Mammut IFSC Boulder WC on Friday The forth stage of the Boulder World Cup takes place in Innsbruck and starts this Friday. 127 athletes are registered to participate and you can watch it live on IFSC.TV Qualification Male: 10 - 14, Female 15 - 20 Semifinal: Saturday 12.30 - 14.30 Final: Saturday 20.0 (...) |
Mammut IFSC Boulder WC on Friday The forth stage of the Boulder World Cup takes place in Innsbruck and starts this Friday. 127 athletes are registered to participate and you can watch it live on IFSC.TV Qualification Male: 10 - 14, Female 15 - 20 Semifinal: Saturday 12.30 - 14.30 Final: Saturday 20.0 (...) |
Climbing on CBBC Tonight at 6pm Teenage television celebrity Richard Wisker, perhaps best known for his role as Liam O'Donovan in Tracy Beaker Returns, gets his first taste of climbing in CBBC's 'Friday Download' show this week. Wisker is put through his paces at The Westway climbing wall in London, by Junior GB team members Buster Martin and Molly Thompson-Smith - who were both impressed with his efforts. The programme goes (...) |
Mario Panzeri climbs all 14! Yesterday 17 May the Italian alpinist Mario Panzeri reached the summit of Dhaulagiri to compete the tour of the 14 eighthousanders. After Reinhold Messner, Silvio Mondinelli and Abele Blanc he is now the fourth Italian to climb all the highest mountains in the world without supplementary oxygen. |
Rocklands bouldering video The video Tomorrow I Will Be Gone and the bouldering at Rocklands, South Africa. |
The La Sportiva Vertical running shoe, by Stevie Haston. La Sportiva's lightest running shoe, named for the vertical kilometre race, is a total ace! It weighs nothing, it breathes really well, it’s a winner. Drawbacks, it is a bit fragile in the domaine where it will be king. You cant expect it to be sturdy at this weight, so its for most people a race shoe, a sunday best shoe, or a feel good shoe. The sole is very beefy though, and will take a hell of (...)' |
The La Sportiva Futura, by Stevie 55 Haston. The future is here! I aint going to say much cos I said it all when I described the Speedster. The Futura is the Speedster but better, plus the blue colour makes me pull harder. Just open your mind, it’s basically a vision ...SEE MORE... |
Philipp Gaßner (11) gelingen zwei fränkische Routen im 10ten Grad Vor einem Jahr berichteten wir, dass Philipp bereits im Alter von 10 Jahren seine ersten Routen im Schwierigkeitsgrad 10- meistern konnte. So durfte man gespannt sein wie sich das junge Talent aus Bad Tölz entwickelt. Nun hat er erneut zugeschlagen. |
Coopers, WV Description: climbs from a weekend trip. cool area, check it out if you get the chance. |
Let the Odyssey begin... Day 4 of the Hotaches Oydssey and there is a definite theme developing… COLD. We began in Bowden and it was cold, moved to Great Whanney and it was really cold, then south west to Gogarth where, guess what… cold! I realise we are in the UK so my expectations are low, but it’s May for goodness sake, ou est le soleil? I signed up for this trip because of (...) |
Internationale Kletterstars beim Marmot Frankenjura Kletterfestival Einmal mit den Marmot PROs über ihre Trainingstipps plaudern? Sie nach ihrer Lieblingstour fragen? Oder sie einfach in entspannter Atmosphäre kennenlernen? Beim Marmot Frankenjura Kletterfestival gibt es dafür zahlreiche Gelegenheiten. |
Kletterführer Frankenjura Band 2 erscheint in der 8ten Auflage Natürlich noch dicker und wieder total aktuell (+335 Routen, + 15 neue Felsen). Alle Vorbestellungen für den Kletterführer Frankenjura Band 2, die bis Sonntag 20.5.2010 eingehen, werden zum Subskriptionspreis von 26,80 Euro (regulärer Verkaufspreis 29,80 Euro) am 23.05.2012 ausgeliefert. |
THE ENORMOCAST – A slice of climbing life for your listening pleasure You may or may not be familiar with the popular social networking site that is Twitter – if you are, great … if not, where the hell have you been for the last few years?! Anyhow, insults aside, I use Twitter. Regularly. If you do use Twitter, then you may or may not be aware [...]THE ENORMOCAST – A slice of climbing life for your listening pleasure is a post from: Rock (...) |
