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Dave Graham
Appeared in 213 posts between 2007 and 2015.
Ten years later
Where are they now?
A pioneer who was years ahead of his time. Graham established or repeated some of the world's hardest routes and boulders across multiple continents throughout the 2000s and 2010s. Known for a pure, adventurous approach and continues to travel and develop routes on his own terms.
The Archive
All 213 posts
2007
More Hard Sport Routes in Spain
Thanks to James for compiling this news In more sport climbing news: Patxi Usobiaga: repeated La Rambla (9a+) on Nov 27, 2007 at Siurana, Spain. The route had its first ascent by R...
3rd V13 Flash for James Pearson
21 year old James Pearson added to his unprecedented list of V13 flashes this past month when he flashed Schules des Lebens in Chironico, Switzerland. In Switzerland to work on Dav...
News & Notes - 11/7/07
I realize lately that I have been spending too much time blogging about myself and not enough time talking about all the action going down elsewhere so here goes nothing: During hi...
King Lines Extras
If you bought a copy of the recently released climbing film King Lines , and you were wondering why the Extras were cut short, you are not alone. It turns out that there was a prob...
2 5.14c's Repeated at the RRG
While 2 5.14c's being climbed in one weekend at the Red River Gorge in KY is definitely a first, this is a sign of things to come this fall at the Red. First it was Sean McColl rep...
Jaws II
Vasya Vorotnikov has made the First Ascent of Dave Graham's crimp nightmare Jaws since some holds broke. Originally graded 5.14b, Vasya has registered the new version as 5.15a and...
Front Range Freaks?
If you are still bored at work/school today and want to do some reading on how some Frontrange climbers hash out their differences then head over to the FRB message boards. The iss...
Updated Dave Graham Blog
After no updates for 2 months, Dave Graham is back with an updated Climbing.com pro blog . Obviously the big news since his last entry was his repeat of Realization . In the blog,...
Bit of News
Here is a bit of news for your Wednesday: Paul Robinson has made the 4th ascent of Ode to the Modern Man (V14) at Mt. Evans after Woods, Landman and Jorgenson. This would be Paul's...
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...
News & Notes - 8/20/2007
A scary story that seems to be coming to a positive resolution is that of Ryan Sewell contracting the Hantavirus virus while climbing in Rifle, CO. Unfortunately both Ryan and his...
Dave Graham Climbs Realization (5.15a)
Dave Graham on Realization Photo: BigUp Yesterday, Dave Graham made the 4th ascent (Sharma, Patxi Usobiaga, Sylvain Millet) of Chris Sharma's Realization (5.15a) at Ceuse, France....
More News & Notes - 7/30/2007
I really dropped the ball this morning when I failed to mention a few more tidbits to check out: An updated version of the already phenomenal guidebook to sport climbing at the Red...
News & Notes - 7/16/2007
16 year old Erik Lopez recently climbed two .14d's in one day at Rodellar, Spain. He climbed Ali-Hulk and made the second ascent of Dave Graham's Los Borrachos del Mascun . Not a b...
Dog Days of Summer
It's been a slower than normal week as far as things to spray about are concerned. A few tidbits here and there that I could expound upon later this week like Dave Graham's m...
News & Notes - 6/25/2007
Finally back with it...somewhat... Of course the big news while I was gone was Daniel Woods fulfilling another portion of my earlier predictions when he did the first ascent of the...
Dave Graham Blog Updated
If you are bored of reading the blog of someone that never climbs (mine) you could try checking out Dave Graham's latest blog . Or, if you don't want to try to decipher his r...
News & Notes - 5/14/2007
Big news of last week was Daniel Woods making the 2nd ascent of Suspension of Disbelief (V13 or V14) at Eldorado Canyon, CO. Dave Graham called it V13 but Daniel felt it was harder...
News & Notes - 5/7/2007
Andreas Bindhammer has made the 4th ascent of La Rambla Original (5.15a) at Siurana, Spain. Ethan Pringle and Issac Caldiero recently repeated Ben Moon's V13 testpiece in Little Co...
News & Notes - 4/23/2007
After a bit of a hiatus, here is some spray: Jamie Emerson sent Circadian Rhythm (V13) at Poudre Canyon. Video is already available here . In the past few weeks Daniel Woods has se...
Two Updated Pro Blogs
Dave Graham has a new pro blog up at Climbing.com covering: His ascent of Esclatamasters (5.14d) which he describes as such: It was crazy to feel my body work properly for climbing...
