced climber, Mason Robison was leading the 27th pitch of the 3,000-foot granite wall at about 9 a.m., when a large roc...
5.14 Trad Ascent By James Pearson
A few weeks old, but this a nice report by James Pearson about his efforts to do the 2nd ascent of an old 5.14 sport route in La Balma, Switzerland called A Denti Tretti on natural...
Unfinished Business
Steve Bechtel, writing about a first ascent that was done in Wyoming recently: When Micah first walked up to the climb last year, the face had already been bolted. There were ancho...
Climbing Banned On Basalt Columns In Armenia
Bad news for anyone psyched about making the trip to Armenia to climb on the incredibly unique looking basalt columns that were on the cover of Rock & Ice a few years back: By this...
Will Stanhope Freeing The Finger Of Fate On The Titan
Free the Titan Watch on vimeo
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Trailer: The Long Hope
The Long Hope (2011) | Trailer | Dave MacLeod Watch on youtube
Trotter Does First Repeat Of The Prophet (5.13d R)
Tommy Caldwell wasn't the only person hard at work on the flanks of El Capitan this fall
Psyche II Excerpt - Leo Houlding On The Prophet
Leo Houlding on El Capitan Watch on youtube
The Season 2 Episode 20: Lurking Fear
The Season 2.20...Lurking Fear Watch on vimeo
Teaser: Wide Boys Climb Century Crack
Wideboyz climb Century Crack Watch on vimeo
Caldwell's Dawn Wall Push Over...For Now
In an update on his Facebook page yesterday Tommy Caldwell indicated that he's given up the hope of completing his Dawn Wall project in a single push, instead opting to go down to...
Caldwell Matches Previous Highpoint On Dawn Wall Project
Tommy Caldwell's push to free a new route up El Capitan's Dawn Wall is 10 days old now and the events over the weekend were really something.
Tommy Caldwell Explains His New Approach To Sharing Dawn Wall Updates
Tommy Caldwell has freed the first 11 pitches of his Dawn Wall project and is now working on pitch 12. Of course, you already knew this if you've been following the updates and pic...
The Season 2 Episode 14: El Cap Dreaming
The Season 2.14...El Cap dreaming Watch on vimeo
Dawn Wall Push Underway
The push is on for Tommy Caldwell to free his Dawn Wall project on El Cap, this time without injured partner Kevin Jorgeson
5.14 Trad By Yuji Hirayama During Visit To Italy
PlanetMountain has a report from Yuji Hirayama about a recent visit to Italy that included a second try ascent of the trad line Greenspit (5.14-).
Lander Rock Climbing
Lander Rock Climbing Watch on vimeo
The Season 2: Episode 11
The Season 2.11...A Choice Watch on vimeo
Dawn Wall 2011
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson returned to Yosemite late last month to resume work on their Dawn Wall project . Unfortunately, Kevin has been sidelined, at least temporarily, by...
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
5.14 Trad FA By Pete Kamitses
Climberism reports that Pete Kamitses has done the FA of Oppositional Defiance Disorder , a traditionally protected 5.14 in New York's Adirondacks. Climbing.com caught up with Kami...
The Season 2: Episode 6
The Season Episode 2.6...The Fall Watch on vimeo
More Solos In Yosemite By Alex Honnold - Updated
Alex Honnold is back at it in Yosemite, running up routes big and small without a rope
El Cap Report Returns...Again
After a brief retirement , the El Cap Report is back for the fall season ! Yo… Yep the Report is back!!! Friends of YOSAR have agreed to let me use their internet connection, which...
The Season 2: Episode 1
It begins...The Season 2.1 Watch on vimeo
Trailer: 2011 Reel Rock Film Tour
REEL ROCK 6 Official Trailer (2011) Watch on youtube
Arnaud Petit Climbing Black Bean (5.13d) In Céüse On Gear
Arnaud Petit climbs "Black Bean" 8b with natural pro in Ceüse Watch on youtube
Dave MacLeod FFA Of Bongo Bar In Norway
GORE-TEX Experience Tour climbers completed new route in Norway Watch on youtube
News & Notes - 8/17/2011
News & Notes from Jonathan Siegrist, 5.14d and V14 in a week by Jorg Verhoeven, a hard mult-pitch gets repeated and MUCH more...
