from The Rest of Everest Video Podcast (iPod/AppleTV)
Making Lemonade. With Damion stable in the hospital, our Lhasa emergency relaxed a bit and we were able to continue exploring this amazing city. There are so many things to see here and at the top of the list is the Potala Palace. Chimi arranged transportation and we headed over to the Palace to get [...]
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from The Alpinist - newswire
On July 11 Juneau locals Ryan Johnson and Gabe Hayden made the first free ascent of the south buttress on the main tower of the Mendenhall Towers outside Juneau, Alaska. The climb is graded 5.11a, ascending the 2000 foot tower. The South Buttress Direct was first climbed in 1973 by John Svenson and Mike Clark; this recent climb was likely the second ascent of the line. After speaking with Svenson about the line, Johnson went up to the towers in March with friend Jason Nelson climbing a nearby pillar in ...
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from UKClimbing.com News
Scotland has seen a storm of hard ascents over the past few days, top of the list is perhaps Andy Turner on The Hurting (XI,11).
Other action has been from visiting climbers Charly Fritzer and Ines Papert . Amongst other things the team managed to nab the second ascent of To Those Who Wait (IX,9) on Ben Nevis.
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from Weekend Sherpa - Get outdoors in the Bay Area
Miles of hiking trails, family-run wineries, and plenty of holiday cheer make the Santa Cruz Mountains a great destination for festive fun. Here are three places to stroll, sip and celebrate the season. Christmas Tree Wine Trail Does Christmas get more merry with wine, or do wineries get more merry with Christmas? New this year, the Christmas Tree Wine Trail in the Santa Cruz Mountains: Seven wineries, four cafes, and three Christmas tree farms have partnered up for one jolly good time. Taste wine in an
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from Climb on Wood
Wood. It's a funny thing. You either have trained on it and know what I'm talking about, or you think I'm talking about some other dodgy pastime. For those that have been climbing for a while, especially since the late 80s/early 90s, you would have undoubtedly climbed on a board at some stage, or at least seen the odd video of one. Arguably the first true bouldering flick that was released was Ben Moon and Ben Pritchard's 'One Summer - Bouldering in the Peak' (1994). This 50 minute hand-held-camera shot
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from Kevin Jorgeson
We have been in Rocklands for 12 days now and this only my third rest day. The weather has been unbelievably good. Nothing but blue skies and a cool breeze each and every day. This makes it hard to rest when the weather is so amazing. There are 8 of us in the Ehran house right now: me, Chuck, Sarah, Flannery, Stephanie, Jamie, Nalle and Nelson. Everyone seems to be hitting their stride and sending hard. Sarah, Flan and Steph all sent Last Day in Paradise, v9. Jamie has done Oral Office, v12/13 and a slew
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from Jon Glassberg
Nate and I got back from Chattanooga late last night. I learned 3 important things on this trip: 1) all-you-can-eat sushi is not really that good (Go figure)... 2) Dogs still don't like cats 3) Getting high on a boulder problem is what rock climbing is all about We rolled in on Friday and stayed with Ben Johnson and his racist neighbors in his mom's old ass house... We met up with Andrew Graham, Hailey, and Stephen and headed to Rocktown with no real goals, we just wanted to get on some new stuff. We ...
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