Video Friday - 2/18/2011
Just like that it's Friday again. Where did the last week go? Somewhere in there I actually did some real climbing however the memory of good times spent moving over warm stone is...
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No Numbers Trailer
NO NUMBERS trailer Watch on vimeo
Video Friday: "Reach" Trailers
Trailers for the upcoming bouldering movie Reach which features the likes of Jon Cardwell, Felipe Carmargo, Dave Graham, Zach Lerner and Daniel Woods
Video Friday: Jonathan Siegrist On Pure Imagination (5.14d)
Footage of Jonathan Siegrist on his new route at the Red River Gorge, Pure Imagination (5.14d) plus bonus footage of Ethan Pringle on The Golden Ticket (5.14d)
Video Friday: A Rehab Story With Josh Wharton
A few months ago all-around climber Josh Wharton broke his back after he made a mistake while maintaining a route in Rifle, CO and fell 25 ft. to the ground. Check out this excelle...
Climbing Video: Daniel Woods Sending Hypnotized Minds (V15)
Video of Daniel Woods sending Hypnotized Minds, a potential V15 in RMNP, CO
Video Friday: Lincoln Lake GIANTS!
Louder Than 11's 4 part series called Lincoln Lake GIANTS! about the bouldering at Mt. Evan's Lincoln Lake came to an end this week so now seems like a good time to revisit the ent...
Video Friday: The Bachar-Yerian
A little runout climbing on the Bachar-Yerian to get your palms sweating on this Friday
Climbing Video Release News and Video Friday
Videos are back this Friday, but first some news about longer form movies from the Reel Rock Tour and Chuck Fryberger
Video Friday: The Beta Horse Pens 40 2010
Part 2 of 2010's "The Beta" series follows Adam Henry as he climbs two problems at Horse Pens 40, AL
Climbing Video: Adam Ondra 5.15a FA In Céüse
A nice profile piece on Adam Ondra featuring the FA of a potential 5.15a in Céüse, France
Video Friday: Dave Graham's Life On The Edge
Over the course of the 10+ years I've been climbing Dave Graham has always been one of my favorite climbing "celebrities". I've been a fan as much for his inspiring and insatiable...
Video Friday: Norway Bouldering
Nalle Hukkataival sure puts his rest days to good use
2010 UBC Pro Tour At The Nor’easter Highlight Reel
In case you couldn't watch it live, here is a nice highlight video put together by Rock & Ice for the 2010 UBC Pro Tour's stop at the Nor'easter
News & Notes - 10/05/2010
News & Notes from Rifle, Smith Rocks, Mt. Evans, Alex Honnold, Jamie Emerson, Phil Schaal and more...
Video Friday: Let's Celebrate Yosemite's 120th Birthday
Let's celebrate Yosemite National Park's 120th birthday with a few videos
Video Friday: Zanskar Odyssey
The team of Jason Kehl, Abbey Smith, Pete Takeda and Mick Follari travel all the way to India to...go bouldering???
Video Friday: Swanky Swizzy
Alex Savage and Les Warnock treat us to this superbly done video about their time spent bouldering in Ticino, Switzerland
Video Friday: Ronnie Dickson Project, The Beta & Hukkataival's Rough Gem
A trio of excellent videos to get you ready for your weekend
Video Of Paul Robinson's Monkey Wedding (V15) Repeat Now Online
DPM has the video of Paul Robinson's recent repeat of a possible V15 in Rocklands, South Africa
You Either Have Adam Ondra's Pinchers Or You're Screwed
It's Friday again which is never a bad thing. Today's edition of Friday is especially notable because it's the last Friday of August which means September Sendtember and October ar...
Video Of Angie Payne’s FFA Of The Automator (V13) Now Online
DPM has the video of Angie Payne's recent repeat of the RMNP, CO testpiece The Automator (V13)
Video Friday: Mexican Big Walls, Lincoln Lake & New Video Page
The weekend is almost here and what better way to get ready for any weekend of climbing than to watch a couple of videos, right?
iCLIMB: Altitude Sickness
A new climbing media site iCLIMB kicks off with video of Daniel Woods putting up hard boulder problems at Mt. Evans' Lincoln Lake
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...
Climbing Video: Jacinda Hunter On Fantasy Island (5.14b)
A nice video from Mike Call that focuses on Jacinda Hunter's recent FA of a potential 5.14b in American Fork Canyon, UT
Try Harder Trailer
Trailer for the upcoming bouldering movie Try Harder
Weekend Videos: Angie Payne & Alex Puccio Sending V12
A couple nice videos of 2 of America's strongest female climbers posted over on Deadpoint Magazine to help get you psyched for your weekend.
News & Notes – 6/22/2010
News & Notes from Joe Kinder, Shawn Raboutou, Jimmy Webb and more...
1 More Video From The 2010 Vail Bouldering World Cup
1 last highlight video from the recent Bouldering World Cup at the 2010 Teva Mountain Games in Vail, CO
Suspension Of Disbelief Video At DPM
DPM has another nice video up , this one featuring Carlo Traversi on his recent repeat of Suspension Of Disbelief (V13) in Eldorado Canyon, CO.
Alpine Bouldering Season 2010
The season for high-end sending in Colorado's alpine bouldering areas started with a bang with RMNP's Jade already getting repeated twice and the 2010 season has really barely begu...
Nice Yosemite Bouldering Video At DPM
DPM has a really nice video up right now from Walker Emerson that features a handful of lesser-known climbers repeating some of the "new school" boulder problems that have been put...
