from Climbing Narcissist
Writing for Five Ten about his recent time spent in Kentuckys Red River Gorge1, Dave Graham unleashes another classic entry for the internet to enjoy: I will admit, as this is my second trip to this place, I am blown away by the quality of the rock, the natural nature of the way the routes flow. The [...] Why On Earth Dont I Live Here? from Climbing Narcissist Become a fan of ClimbingNarc.com on Facebook Related posts: 2010 UBC Earth Treks Roc Comp To Stream Live Online UBC Pro Tour At 2010 ORSM ...
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from Climb with kids
In a great post (a.k.a. self proclaimed "rant") by Splitterchoss.com ,author BJ Sbarraidentifies the frustrating practice of identifying routes by their grade rather than their name. . . I love the points and completely agree! I wanted to combine the Splitterchoss.com argument with another that I had heard recently (I apologize to the author as I can't recall where the post was) with regard to caring more about the number of "stars" than the grade. To build upon both of these points, I ...
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from The Alpinist - newswire
Dutch sport climber Jorg Verhoeven and Austrian David Lama, of recent controversy , have freed a longstanding project in the Valle del Sarca, Italy. The line climbs the east face of Monte Brento, a wall of brittle rock as tall as El Capitan, and steeper. The first attempts were made on this conspicuous overhang in the 1970s: the most successful attempt was abandoned only 150 meters up the crumbly 1000-meter face. It was this line that Lama and Verhoeven climbed to its logical conclusion, via aid in 2009
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from Petzl Blog
Posted By Liv Sansoz the 2010-04-28 Version Francaise en-dessous Having finally gained a bit more strength, I felt a sudden urge to climb on real rock faces again. So it was '' en route'' to Sardinia to discover its amazing limestone and feel what it was like to climb again after a seemingly endless interruption. Alongside me was my friend, Rahel, whose presence in this "learning to climb again" adventure was for me essential. Her "happy go lucky attitude" carried our jolly little climbing party to many
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