Not a bad day…
Ethan Pringle had a pretty good day up at Poudre Canyon yesterday. He sent Dave Graham's classic problem Circadian Rhythm (V13) . He also managed to repeat Hollow's Way (not in the...
News & Notes - 3/26/2007
Here are a few news & notes from the past week: As I mentioned earlier , Paul Robinson had a pretty good day at the Buttermilks when he sent 2 v14's in one day. Dave Graham redpoin...
News & Notes - 3/19/2007
A few tidbits from the past week: Another week another FA for Dave Graham . This time it is the FA of a V13 boulder problem he has called Do or Die at Cogul, Spain. You can also re...
To 8a Or Not To 8a?
I have one . So do plenty of other people. I get good natured shit from my friends for having one. I'm of course talking about the infamous 8a.nu scorecard. I truly don't think I h...
News & Notes - 3/12/2007
Ethan Pringle has repeated Fred Nicole's Eperanza (V14) at Hueco Tanks, TX. Fred made the first ascent back in 2001 Stewart Watson has repeated Ben Moon's Voyager (V13). You can se...
Another 5.14d for Dave Graham
Dave Graham has made what is likely the 2nd ascent of Ramon Julian Puigblanque 's Esclatamasters at Perles, Spain. It took him only 8 tries over the course of about 5 months. He ha...
Petzl Roctrip Coming to the Red River Gorge!
I'd say this qualifies as a big freaking deal. The Petzl Roctrip is coming to the Red River Gorge . The event will be during the annual Rocktoberfest celebration that was already p...
New Dave Graham Blog
Normally I would be more interested in this sort of thing but Dave Graham seems to be losing it a bit. He has a new Pro Blog at Climbing.com which is pretty uninformative if you wa...
"What was the standard…
...you know...they're going to get flashed" - paraphrasing Dave Graham in Dosage 4. Speaking of standard setting problems getting flashed, Freakclimbing has a good story about the...
2008
Only The “Highest Caliber Of Wood Grained Sandstone” For Daniel Woods…
The bouldering at Arkansas’s Horseshoe Canyon Ranch was featured in Dosage III in a memorable piece culminating with Chris Sharma’s FA of Witness The Fitness. This footage is pres...
Dave Graham’s ‘The Island’ (V15) Repeated Twice
Dave Graham's Fontainebleau testpiece The Island (V15) is repeated twice.
News & Notes – 12/08/2008
A few links for your perusal on this Monday...
Keepin It Island: (Another) New V15 From Dave Graham
Dave Graham has added a sit start to the V13 Boogalagga in Chironico, Switzerland that he is calling Big Paw . He has suggested a grade of V15 for this new problem. You can read th...
Alex Puccio Does FFA Of A Maze Of Death (V12)
Alex Puccio does the FFA of another V12.
Joe Kinder Adds A New 5.14c To The Red River Gorge
Joe Kinder has opened a new 5.14c called Southern Smoke at Kentucky's Red River Gorge.
News & Notes – 10/29/2008
News from Kevin Jorgeson, James Webb, Daniel Woods and Justin Alarcon. Notes on DPM, RRG Accidents and more.
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...
Dave Graham On The Road In The U.K.
Fresh off a successful late summer sending spree in Rifle, CO Dave Graham has once again headed back to Europe. This time he is giving a series of lectures in the United Kingdom a...
Girl Talk In Rifle
If you are looking for some evidence that people can get along in this crazy world of partisan presidential politics and large financial institution collapse, look no further than...
Chris Sharma’s ‘Jumbo Love’ (5.15b)
Looking for more on Big Up's latest movie Progression and Chris Sharma's Jumbo Love? Check out these posts ! The dust has settled on Chris Sharma sending his project at Clark Mt. ,...
Chris Sharma Sends Clark Mountain Super Project: Jumbo Love (5.15b)
Looking for more on Big Up's latest movie Progression and Chris Sharma's Jumbo Love? Check out these posts ! The Big Up Blog is reporting that Chris Sharma has climbed the fabled p...
News & Notes - 9/11/2008
News & Notes from Alex Honnold, Way Lake Bouldering and several big upcoming events.
RMNP Bouldering: Paul Robinson Working Top Notch Project
Last week I had the opportunity to tag along with Paul Robinson as he worked on an (at the time) unclimbed line in Upper Chaos Canyon, RMNP, CO.