Climbing Video: Mike Foley Sending Livin' Astroglide (5.14c) In Rumney
Video of Mike Foley's recent repeat of Livin' Astroglide (5.14c) in Rumney, NH
What Adam Ondra Did Instead Of The Vail World Cup
News on what Adam Ondra was doing instead of competing in the Vail World Cup as well as a trailer for an upcoming movie chronicling some of his hardest sends
2010 Vail Bouldering World Cup Media & Wrap-Up
A wrap up of this past weekend's Bouldering World Cup in Vail with highlight reels of both Men's and Women's Finals
News & Notes - 05/26/2010
News & Notes from Jonathan Siegrist, Paige Claasen, Mike Foley, Alex Honnold and more...
Battle In The Bubble Highlight Reel
Highlights from the Battle In The Bubble won by Daniel Woods and Alex Puccio
Climbing Video: Nalle Hukkataival In Finland
An excerpt from CORE showing Nalle Hukkataival climbing some of Finland's hardest boulders
Bouldering World Cup Greifensee Videos
Videos from last weekend's bouldering World Cup in Greifensee, Switzerland featuring Alex Johnson, Akiyo Noguchi, Kilian Fischhuber and Adam Ondra as they compete in finals and tal...
The Insiders: A New Short From Big Up Productions
A new short film from Big Up Productions called "The Insiders" seeks to capture the excitement of indoor climbing
Trip To The Red & CO Bouldering News
A few words about my trip to the Red River Gorge over the weekend and video of Jimmy Webb and Brion Voges climbing boulders in Colorado
Daniel Woods Visits Minnesota
Daniel Woods make a trip through the Midwest and dispatches several notable boulder problems
2010 UBC Pro Tour Earth Treks Roc Comp Highlight Videos
Highlights from the Men's and Women's finals at the UBC Pro Tour Earth Treks Roc Comp are now online
Border Country
I'll be the first to admit that I have basically zero creative skills, so when I see people applying their creativity to something climbing related I can't help but give them props...
Koyamada, Others Doing Their Thing In Switzerland
News from the boulders of Switzerland including updates from Dai Koyamada, Alex Savage and Michele Caminati
Video Friday: Bouldering In Fontainebleau & The New River Gorge
Two long bouldering movies from Fontainebleau and the New River Gorge to help pass your Friday...
Climbing Video: Mammut Team Does Hard Grit
Teaser video from a Mammut team trip to the gritstone of England
Origins Episode 1: Joshua Tree
The first installment of the new "Origins" series from Sender Films, evolv and Mountain Gear
Moe's Valley Preview From 'The Dirty Southwest'
Desert Rat Productions has a nice preview clip from The Dirty Southwest of the likes of Daniel Woods, Isaac Caldiero and Jon Cardwell bouldering in Moe's Valley, UT.
Vintage PCA Bouldering Comp Footage
Vintage footage from the old PCA bouldering series
News & Notes – 3/29/2010
News & Notes about an 8 year-old sending V10, a new climbing gym, route development and much more...
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...
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
New V12 In Minnesota
An update on the downtime experienced by this site over the weekend and news of a hard new boulder problem established in Minnesota
2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Bouldering Championships Highlight Videos
Highlight videos from the 2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Bouldering Championships
Video Of Hard Sport Route 2nd Ascents To Get You Psyched
Video of Iker Pou doing the 2nd ascent of Chris Sharma's Demencia Senil (5.15a) in Margalef, Spain and Dave Graham doing the 2nd ascent of Lev Pinter's Bunda Ju Fora (5.14d) in Ace...
Climbing Video: Daniel Woods "The Game" (V16) Teaser
Teaser video of Daniel Woods working his new V16 in Boulder Canyon, The Game.
2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Bouldering Championships Final Results & Video
Results of the 2010 ABS 11 Nationals Adult Bouldering Championships held at Sportrock in Alexandria, VA. UPDATED with video of Daniel Woods.
Jimmy Webb Dishes On Bouldering In The Southeast
Props to Brant Hawkins for putting together this excellent video on DPM featuring Jimmy Webb, Brion Voges and Brad Weaver doing their thing on the boulders of Tennessee.
Climbing Video: Chris Sharma On First Round First Minute, Neanderthal FA
Another excellent promotional video from Prana, this time featuring Chris Sharma on a couple of 5.15 sport routes in Spain.
Editor And Pro Climber Meet At Trade Show
Last week I mentioned that I wasn't going to the Outdoor Retailer Trade Show, and I know that a lot of you have never been to one either. To give you a better idea of what really...
Industry News: New Athletes Signed By Patagonia, Black Diamond
A couple of interesting new sponsorship signings for Patagonia and Black Diamond
Cool Spectre Video
Check out this excellent clip on DPM that Carlo Traversi put together of Kevin Jorgeson repeating Dave Graham’s Spectre (V13) at the Pollen Grains in Bishop, CA.
News & Notes – 12/29/2009
News & Notes from Jimmy Webb, Charlie Barrett, Carrie Cooper, Fred Nicole and more...
Nalle Hukkataival's Ninja Skills
Video of Nalle Hukkataival and Kuutti Huhtikorpi bouldering in Ticino, Switzerland and Maltatal, Austria
Cool Video Of Lauren Lee Sending The Present (5.14a)
Check out this nice video of Lauren Lee sending The Present (5.14a) at the Gorilla Cliffs outside St. George, Utah.
Final Hueco Tanks Dispatch
Video of several boulder problems from my recent trip to Hueco Tanks
A Little Friday Inspiration From Jerome Pink
Since returning from Hueco I've been struggling with recurring pain in one of my knuckles, something that seems to be a yearly ritual at this point. I initially injured the joint p...
