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photo Keith Ladzinski Chris sends in the same day "Chaxi" 9a+ (the second part of "Chaxiraxi" 9b that Adam Ondra climbed recently) and "Fight or Flight" 9b in Oliana. After warming up in his last project bolted in Oliana (nice combination between "Papichulo" and "Pachamama") Chris tried "Chaxiraxi" 9b from the direct start and he fell in the last move of the boulder problem!! ayayai.. it was a really good climbing! After that, he is psyched to trie his old proyect "Fight or flight" 9b and zaaass!! he sent
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from Bishop Bouldering Blog
I made a trip over to the Pollen Grains/Lydija Boulders on Saturday. The road down to the Get Carter boulder was still incredibly deep with snow, which is a bit surprising considering how little snow is left on the slopes of the main area. We all began to get a bad feeling as driving downhill in the 4x4 became tough going! Anyway, it was good to finally get out to the area as I’d been waiting for the chance to check out a couple of lines there. Daniel Ferreira had written to me a while back about a ...
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from Andy Mountains
Hi Andy, Did Eastern Gully on the Black Ladders today. The walk in was interesting weather starting with drizzle, turning to hail and then quite heavy snow by the time I reached the crag. So route location was a challenge but I worked out where it was in the end. I skipped the direct start on the ice and traversed in from the right. There was ice on the direct start but it was thin and didn't have a proper look as to whether it would have been climbable or not. There was a team that started Pyramid on the
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from Guy Steven - Mountain Leader
Keywords:
Kenny,
Fort William,
Today,
Hidden Chimney,
routes like Fingers Ridge,
today on routes,
Fingers Ridge,
Kennys client,
IV,6,
Perfect Choice
Today I was kick starting my next winter stint with a trip over to the Cairngorms with Kenny. We met up with Andy, Kennys client, aswell for a very socialable day. It was discusting weather leaving Fort William at 6am but as we got further East it was clearing up nicely. On arrival to the crag it was blue skies and a cold wind. We firstly climbed The Message (IV,6), topped out at 1pm, nipped back down and then climbed the Direct Start (IV,5) to Hidden Chimney (III). Many other teams out today on routes ...
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from The Alpinist - newswire
The Big Daddy Overhang (5.12b) in Squamish, British Columbia now has a Sugar Daddy thanks to Sonnie Trotter's new all-gear variation, which clocks in at 5.14. Taking a direct start from the base, Trotter climbed an overhanging arete directly below Big Daddy Overhang to eventually join up with the rest of that pitch. He reported that the arete is "the sort of feature you look up at and wish it had holds on it. This one did, but barely." Trotter considered Sugar Daddy the last major unclimbed feature at ...
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from Bishop Bouldering Blog
This afternoon Isaac Caldiero made the third ascent of the amazing highball/solo Ambrosia (v11) on the Grandpa Peabody at the Buttermilks. The impending stormy weather presented an extra challenge. It was a warm, but windy day with a mist of rain occasionally drifting in from the mountains to dampen aspirations. But that light intermittent rain evaporated as fast as it arrived and Isaac was motivated by the cooling of the breeze that provided conditions far better than he'd seen over the last warm week.
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from Climb on Wood
Recent climbing events appear to indicate that now is the perfect time to be sending your hard routes - in the Northern Hemisphere anyway. If you spend any time following climbing news, then you would be well aware that Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra have both been climbing very hard and making the most of the cold weather and the remainder of 2009. Chris reportedly sent Neanderthal in Santa Linya, Spain after numerous attempts over 2 years. The grade has been suggested as 9b, which would make it the third
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from Life in the Vertical
Well, my first day of freedom was a slow one, managed to get up early enough to do some work on the book, current at page 33 of 195. I sent a mass text out to all the climbers in my phone hoping that there was someone who could come play in the quarries this afternoon. Unfortunately despite living in Llanberis the heart of North Wales rock climbing, there was no one who could come out to play, so start trawling the streets and shops for anyone with half a clue of how to hold a rope. I eventually found ...
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from Arc'teryx Latest News
By Raphael Slawinski We had been planning the usual three-day trip up The Wild Thing on the northeast face of Mt. Chephren, with sleeping bags and all that entails – like sleep. Unfortunately work got in the way, and all we were left with was a two-day weekend. The weather and snow stability were just too good to pass up, and so the idea of climbing The Wild Thing in a continuous push was born. Hour 0 (2:30 a.m. on Saturday, February 21): Realize alarm is about to go off. Get out of bed. I never sleep
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from TheLowDown
Daniel Woods is one of the select, but increasing, few who manages to stay in the top of the game of bouldering and route climbing at the same time. This week, he proved this again by doing the FA of both The Beach , 8B+, at Moe's valley, and, the following day, Unforgivable , 8c, at the Wailing wall. The beach is a low start to Isaac Caldiero's Meat bag , 8B, and Unforgivable is a direct start to Todd Perkin's Treebeard , 8a+, that was bolted by Joe Kinder .
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