Buttermilks: Cave Problem
During my 2006 trip to Bishop, I spent a lot of rest time running around and fondling holds of testpieces like The Mandala. Who hasn't? However, I couldn't spend the hole trip mi...
The Life DVD Review
I was at the gym Rockquest in Cincinnati recently for a youth climbing competition. During one of the frequent spells of downtime I was perusing their DVD rack when I noticed that...
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...
Dosage 5 To Premier June 4th In Boulder
FRB is reporting on their message board that the much anticipated 5th installment in the Big Up Productions Dosage series will be premiering on June 4th at the Boulder Theater in d...
News & Notes - 05/13/2008
I have another interesting topic for discussion tomorrow, but in the meantime here are a few links for your perusal: If you enjoy salivating over the posts at the Betabase blog , y...
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...
Regional Finals Voting Begins
After almost 6,000 votes, we are down to the Regional Finals of the 2008 Climbingnarc.com Tournament Of All Things Climbing . Dave Graham came the closest to pulling off an upset i...
Kevin Jorgeson & Paul Robinson Send The Fly In Rumney
Joe Kinder is reporting on his blog that Kevin Jorgeson has made the 2nd ropeless ascent of Dave Graham's The Fly (5.14d, V13/14?) in Rumney, NH. The first ropeless ascent was by J...
News & Notes: Spring Break Followup
A bit of followup on last week's Spring Break edition of News & Notes . Here are a few more links for you to check out: Many of you are no doubt following Jamie Emerson's updates f...
Dave Graham's New V15 In Fontainebleau: 'The Island'
Pictures from Dave Graham's new V15 in Fontainebleau called The Island.
New Dave Graham V15 in Fontainebleau?
American climbing superstar Dave Graham has opened a possible V15 (8c) in the forest of Fontainebleau, France.
News & Notes: Spring Break Edition
A few general bits of climbing news along with several links to check out what people were up to over Spring Break: Early last month, Dean Potter completed a 40 foot roof project h...
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...
Sonnie Trotter On Bouldering In Hampi, India
"Pilgrimage", the Big Up movie featuring Chris Sharma and Katie Brown bouldering in Hampi, India, inspires anyone who watches it to dream of one day climbing in India. Unfortunatel...
Big Up to Arkansas - Updated
As I reported last week, Dave Graham has returned to Arkansas after tearing the place up over the New Year. Big Up is there to capture everything on film for us (Dosage 5 soon???)...
News & Notes - 2/21/08
Matt Birch recently repeated The Mandala Sit Start (V14) at the Buttermilks outside of Bishop, CA. By my count this is the problem's 7th ascent. Wade David has photos posted from b...
MVM Subscription Contest Reminder
Just a reminder that you have until next week Tuesday to leave a comment on the MVM Subscription Contest Post to be in the drawing for a free 1 month subscription to MVM. Big thank...
Midnight Express
Dave Graham recently did the 3rd ascent of Ty Landman's Midnight Express (V14) in Boulder Canyon. Ty indicated that he named the problem after a movie that he rather enjoyed so I t...
News & Notes - Mass Update
Thanks to James for compiling this massive list of updates. In this update you will find a lot of news on Dai Koyamada's exploints in the Frankenjura. Also news from Daniel Woods,...
News & Notes - Bouldering Edition
A summary of recent bouldering activity including more repeats of Trice in Boulder, Bishop bouldering, hard first ascents in Idaho and scary highball first ascents in Hueco Tanks....
Paul Robinson Terremer Video
The video of Paul Robinson repeating Terremer (V15) is now available on the Momentum Video Magazine . As I expected, the catch is that you have to be a premium subscriber to see th...
Momentum Video Magazine Follow-Up
More information on subscribing to the Premium Area of the Momentum Video Magazine including a list of videos featured in the Premium Area.
Paul Robinson Repeats Terremer (V15)
MVM is reporting that Paul Robinson repeated Fred Nicole's hitherto unrepeated Hueco Tanks testpiece Terremer (V15) on New Year's Day. This problem connects Diaphanous Sea (V12) wi...
2009
Only The “Highest Caliber Of Wood Grained Sandstone” For Paul Robinson…
It seems like an annual tradition at this point that each winter some of America’s strongest boulderers make their way to Arkansas to sample the untapped sandstone that can be foun...
Adam Ondra Flashes V14 In Switzerland
Another week, another impressive piece of news from Czech youngster Adam Ondra. UPDATED with a link to video of Daniel Woods doing the problem as well as additional details.