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
Learning To Climb…At The Vertical Limit
Back in the year 2000, I distinctly remember being excited when the "climbing" movie Vertical Limit came out. My excitement wasn't so much about the movie itself, but rather the ex...
Cool Video Of Adam Ondra Climbing In The Frankenjura
Cool video of Adam Ondra climbing two 5.14d's in Germany's Frankenjura
Beowulf
One of my favorite things about running this site are when people point out news from their local areas, especially when it comes with HD video.
Change Of Plans
It seems like an eternity has passed, but about a month ago I set aside a long weekend for a bouldering trip to the Southeast. The trip was to be a training mission for my trip to...
Climbing Video: James Kassay Repeating Sleepy Rave (V15)
Footage of James Kassay repeating the long linkup of boulder problems that is Sleepy Rave (V15) in the Grampians Hollow Mountain Cave
Jimmy Webb In The Zone In Arkansas
Any time Chris Sharma comes through an area and leaves behind a wake of difficult looking ungraded boulder problems it's always interesting to see what subsequent repeaters think a...
Climbing Video: Dan Beall Ground Up On Bishop Highball Luminance
Getting a jump on the winter bouldering season in Bishop, CA, Dan Beall has done the 3rd ascent, and perhaps more notably the first ground up ascent, of the highball Luminance (V11...
It Takes A Lot Of Belief
A lesson in belief from Tommy Caldwell as he runs laps on Midnight Lightning in Yosemite, CA
Climbing Video: Ty Landman Fontainebleau Film Teasers
A couple of video teasers for an upcoming film about Ty Landman's spring '09 trip to Fontainebleau, France
Devil’s Lake West Bluff Bouldering Mini Guide & Moj Video
A mini guide to the bouldering at the West Bluff of Devil's Lake as well as video of the FA of Moj (V8)
Fall Perfection
Yesterday was one of those perfect fall days you spend the entire year waiting for. Crisp temps in the 50s, trees just beginning to change colors and zero clouds in the sky. In o...
Ondra, Ernst Win World Cup In Puurs, Belgium
Results and a cool pair of videos from the 2009 IFSC Lead Climbing World Cup in Puurs, Belgium
Climbing Video: Tommy Caldwell Bouldering In RMNP, Training For El Cap
Check out this video of Tommy Caldwell preparing for his upcoming attempt to free climb a new route on El Capitan in which he discusses his training philosophies and runs a few lap...
Climbing Video: “The Beta – Six Feet Under” - 2009 Triple Crown Bouldering Series Preview
Another video to get you psyched for the 2009 Triple Crown Bouldering Series, this one of Brion Voges bouldering at The Stone Fort
Video Of Chris Schulte Sending 2 V14s In Fontainebleau
Deadpoint Magazine has a lengthy video from Fontainebleau that features Chris Schulte and Jackie Hueftle sending several problems in the forest including 2 V14s, Gecko Assis and Kh...
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...
News & Notes – 08/07/2009
News on a new V15 from Nalle Hukkataival, several notes and a few good videos
Climbing Video: Adam Ondra Bouldering In Rocklands
Adam Ondra climbs Derailed (V14) and Ray Of Light (V13) in South Africa's Rocklands
Climbing Video: Chris Lindner Sport Climbing In Wyoming
Video of Chris Lindner climbing on the limestone crags around Lander, WY
Climbing Video: Ethan Pringle Iron Resolution (V13) 2nd Ascent
Back in 2003, a strange thing happened in Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California. A massive rainstorm came through that caused a boulder to fall over from its perch betw...
News & Notes – 07/20/2009
Here at ClimbingNarc.com the summer climbing season at areas like Mt. Evans and RMNP is one I usually look forward to quite a bit as it usually provides good news fodder. Unfortuna...
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...
John Bachar Video Interview
Video excerpt of a July 2008 interview with John Bachar
Climbing Video: Nic Oklobzija Climbing Chumscrubber (V11) At Way Lake
The area around Bishop, CA is well known for being a great cold weather destination with tons of bouldering to be had at the Buttermilks, The Happys and elsewhere. What is not as...
Climbing Video: Dave Graham Big Worm (V13/14) FA, Nalle Hukkataival Working Jade (V15)
Two of the world's best doing their thing in the alpine areas of Colorado
Sunseeker (V13) Video
DPM has the video of Carlo Traversi on the 2nd ascent of Nalle Hukkataival's recent addition at Mt. Evans , Sunseeker (V13).
Video Dump Friday
A few videos of Fred Moix, Will Stanhope, Franz Widmer and more to get you to the weekend
Video: How A Climbing Rope Is Made
A cool video that shows some of the processes that go into making climbing ropes.
2009 Teva Mountain Games: Bouldering World Cup Wrap-Up
Links and video from this weekend's Bouldering World Cup at the 2009 Teva Mountain Games
2009 Teva Mountain Games: Bouldering World Cup Day 1 Media
Media from the Qualifying round of the Bouldering World Cup at the 2009 Teva Mountain Games
The Players Trailer & Interview With Brian Solano
An interview with Brian Solano about his upcoming climbing film 'The Players'.
2009 Melloblocco Results & Adam Ondra Video
Adam Ondra wins the bouldering gathering Melloblocco.
Video Of Nalle Hukkataival’s FA Of ‘The Machinist’ (V13) Now Online
In Yosemite last summer and again this spring in Rocktown I ran into aspiring climbing filmmaker Brant Hawkins. On both occasions he showed me some cool videos he made, and all th...
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.
The North Face Summit Series Road Trip
In keeping with this week's theme of innovative ways climbers are working for their sponsors, I wanted to make sure to mention The North Face's Summit Series Road Trip going on rig...