DMM 2012 Frankenjura Roadshows DMM will be on the road for two weeks in Germany for the Frankenjura Roadshow Events at the Eichler Campsite (Trubachtal) from 17th - 20th May and at the Marmot Kletter Festival, based around Betzenstein, over the Pentecost weekend 25th 28th May. |
| B3bouldering vor 4 Stunden (1 Kommentar) Organic Climbing As many of you who follow B3 know, I have been sponsored by Organic Climbing for at least 7 years, almost as long as the company has been around. When they began making pads they were a very small company based in Laramie, WY. I thought Josh Helke, the proprietor, was really on to something with his idea of custom pads, made with bold colors, of the highest quality, hand sewn in America. At the (...) |
Un peu de hauteur.... Un nouveau Jeu avec François I comme Irun Hoatzin Ca grimpe quoi !Cast: GrimpeablocTags: |
Roger Schaeli zurück aus Afrika Klettern und Wohltätigkeit: Roger Schaeli (34) hat die letzten Wochen am südlichen Zipfel von Afrika verbracht. Dort ist er nicht nur geklettert, sondern hat auch Gutes getan. |
As Clean as it Gets - Huck Finn Send Description: Gilbert Espinoza sending 'Huck Finn' a classic V3 highball bouldering problem in Kelly Canyon located in Flagstaff, AZ. |
Joe's Valley Part 2 (no content) |
BMC Need Help TODAY - Facebook Campaign The BMC are looking to get more Facebook fans by 4pm this afternoon. If they reach 10,000 then they are going to donate £1000 to Porter's Progress, a charity that we at UKC think is a worthy cause.' |
Leben auf dem Fels – Flora und Fauna der Fränkischen Felsbiotope [ Exkursion ] Mittelgebirgsfelsen sind Naturinseln in unserer Kulturlandschaft. Harte Bedingungen wie Trockenheit, Nährstoffarmut und teilweise extreme Temperaturschwankungen machen sie für die Nutzung durch den Menschen uninteressant. Doch genau diese kargen Lebensbedingungen und das Fehlen menschlicher Eingriffe ermöglichen es einer Vielzahl hochangepasster Tier- … Weiterlesen → |
Daniel Woods gewinnt den World Cup in Vail 2010 [Sonntagsvideo] Keine Angst, ihr habt nichts verpasst. Bei diesem Video geht es um die Weltcup der Saison 2010. Da es nicht so oft vorkommt, dass Herr Woods ganz oben auf dem Siegertreppchen steht, kann man sich das Video durchaus anschauen. Unser … Weiterlesen → |
Boulder World Cup Innsbruck 2012 The next boulder world cup will start tomorrow at 10:00 in Innsbruck, Austria. 124 athletes will try to qualify for the semi finals. In the world cup ranking of the men Gelmanov is far ahead of Sharafutdinov and Glairon Mondet. In the womens worldcup ranking Noguchi is leading in front of Markovic and Stöhr.Livestream ifsc.tvLive [...] |
An Epic Day Today has got to be one of the most epic days I’ve had in a long time, and it’s not even over… I doubt anything else too crazy can happen, although that being said I am currently on a train… … Continue reading → |
| nitram_at vor 16 Stunden (0 Kommentare) Tamron 18-270 – 200mm vs 200mm Nachdem mir der Zoomring des Tamron 18-270 mit seiner Aufteilung seltsam vorkam, habe ich mal Fotos mit 200mm gemacht. Zum Vergleich auch mit dem Canon EF 70-200/4. Irgendetwas habe ich wohl verpasst, ob 200mm immer 200mm sein sollten Dass die 270mm nur einen minimal erhöhten Zoom gegenüber den 200mm bietet, wundert mich auch nicht mehr [...] |
DAVE Trailer Description: In the BBC own words - bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-18074424 'A new short film about Lochaber-based climber Dave MacLeod is being produced with an aim of showing it at mountain festivals around the world. |
DAV: Wandern am Wochenende Ab Christi Himmelfahrt bis über das Wochenende wird das Wetter in den Bergen voraussichtlich überwiegend schön sein. Viele Wanderer werden also in die Sommersaison starten wollen. Vor kurzem fiel allerdings bis in die Täler hinab Schnee zum Teil über 20 Zentimeter. |
Niagara Glen Bouldering Description: Some of our favorite problems at the glen, really fun area! The footholds are ridiculously polished though... Foot Fetish V3 Foot Job V4 (SDS to Foot Fetish) Super Sharp Shooter V6 Mamma Mia V4 Floryshe V8 (More like a 6/7, SDS "Floryhe" is closer to an 8 and much more fun) Horseshack's Reprise V3 Novacaine (...) |
