from V12 Outdoor - Climbing news
Yesterday Rob Greenwood made the first ascent of Ibex Direct M8 on the dry tooling wall in the Never Never Land section of the Dinorwig Quarries.
Torquil Bennett had previously top roped the line, traversing across the lip of the tunnel at the start. Rob climbed the line second go, missing out the tunnel traverse at [...]
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from The Adventure Blog
Way back in August, I told you about the Walking Home From Mongolia expedition , which would put adventurers Rob Lilwall and Leon McCarron on a 5000km (3106 mile) journey from Mongolia to Hong Kong, in the dead of winter no less. The plan was to travel both on foot and by kayak, and the entire trip was expected to take roughly six months. The boys hit the trail exactly one month ago today, and have been making excellent progress since. Their journey began in the village of Sainshand back on November 14th,
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from The Adventure Blog
Earlier in the week we had reports of several successful summits on Broad Peak, despite the weather there not being the most advantageous for climbing. A few days later we also get word of tragedy on that mountain, as one of the climbers fell to his death while descending. Climber Rob Springer , who is part of the Field Touring Alpine squad, posted news of the accident on his blog today. Rob is on BP to acclimatize before jumping over to K2, which is his ultimate goal this summer in the Karakoram. He ...
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from Ethan Pringle
Here are screen grabs from just a few of the problems weve shot. Ill try to edit/compress a little teaser before we leave and before Rob does the main edit. Movie should be almost 30 mins long with all the problems weve shot. Il Était une Fois Golden Virginia and Ray of Light (I did [...]
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from The Adventure Blog
Teams on both Broad Peak and the Gasherbrums have been waiting on a weather window to materialize, and while conditions were not great over the weekend, the forecast for the week ahead is a promising one, which has prompted some to begin their summit push, while others take a wait-and-see approach. According to Rob Springer , who is climbing as part of the Field Touring Alpine squad, the team started their bid on BP yesterday, with the climbers heading up to Camp 2. Rob says that a lot of snow has fallen
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
Rob called in last night. It was snowing lightly and warm. He wasn't even wearing mittens! Today could be their day, and if not, they are well stocked with supplies and they are patient - two necessary elements for success.
standing by, Colby
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
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Rob Gowle r and the 6/27 West Buttress team are resting today at 14k. They made a carry from 14,200 to 16k yesterday and are taking a well deserved rest. The weather is good and they will move up tomorrow. Rob also reported that the 6/22Vernovage AMS/IMG team is traveling down the mountain after as successful summit yesterday. We look forward to seeing them in Talkeetna soon.
-Bobbi
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
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Rob Gowler 6/27 just phoned in to say they are at the 14,200 foot camp. They are going to cache gear at 16,800 today and come back down to sleep at 14,200. He said that Vernovage's IMG/AMS 6/22 and Wagner's 6/20 teams left for the summit at 8:30 AM. Rob said it was a beautiful day up there today. 14,200 foot camp with Foraker (17,400ft) in view. AMS climbers practicing clipping in and out of a fixed line before heading up to the 16,200 ridge. You can see the route, with climbers, in the background. Just
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from Upskill Climbing
I recently expanded my home climbing wall, adding a big 45 degree wall. It was the one key angle I had been missing. When I went through my hold collection to see which holds were most suitable for going on the 45 I discovered a bit of a pattern. Holds were either too big and juggy and I could campus on them. Or they were too small or slopey to do anything other than bump off or compress with because they were actually designed for less steep walls. And pinches. God, it seemed like everything I put on the
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
Pablo, Rob, Leighan, Dustin, Robin, Juan, Frode and Geir say, "MEOW", before launching. Bobbi
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