Climbing Video: Joe Kinder On Unforgivable (5.14)
Footage of Joe Kinder climbing on Unforgivable, his new 5.14b/c at the Cathedral, UT
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...
Climbing Videos From Squamish, Idaho, Leavenworth & The Gunks
In keeping with the theme of videos lately, here are a few more I came across that I think will help keep you psyched.
Paul Robinson Psychedelic (5.14d) Video At DPM
Videos featuring Paul Robinson and James Litz added to the DPM HDTV channel.
Deadpoint Magazine Launches DPM HDTV
Deadpoint Magazine has launched a new, high quality online video channel dubbed DPM HDTV.
New 5.15 From Fred Rouhling
Fred Rouhling is probably still most well known for his first ascent of Akira back in 1995. The proposed grade of 9b (5.15b) has long been a source of controversy as many people h...
Climbing Video: Bernd Zangerl From Dirt Grows The Flowers (V15) 2nd Ascent
Video of Bernd Zangerl repeating Dave Graham's From Dirt Grows The Flowers (V15)
Be Careful What You (Sort Of) Wish For
As climbers we spend most of our time concerned about avoiding injuries to our precious upper body extremities, most importantly our hands. Injuries to seemingly non-essential cli...
Climbing Video: Paul Robinson At The 2009 Hueco Rock Rodeo
Video of Paul Robinson cruising double digit boulders at the 2009 Hueco Rock Rodeo
Yosemite Bouldering Channel On Vimeo
Vimeo is quickly becoming a great place to peruse climbing videos in a clean, high quality format. In the past few months it has replaced YouTube as the default location for most c...
Climbing Video: More Ty Landman Bouldering In Fontainebleau
I think it's fair to say that Ty Landman has had a pretty decent season at Fontainebleau thus far. If you haven't read about it, news of his exploits have been all over the interne...
Ruffling The Red Feather
Jamie Emerson has had a productive couple of weeks at the Northern Colorado area Red Feather Lakes. He has done the FA of 3 V12s recently in The Big Bang , The Mastodon and The Vam...
Climbing Video: Blockwork Orange
Video of some of Finland's strongest, including Nalle Hukkataival, climbing hard problems and putting up First Ascents in the Rocklands of South Africa.
Climbing Video: Natalija Gros Climbing Histerija (5.14c)
Video of Natalija Gros sending 5.14c as well as a trailer for an upcoming documentary
Webb & Glassberg Repeat The New Zero (V13)
News of James Webb and Jon Glassberg repeating The New Zero (V13) in Southern Illinois including footage of Glassberg's ascent.
Climbing Videos: Ty Landman Climbing Two V13s In Font
UKClimbing.com has a nice write-up that summarizes some of the more noteworthy bouldering ascents that have taken place around the world thus far in 2009. They also included a vide...
Two Excellent Climbing Videos From Bishop & Switzerland
Quality bouldering videos from Switzerland and Bishop feature Ty Landman, Daniel Woods and Ethan Pringle (among others) climbing amazing looking boulders.
Climbing Video: Jon Glassberg Sending The Shield (V12)
Boone, NC strongman Jon Glassberg has been having a pretty good last 12 months; sending several of his hardest problems and winning the Triple Crown event at Hound Ears . It would...
Pure Trailer
Chuck Fryberger has a new bouldering film coming out. His latest work is called Pure, and frankly it looks like it could be pretty cool. It features climbers American audiences don...
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...
Climbing Video: Brad Weaver Sending "Fifty Words For Pump Right" (5.14c)
Anytime there is an up and coming climber from the midwest, you KNOW I am going to pimp them hard. Brad Weaver is a climber from Bloomington, IL that had a great 2008. Most notab...
Video: Adam Ondra Sending “Open Air” 9a+/5.15a
Video footage of Adam Ondra's recent repeat of Alex Huber's "Open Air" a previously unrepeated 5.15a sport route in Austria.
Video: Paul Robinson Sending The Swarm (V14)
Here is one last video from the footage that Paul Robinson was kind enough to send along. This time up he is depicted repeating The Swarm , an "easy" V14 at the Buttermilks outside...
Chris Sharma Esperanza (V14) Video On MVM
The Momentum Video Magazine has posted a clip from Best Of The West of Chris Sharma repeating Fred Nicole’s Hueco Tanks testpiece Esperanza (V14). Beyond the climbing being impres...
Video: George Ullrich Gaia (E8 6c) Flash Attempt
Check out this incredible video of Brit George Ullrich attempting to flash Gaia.
Heart Of Stone Video
I post a lot of videos of people crushing hard boulders or routes. They're really cool to watch and help get you psyched to get out there and climb your best. However, it's videos...
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...
Video: Paul Robinson Mandala Direct Assis (V14) First Ascent
Video of Paul Robinson's 2007 FA of the sit start to The Mandala Direct (V14).
Video: Paul Robinson Sending Direction (V13)
Here's another video from Paul Robinson . This time it is footage from his send of Direction (V13) at the Buttermilks outside of Bishop, CA. You can see video of Paul sending A Maz...
Mark Hobson Zion Video
Footage of Mark Hobson repeating the dyno Zion at Clear Creek Canyon, CO.
Video: Paul Robinson Sending “A Maze Of Death” (V12)
Video of Paul Robinson sending "A Maze Of Death" (V12) in Bishop, CA
Video of Chris Sharma Sending Lucifer (5.14c)
Video of Chris Sharma doing the 3rd ascent of Lucifer (5.14c) at the Red River Gorge is now up at MVM. Click here to check it out.