Chris Sharma, Neanderthal Among Boys
Chris Sharma ticks off another 5.15 project, this time the Neanderthal project in Santa Linya, Spain. Updated with link to pictures and more route info.
What Can You Say About The Grade?
Important to some and meaningless to others, climbing grades have long been a great source of debate to pass the time in between sessions. Recent years have seen an explosion of c...
Tis The Season In Spain
News from Spain from Chris Sharma, Dani Andrada, Dave Graham, Jon Cardwell and more...
Yet Another 5.14d For Dave Graham
Via TheLowDown comes news that Dave Graham is continuing his return to form, this time with the 3rd ascent of Chocholocco (5.14d) at Carros, France. A few pictures of him on the ro...
News & Notes – 10/06/2009
News & Notes from Dave Graham, Tommy Caldwell, the Hubers, Adam Ondra and much more...
Something To Keep In Mind
Last summer while I was wandering around the boulders in RMNP’s Lower Chaos Canyon I stumbled across an odd scene: there was a really strong looking guy getting very close to sendi...
Why Chris Sharma Doesn’t Boulder More
Ever wonder why you don't hear much about Chris Sharma bouldering these days?
Alex Honnold Is The 2009 Robert Hick Bates Award Winner
Each year the American Alpine Club gives out the Robert Hicks Bates Award in memory of Bob Bates who was a “renowned explorer, alpinist, Peace Corps director, and educator, accompl...
Chris Lindner Repeats Girl Talk (5.14c)
Fresh off a move to Colorado , Chris Lindner has done the 8th 9th (at least) ascent of Dave Graham’s Girl Talk (5.14c) at Rifle, CO according to the Maxim Ropes Facebook page .
News & Notes – 08/28/2009
Sport climbing news from France and Colorado and a slew of notes...
Mysterious New Five Ten Shoe Identified
Earlier this year there was a lot of interest shown in a pair of mysterious blue Five Ten shoes that looked very similar to the recently discontinued, but highly popular, V10s. Ke...
Pro Climber Injury Update
Updates on the injuries of a few well known climbers courtesy of Urban Climber
Sharma Flashes 300 Ft. 5.14b At Roc Trip Millau
Chris Sharma makes his presence felt at the 2009 Petzl Roc Trip Millau. UPDATED
The Players DVD Review
BS Productions has released another DVD, The Players . This productions offer a glimpse into what makes some of today's strongers climbers tick. Climbers you will see include: Chri...
Big Worm (V14) Repeated Twice
Chris Schulte and Paul Robinson have done quick 2nd and 3rd ascents of Dave Graham’s recently opened V14 at Mt. Evans called Big Worm with Robinson suggesting it might be hard V13....
Dave Graham Is Back
Dave Graham has apparently recovered from his latest finger injury and is “syked to be climbing again”. The other day he did the FA of Big Worm at Mt. Evans, CO for which he has su...
From Dirt Grows The Flowers (V15) Repeated
Another of Dave Graham's longstanding unrepeated testpieces sees a 2nd ascent this week.
Paul Robinson Does 2nd Ascent Of Psychedelic (5.14c/d)
Paul Robinson repeats Psychedelic in St. George, UT.
Book Of Bitter Aspects Repeated Again
Max Zolotukhin has done the 3rd ascent of Dave Graham’s The Book Of Bitter Aspects at Bradley, CT, registering it at V13 on his 8a spraycard.
Big Up's Progression Update From Spain: Sharma, Ondra & Ojeda
Big Up Productions is hard at work in Spain filming their next movie Progression. As usual, Chris Sharma is one of their main subjects, but we will be treated to more of a Europea...
Rewind DVD Review & Sale
BS Productions has released their 5th climbing movie, Rewind. The movie includes highlights from previous BS Productions movies The Life, The Australia Project, Karma and Spray as...
News & Notes - 2/27/2009
Climbing news & notes from Chris Schulte, Jacinda Hunter, Ty Landman and more...
Jacinda Hunter Climbs 5.14b In Utah
Jacinda Hunter has made an impressive FFA of Dave Graham’s Breaking The Law (5.14b) at Black and Tan, UT. Check out the video at MVM .
The Book Of Bitter Aspects (V13) Repeated By Phil Schaal
Dave Graham’s boulder problem The Book Of Bitter Aspects (V14) has stood unrepeated for several years now. Strong climbers like Paul Robinson have come close to repeating the prob...