Jimmy Chin On Assignment In Yosemite
On Assignment Watch on vimeo
New 5.13+ Multipitch By Trotter & Caldwell In Canada
Sonnie Trotter and Tommy Caldwell have teamed up to establish a 15 pitch route up the Diamond Face on Mount Louis in the Canadian Rockies. Dubbed The Shining , the route has 7 pitc...
Honnold Repeats Cobra Crack
Via his 8a.nu scorecard comes word that Alex Honnold has repeated the 5.14 trad route Cobra Crack in Squamish, BC. First done in the summer of 2006 by Sonnie Trotter , Cobra Crack...
Difficult Wyoming Crack Climb Sees 2nd Ascent
Black Diamond has a nice report with pictures from Andrew Burr about J.P "Pee Wee" Oullete's 2nd ascent of Home On The Range , a difficult crack in Vedauwoo, WY first climbed by Ju...
The North Face: Towers of the Ennedi
TOWERS OF THE ENNEDI Watch on vimeo
Tony Lamprecht Epicing In Canada
ARC'TERYX: The Adamants "What Can Go Wrong, Will Go Wrong" Watch on vimeo
Longhope Direct: 5.14ish Trad FA By Dave MacLeod
After years of sporadic work Dave MacLeod has finished off the first free ascent of Longhope Direct on St. John's Head in Orkney, Scotland
Final El Cap Report
After a 5 year run Tom Evans is pulling the plug on his daily reports from El Capitan in Yosemite
John Bachar's Training Journals
I don't remember where it was I saw this but a few weeks back someone shared this link to an interesting blog post that went through a few days from John Bachar's training journals
Navajolands - A Week On The Rez
Navajolands - A week on the rez Watch on vimeo
News & Notes - 6/1/2011
News & Notes from Ethan Pringle, Nina Caprez, Carlo Traversi, Jimmy Webb, potential problems with the GriGri 2 and much more...
Full FFA Of Hallucinogen Wall In Colorado's Black Canyon
PlanetMountain has an interview with Austrian Hansjörg Auer on the heels of his FFA of Hallucinogen Wall (5.13+ R) in Colorado's Black Canyon. The route had been done mostly free b...
Women At Work In The Cirque Of The Unclimbables #2
Women at Work Part #2 Watch on vimeo
Lost Arrow Spire Tyrolean
Lost Arrow Spire, Tyrolean Traverse Watch on vimeo
Peter Croft & Lisa Rand In Origins: The Hulk
Peter Croft and Lisa Rands Climb 10 Pitch 5.12+ on The Incredible Hulk, CA Watch on youtube
El Cap Report Returns For 2011
Tom Evans is back at his usual spot on the bridge beneath El Cap in Yosemite, CA, posting photos and updates for all to enjoy !
James Pearson Goes Back To Trad Climbing
James Pearson goes back to Trad climbing Watch on youtube
Separate Reality
Scott Deputy on Separate Reality Watch on vimeo
Women At Work In The Cirque Of The Unclimbables
Women at Work Part #1 Watch on vimeo
Trailer For Chuck Fryberger's Upcoming Movie The Scene
The Scene Official Trailer Watch on vimeo
Pou Brothers On The Hardest Of The Alps
Hardest of the Alps Watch on vimeo
Mason Earle Frees Hard Crack In Indian Creek
Via Sender Films come news that Mason Earle climbed what he considers to be his hardest desert crack yet when he was the first to free the 2nd pitch of Hot Pork Sunday in Indian Cr...
News & Notes - 4/27/2011
A few News & Notes from Nik Berry, Daniel Woods, Adam Ondra, the Petzl Roc Trip China, a new iPhone app guidebook for Joshua Tree and more
Nat Geo Shines The Spotlight On Yosemite's "Superclimbers"
Climbing in Yosemite takes center-stage in the May 2011 issue of National Geographic Magazine
The Matadors And El Capitan
The Matadors and El Capitan Watch on vimeo
Leslie Timms Climbing All That Glitters (5.12c) At The Red River Gorge
All That Glitters 5.12+ Watch on vimeo
Alpine Trad In Slovakia
Devil's Wedding Watch on vimeo
Alpinist's Speed Climbing Series
Alpinist recently interviewed Alex Honnold, Dean Potter and Sean Leary for a series on speed climbing
More From Tommy Caldwell On Climbing In Keketuohai
More from Tommy Caldwell's trip to the "Tuolumne of China", China's Keketuohai National Geological Park
Steph Davis On Learning To Fly In Indian Creek
Learning to Fly Watch on vimeo
Sonnie Trotter Climbing The Path (5.14 R)
THE PATH Watch on vimeo
Alex Honnold Up For Nat Geo's Adventurer Of The Year
Alex Honnold is nominated for National Geographic's Adventurer Of The Year and news from his expedition to Chad with James Pearson, Mark Synnott, Jimmy Chin, Renan Ozturk and Tim K...