Reach Out And Touch Someone
Tony sent along this video of Dave Graham on the FA of Speed Of Life. It's a rad looking problem, but that's not why he thought it was worth watching. See if you can notice anyt...
Governor Dodge Bouldering Video
I think it is safe to say that 2008 has been an above average year for bouldering development in Wisconsin. Websites like MountainProject have helped rekindle interest in boulderin...
Ty Landman Practice Of The Wild (V15) Video
Video of Ty Landman doing the 2nd ascent of Chris Sharma’s testpiece Practice Of The Wild (V15) is now up at Moonclimbing . What an amazing looking line.
10 Videos You Might Have Missed In The Momentum Video Magazine Archives
10 videos from the archives of the Momentum Video Magazine you might have missed.
Video Of Beth Rodden & Tommy Caldwell Climbing In The Grand Canyon
Video from NBC's Jeep World Of Adventure Sports of Beth & Tommy Caldwell exploring the climbing in Arizona's Grand Canyon.
Governor Dodge Bouldering Update 2
Yesterday was another beautiful and atypically pleasant summer day here in Wisconsin. Mrs. Narc and I had a good day bouldering out at Governor Dodge where we were able to do a cou...
Vote For The Winners Of The 2008 Reel Rock Tour Filmmaking Competition
Help decide the winner of the Reel Rock Tour's first Filmmaking competition.
Sender Films: The Sharp End Trailer
Sender Films is just about ready to release their latest movie called 'The Sharp End'. Check out all the details and a trailer here.
The Outsider: 85 Days In Fontainebleau (Climbing Movie)
It took me awhile to get around to watching it (on my iPhone no less), but the recently released climbing movie The Outsider was well worth the wait. It features a plethora of clas...
News & Notes: Get Outta Town Edition
News & Notes including Dave MacLeod, Buttermilks bouldering video, the 5.13ds of Rifle, Ty Landman and more...
Karma DVD Review & Sale
Looking for a climbing video that is different than your average climbing porn? Also looking to avoid breaking the bank to see said movie? Look no further than "Karma" from BS Pr...
Video Of Kevin Jorgeson Bouldering Feeding Frenzy (5.13d) In Rumney
On the heels of the recent footage of Kevin Jorgeson bouldering The Fly comes the footage of Kevin’s ropeless ascent of Feeding Frenzy (5.13d) also at Rumney.
News & Notes – 06/11/08
News & Notes on Sonnie Trotter, Ethan Pringle, tribute to Todd Skinner, the Caldwell's and more...
2008 Vail Bouldering World Cup Media
Media from this past weekend's Bouldering World Cup event at the Teva Mountain Games is starting to trickle in. Updated on 6/12/08
News & Notes 6/5/08
News & Notes on the Dosage 5 premier, videos from Wade David & Jamie Emerson and more...
Kevin Jorgeson Bouldering The Fly (V14) Video
Back in April, Kevin Jorgeson and Paul Robinson made quick repeats of Dave Graham's Rumney, NH testpiece The Fly (5.14d/V14). Kevin's ascent was particularly noteworthy as he was t...
Adam Ondra Action Directe Video
Action Directe is one of those iconic problems that I don't really think you can see too much footage of people climbing. Check out Euroclimbing.com for footage of Adam Ondra...
Carlo Traversi Paths Of Glory (V12) FA Video
Wade David has a high res video for download of Carlo Traversi doing the First Ascent of Paths Of Glory (V12) in Clear Creek Canyon, CO. Daniel Woods made a quick 2nd ascent...
Climbing Video: Brian Kim Climbing China Beach (5.14b)
Brian Kim: China Beach 5.14b Watch on youtube
Australia Project DVD Review & Sale
Last night, Mrs. Narc and I had the pleasure of watching "The Australia Project", a BSProductions film. It follows the adventures of Matt Segal, Rob D'Anastasio, Emily Harrington a...
MomentumVM: Warpath, Fred Nicole & Ty Landman
It has been a week or two of good videos over at the Momentum Video Magazine ...if you are a premium subscriber: Going back to last week, there was some renewed buzz about James Li...
35 RMNP Bouldering Videos To Increase Psych For Upcoming Park Season
The 2007 Summer bouldering season in Rocky Mountain National Park was one that will undoubtedly be looked back on as one of the most prolific in the short history of bouldering in...
Dr. Topo Big In Japan Double Feature DVD Review
Dr. Topo has been around for a long time now providing quality mini-guidebooks and videos free of charge. It was just a matter of time, but they recently released their first DVD :...
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...
Climbing Movie Soundtracks Released: King Lines, Spray & Karma
I don't know about you, but any time I hear certain songs that have been in climbing movies I am immediately reminded of the climbing that was taking place at that moment in the fi...
Obed Climbing Video - Born On The 4th Of July
From Spencer Victory, who brought us the video of Zac Sands climbing No Redmeption at the RRG and the movie Red River Ruckus, we have a sneak peak at some of the footage he is putt...
Canopener Re-opened?
Word on the street has it that, thanks to a visiting Japanese climber, the classic V10 Canopener in Poudre Canyon, CO had its likely first ascent Saturday since a key start hold br...
Hard, Unrepeated American Routes
Based on the high level of interest in the list of potential V14 and harder boulder problems in North America , I thought it would be a good idea to try and assemble a similar list...
Momentum Video Magazine Volume 2 DVD Review
A review of the Momentum Video Magazine Volume 2 DVD.
Adam Ondra Dreamtime Video
Apparently climbing 3 hard 5.14s in one day wasn't enough for young Adam Ondra . Here is some video that Jamie Emerson captured of the young Czech climbing prodigy repeating...