Yosemite Valley in HD Video of Yosemite Valley, the heart of rock climbing in the USA and the world. |
Part III: BD Employee Evan Bouchier reports on prototype ski testing in France and Switzerland Black Diamond employee Evan Bouchier is one of our engineers hard at work on new ski development projects, and fortunately for Evan, “hard at work” often means testing prototype skis in some truly epic locations. After his missions to the Pacific Northwest (check out Part I here) and Chamonix (check (...) |
Spigolo Sam, new climb on Tofana di Rozes by Massimo Da Pozzo On the Pilastro della Tofana di Rozes in the Dolomites Massimo Da Pozzo, Natasha Alexander and Samuele Majoni have made the first ascent of Spigolo Sam (6c, 500m circa). |
Grivola NE Face, first snowboard descent On 14/05/2012 Davide Capozzi made the first snowboard descent of the NE Face of Mt. Grivola, accompanied by the skiers Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra Dano. |
Mon Pote Assis (5.14a) By Heather Robinson A little over a year after she did her first 5.13d, Heather Robinson fired her first 5.14a when she did Mon Pote Assis at Nevada’s Mt. Potosi. Commenting about the ascent on her 8a scorecard she had this to say: Oh my goodness! This send was a dream come true. Thank you Chris for believing in [...] Mon Pote Assis (5.14a) By Heather Robinson from Climbing (...) |
China petzl roc trip le film !!! (no content) |
Fußball-Experten aufgepasst: EM-Spiele tippen und Focus-Bike gewinnen (no content) |
Petzl RocTrip China 2011 – The official movie! [ Feiertags- & Sonntagsvideo] 550 Kletterinnen und Kletterer aus fünf Kontinenten (und 35 Nationen), 50 ehrenamtliche Helfer: Das Petzl-Team und die gesamte Organisation sind in dieses traumhafte Tal am Ende der Welt gereist, um an einem internationalen Kletterevent teilzunehmen und ein bisher völlig unbekanntes … Weiterlesen → |
Employee and Biker Dustin Schaad Shares on his Passion for Riding Guest blog by The North Face Tech Rep Dustin Schaad The mountain bike has taken me more places than I could’ve ever imagined. It’s given me amazing memories, incredible friends, pure joy and pain, adventure, taught me endless lessons, but most importantly, it’s embedded PASSION in my life! PASSION infuses happiness in all aspects of life, and if there is one thing I could recommend people (...) |
| B3bouldering vor 29 Stunden (3 Kommentare) Wild Basin I finally had a free afternoon and made my way out to a newly developed area in RMNP, Wild Basin. Wild Basin is in the southern part of RMNP and is a beautiful, remote and quiet corner of the Park. It is most well known in the bouldering community for a large erratic halfway along the dirt road that provides quick and easy access to a number of drop-offs of marginal quality. One of the first hard problems I ever climbed is on the back, a crimpy and unnamed V9, (...) |
Joe's Valley Part 1 (no content) |
Petzl Roc Trip 2011 - China (no content) |
9a by Thomas Neyer Thomas Neyer has done his first 9a, Hades in Nassereith Video "I tried the route for about 10 days in total and i'm pretty sure it's my hardest ascent to date. Hades offers quite steep and athletic climbing with no super hard moves but just one proper rest... Special thanks goes to Stefan Brunner who developed most of the routes at the crag!" |
Petzl Roc Trip 2011 - China (no content) |
Role Models :: TNF Athlete Jim Zellers tips for the active parent Visit www.thenorthface.com/rolemodels to find a Role Models clinic near you! 1. Exposure can be as important as doing the activity. When our kids were old enough to walk we would strap skis on their feet and they'd just walk around the house or outside without us ever having them get on snow. 2. Refrain from measurements until your kids are screaming for it. And I (...) |
Petzl RocTrip China 2011 video At the end of October 2011 the Petzl RocTrip took place in the Getu Valley in China. A 23 minute long video of the event is now online and worth watching.Among the highlights of the film, Dani Andrada’s first ascent of the extremely difficult 7-pitch Corazon de Ensueno (8c/5.14b), a route he put up in [...] |
Petzl RocTrip in China, the Getu video The official video of the Petzl RocTrip 2011 which took place in Getu, China. |
