from Mountains and Water
If you are interested in learning more about what makes an elite-level boulderer tick, please check out my interview with Carlo Traversi . As part of my bouldering book blog, I plan on talking periodically with leaders in the sport about what they think is important for developing as a climber. Carlo Traversi: Alpine Sessions from Five Ten on Vimeo .
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from Climbing Narcissist
Adam Ondra in an October 2011 interview with new Swedish website Stockholmsklättring: I think I’m quite efficient in climbing routes in a few attempts but I do think that if I spent 50 tries or more on one route I might be able to climb 9b+1 but certainly I wouldn’t be able to climb any [...] Adam Ondra Interviewed By New Swedish Website from Climbing Narcissist Become a fan of ClimbingNarc.com on Facebook Related posts: Potential 5.15b La Capella By Adam Ondra In Siurana Adam Ondra Talks Gioia Final
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from The Adventure Blog
Teen-age Seven Summiteer Jordan Romero appeared on the Today show this morning to talk about his recent climb of Mt. Vinson in Antarctica, and the successful completion of his goal to become the youngest person to climb the highest peaks on each of the seven continents. In case you missed the interview, you can watch it in the video below, where you'll see a remarkably mature and composed young man who has stayed focused on his dreams and has worked very hard to achieve them. In the interview, Jordan also
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from The Adventure Blog
Looking for your daily dose of inspiration? Then look no further than this interview with Andy Campbell from the Adventure Journal . Campbell, who broke his back in a climbing accident eight years ago, has big plans for 2012, as he plans to circle the globe in his wheelchair, covering more than 30,000 miles in the process. In the AJ interview, Andy says that he intends to travel from the U.K. to China via "arm-powered" transport, then skip across the Pacific to Alaska, and proceed south to Chile. He'll ...
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The then 14-year-old Chris Sharma in a 1996 letter to Prana about a potential sponsorship deal: By sponsoring me you will be getting tons of free advertisement Kind of like this post?? Let Me List Some Of My Recent Accomplishments from Climbing Narcissist Become a fan of ClimbingNarc.com on Facebook Related posts: Whats On Your [...] Let Me List Some Of My Recent Accomplishments from Climbing Narcissist Become a fan of ClimbingNarc.com on Facebook Related posts: Whats On Your Climbing Bucket List? Cool ...
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16-year-old French phenom Enzo Oddo has climbed yet another 5.15 with his repeat of La Rambla original in Siurana, Spain. The route was first climbed before Oddo was even born by Alex Huber to a stopping point 3/4 up the wall, and it was subsequently extended by Ramón Julián Puigblanque. The accepted grade for this route [...] Enzo Oddo Repeats La Rambla Original (5.15a) from Climbing Narcissist Become a fan of ClimbingNarc.com on Facebook Related posts: Possible 5.15a FA By Enzo Oddo Patxi Usobiaga
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from The Adventure Blog
One of the Antarctic skiers that I've been following closely this year is Felicity Aston , who is attempting to become the first woman to make a solo and unsupported traverse of the continent. Yesterday, Aston was interviewed on National Public Radio (NPR) here in the states, giving a large audience an introduction to polar exploration. In the interview, which you can listen to here , Felicity talks about what it is like to travel through the Antarctic on foot, dragging her gear and supplies behind her on
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Every spring the winter run off swells the rivers in and around Quebec, creating some of the most amazing conditions for freestyle paddlers to surf some very big waves. This past spring, kayaker Tyler Fox took is video camera along to shoot the action, and as you'll see below, the results are nothing short of spectacular. The water really is huge and that allows these talented athletes to really show off their abilities. After you're done picking up your jaw, head over to Canoe Kayak where you can read an
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from Upskill Climbing
Climbkalymnos.com , the premier site of all things Kalymnos just published an interview with me. I talk about some random stuff, as well as the camps we ran in Kalymnos this year and why I reckon the place is so good. Click this link to check it out. Lee Cujes
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from The Adventure Blog
Earlier today, National Geographic Adventure posted a great interview , and an even better video, featuring free skier JP Auclair. The video was shot as part of a film entitled All.I.Can. by Sherpa Cinema and shows JP racing through the streets of three towns in British Columbia. In the interview, Auclair discusses the making of the video, the motivation behind it, and what it was like to zip through intersections, down stairs, and across snowy, and sometimes not snowy streets. JP Auclair Street Segment
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