Dean Potter: Learning to Fly?
Thanks to the reader with the semi-inappropriate screen name that sent me a heads up on this article. Climbing has hit the front pages of The New York Times ...sort of. Controversi...
Dave Graham Midnight Express Video
Dave Graham doing the 3rd ascent (Landman, Woods) of Midnight Express (V14) in Boulder Canyon. Seth Allred recently did the problem's 4th ascent. dave graham, midnight express, v14...
Lisa Rands Mandala Video
Lisa Rands doing the first female ascent of Sharma's The Mandala (V12) at the Buttermilks. Lisa Rands climbs The Mandala V12 Watch on youtube More videos at TNF site
Spray DVD Review
The opportunity to investigate new and relatively unknown climbing areas is always exciting, especially when the climbing close to home is anything but world-class. "Spray", produc...
Epic "Free Solo" in Squamish
Check out this video of rigging expert Matt Maddaloni attempting to "free solo" Young Blood (5.13a) on the Cacodaemon boulder in Squamish, BC. Matt Maddaloni "soloing" in Squamish...
2008 Adult National Championships Video
The highlight reel from the recent SCS Adult National Championships is now available in the Free area of the Momentum Video Magazine . Mike Call also has a top 10 list of moments t...
News & Notes - 1/31/08
Recent climbing news including: Sharma & Harrington are national champions, Daniel Woods repeating V14 in a day, Hayden Miller climbing at Ute pass and news from Bernd Zangerl.
Red River Gorge RocTrip Video
Big Up Productions has released a video featuring Chris Sharma, Dani Andrada, Mickael Fuselier, Daniel Woods, Emily Harrington and Sean McColl climbing during the Petzl RocTrip tha...
Searching For New Boulders...With Computers??
Living like I do in a State that seems to be completely tapped out as far as new rock is concerned, I found Chuck Fryberger's recent experiment with Google Earth to be pretty fasci...
Anunaki (5.12-) at Indian Creek Video
A video of a climber on Anunaki at Indian Creek, Utah.
Flight of the Bumble Bee (V7/9 Highball) Videos
Two videos featuring Kevin Jorgeson and Kevin Daniels climbing Flight of the Bumblebee (V7) at the Buttermilks in California.
Keita Mogaki Climbing Hydra V14
Hydra ハイドラ Ｖ１４ Watch on youtube
Dave Graham Tearing Up Arkansas
Despite the (deserved) attention being focused on the sending taking place at Hueco, people are actually bouldering in other parts of the country. Take Dave Graham for instance who...
Mike McClure Doing FA of Muerte al Matador (V12)
Check out this video of Mike McClure making the FA of Muerte al Matador (V12) at Swan Falls, ID. Video from climbidaho.com El Matador Watch on youtube
Sam Edwards FA of Goldfish Trombone (V13/14)
Check out this video of Australian Sam Edwards establishing one of the hardest problems in Bishop, Goldfish Trombone at the Happy Boulders. Apparently some holds have broken and su...
Dave Graham Climbing Terre De Sienne (V14)
Ben Moon, Matt Wilder and Dave Graham trying to repeat Fred Nicole's Terre De Sienne (V14) at Hueco Tanks Dave Graham climbs Terre De Sienne (V14) Watch on youtube
How Does Chris Sharma's Clark Mt. Project Feel?
Chris Sharma's much hyped project at Clark Mountain has drawn the attention of two other American Rockstars in the form of Ethan Pringle and Dave Graham. They recently paid the lin...
No Redemption (5.13b) at RRG Video
Check out this video of Zac Sans climbing No Redemption (5.13b) at Bob Marley, Red River Gorge, KY. ZAC SANDS CLIMBING NO REDEMPTION 5.13 RED RIVER GORGE Watch on youtube
Ty Landman Midnight Express (V14) Video
Ty Landman recently established a possible V14 in Boulder Canyon which he called Midnight Express . Check out the brand new video at Moonclimbing . You can read his quality write-u...
Patxi Usobiaga Climbing La Rambla Original (5.15a)
Click here to watch the video of Patxi Usobiaga climbing La Rambla Original (5.15a) recently. Thanks to Ant for the tip.
Landman Brothers Head East
Ty and Jeff Landman spent the Thanksgiving week exploring some of the bouldering on the East Coast. Despite not succeeding on his main objective, Dave Graham's The Fly (V14)...
Jason Kehl Evilution First Ascent Video
One of the first boulders you encounter upon arriving at the Buttermilks, the Grandpa Peabody boulder towers over climbers as they make their way to more tame endeavors. While many...
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...
Incubator (V13) Video
Last week I had some news on Daniel Woods and Jon Cardwell quickly making the 2nd and 3rd ascents of Markus Schwaiger's Incubator (V13) at Zillertal, Austria. Now you can see the v...
Dave Graham in Small Amazing Things
Probably one of my favorite climbing clips ever featuring rather hilarious banter as well as Dave Graham and Isaac Caldiero pulling down in Bishop, CA. Dave Graham Climbing Watch o...
Andrada Climbs 5.15b Link-Up
Dani Andrada has added a V14 (or v9, see below) sit start to his 5.15a extended version of the 5.14d link-up Ali Hulk. While the 5.14d version has been repeated, the 5.15a extended...
Falling Climber Videos
Check out Splitter Choss for a compilation of videos of climbers taking huge whips at places like the Red River Gorge, KY and the Grampians, Australia. Inexplicably there is...
Dave Graham Realization (5.15a) Video
Dave Graham climbing Realization (5.15a) Watch on youtube Not quite Big Up quality but it is footage nonetheless of Dave Graham's recent repeat of Chris Sharma's Realization in Ceu...
