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Climbing RSS FeedsSimon Yates - To the Uttermost Part of the Earth - EICA Ratho, 7.30pm...Feed Source: www.ukclimbing.com AC Northern Lectures:Mountains of the Southern Ocean with Julian Freeman-Attwood - 7.30, Outside Café, Hathersage, Derbyshire... Simon Yates - To the Uttermost Part of the Earth - Glasgow, Boyd Orr Theatre, 7.30 pm... On Sight World Premiere - Showroom Cinema, Sheffield, 7pm & 9pm... UCR Boulder Competition Round 1 - Winter Bouldering Series Round 1: 4pm, 5.45pm, 7.30pm... Dave Graham Lecture - Dublin... The 6th Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival - George Square Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh
7pm start... Calshot Bouldering competition - 6.30-10pm Calshot Activities Centre... Dave Graham Lecture - Eindhoven... The 6th Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival - George Square Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh
Sessions at 10.30am; 2pm; 7pm... Dave Graham Lecture - Aarhus, Denmark... The 6th Edinburgh Mountain Film Festival - George Square Lecture Theatre, Edinburgh
Sessions at 10.30am; 2pm; 7pm... Dave Graham Lecture - Copenhagen, Denmark... James Pearson Lecture - Mountain Intelligence - Leeds - 8pm... Geoff Somers - Scott; Hero or Myth? - 8.00pm at the Brewery Arts Centre, Kendal... Hardest Boulder Problems in America - B3Bouldering has created a new resource where the hardest boulder problems in America will be tracked. He’s encouraging anyone that has additional info to contact him or leave a comment.... How to make a prusik knot - The prusik hitch may be pretty basic for many readers, but there are certain essential knots that every climber should know.
The American Alpine Institute has posted a great video illustrating the prusik knot.
Alpinists keep a variety of technical tools in their back-pockets. One of the most important tools is the prusik hitch. The prusik hitch [ ]... Trailer for the upcoming Echo Wall climbing film - Echo Wall is an upcoming climbing film by Dave MacLeod focusing on cutting edge trad climbing on the north face of Ben Nevis in Scotland.
The following is a trailer of the film due late October 2008:... Bouldering Colorado Slideshow with Bob Horan - Neptune Mountaineering in Boulder hosted a slideshow last night presented by Bob Horan, author of the new and highly controversial guidebook Bouldering Colorado.
Honestly, I was hoping some of the book’s most vocal detractors would show up for an open debate (hopefully more entertaining than the VP debate happening simultaneously), but there was a relatively small [ ]... Akito Matsushima repeats Memento (8C+/V16) - Some breaking news - Twitter user @yozyozyoz from Tokyo reports to All Climbing that Japanese climber Akito Matsushima repeated Memento (8C+/V16).... Video of Chris Sharma bouldering in the Ozarks - Following yesterday’s post on Chris Sharma sending Jumbo Love, I stumbled on a video of Sharma bouldering in the Ozarks (via VideoClimb.com).... Announcing ClimbingVibe - Today I’m announcing the launch of ClimbingVibe, a community driven links site for climbing, bouldering, and mountaineering related articles and blog posts.
ClimbingVibe quickly lets you find the most relevant and interesting climbing content. When I started blogging on All Climbing, there were surprisingly few climbing blogs. Now there are hundreds and it’s tough to read [ ]... Chris Sharma sends Jumbo Love (5.15b) at Clark Mountain - Chris Sharma has sent his project at Clark Mountain called Jumbo Love, suggesting a rating of 5.15b and likely the hardest route he’s ever done.
From Climbing Narcissist:
Jumbo Love begins with 60 ft. of 5.12d climbing followed by 100 ft of steep and bouldery 5.14c. THEN you get to the hard part which is followed [ ]... Review of the Reel Rock Tour Premier - You know you’re watching a great climbing film when your palms are sweating and you start trying to chalk up. Most of the films presented last night at the Reel Rock Tour gave me that reaction and I was pleasantly surprised. With so many trailers and clips floating around the Internet, I think I [ ]... Reel Rock Tour kicks off this week - The Reel Rock Tour kicks off in Boulder, Colorado this Wednesday. The third annual edition of the event will eventually hit over 80 cities to show climbing films including those from Sender Films and Big UP Productions.
This year there is also a filmmaking competition, where anyone could submit their best three minute climbing film.
I’ve already [ ]... Angie Payne sends V12 in Rocky Mountain National Park - Just starting to get caught up on a lot of news this morning, but apparently some great bouldering happened in Colorado very recently.
Jamie Emerson reports that Angie Payne made the first female ascent of European Human Being (V12) in Rocky Mountain National Park.
pimpin’ and crimpin’ has some additional photos of Angie on the problem from [ ]... Climbing Video: Top 20 classic boulder problems in North America - While the “top X” of anything can be heartily debated, take a look at this clip from The Top 20 Classic Boulder Problems of North America released last year by Flashed Climbing and Rock & Ice.
Over 500 top climbers were asked to name the most classic boulder problems in North America. This is a countdown [ ]... Cloudveil holding end of summer sale - Cloudveil is having a big end of summer sale with discounts ranging from 20% - 60% off regular prices. The sale runs from 8/22/08 through 9/1/08. After browsing the sale myself for deals, I can tell you there are definitely some stellar buys in there (via Splitter Choss).... Carter Lake Bouldering - As I mentioned in my last post, we moved to Colorado this week and I was obviously excited about all the new climbing opportunities in my backyard. In my rush to get on some rock, I ignored the fact that my body was exhausted from all the packing, driving, unpacking, and moving around of heavy [ ]... Move to Colorado is complete - I wrote a few months ago about my eventual move to Colorado. Well, after much effort, I’m finally here. My wife and I drove the 1520 miles from Blacksburg this past weekend and we’re trying to get settled.
On my prior post both here and on my personal blog, many asked where I was planning on [ ]... Quick Sends - 8/1/08 - Czech climber Adam Ondra redpointed WoGu (5.14) in Switzerland
Red River Gorge’s Torrent Falls re-opens to climbers
Peregrine closures lifted for all USFS and non-FS climbing areas in North Carolina
Dave Macleod frees Echo Wall, Scotland
China closes Mt. Everest for spring cleanup in 2009
Nicolas Favresse makes second ascent of Cobra Crack (5.14)... Top ten reasons to rock climb with girls - Today we have a guest post from Sara Lingafelter who writes at the climbing blog RockClimberGirl.com.
Top ten reasons to rock climb with girls:
1. Some of us have nice thin (but strong!) forearms, itty bitty wrists and long fingers; perfect for cleaning stuck nuts and walked cams. I rescued a blue Camalot on a [ ]... New England Ropes recalls two Maxim ropes - I just received an email from an old climbing partner directing me to an announcement on the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission site stating that New England Ropes is recalling two types of their ropes.
The company says the reason for the recall is the ropes “may not pass the required 5 falls, and may [ ]... Gear Review: Evolv Optimus climbing shoes - I’ve been looking for a new climbing shoe for a while that was either a velcro or a slipper for mostly quick on/off while bouldering. I currently climb with La Sportiva Miura’s for just about all routes and I absolutely love them. They have the best fit and performance of any climbing show I’ve worn. [ ]... Coming soon on All Climbing - Lots of things have been in the works over the past couple months thus the lighter posting schedule. So I just wanted to whet everyone’s appetite on some upcoming posts.
More gear reviews will be coming including an upcoming review of the new Evolv Optimus slippers. I just got a pair of these and have only [ ]... |