Climbing News
- Update on my Mom25 August 2009, 3:46 pm
Ida Arnette passed away from Alzheimer's disease on August 16, 2009. She struggled for over 8 years and was under hospice care at the end. We celebrated her life with friends and family this past weekend. While it was expected, it is both a time of deep sadness for us and relief for her. She had lost her identity and independence towards the end. Over 5 million people have it today and it can hit anyone at any age - it is not just a disease of the elderly. There is no cure for Alzheimer's and ev... - Memories are Everything: The 7 Summits to start with Aconcagua in 201012 August 2009, 3:48 pm
I am pleased to announce new partners for Memories are Everything: The 7 Summits where we are raising $1M for Alzheimer's care support and research in partnership with the Alzheimer's Association. International Mountain Guides (IMG) will lead the climbs and Outside Online will report on the climbs thus increasing the awareness and opportunity for fund raising. The first climb will be on the highest mountain in South America, Aconcagua at 22,841 feet or 6962 meters from January 31 to February 21,... - Update on Memories are Everything: The 7 Summits for Alzheimer's24 July 2009, 3:01 pm
As summer moves on, I wanted to provide a brief update about Memories are Everything: The 7 Summits for Alzheimer's. After working for almost a year to launch the journey, we are getting there but still have some significant milestones remaining. First the progress....... - A Spring Update: Everest, Alzheimer's, The Big Project4 April 2009, 6:00 pm
As spring touches many parts of the northern hemisphere it is still winter here in Colorado albeit with 70 degree highs this week! But one thing is constant around the globe: Everest climbers are already in Kathmandu for the 2009 spring season. As has become my tradition, I am covering all the action on my site. I also want to update you on my Big Project I mentioned in the previous update....... - A Look Back at 2008 and Ahead27 December 2008, 12:20 pm
Happy New Year! With the holidays upon us, I wanted to send out a greeting along with an Alzheimer's update and a look back at an exciting year in climbing. Alzheimer's Disease - Progress but More Needed 2008 was the culmination for my Memories are Everything: The Road Back to Mount Everest project. This year long journey included 5 climbs ending with another attempt on Everest - all to raise awareness and funds for Alzheimer's research. While I didn't summit Everest, we did raise over $25,000 f...
- Weekly Twitter Updates for 2009-11-1515 November 2009, 10:00 am
Sunburn in the mountains http://bit.ly/JOCU7 #climb #mountaineering # RT @Smart_Climbing explaining why graded exposure works better than flooding for falling off practice http://bit.ly/3MCAZI #climb # Win An Access Fund Holiday Pack http://bit.ly/2ABvuF #climb (via @climbingnarc) # How Big Is Your Rack? new post by Kelly Cordes http://bit.ly/4weVxl #climb (via @lstefurak) # RT @splitterchoss The How Bad is Your Gri [...]... - Climbing Video: The 9 Rules of Rock Climbing from TED10 November 2009, 3:05 pm
Interesting video from TED showing how lessons learned in rock climbing apply to daily life.... - Medical Professionals Treating Climbing Injuries3 November 2009, 12:25 pm
The most sustained commenting I see on posts here are those related to climbing injuries. There’s also been increased activity on my post from February where I described my A2 pulley injury and the steps I began to recover. Many of the comments from other climbers related to their injury, how they’ve been treating it, and [...]... - Will Gadd on Training for Climbing9 October 2009, 3:31 pm
Will Gadd on general fitness and weight training versus climbing specific training: I’m going to get real blunt here: If you want to be a better climber then damn well go climbing. Especially a better rock climber. I would bet any amount of money that if a person spent, say, 20 hours a week training and [...]... - Quick Sends – 10/09/109 October 2009, 12:07 pm
Reports from Hounds Ears – Five Ten blog, Rock & Ice, Climbing Narc UKClimbing has an extensive overview of Yosemite climbing. Dead Point Magazine interviews Big Up Productions. Tommy Caldwell and Jeremy Collins win the fourth annual 24 Hours of Horseshoe Hell in Arkansas. Alexander and Thomas Huber became the first to redpoint Eternal Flame (5.13a) on the south [...]...
- Ben Nevis Winter18 November 2009, 7:00 pm
Situated in Lochaber, Scotland at the west end of the Grampian mountains and close to the town of Fort William, Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in the British Isles. "It has the tallest and most extensive cliffs, and attracts some of the most severe winter weather. A unique combination which produces some of the best snow and ice climbing of it's type in the world..." Dave MacLeod tells us all we need to know for a trip...... - OBITUARY: Tomaž Humar16 November 2009, 7:00 pm
Tomaž Humar, who has perished, aged 40, on Langtang Lirung in Nepal, was a climber whose approach to Himalayan alpinism excited strong emotions, by no means all complimentary. While routes such as his solo of the 4,000-metre south face of Dhaulagiri made him a national hero in his native Slovenia, Humar's more sober contemporaries in high-end alpinism balked at the way he played the showman. Here Stephen Goodwin looks back at a complex life lived both in the high mountains and in the med... - VIDEO: CLIMB DE ROCK - Bermuda DWS16 November 2009, 6:00 am
Grant Farquhar brings us word of the Deep Water soloing in Bermuda, detailing turquoise water, lots of rock and never-ending sunshine. Wee Davie matches these words with a stunning and entertaining film. Both climbers bring the island to life with their excellent photography. What are you waiting for?! “St Budeaux or Bermuda? Tough call. I was on the plane the next day”... - Grit Flick Competition Winners11 November 2009, 7:00 pm
We had a great response to our Grit Flick Competition with nearly hundred entries in two days. Lot's of "god's own rock" and "marmite" suggestions in there, plus plenty of original poetry. In the end it was a difficult choice but the top 10 have been selected. Each of them win a Gritstone Goody Bag worth around £60.Prizes were from Posing Productions, Marmot, DMM and Rockfax guidebooks.... - Kendal Speaker: Andy Parkin on his latest artwork11 November 2009, 7:00 pm
Last year the film 'Andy Parkin: A life in Adaptation' won the Judges' Special Prize at the Kendal Mountain Festival and this year Andy is appearing at three events at Kendal. In this short article and film Andy talks about his latest work: a set of over 100 special bits of artwork that he has created to accompany special editions of the DVD of the film. The artwork will be on show at the Kendal Mountain Festival....