3 New Moonclimbing Videos
3 new videos have been added over at Moonclimbing. com. They include: Ty Landman climbing Aslan (V14) and The Lockness Monster (V13) as well as Isaac Calidero climbing Secret Splen...
Wheel Of Life (V16) Video
Wheel of Life (V16) - Chris Webb-Parsons Watch on youtube Earlier this week I reported that Chris Web Parsons had repeated Wheel of Life (V16) at the Grampians, Australia. You can...
Petzl Roctrip RRG Wrap Up
With great anticipation, the Petzl Roctrip 2007 descended on the Red River Gorge in Slade, KY last week. Many hard routes were repeated and several new routes were established. O...
Jamie Emerson Sends Automator (V13)
The Automater V13 Rocky Mountain National Park Watch on youtube
News & Notes! 10/8/2007
I've spent way too much time spraying about myself lately and not nearly enough time spraying about the accomplishments of others. Here is my attempt to make up for this fact: Andr...
Dosage 5: Albarracin Bouldering
Enjoy this clip of the bouldering in Albarracin, Spain as a reminder why the climbing in Europe is probably way better than it is here. Situated 3,000 feet above sea level, it seem...
Nuthin' But Sunshine
When I visited RMNP back in 2001 one of things I was looking forward to was checking out some of the harder problems that I had spent the prior year reading about. I wasn't looking...
Tony Lamiche Ode Video
Last week Tony Lamiche made the 5th ascent of Daniel Woods's Mt. Evans, CO testpiece Ode to the Modern Man (V14). You can see video of the send by clicking here . He also has...
Video Friday
Here are a few videos to help pass your Friday: Check out the Dailies #4 video at MometumVM for footage of Ethan Pringle working out the moves of Es Pontas . Apparently a bit harde...
Ethan Pringle Realization Video
Yesterday I had a post entitled More Momentum that talked about the new updates to MomentumVM. They really weren't kidding when they said that updates would be rapid and dail...
More Momentum
I should have mentioned this earlier but forgot. There are new updates at the Momentum Video Magazine with the rollout of Issue 7 . Featured so far: Bouldering in Vedau...
Clear Blue Skies
Well, it looks like the French invasion has begun and Chad Greedy is on the scene. Tony Lamiche climbing 2 V12's in 1 day at Mt. Evans, CO: Tony Lamiche Watch on youtube
Rocklands Bouldering
Check out this video of the infmaous Fred Rouhling and others bouldering in the Rocklands of South Africa. All problems depicted weigh in at V11 or harder. escalade à rocklan...
Midweek News - 08/22/07
Here are a few interesting stories to check out Splitterchoss has a couple of cool tidbits on climbing at Rifle. First is a post about a feature story done about climbing at Rifle...
Tony Lamiche - French Invasion?
The news on 8a.nu is that French crimp master Tony Lamiche is coming back to America : Kairn : Your projects? Tony : Beginning of septembre, I will leave for the US for a 2 months...
The Nothing - Mt. Evans
There is a (another) very cool new video up at MomentumVM . It is the first in two part series on highballs at Mt. Evans by Chuck Fryberger. The first part features Ben...
While You Wait…
...for me to get my act together, here a few things to check out: Issue 6 of the MomentumVM is starting to be posted. Only video available currently is the footage of Jon Cardwell...
Landman Bros. go to Squamish
Check out a short video put together on some of the problems that Tyler and Jeff Landman did on their recent trip to Squamish, BC. Here are the problems featured in the video...
King Lines Trailer
The trailer for King Lines is here and it looks pretty sick: KING LINES Official Trailer Watch on youtube It looks like Josh Lowell and Peter Mortimer have really taken the art of...
New Media Flavor
If you are still wondering when the next update of MomementumVM is going to be (apparently soon?), here is something to hold you over (as long as you don't mind navigating through...
Dave Graham - Dreamtime
In commemoration of his sending Realization , here is a quality video from 2002 of Dave Graham climbing Dreamtime (V14*) at Cresciano, Switzerland. Dave Graham Bouldering Dreamtime...
Wade David
During my Climbers Behind The Lense post I somehow forgot to mention Wade David. He climbs, he shoots, and he also happens to have a couple of cool websites worth checking out. Fir...
Resume Mo Dumping
Mo Dump is back with a new video that features a couple of Leavenworth, WA dynos. I can definitely identify with what happens on the first problem. I specialize in gett...
News & Notes - 7/23/2007
A few quick hitters: Jon Cardwell has been having a good run out in Europe. In the past month he has done 4 .14b's. Most recently he completed La Chronique de la Haine at Ceuse. Al...
Chris Sharma - Three Degrees Of Separation
Chris Sharma has sent his latest project at the French uber crag they call Ceuse. He calls it Three Degrees of Separation and a grade of 5.14d has been suggested by Dave Graham. Th...
Ty Landman Videos
Here are a few new videos of Ty Landman doing his thing. The Antihero (V13) - Sit start to Flash Gordon (V10) in the Ozarks of Arkansas. Flash Gordon starts on the slopey rail appa...
Now Playing
Lots of good video action going around right now. Here are some to check out: B3bouldering is all about the chaos canyon Gang Bang Arete - Jamie has a new take on an old clas...
Climbing Cribs
This has been out for a while now but if you haven't see it you really should. It is a hilarious video of Jason Kehl's craggin' wagon/crib. Click here to check it...
Scalatabel Climbing Festival
Recently, a sort of mini Petzl Roc Trip was held at the Scalatabel Climbing Festival near Thaurac in the South of France. Well known pro climbers like Dave Graham, Chri...