Petzl RocTrip China 2011 Description: Last fall, from October 26-30, 2011, more than 600 climbers gathered with our team for Petzl RocTrip China. All participants discovered and enjoyed more than 250 brand new pitches on unbelievable limestone especially prepared for the event. Among the highlights of the film, watch Dani Andrada's first ascent of the extremely (...) |
Dave MacLeod, the Magic Wood video The video of Dave MacLeod bouldering at Magic Wood, Switzerland. |
Von der Halle an den Fels – “Draußen ist anders“ [ Exkursion ] Eine Laufbahn als Kletterer beginnt heute für viele in der Kletterhalle und nicht mehr am Naturfels. Das richtige und sichere Verhalten am Fels in Bezug auf Risikoeinschätzung, Naturschutz und Ethik gehört damit nicht mehr automatisch zur Grundausstattung eines ambitionierten Kletterers. … Weiterlesen → |
When In Doubt Pack It Out I don’t know about you, but I always try my best to climb close to an actual bathroom. In case you don’t, the Access Fund has a nice refresher on what to do when nature calls. When In Doubt Pack It Out from Climbing Narcissist Get the ClimbingNarc iOS app in the App Store to [...] When In Doubt Pack It Out from Climbing Narcissist Get (...) |
Magnetron RockLock and Magnetron GridLock carabiners win Gear Of The Year award from National Geographic Adventure The awards keep coming in for the Magnetron GridLock and RockLock carabiners. This time it's National Geographic Adventure awarding them Gear Of The Year. Sweet! The Magnetron GridLock and RockLock carabiners will be available this summer, so get ready to experience the tech that has revolutionized the auto-locking carabiner.If you've been living in a cave for the past year and haven't heard the (...)' |
Magnetron RockLock and Magnetron GridLock carabiners win Gear Of The Year award from National Geographic Adventurer The awards keep coming in for the Magnetron GridLock and RockLock carabiners. This time it's National Geographic Adventurer awarding them Gear Of The Year. Sweet! The Magnetron GridLock and RockLock carabiners will be available this summer, so get ready to experience the tech that has revolutionized the auto-locking carabiner. If you've been living in a cave for the past year and haven't heard (...)' |
Image of Wyoming, 5/16 Sunrise this morning over Ten Sleep Canyon, Wyoming, shot half-asleep through my kitchen window before heading back to bed for a couple hours. |
Enzo Oddo Shreds The Red (video) Enzo Oddo and friends spent a month this spring on the steep, pumpy climbs in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge. A few of the harder climbs sure got Enzo fired up, which helped fuel his redpoint of Pure Imagination, 5.14d. They … Continue reading → |
Good News and Bad Well, the good news for anyone in BC, is that the weather has been UN-freaking BELIEVABLE lately, going on 10 days straight of blissful blissyness. I’ve been climbing up at a newish cliff above Lakeside in the Woods at Murrin Park lately, the climbing is truly exceptional up there. Last night I managed to send [...] |
O’Neill: Safer on Skis Many people have thought I was crazy for wanting to ski down from the summit of Everest. My standard response has always been that I am much more coordinated on my skis than on my feet. Hilaree at Camp 3 on the Lhotse Face. Dry conditions meant bringing our skis back down to Base Camp. For example, when I was pregnant I skied until about 7 months with never a single fall or problem. However, as soon (...) |
Heather Robinson Sends Mon Pote Assis (5.14a) Teaser: Heather Robinson joined the 5.14 club yesterday with an ascent of Mon Pote Assis at Mt. Potosi, Nevada. |
MST Run - When the Appalachians Attack What happens when a carefully planned expedition through the North Carolina Appalachian Mountains meets an unexpected Mid-Atlantic storm? Joe Miller, blogger during the Mountains-to-Sea Trail for the Great Outdoor Provision Co., and founder and Chief Exploration officer of GetGoingNC.com, tells us. ----------- Sunday, Day 4 of the MST Endurance (...) |
Mon Pote Assis (5.14a) Description: Steve Lapen sending Mon Pote Assis (14a) |