James Webb Sending Hard In Arkansas
James Webb repeated two Dave Graham V13’s this weekend in Arkansas, suggesting a possible downgrade to V12 for both. The problems in question are Chunk Up The Deuce and Loved By Fe...
Dave Graham Doing What Dave Graham Does: Sending V13s
It continues to be a somewhat slow winter on the uber difficult boulder front, but that doesn’t mean that nothing is happening out there. Dave Graham is back stateside which can me...
2010
From Dirt Grows The Flowers Left Variant (V15) Repeated By Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson's strong season of bouldering in the Swiss canton of Ticino continues, this time with the likely 5th ascent of Dave Graham's From Dirt Grows The Flowers (V15) in Chir...
2 Swiss V15s For Adam Ondra
According to his scorecard Adam Ondra did his 2nd V15 in as many days yesterday with a repeat of Dave Graham's From Dirt Grows The Flowers in Chironico, Switzerland. On Monday he r...
News & Notes - 11/29/2010
Feast on the latest edition of News & Notes with news about several repeats of Dave Graham V15s in Europe, a tragic accident in Red Rocks, a lesson about the importance of helmets...
Brion Voges Lost In The Hood
According to his 8a scorecard Brion Voges has done the 3rd ascent of Dave Graham's Lost In The Hood (V14) in Cowell, AR. You can see video of the ascent here courtesy of Jimmy Webb...
News From Across The Pond
A few noteworthy sends from across the pond last week by Bernhard Schwaiger, Dai Koyamada, Chris Webb Parsons, Dave MacLeod and Pierre Bollinger
2 5.14bs By Danny Robertson In Rifle
Danny Robertson did his 2nd 5.14b of the season yesterday with his repeat of Dave Graham's Girl Talk in Rifle, CO. Previously he had also repeated Andy Raether's Stockboys Revenge...
Popular Posts & Videos For October 2010
Check out which posts and videos you were clicking on the most during the month of October 2010
Carlo Traversi Sends The Dagger (V14) In Cresciano
Carlo Taversi is having himself quite the year...
Woods, Puccio & Litz Establish Hard Boulders
This weekend saw some interesting news on the bouldering front with hard FAs by the likes of Daniel Woods, Alex Puccio and James Litz
Pair Of Lincoln Lake Season Wrap Ups
Jamie Emerson & Chad Greedy offer their summaries of the 2010 season at Lincoln Lake plus a brief promo for a new movie about the area
Jaws II (5.15a) Repeated By Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods nabs the 2nd ascent of one of the country's hardest sport routes
Popular Posts & Videos For September 2010
Here are the most popular posts and videos for September 2010
Lincoln Lake Season Winding Down
The season at Mt. Evans' Lincoln Lake is nearing its end, but not before a few more hard boulders are sent...
It’s "Wash, Rinse, Repeat" At Lincoln Lake For Graham & Woods
Stop me if you've heard this before : another week, another hard boulder added to the talus near Mt. Evans' Lincoln Lake by Dave Graham and Daniel Woods. This has become such a con...
Paul Robinson Back In Switzerland
Paul Robinson is back in Switzerland doing what he does best
Big Summer For Dave Graham Continues
Dave Graham continues his excellent summer with yet another potential V14 at Lincoln Lake. UPDATED with video
Daniel Woods & Dave Graham Add Potential V15 At Lincoln Lake
With the addition of Warrior Up (V15) at Mt. Evans' Lincoln Lake, Daniel Woods & Dave Graham have teamed up to establish a contender for one of the hardest boulder problems in the...
Popular Posts & Videos For August 2010
After a quiet month of July, which mainly stemmed from my 2 week vacation, ClimbingNarc.com was firing on all cylinders during the month of August. Here is what you were reading a...
Weekend News
A few notable sends that caught my eye recently and sad news from the Alps...
News & Notes - 08/16/2010
Youth seems to be the theme of this edition of News & Notes...
Potential V14 By Dave Graham At Lincoln Lake
B3Bouldering reports that Dave Graham has done the FA of another potential V14 up at Mt. Evans' Lincoln Lake called The Mote in God's Eye . Graham's latest edition brings the numbe...
Review: The Island Volume 1
A review of the The Island Volume 1, a new movie from Chad Greedy and Dave Graham
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...
(Another) Hard FA From Daniel Woods At Mt. Evans
Another week, another new V14 * new hard boulder from Daniels Woods at Mt. Evans' newest hotspot Lincoln Lake. Woods logged his latest FA on his 8a scorecard as The Exfoliator and...