Hard Trad FAs At The New River Gorge By Goodman & Wilder
Pat Goodman and Matt Wilder pull off 2 hard trad FAs in West Virginia's New River Gorge with Chuck Fryberger on hand to capture the sends for his upcoming movie The Scene
Caldwell & Jorgeson's Dawn Wall Push Ends...For This Year
Tommy Calwell and Kevin Jorgeson's attempt to free a new route on El Capitan's Dawn Wall comes to an early end
Caldwell & Jorgeson's Dawn Wall Push Nears End Of Week 1
Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson's push to free a new line on El Capitan's Dawn Wall is 6 days old now. When we last checked in with the duo on Tuesday morning they had finished P...
More Updates From The Dawn Wall
A brief update after the first 3 days of Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson's push up a new free route on El Capitan's Dawn Wall
Push Begins On El Cap For Caldwell & Jorgeson
After years of hard work and preparation Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson set off yesterday morning to attempt a ground up send of their project on El Capitan's Dawn Wall
Video Friday: The Bachar-Yerian
A little runout climbing on the Bachar-Yerian to get your palms sweating on this Friday
New Speed Record On The Nose By Potter And Leary
According to SuperTopo and Speedclimb.com Dean Potter and Sean Leary teamed up to set a new speed record for climbing The Nose on El Capitan. The pair blazed up the wall in at an a...
Alex Honnold & Will Stanhope Team Up To Repeat Southern Belle
Alex Honnold & Will Stanhope teamed up to repeat Southern Belle, one of the most notoriously runout routes in all of Yosemite
New Free Route On El Cap
Leo Holding and Jason Pickles add a new free route to Yosemite's El Capitan
Sailing, Jamming And Climbing On The West Coast Of Greenland
Nicolas Favresee, Sean Villanueva, Olivier Favresee and Ben Ditto spent their summer sailing up and down the west coast of Greenland climbing some amazing new big walls
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
Brian Kim Repeats Iron Monkey (5.14) In Eldorado Canyon
Deadpoint Magazine reports that Brian Kim made a rare repeat of the trad testpiece Iron Monkey (5.14) in Eldorado Canyon, CO. First done by Matt Segal in 2006, Iron Monkey climbs a...
More On Tommy Caldwell's China Trip
More details and pictures from Tommy Caldwell's recent trip to China
News & Notes - 09/21/2010
News & Notes from the European Championships, Alex Honnold, Steve Wempler and more
Tommy Caldwell & Crew Explore The "Tuolumne Of China"
What happens when Tommy Caldwell rallies a crew to the far reaches of China to climb in an area where noone has ever been allowed to climb...
News & Notes – 9/8/2010
News & Notes from Adam Ondra, Brent Perkins, Phil Schaal, Black Diamond and MUCH more...
Weekend News
A few notable sends that caught my eye recently and sad news from the Alps...
Alex Honnold's Half Dome/El Cap Solo Link-up In His Own Words
Alex Honnold shares with the Black Diamond Journal how he went about soloing Half Dome and El Capitan in a half day push
4 In A Day On The Chief
Will Stanhope and Alex Honnold teamed up the other week to free 4 routes on the Chief in Squamish in a sub 14 hour push. Read Stanhope's report on his blog .
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...
Ladies of Lurking Fear
Ladies of Lurking Fear Watch on vimeo
Another Nice Day For Alex Honnold In Yosemite
What did you do yesterday?? I think I might have climbed 500 ft. at the gym over the course of a couple of hours. Alex Honnold, on the other hand, had a pretty productive day out...
Nellie Milfeld Attempting "Arms Bazzar" (5.12a R)
Arms Bazaar with Nellie Milfeld Watch on vimeo
Sonnie Trotter Back In Action
After spending the end of last year recovering from a ruptured appendix, Canada's Sonnie Trotter is back in top form again with two notable ascents in the past couple of weeks.
News & Notes - 05/26/2010
News & Notes from Jonathan Siegrist, Paige Claasen, Mike Foley, Alex Honnold and more...