New ice routes in Norway with Rab athlete Aaron Mulkey Description: A team of three Americans fly thousands of miles in search of massive unclimbed icefalls in Norway. Rab sponsored climber Aaron Mulkey teams up with friends Kevin Craig and Stephen Berwanger in an attempt to free a major, 1,500ft new line on the mountains above Hemsedal. But even if they can unlock the technical challenges of (...) |
Wild Country Crack School - Episode 3 - Fist Cracks - By Tom Randall And Pete Whittaker Description: Wild Country ‘Crack School’ is a series of six short videos designed to utilise the skills and knowledge of Wild Country climbers Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker to give an introduction to basics of crack climbing. Over six episodes the guys cover all widths of crack: Fingers, Hands, Fists and Offwidths as well as looking at (...) |
Enzo Shreds The Red Description: Enzo Oddo and friends spent a month this spring on the steep, pumpy climbs in Kentucky's Red River Gorge. A few of the harder climbs sure got Enzo fired up, which helped fuel his redpoint of Pure Imagination, 5.14d. They soaked up the local culture and had some teenage fun - Southern Style. *Routes: Pure Imagination (...) |
7. Tölzer Stadtmeisterschaft im Sportklettern Im Tölzer Kletterzentrum sind wir, das Bergzeit-Kletterteam, quasi groß geworden. Dort treffen wir uns auch immer wieder zum Trainieren und einmal im Jahr zur traditionellen Tölzer Stadtmeisterschaft, heuer schon zum 7. Mal. David und Sepp legten in der Nacht zum Samstag eine Spätschicht ein, definierten Boulder und schraubten neue Wettkampfrouten, mir fiel – wie schon [...] |
Salewa RockShow at Verres, Aosta On 19 May the fourth stage of the Salewa RockShow 2012 at the Topo Pazzo Climbing House at Verres (Valle d'Aosta, Italy). |
Gravelle Repeats Echale (V14) I guess it shouldn’t be surprising that with training like this that Canadian Yves Gravelle was able to climb his first V14 in Daniel Woods’ Echale in Clear Creek Canyon according to his 8a scorecard. Gravelle Repeats Echale (V14) from Climbing Narcissist Get the ClimbingNarc iOS app in the App Store to enjoy all this site's content [...] Gravelle Repeats Echale (V14) from |
Fair Means Free Soloing Dressing myself this morning, I donned my most cherished heirloom, my grandfather’s engraved belt buckle, which reads: “Philippines 1945, U.S. Navy, Manila Cavite, James Andrew Clary.” From that year on, Grandpa wore it every single day until his death a few years ago. The buckle still has the same leather hide, though when my mom [...] |
The Red River Trip Le clip qui résume (beaucoup !) le trip à Red |
Clean Up Day Frankenjura: Am 9. Juni Müll sammeln und Preise abstauben "Clean Up the Frankenjura" - das ist das Motto des zweiten Müllsammeltags am 9. Juni. Wenn ihr mitmacht, tut ihr nicht nur Gutes, sondern habt die Chance auf jede Menge tolle Sachpreise ... |
Dominion River Rock Competition Tomorrow Kasia and I are departing for Richmond, VA to compete in the 2nd annual River Rock Bouldering Competition. Last years highlight reel got me super psyched to climb on the crazy walls they had created. The competition format is a little different than most comps i've attended. The schedule is going to be qualifiers Friday, quarterfinals Saturday morning, Semifinals Saturday evening, and (...)' |
Hayden Kennedy holt sich die Erstbegehung von Carbondale Short Bus 8b/+ [Video] (no content) |
Simone Moro between Everest, Lhotse and helicopter rescues Interview with Simone Moro, currently at Everest Base Camp preparing to ascend Everest and Lhotse in a single push while still finding the time to co-ordinate and take part in helicopter rescues. |
Enzo Oddo klettert die schwersten Routen in Red River Gorge (no content) |
Paul Robinson bouldert in Albarracin (no content) |
Chris Sharma, the video of Biographie at Ceuse The video of Chris Sharma and his 2001 first ascent of Biographie (also known as Realization ) at Ceuse in France. |
Le Vrai Plaisir - (Pampers), new route on Piccolo Dain On Piccolo Dain (Valle del Sarca, Arco, Italy) Gianni Canale, Aldo Mazzotti and Franco Cavallaro have established Le Vrai Plaisir - (Pampers) (8a+, 7c obbl, 425m). |