Things That Happened While I Was Away
A few stories from the past few weeks that caught my eye including World Cup Bouldering, climbing on El Cap and more...
Brief News & Notes - 6/28/2010
A few News & Notes from over the weekend...
Dave Graham Visits Sweden
Dave Graham made a short trip to Sweden last week to give lectures and check out the local climbing scene. During his brief stay he found time to repeat Houdini Assis Left (V13), s...
2nd Ascent Of The Story Of Two Worlds (Updated)
Dai Koyamada makes the long awaited 2nd ascent of The Story Of Two Worlds, a potential V16 in Cresciano, Switzerland
News & Notes – 05/05/2010
A special Access edition of News & Notes with additional news from Adam Ondra, Jimmy Webb, Dai Koyamada and more...
5.14a Onsight For Dave Graham At Oliana
A bit quiet of late, Dave Graham onsighted Picos Pardos (5.14a) at Oliana, Spain the other day calling it "a real treat". Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come on his pro...
The Lowdown On First Round First Minute
Chris Sharma addresses the recent controversy over the First Round First Minute project
Small Amazing Things Taking Place In Bishop...
The exploits of Jimmy Webb and Brion Voges in Bishop gives me a good excuse to re-post a classic Dave Graham video...
News & Notes – 1/27/2010
News & Notes from the OR Winter Market, Chris Sharma, Iker Pou and more
2009 Year In Review Part 4
A look back at what was making news the last 3 months of 2009
News & Notes – 1/11/2010
News & Notes from Matt Wilder, Paul Robinson, Daniel Woods and MORE. Updated 1/12/10.
2009 Year In Review Part 3
A look back at what was making news the months of July, August and September of 2009
2009 Year In Review Part 2
A look back at what was making news April through June of 2009
Vincent Pochon Keeps It Island
Accomplished Fontainebleau local Vincent Pochon recently repeated Dave Graham’s Font V15 The Island , adding what he felt was a more logical lower start from the right. Kairn.com h...
2009 Year In Review Part 1
A look back at what was making news the first 3 months of 2009
2011
"Why On Earth Don't I Live Here?"
Writing for Five Ten about his recent time spent in Kentucky's Red River Gorge 1 , Dave Graham unleashes another classic entry for the internet to enjoy: I will admit, as this is m...
Fred Nicole's Entlinge (V14/15) Flashed By Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods gets really "next level" with things by flashing a Fred Nicole testpiece in Switzerland
"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...
What's Your Scene?
Find out how you can win a copy of Chuck Fryberger's latest movie, The Scene
Potential V15 At Guanella Pass By Dave Graham
Dave Graham adds yet another hard boulder to Colorado, this time at Guanella Pass
News & Notes - 10/12/2011
News & Notes from Lynn Hill, Joe Kinder, Sasha DiGiulian, Reno climbing walls, 50 year anniversaries and more...
Video Friday - 9/30/2011
Final thoughts from last weekend's Nor'easter and your Video Friday videos
Review: A Fine Line
A Fine Line follows the likes of Jimmy Webb, Brion Voges, Brad Weaver, Daniel Woods and Dave Graham as they spend a few months doing what they do best, namely doing nothing but bo...
Nalle Hukkataival Reports On Australian Trip
Nalle Hukkataival, Dave Graham and Ian Dory are back from their adventure in Australia and reports are starting to trickle in out about what they were up to.
Finale Of 2011 UBC Pro Tour This Weekend
The finale of the 2011 UBC Pro Tour, The North Face Open, is this weekend at the Nor'easter in Burlington, VT and I will be there covering the event
Bad Girls Club (5.14d) Repeated By Joe Kinder
After getting a lot of love from first ascensionist Matty Hong and second ascensionist Jonathan Siegrist , it's only fitting that only a short time after returning to the States fr...
Video Friday - 9/9/2011
The psyche is returning, the Nor'easter is fast approaching and Video Friday videos...
New V13s In Australia By Hukkataival & Graham
Nalle Hukkataival checks in from Australia with news of a handful of new problems done in the V11-V13 range by himself and Dave Graham. So, are they almost out of things to do? In...
The Island Goes Down Under
After following the careers of certain well-known American climbers like Chris Sharma and Dave Graham throughout the years one kind of starts to get the feeling like man, these guy...
New Guidebook To Colorado's Alpine Bouldering Areas
What else if there left to say about the alpine bouldering found in places like Rocky Mountain National Park and Mt. Evans? The scenery is stunning, the boulders are massive, the p...
