from Upskill Climbing
2009 was our first foray to the unknown delights of Vietnam and its limestone towers in Ha Long Bay. (You can find our 2009 trip reports and video here ). We had a stack of fun and I was particularly impressed by one limestone tower which had just two routes ( The Face 7b+ and License to Climb 7b). It was the most impressive and striking towers I'd seen in a bay which has over 2,000 limestone towers. After we left, I kept in the back of my mind the dream of establishing an extension to License to Climb ...
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from Upskill Climbing
Climbing is an incredibly complex sport. It's not like throwing a javelin. There are so many different factors that come into play and require training. Also, it's worth remembering that what one climber sees as improvement (or success) doesn't necessarily equal improvement for another. Someone might aspire towards pure gymnastic difficulty (grades) while someone else might value variety, or volume, or style, or the social aspect of climbing or just having fun. Usually it's a combination. In the case of
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from Upskill Climbing
Climbing in Vietnam’s spectacular Ha Long Bay Words Monique Forestier, Photos Simon Carter Lynn Hill and Todd Skinner bolted this line in the 90s. The sea gobbled up the stainless steel within a couple of years. After rebolting the line, Lee Cujes ascends Saigon Wall 7a. Photo: Simon Carter. Legend has it that many centuries ago fearless dragons protected the people of northern Vietnam from invaders by spitting 2153 ungraded diamonds into the sea, thus creating a sheltered haven in the bay. Nowadays, the
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from Dave MacLeod Climbing
Been meaning to post this for a while... The Players is as you might have guessed a classic American sport/bouldering flick - hard climbers, lovely places and lovely climbs. And that’s it. Cool - so what’s it like? Well there aren’t any groundbreaking first ascents on a world scale, but obviously a LOT of impressive climbing from Sharma, Graham, and Woods and Rands. The real highlight is that we get to see a few more characters that we in the UK don’t see much of in climbing DVDs. Alex Puccio and
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from The Adventure Blog
It's no secret that I always love a good cycling adventure. Hopping on our bikes and going for a ride is one of those simple pleasure that most of us can relate to. But for some people, riding their bike is not only a way to see the world, but perhaps deliver an important message along the way. That pretty much sums up Furtemba Sherpa's approach to his cycling journey. Furtemba, who is the great grandson of Tenzing Norgay, set off to cycle the world back in 2003, with the aim of promoting world peace and
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from Climbing Narcissist
Could you be bribed to give up climbing forever? How much would it cost?? Putting A Price Tag On Climbing from ClimbingNarc.com Related posts: Putting Climbers First to Create Climbing We Can Believe In Poker Night at Adventure Rock 8a.nu To World [Again]: Just Because We Have A Popular Climbing Site Doesnt Mean We Know What We Are Talking About Help Choosing A Crashpad Access Troubles In Vietnam? Whats with the ads? Climbing Video: Alex Puccio Sending Trice (V12) New Online Squamish Climbing Magazine ...
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from Mountains and Water
It has been a terrible Christmas break here in Boulder and therefore a great time to look over Brian Solano 's film, The Players , which he kindly sent to me. When the snow is deep and the temps are consistently below freezing, a good climbing video can help with the motivation like few other training devices. The movie presents us with portraits of nine climbers from the US who are currently at the top of the game, "players" as the jargon has it. Fortunately this concept is not taken too far and the ...
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from Upskill Climbing
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If a picture tells 1,000 words then this video should tell about half a million. Upskill Climbing VietBLAM 2009 (Climbing in Vietnam) from Upskill Climbing on Vimeo . Keywords: vietnam climbing, slopony, vietnam dws, deep water soloing, dws Lee Cujes
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from Upskill Climbing
This is a short clip of the hardest route I did in Vietnam. Happily, it was a first ascent. About three days of work went into the prepping, cleaning, bolting, working and sending. The route is currently the second hardest sport route in Vietnam. It's about 30m long and is absolute primo quality. Grade 8a (29) but it might actually be harder as I relied heavily on locking down right gastons, which is one of my freak strengths at the moment due to the use of this grip on hard projects this year. I was super
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from Upskill Climbing
I write this from a restaurant on Cat Ba Island, the largest island off the coast of Northern Vietnam. The world heritage listed Ha Long Bay is here, and with its thousand plus limestone towers, this is a special place for climbers. With the arrival of Chris Glastonbury, Steve Ionnonu and Chris Beric (the Townsville boys), it's been an eventful couple of days. The boys flew into Hanoi and were so overwhelmed by the noise, traffic, chaos and potential for being scammed that they went for the safe option.
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