Aspen? California! Beautiful!
Ryan Olson has been spending his summer exploring new boulders near Independence Pass outside of Aspen, CO. He recently put up two videos on ColoradoClimbs showing off some of the...
Dave Graham Video Clip
Here is a brief snippet from a movie featuring Dave Graham on the first ascent of Titantrope (5.14c) at Kalymnos. Cool route, wish the clip wasn't just a trailer of sorts. Teaser D...
News & Notes - 7/2/2007
Here are some tidbits and things to check out: Dave Graham recently added another 5.14d to his impressive list of sends when he sent Ali-Hulk at Rodellar, Spain. Infamous Ali-hulk...
Jade Video
I have returned safely from Las Vegas with both my marriage and my finances still intact so it was a successful trip. While I sort things out, be sure to check out this video of Da...
Climbers Behind The Lense
It's not a secret that I was not a big fan of the climbing movie Specimen made by Chuck Fryberger. With that said, I have really enjoyed most of his short videos (if you fast forwa...
How’d It Feel?
How's this for a 3rd day on circuit at The Park: Handy Capps (V9), Centaur (V12), The Automator (V13) x2?, Tommy's Arete (V7), Aslan (V14)? Notice the sick lock-off str...
Canadian Bouldering Nationals
The Canadian National Bouldering Championships were held last month in Ottawa, Ontario. Famously strong youth climber, who isn't really a youth anymore, Sean McColl took it down fo...
Do Me A Solid…
...and try to mix in a rest day. It never seemed to work all that well for me, but part of being a sick strong climber seems to be the ability to climb several days on without gett...
Traversing The Park
Freaks of the Industry at RMNP, CO was first climbed by James Litz in 2003 and has been repeated several times. Is it V13 or V14? I guess that depends on who you ask. Either way, i...
Realization Revisited
I was cruising around some sites on my lunch break and came across this clip from Dosage I that I had not seen in quite some time. It definitely brings back memories of the glory d...
News & Notes Returns! 5/29/2007
More on the weekend later but here is some spray from the past week: Helping me get my previous predictions off on the right foot, Ty Landman made the 2nd ascent of Ode To The Mode...
DWS Method
A couple of months back Paul Robinson made the FA of a rad problem called A Wrinkle In Time (V11) at Joe's Valley, UT. It is named as such because it ascends the boulder above a ra...
Nick Duttle Esperanza (V14) Video
Nick Duttle recently sent Esperanza (V14) at Hueco Tanks, TX. nick duttle on esperanza v14 Watch on youtube Here is the video
Gnarly
Click on the Spain Files to see what this has to do with climbing...
One Final Video of La Rambla Original (5.15a)
One final video of someone climbing on La Rambla Original at Siurana, Spain. This one is of Edu Marin who got the 2nd ascent shortly before Chris Sharma did. From what I can tell i...
Chris Sharma climbing La Rambla Original (5.15a)
Here is a recent video that was made of Chris Sharma climbing La Rambla Original (5.15a) at Siurana, Spain. This was the 3rd ascent behind Ramonet and Edu Marin. Or you can downloa...
3rd Momentum Video Magazine
Still catching up but the 3rd edition of the Momentum Video Mag is up . Featured are: Red Feather, CO bouldering Little Cottonwood Canyon bouldering - Shingles ! New Mexico boulder...
Dark Waters First Ascent Video
Here is a video of Daniel Woods doing the FA of Dark Waters (V12/13) at Clear Creek Canyon, CO last spring:
Red House Video
Here is a little video that my friend Eric was nice enough to put together from a trip we took to Little Rock City/Stone Fort last year. The problem is called Red House . It was on...
Burnout Video
ColoradoClimbs.com has the video of Jamie Emerson doing the 2nd ascent of Ryan Olson's new V12 Burnout .
Joel Brady sending Mango Tango 5.14a - Video
Here is a very cool video from a few years back. It features Joel Brady making the 2nd ascent of 'Mango Tango' a really rad looking 5.14a at the New River Gorge in West Virginia. I...
2nd Momentum Video Magazine is up
The second edition of the new Momemtum Video Magazine is up! You can read my write-up about the first one here . Some of the links don't seem to be live yet but the first 4 are up....
Mandala 2nd Ascent Video
Since we're talking about Dave Graham again, here is an old school video of him doing the 2nd ascent of The Mandala back in 2002:
Need Some Mo?
If you are need of some mo, you can head over to Modump where they are back after a bit of a lull with some new bouldering videos: Hueco Tanks Anal Intruder #10 (V11) Crimping Chri...
Cool Video from Petzl Roctrip at Kalymnos
Check out this cool video of Dave Graham at the recent Petzl Roctrip @ Kalymnos, Greece. The route was supposed to be the women's "ultimate route" but due to conditions they ended...
Specimen Review
So I saw the movie Specimen on Saturday night. It was the conclusion of a week of clinics from pro climber Andy Raether. I had read a few reviews beforehand and they were less than...
Smackmag returns…sort of
If you are like me you look back with fond memories on the days of climbing media-supersites Smackmag.com and ClimbXmedia.com. The quality and quantity of videos offered each month...
"Crown of Aragorn" Video
There is a pretty cool new video over at Jamie Emerson's new site . The video is of Jamie doing an ascent of the uber-classic "Crown of Aragorn" (V13) at Hueco Tanks, TX. "Crown" i...
Climbing Videos
Click here to be taken to the front page I will be updating this thread as I find new videos that I come across. Click a link below to be taken directly to that video on this page:...