Colorado Alpine Update
After the summer of 2010 saw an explosion in development thanks mainly to the efforts of Dave Graham, the summer of 2011 looks to be one of repeats and consolidation in Colorado's...
Popular Posts & Videos For June 2011
Popular Posts & Videos for June 2011
Video Friday - 6/10/2011
Videos from Dave Graham, the Vail Bouldering World Cup and talk about "local" blogs
More From Webb & Voges At Mt. Evans
Jimmy Webb and Brion Voges continue to get things done at Mt. Evans according to their respective scorecards with Webb repeating Dave Graham's Big Worm (V14) at Area A and Voges re...
Video Friday - 6/3/2011
Videos from Endovalley, the Ozarks, France, Boulder Canyon and more...
News From Lincoln Lake
The 2011 season is on at Mt. Evans' Lincoln Lake and to start things off Jimmy Webb has done the 3rd ascent of Dave Graham's We Can Build You (V14) . He and Brion Voges also made q...
Popular Posts & Videos For May 2011
A look back at the stories and videos you were clicking on the most in May of 2011
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...
Video Friday - 5/26/2011
A getaway weekend edition of Video Friday with videos from Font, Yosemite, Clear Creek Canyon and more...
Dave Graham Back In The Blogging Mix
After a few year break Dave Graham is back to blogging, this time on Five Ten's website
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...
More On The Bouldering In RMNP's Endo Valley
Colorado has a new bouldering hotspot in the Endo Valley region of RMNP. Last week Dave Graham established a potential V14 up there and here Jamie Emerson updates us on the latest...
Potential V14 FA In RMNP By Dave Graham
Dave Graham adds a potential V14 to the Endo Valley area of Colorado's RMNP
2nd Ascent Of Graham's Coup de Grace By Gabriele Moroni
Italy's Gabriele Moroni does the 2nd ascent of Dave Graham's Coup de Grace in Sonlerto, Switzerland
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
Joe Kinder Does FA Of Tiger Blood (5.14c)
Joe Kinder is about to bail on the U.S. and embark on a pretty amazing sounding roadtrip through Europe and South Africa, but before he could get to that he had some unfinished bus...
Another Hard New Boulder In Hueco By Daniel Woods
Daniel Woods capped off a productive season of new problems in Hueco Tanks yesterday with the FA of The House Of Doom (V13) according to his 8a scorecard . In the scorecard comment...
Notable Sends In Bishop & Hueco Tanks
A few notable sends by Enzo Oddo, Jason Kehl and Dave Graham
The Story Of Two Worlds (V15) 2nd Ascent By Paul Robinson
Paul Robinson grabs the 2nd ascent of Dave Graham's The Story Of Two Worlds in Cresciano, Switzerland. UPDATED with pictures.
Popular Posts & Videos For February 2011
Popular posts and the most highly rated videos for February of 2011
Necessary Evil (5.14c) Repeated By Jonathan Siegrist
After an extended battle against "frustration, terribly fickle conditions, and some severely height dependent cruxes" Jonathan Siegrist clips the chains on Necessary Evil (5.14c)
Reach
Thoughts on the new climbing film Reach from Rogue State Films & Nathan Bancroft
New Moe's Valley Bouldering Guidebook
A quick look at the new Moe's Valley bouldering guidebook and a new production company in the desert southwest
Only The “Highest Caliber Of Wood Grained Sandstone” For Brion Voges…
According to his 8a.nu scorecard Brion Voges has recovered from a recent finger injury sufficiently enough to do the 4th ascent of Dave Graham's Wood Grain Grippin' (V14) at the bo...
Video Friday - 2/11/2011
Videos of Leo Houlding, Dave Graham, Brian Antheunisse, Matt Wilder, Steph Davis and Sam Davis...
2011 ABS 12 National Bouldering Championships Starts Friday, Streams Live Online Saturday
The 2011 edition of ABS Nationals kicks off Friday in Boulder, CO. While the event is returning to familiar ground this year there a couple of changes worth noting.
Ménégatti Gets 2nd Ascent Of The Big Island (V15)
France's Lucas Ménégatti nabs the second ascent of one of Fontainebleau's most difficult testpieces
New V14 From Jimmy Webb In Arkansas
Still recovering from a finger injury, Jimmy Webb opens hard new boulders at Arkansas' Horseshoe Canyon Ranch
2013
Video Friday - 11/22/2013
The highest rated videos of the week...