El Cap Report Back For Spring/Summer 2010
The El Cap Report , a near daily update on who is climbing what on Yosemite's El Capitan replete with close-up photos of climbers on the big stone, is back in action for the season...
Near Onsight Of 5.13 Multipitch By Tommy Caldwell
On hiatus for the summer from the Mescalito project, Tommy Caldwell teamed up with Super Topo's Chris McNamara to attempt an onsite of the South Face of Mt. Watkin's (5.13a, 19 pit...
Steph Davis: So In Control
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Potential New 5.14b At The New River Gorge
Mike Williams adds a potential new 5.14b to West Virginia's New River Gorge. Updated to also include news of a new hard trad line established at the New by Pat Goodman.
Essay On Adam Ondra's Multi-pitch Achievements
Black Diamond has an interesting essay on their journal site that details Adam Ondra's impressive sends in 2008 of WoGü (5.14b, 7 pitches, FFA) and Hotel Supramonte (5.14a, 10 pitc...
Climbing Video: Mammut Team Does Hard Grit
Teaser video from a Mammut team trip to the gritstone of England
Latest On Mescalito From Kevin Jorgeson
Matador Sports caught up with Kevin Jorgeson to get the latest on the Mescalite free climbing project he's working with Tommy Caldwell
Live(ish) From El Cap With Kevin Jorgeson
Yesterday Kevin Jorgeson tried a bit of an experiment while working on that well documented free climbing project on El Cap with Tommy Caldwell. Throughout the day Jorgeson posted...
Climbing Videos: Tommy Caldwell & Kevin Jorgeson On El Cap
“It’s a lot of work…and it’s probably not for everybody”, says Tommy Caldwell when describing free climbing a new route on El Capitan in this pair of excellent new videos from Blac...
Sonnie Trotter Direquiem (5.14R) FA
DIREQUIEM 5.14 R Watch on vimeo
Progression Excerpt: Kevin Jorgeson Climbing On Grit
Kevin Jorgeson - One-Hand Dyno on The Groove, E11 Second Ascent Watch on youtube
Hard Crack Freed In Colorado's South Platte
News of a difficult new line in Colorado's South Platte and a spotlight on the Colorado Mountain Journal
Cedar Wright And Nick Martino Free “Micah Dash Memorial Choss Pile” (5.13a)
Back to the Roots: M.D.M.C.P. a new 5.13 in Indian Creek Watch on vimeo
Climbing Video: Erik Weihenmayer Climbing Blind In Eldorado Canyon
Video of blind climber Erik Weihenmayer climbing The Naked Edge (5.11) in Colorado's Eldorado Canyon to raise awareness for the Access Fund
Climbing Video: Matt Segal 5.13 Trad FA In Indian Creek
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Final Mescalito Dispatch Of 2009 From Kevin Jorgeson
In the final dispatch of the season for the Black Diamond blog, Kevin Jorgeson provides an update on his and Tommy Caldwell’s efforts to free a new line on El Cap. The bottom line:...
Hard Roof Crack Greenspit Sent First Try By Stevie Haston
The ageless wonder Stevie Haston is making news once again, this time for his first try ascent of Didier Berthod’s well known roof crack Greenspit (hard 5.13ish?). Read all about i...
Crack Climbing In Chamonix
Sweet Line 5: trad climbing, Le Couteray by Pete mason. Watch on vimeo
Tim Kemple Goes Behind The Scenes On El Cap
Tim Kemple has been out in Yosemite capturing media of Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson working their much hyped El Cap free climbing project. In his latest blog post Kemple discu...
Day In The Life Of Conrad Anker In Eldorado Canyon
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Freezer Burn In Zion
zion part 1 Watch on youtube
2nd Mescalito Update From Kevin Jorgeson
Back from a week off in New York, Kevin Jorgeson provides another update for the Black Diamond Journal about his and Tommy Caldwell’s efforts on El Cap. El Cap report pictures of t...
First Mescalito Update From Kevin Jorgeson
Kevin Jorgeson provides an update for the Black Diamond Journal on the first week of his and Tommy Caldwell’s efforts to free a new line up El Capitan.
Wheelin N’ Dealin
Matt McCormick survives a few scary falls to open a new R-rated trad climb in New York's Adirondacks
New 5.14 Trad Line Near Boulder
Matt Wilder adds a new trad testpiece Cheating Reality (5.14a R) to the Flatirons outside of Boulder, CO
The (Partial) Cost Of Freeing El Cap
Kevin Jorgeson had a post on his blog recently where he outlined the packing list for his upcoming attempt to free a new route on El Capitan with Tommy Caldwell. In reading over t...
