from UKClimbing.com News
Shawn Raboutou (13) has done the short and steep Welcome to Tijuana at Rodellar, Spain and thereby his first 8c. Shawn is the son of Robyn Erbesfield-Raboutou and Didier Raboutou, so I guess the tale about the apple and the tree isn't entirely untrue.
Especially so as Shawn's younger sister, Brooke, has redpointed a number of routes in the 7c to 8a+ range this summer. Her hardest to date remains Swingline, 8b, in the RRG, however.
Robyn did quite well too, onsighting and flashing a few 8a's...
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from The Adventure Blog
In terms of long distance trekking, the relatively newly established Great Himalayan Trail is tough to beat in terms of challenge and beauty. The GHT is made up of a collection of existing treks that have been linked together to make one massive hiking experience, and once it is completed, trail organizers hope that it will span Bhutan, Tibet, India, Nepal and Pakistan. For now however, the one section of the GHT that is officially open and accessible is the leg that runs across Nepal. That trail was ...
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from 2010 Mountaineering Season
I talked to Nate Opp briefly earlier today. They are doing well. Nate is a man of few words. Mike Janes and the rest of his crew headed up to High Camp this morning. I talked to him a bit this evening. They arrived and were able to move into some half built walls up there. They were just beefing them up now and melting some snow for water. They are planning on taking a rest day tomorrow. Sounded like a really nice day up there. Nate's, Rodrigo's and Todd's teams are all at 14K now. Peter Anderson, Nick ...
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from Mountains and Water
As promised, I am posting a full review of the new film CORE by Chuck Fryberge r. As I have mentioned before, I am a big fan of Chuck's work. His visual sense is extraordinary and his idea of what makes an interesting scene is uniquely his own. I thought his previous film, PURE, to be one of the best recent climbing films made, and went to the premiere of CORE with a great sense of anticipation. I was not disappointed at the Boulder Theater and upon viewing the film again several times, I am still very ...
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from Stevie Haston
I hate the web. On the other hand, I love some of the stuff, that sometimes finds its way to me thru the ether of the web. Anything to do with Kids, cats, skateboarding, and snowboarding. This blog/diary is a way of communicating with my grandchildren, family, and friends, and so yes it is utile. Kids climbing, yea. When do Kids not climb? I climb, therefore I am still a Kid, right on. The family Raboutou is, it seems, a climbing family. Mum and dad, both great climbing champs, and now Brooke and Shawn ...
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from Bishop Bouldering Blog
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from TheLowDown
The Sends is a new DVD from, Shawn Boye (the man behind Swedish Meatballs ), which takes us on a journey through Sweden, following some of the country's best climbers. We get to see hard bouldering around Stockholm, Västervik, Bohuslän and on Åland/Ahvenmaa, Deep Water Soloing and trad climbing on the West coast and Shallow Water Soloing from Stockholm. Last, but by no means least, we get to watch Björn Strömberg's epic struggle, as in 120+ tries, when he attempts to make the FA of Leroy , a super ...
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from Rock Climber Girl
In a last minute gear scramble, some of my friends and favorite brands came seriously to the rescue to help equip me for my Mountain Skills Training last weekend . I'm excited to talk more down the road about some preview gear I got to test from Duofold and Champion as part of their Expedition Hanesbrand project . I know it sounds weird to get excited about underwear, but the Duofold synthetics I tested were leaps and bounds ahead of other synthetics I've tried -- they wicked moisture like a charm, kept me
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from Rock Climber Girl
That's a view of the Olympics from the false summit below Buckhorn, and just up from Marmot Pass. Breathe deep, and you can almost imagine the crisp, clean air way up there. This was a fun, busy training weekend. I'm getting ready for my four day mountain skills course this weekend (I'm super, incredibly, excited) and wanted to get in a two-fer this weekend. I had originally considered some ambitious solo goals, but ultimately have too many friends that I want to spend some time with before some additional
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from Rock Climber Girl
I'm just about to hit "publish post" on a little photo trip report from this weekend, but I'm multitasking tonight. Specifically, I'm washing dishes, unpacking from my last trip, doing laundry, packing for my next trip, recovering from getting my first round of vaccinations for out-of-US-travel (more on that next week), paying bills, cleaning my apartment, crafting an expedition plan for my next big project -- Mount Gear -- in my living room, and, if I'm lucky, getting my quarterly taxes done before the
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