Jimmy Webb: Fear The Beard
More of the same from Jimmy Webb
Daniel Woods Does His Hardest Boulder Yet
After doing the original earlier this year, Daniel Woods has done a low start to Dave Graham's The Ice Knife (Once V15, now seems to be V14) at Guanella Pass, CO to yield what he c...
Foundation's Edge
Dave Graham, writing for The Island about his FA of Foundation's Edge in Fionnay, Switzerland: It was an awesome climb. I battled it out, got super pumped, and didn't kill myself f...
New Bloc Times
The bouldering in Australia's Grampians, and the sector Buandik in particular, has gotten wide attention the past couple of years as climbers like Nalle Hukkataival, Dave Graham, D...
Paul Robinson Repeats Jaws II
After having done five 5.14's including the only repeat of Dave Graham's 5.14+ Psychedelic , Paul Robinson took it up a notch with a repeat of Jaws II (5.15a) in Rumney, NH yesterd...
New V15 In Fionnay By Dave Graham
Dave Graham has succeeded in doing the FA of a long-time project of his in Fionnay, Switzerland that he's calling Foundation's Edge . Swiss granite rock has always suited Graham as...
Sisu Masters 2013 Live Stream
Last time I plugged the live streaming of a bouldering comp in Europe it didn't go very well , but let's try this again. On Saturday the Sisu Masters will stream live out of Helsin...
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...
Sendtember In Full Effect On The Front Range
Busy times along the Front Range as hard sends are going down at Rifle, Guanella Pass and Mt. Evans from the likes of Dave Graham, Daniel Woods, Matty Hong and Jimmy Webb
More V15s At Lincoln Lake For Webb, Woods
You know what they say, a V15 a day keeps the doctor away
New V15 At Lincoln Lake By Jimmy Webb
Jimmy Webb continues his strong form by doing the FA of a probable V15 at Lincoln Lake
New Website From Reel Rock Tour & The Island
New websites from the Reel Rock Tour and The Island
Athlete Listing For Upcoming Psicobloc Masters Series Event
The organizers of the Psicobloc Masters Series event coming up in two weeks continue to rub salt in the wound that is my inability to attend the event or even watch the live broadc...
Video Friday - 7/5/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Video Friday - 6/28/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
Shauna Coxsey Repeats Nuthin' But Sunshine (V13)
Nuthin' But Sunshine see it's long-awaited first female ascent
What Happened To Climbing Films
Chris Parker, writing in this week's TNB for Rock & Ice : Excuse the extended metaphor, but five-minute Internet videos or short films packaged and viewable only in a film festival...
New Blog Post And V14 Repeat For Dave Graham
Dave Graham, writing for sponsor Five Ten : Life has some pretty crazy twists and turns in the last couple months. This time around the story starts with my epic skiing accident th...
Woods & Robinson Do First Repeats Of Graham's The Ice Knife (V15)
Beau Kahler was on the scene in Guanella Pass, CO yesterday as Daniel Woods and Paul Robinson did the 2nd and 3rd ascents respectively of Dave Graham's The Ice Knife (V15) . Graham...
Video Friday - 5/3/2013
The highest rated videos of the past week
V13 Flash In Font By James Kassay
Aussie James Kassay has flashed Dave Graham's Sideways Daze (V13) in Fontainebleau, France. This is the 2nd V13 (or harder) flash in the forest after Adam Ondra flashed Gecko Assis...
Webb & Traversi Getting It Done In Switzerland
Jimmy Webb & Carlo Traversi rack up the hard sends in Switzerland
Popular Posts & Videos For March 2013
The most popular posts and videos for March 2013
The Story Of Two Worlds (V15) Repeated By Carlo Traversi
The hits just keep coming for Carlo Traversi as he has done the 5th 1 ascent of Dave Graham's The Story Of Two Worlds (V15) in Cresciano, Switzerland. This send comes shortly after...
2014
Jimmy Webb Defies Gravity
Jimmy Webb does the 2nd ascent of one of Colorado's hardest boulder problems
Video Friday - 5/9/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
Viva Peñoles
The first two episodes in the Viva Peñoles series featuring Daniel Woods, Dave Graham, Jimmy Webb, Paul Robinson and Diego Montull
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Jimmy Webb Doing What Jimmy Webb Does In Switzerland (Updated)
After a stellar trip last year, Jimmy Webb is back in Switzerland with similar results.
Video Friday - 3/21/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
"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...
Video Friday - 3/7/2014
The highest rated videos of the past week
