from Upskill Climbing
This is the end my friends. The final trip report from Upskill 2011 Kalymnos climbing camps. This'll be a good-un though, so read on for your last little hit of Kalymnos for the year. ODYSSEY A bit of a fave, you've probably gathered by now. Day nine of climbing and there were some tired bodies! But only two days of climbing left, so time to pull out all the stops and give it heaps! Besides, it had to be Odyssey, as Bo refused to leave the island without Atena 6b+ in her satchel. We headed up to the left
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from The MountainWorld™ Blog
The whole team and I spent the day taking in some of the sights of Kampala today, as well as packing and prepping for the Rwenzori. We're all here, and we depart for Kasese and the Rwenzori tomorrow morning. Read...
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from James Pearson
Keywords:
Mark,
Newfoundland,
experience,
1,300 feet of granite,
brain-child of Mark Synnott,
Meter Dome,
perpetual fog,
TNF 2 Meter Dome,
big wall environment,
Chad Expedition
And we begin... Wow!!! One month since my last post! So what have I been up to? Keep reading and find out... Blow Me Down is 1,300 feet of granite rising directly out of the Atlantic. Situated in Devils Bay, a wet and windy place indeed on the South coast of Newfoundland, Blow Me Down is several hours from the nearest road and civilisation, accessible only by boat. Like my Chad Expedition from 2010, Blow Me Down was the brain-child of Mark Synnott, a very experienced American climber and alpinist. Mark has
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from The Adventure Blog
Remember Charlie Wittmack? He was the guy we were following since last summer when he set out on his World Tri , an expedition that included a swim across the English Channel, a bike-ride across Europe and Asia, and a climb to the summit of Everest. I wrote about his progress a few times along the way, but after he was struck by a car in Kazakhstan , and returned home for a bit, it was difficult to get updates on his progress. The last I had heard, he had returned to Nepal and was on his way to Everest ,
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from UKClimbing.com News
Last year's discovery in The RMNP, Wolverineland at Lincoln lake high up on Mt Evans is now open again. Enough of the winter's snow is gone, although some is still providing some extra padding making the landings a bit safer in places.
Jimmy Webb and Brion Voges have probably been the most active with multiple hard ascents. If you're not into numbers, perhaps now is the time to quit reading.
Both have repeated We can build you, 8B+, Evil backwards, 8B/+, and Death trout, 8B. They've also...
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from gravsports
Anon--, I don't think there's any argument at all that being lighter will improve performance in many sports. I have never argued that weight is irrelevant for performance. Of course it's relevant, and I'm annoyed at myself for somehow not making that clear in my posts. So here goes, I'll make it clearer: Consuming unsustainable and downright puritanical diets will not ultimately lead to better long-term performance. For the vast, vast majority of athletes (and the general public) simply ...
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from Bishop Bouldering Blog
Just received this note from an inspired Zack Parke. Read on as he explains. "About a month ago I came across this video on Black Diamonds' website of Kevin Jorgeson in the Buttermilks. In it, among other sweet lines, Kevin does what could be only the second ever ascent of the Transporter Room on the Grandpa Peabody boulder. After watching that video I got pretty psyched about doing this climb, now that I know where it goes and some of the beta. I'd planned a trip out to the Buttermilks for last week, and
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from Climb with kids
Lauren in her boot Things I learned from Saturday's Top Rope/Lead Competition at PRG. 1. Tammy Opalka from Practical Climbing is a rock star. She ended up placing second in the Advanced Women's division. Tammy and I formally met for the first time on Saturday. I reviewed her fun chalk bags a few posts back but we hadn't actually met before. Tammy and some of the women she climbs with seem to have taken a page right out of ChicksClimbing as they are outdoor female climbers who seem to climb primarily with
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from The Adventure Blog
Up north, in the frozen environs of the Arctic, the Catlin Arctic Survey team continues to plug away at their mission, despite incredibly bad weather and sub-zero temperatures. While the Ice Base Team conducts their research and takes readings of the environmental conditions there, the Explorers Team is heading south towards Greenland, checking the health of the ice on the Arctic Ocean as they go. One of the members of the squad, Explorer Team leader Ann Daniels, has just passed a significant milestone.
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from The Adventure Blog
The 2011 Catlin Arctic Survey continues to press ahead with their mission, despite the fact that the weather in the arctic is proving to be quite challenging this year. The team has suffered through plenty of snow and ice, as you would expect, but the scientists at the Ice Base got more than they bargained for recently when a blizzard raged for four days straight. Meanwhile, the Explorers Team are off at last, but not before conducting the most northerly interview ever with CNN. As you probably recall, the
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