Yuji Hirayama: Older, Wiser…And Still Pretty Strong
40-year-old Yuji Hirayama, the legendary all around climber from Japan, made a trip to British Columbia late this summer. Not surprisingly he left with a couple of notable sends th...
Climbing The Pacific Ocean Wall On El Cap w/Dave Hahn, Jimmy Chin, Conrad Anker and Ivo Ninov
The North Face Presents: Climbing the Pacific Ocean Wall with Dave Hahn Watch on vimeo
Sonnier Trotter Soloing Bizmark (5.13b)
THE BIZMARK 5.13b Watch on vimeo
Epinepherine At Red Rocks, NV
Epinepherine Red Rock, Nevada, 5.9 Watch on youtube
Possible New 5.14 Crack In Vedauwoo
Vedauwoo, WY local Justin Edl has established a contender for the hardest crack climb in the U.S.
Climbing Video: Alex Honnold Free Soloing Half Dome
A short film about Alex Honnold's Free Solo of Half Dome
Video Of Tommy Caldwell Working On Freeing Mescalito On El Capitan
More on Tommy Caldwell's attempt to free climb Mescalito on El Capitan, including footage of some attempts
Climbing Video: Hayden Kennedy On The Bachar-Yerian (5.11c R/X)
Video of Hayden Kennedy climbing the iconic and runout Bachar-Yerian (5.11c X) in Tuolumne
Climbing Video: Matt Wilder Sending The Path (5.14 R)
Footage of Matt Wilder doing the 3rd ascent of Sonnie Trotter's The Path (5.14 R) at Lake Louise, Canada
Climbing Videos: Alpine Climbing In Canada & Alaska
One of the trends in the online climbing world that's gaining popularity is the self-filmed expedition report. While quality photographs of alpine expeditions make for great eye c...
Tuolumne Trip 2009
I originally came up with the idea of going to Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park for a week of climbing long trad routes earlier this year during one of my frequent injury...
What's It Like To Climb The Nose In A Day?
There have been a lot of videos made about climbing the Nose on El Cap in a day, most notably Tommy Caldwell in Dosage IV and the insane speed record of Hans Florine and Yuji Hiray...
Full Stop
Yesterday I came to a realization that the past 3 years have all followed the same pattern as far as my climbing is concerned. Each of the 3 years began with a roughly 6 month brea...
Climbing Videos: Cedar Wright’s Vertical Carnival
I like to think I'm pretty up to speed on most everything that is happening in the online climbing world, but every once in awhile I find that I missed something cool. One such exa...
2 Out Of 3 Ain’t Bad For Honnold & Leary
Alex Honnold & Sean Leary "settle" for two routes on El Cap in a day...
Alex Honnold News: Fast Free Ascents & Free Solos In Yosemite
Alex Honnold is up to his old tricks in Yosemite Valley
Climbing Video: Brian Kim Ground Up On Cybernetic Wall (5.13d)
Via the guys at BassForYourFace comes this video of Brian Kim sending Cybernetic Wall (5.13d) at the Gunks, NY ground up on natural gear.
Will Stanhope Does 2nd All Gear Ascent Of East Face Of Monkey Face
Via Jamie Chong's blog comes word that Canadian Will Stanhope has done the 2nd all gear ascent of the iconic East Face (5.13d) of the Monkey Face at Smith Rocks, OR.
Climbing Videos: Alex Honnold, Others Big Wall Climbing In Borneo
The way that climbing and technology continues to merge amazes me every day. Take as an example the expedition of Mark Synnott, Conrad Anker, Kevin Thaw, Jimmy Chin, Alex Honnold...
Matt Segal Sends New Trad Line "Smart Went Crazy" In Eldo
Matt Segal, who is probably most well known these days for his first free ascent of a route in Eldorado Canyon, CO's Kloof Alcove called Iron Monkey (5.14), recently returned to th...
Masters Of Stone VI Preview: Hans & Yuji Nose Speed Record Footage
The sixth installment of the legendary Masters of Stone series of climbing movies is slated to be released this spring. Previous installments have famously chronicled the exploits...
Dave MacLeod Repeats “Walk Of Life”
Back in September of 2008, James Pearson made the first ascent of a traditionally protected slab climb in England he dubbed Walk Of Life . At the time, Pearson proposed a grade of...
Video: George Ullrich Gaia (E8 6c) Flash Attempt
Check out this incredible video of Brit George Ullrich attempting to flash Gaia.
Extremist’s Guide To Devil’s Lake New Climbs
Any climber that has spent time on the quartzite cliffs at Devil’s Lake State Park knows that it has a rich and colorful history. Legends like Fritz Wiessner, John Gill and Pete Cl...
News & Notes – 12/08/2008
A few links for your perusal on this Monday...
Team America Gritstone Sending Videos
As a follow-up to last week's entry about Team America's exploits in the British gritstone, here are are a series of videos first posted on UKClimbing.com. They feature Alex Honno...
Kevin Jorgeson Decks From And Then Sends Gaia (E8), Solos Meshuga (E9)
An interesting bit of news was just posted over at MomentumVM . Kevin Jorgeson , who has been climbing on the Gritstone of England for the past several weeks, was out climbing rece...
Kevin Jorgeson Takes His Bold Skills Overseas
Kevin Jorgeson is best known here in the U.S. for blurring the line between highball bouldering and outright soloing. His notable highball boulder ascents include The Duel (V10 FA)...
News & Notes - 10/1/2008
Rocktoberfest is coming soon to the Red River Gorge, Ty Landman repeats Sharma's Practice Of The Wild, James Pearson climbs E12, the Colorado Bouldering guidebook controversy and m...
New Devil’s Lake Guidebook Delayed?
As far as guidebooks go, the current edition of the “Climber’s Guide to Devil’s Lake” by Sven Olaf Swartling is the epitome of the phrase “it is what it is”. It is far from spectac...
Amateur Hour At Devil’s Lake
After two frustrating weekends that involved no outdoor climbing, this past weekend we made it out to the quartzite bluffs of Devil’s Lake. The crew consisted of Mrs. Narc, Old Sch...
Matt Segal Does 4th Ascent of Cobra Crack
Matt Segal has made the 4th ascent of one of the hardest traditionally protected crack climbs in the world, Cobra Crack (5.14) in Squamish, BC. It was first climbed by Sonnie Trot...
Yosemite Trad: Learning Lessons On ‘After Six’
I am a firm believer in learning something new every time I climb a route. Whether it is a new body position to do a move, a different way to rest, a better method for placing gear...
Yosemite Trad: Dog Crack
Eddie attempting the overhanging 5. 12 finger crack Dog Crack near the Wawona Tunnel in Yosemite Valley: Here is the full gallery:
A Few News & Notes Items
As usual when we go out of town I fell way behind on my obsessing over what other people are doing in the climbing world. It took me a few days to get through everything in my read...
News & Notes - 8/4/2008
News & Notes from bouldering strongmen, a Mt. Evans bouldering guidebook in the works, the Fortress Of Solitude and more...
Living The High Life At Devil’s Lake
Old School and I made our respective returns from surgery to the sharp end at Devil’s Lake yesterday. I decided to leave my camera behind so my words will have to suffice...for th...
Rachel & Eddie El Cap Pictures
Short on words, long on pictures, here is a visual summary of Rachel & Eddie’s trip up the Big Stone. They got to spend their first night on El Cap Tower with Ivo Ninov and Eric Pe...
Stuck On Yosemite
A few friends of ours, David, Rachel and Eddie, have been out in Yosemite for the past few weeks. After a few tantalizing emails about their exploits they were kind enough to shar...
News & Notes – 06/11/08
News & Notes on Sonnie Trotter, Ethan Pringle, tribute to Todd Skinner, the Caldwell's and more...
Exclusive Details On Contents Of Dosage 5
There have been hints dropped here and there as to what will be on the upcoming Dosage 5 DVD, but never a definitive list. Until now that is. Check out this list of what Doses wi...
News & Notes - 5/8/2008
Not much Earth shattering news going down lately but here are a few things to check out from the past few weeks: Joe Kinder prepared nicely for his 2 month trip to Spain with his r...
Huber Brothers El Capitan Speed Record Video
Back in October, the brothers Alex and Thomas Huber broke the record for speed climbing The Nose on El Capitan ...twice. Their first effort only broke the previous record held by Y...
News & Notes – 3/19/2008
Climbing news: Rastaman Vibration Sit pictures, Midnight Express repeated, Steve House in Argentina, Steve Dieckhoff's passing, Yosemite Bouldering, Ty Landman FAs and Pete Whittak...
News & Notes - 3/10/2008
Just an update on Beth Rodden's new 5.14 trad route Meltdown . Big Up Productions was there filming her work on the route for the upcoming Dosage 5. Big Up shares their first hand...
Micah Dash Slideshow
La Sportiva and Mountain Hardwear athlete Micah Dash paid Adventure Rock a visit this past Friday night. He shared with the gathered crowd stories and pictures from his travels aro...
Beth Rodden Climbs 5.14 Crack In Yosemite
I know this has been reported elsewhere, but for those that haven't seen it yet Beth Rodden (pictured at right on her FA of The Optimists 5.14b at Smith Rocks, OR) has done the fir...
Devil's Lake Trad Ticklist
With Spring rapidly approaching and me having a cast on for the foreseeable future, I figured what better time than now to go over a ticklist of 50 or so routes that I wanted to le...
Metolius Master Cams
Like any good addiction, putting together a trad rack is one that always leaves you looking for that next piece of gear to buy. Ever since I started building my rack I've been thin...
News & Notes - 2/6/08
James Pearson, who is better known on this site for having flashed 3 V13 boulder problems , recently returned to the Gritstone of the UK to establish a new E10 route on the Cratcli...
Anunaki (5.12-) at Indian Creek Video
A video of a climber on Anunaki at Indian Creek, Utah.
More Gunks Pictures
Last October, I had the good fortune of climbing at the Gunks for a few days. If you missed my original write-up on the trip you can find it here . Finally, I got around to going t...
Climber Falls 100 Feet in Yosemite and Lives
It's not every day that you can get a person's thoughts on what it is like to rappel off the end of their ropes and fall 100 ft. to the ground. The accident in question took place...
Video of Sonnie Trotter Climbing Cobra Crack 5.14
In June 2006, Sonnie Trotter made the first free ascent of Cobra Crack (5.14) in Sqamish, BC placing all the gear on lead. While it may or may not be the hardest trad climb i...
A Few From Devil's Lake
Here are a few pictures from a fantastic day at Devil's Lake yesterday. Danny and I had a great day of climbing with the entire East Bluff to ourselves for the entire day. Lo...
Devil's Lake in the Fall
Picture if you will for a moment the most glorious Fall day you have ever seen at your local climbing crag. Picture in your head the trees ablaze with full fledged Fall colors. Fee...
The Gunks
Despite all of my (and Old School's) stressing, belly-aching and doomsday predictions about the weather forecast for New Paltz last week, the weather was basically a non-factor dur...
Committed
If all this talk of easy, well protected trad climbing lately doesn't quite do it for you, maybe the trailer for the upcoming film Committed will. Featuring climbers like Dave MacL...
More Devil's Lake Pictures
I added a few pictures from this past weekend's excursions at Devil's Lake to the pictures page . I'm still learning how to work with my new Nikon D70 which is at times frust...
The Learning Curve
I spend a great deal of my time with young climbers. Most have boundless energy and seemingly unlimited potential as climbers. Despite all their physical strengths, I cannot spend...
Devil's Lake - 9/22-23/2007
Here are a few pictures with related storytelling from our weekend at Devil's Lake. More pictures than what is seen here can be viewed by visiting the pictures page . On Satu...
Devil's Lake Pictures
I added some pictures from the past weekend's adventures at Devil's Lake to the pictures page . Amy and I spent Saturday bouldering with Tony & Sarah at the North Shore...
Devil's Lake: John Cow Edition
Berkeley Foreplay Charybdis Thanks Chris!
Devil's Lake - 9/16/07
What a great weekend. Amy and I pulled off a rare doubleheader on Saturday when we took in a Wisconsin Badger football game in the afternoon and then a Brewers baseball game in the...
Roadside Attraction
Over the Labor Day weekend, I was fortunate enough to be able to climb one of the more classic trad routes at the Red River Gorge, Roadside Attraction .
Devil's Lake Trad
Back in May, our friend Chris was nice enough to take us on a trad climbing adventure at Devil's Lake State Park. Having never done any trad climbing, it was something I had...
Martina Cufar Comes to America
Former World Champion sport climber Martina Cufar from Slovenia announced her retirement from competitive climbing in 2006. During her competition days she sent sport routes as har...
Matt Segal
After seeing the video at momentumvm.com that features Matt Segal doing the FA of Iron Monkey (5.14) on natural gear, I have to say that I was a bit intrigued. I contrasted that wi...