- Worth The Wait20 November 2009, 9:24 am
It only took me 10 years, but I finally climbed at Hueco Tanks Related posts:Devil’s Lake PicturesButtermilks: SoulslingerValley BoulderingYosemite Bouldering: CandylandPlan D Part 1: Gill’s FlatironDevil’s Lake – 9/22-23/2007Buttermilks: Cave ProblemGovernor Dodge Bouldering Update...
- Tim Kemple Goes Behind The Scenes On El Cap19 November 2009, 9:57 am
Tim Kemple has been out in Yosemite capturing media of Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson working their much hyped El Cap free climbing project. In his latest blog post Kemple discusses the kind of rigging setup they are using to shoot thousands of feet off the ground. Related posts:Cool Tim Kemple InterviewBig Up’s Progression Update: [...] Related posts:Cool Tim Kemple InterviewBig Up’s Progression Update: Tommy Caldwell On El CapClimbing Video: Tommy Caldwell Bouldering In... - News & Notes – 11/17/200917 November 2009, 9:11 am
A few News & Notes as I get caught up from nearly 2 weeks away from a computer Related posts:News & Notes – 09/15/2009News & Notes – 08/07/20092008 Triple Crown Bouldering Series: Little Rock City/Stone Fort ResultsNews & Notes – 10/16/2009News & Notes – 08/28/2009News & Notes – 07/13/2009News & Notes – 07/20/2009News & Notes – 10/06/2009... - Chris Sharma September 2009 Video Interview13 November 2009, 6:46 am
A series of video interviews done with Chris Sharma back in September Related posts:Climbing.com Chris Sharma InterviewChris Sharma Interview In Men’s Journal MagazineClimbing Video: Chris Sharma Interviewed At Trento Film FestivalWhy Chris Sharma Doesn’t Boulder MoreBig Ups To Footage Of Chris Sharma Working Pachamama (5.15a)Climbing.com Chris Webb Parsons InterviewChris Sharma on NPRVideo of Chris Sharma Sending Lucifer (5.14c)... - Beowulf11 November 2009, 6:15 am
One of my favorite things about running this site are when people point out news from their local areas, especially when it comes with HD video. Related posts:Video Of Nalle Hukkataival’s FA Of ‘The Machinist’ (V13) Now OnlineKevin Jorgeson Climbs The FA Of Buttermilks Highball AmbrosiaThe Outsider: 85 Days In Fontainebleau (Climbing Movie)Ty Landman Midnight Express (V14) VideoClimbing Video: Ethan Pringle Iron Resolution (V13) 2nd AscentNews & Notes Returns! 5/29/2007Jason Kehl Evi...
- The Longest Climb by:Tom Lancaster and Jonathan Briggs
This is an attempt to set a new world record. An attempt to raise £10,000 for three charities: Amnesty International, Heart UK, Mountain Rescue England and Wales. This is two guys, Tom Lancaster and Jonathan Briggs, attempting to climb the height of Mount Everest, 8,848 meters (or 29,029 feet), in one stretch, on an indoor climbing wall. This equates to 738 times up the 12 meter wall. On June 25th, 2010, Jonny Briggs and I will start a race that has never been raced before, at the Westway Climb... - The Beta - Controller by:Andrew Kornylak
A grizzled Paul Fuelling shows who's really in control on Controller V6.... - The Beta - Six Feet Under by:Andrew Kornylak
Brion Voges rocks out in "The Crypt" mastering Six Feet Under V6 and Instinct V7.... - The Beta - Brutus by:Andrew Kornylak
Ashley Dorough shows us climbing with grace in a beautifully shot segment of The Beta.... - The Beta - Super Mario by:Andrew Kornylak
Andy Wellman takes on Super Mario V4 and Mystery Groove V4 in part of The Beta series....
- Andy Cave Tour Autumn 2009
Internationally acclaimed mountaineer and ex-coal miner Andy Cave is set to travel around the UK this autumn with his gripping lecture show Learning to Breathe. Andy Cave is a figurehead for British Mountaineering, with more than 20 years of desperate routes to his name. Aged just 20, he became one of the youngest mountaineers ever to climb the North Face of the Eiger, an achievement made all the more remarkable as just 4 years earlier, Andy was working 3000 feet underground at Grimethorpe Coll... - Silvia Fitzpatrick Climbing Hard in Spain
Silvia Fitzpatrick is one of the best female climbers in Britain and she has just climbed her second route graded with a difficulty rating of 8b. This makes her only the second British female to have climbed more than one route of this difficulty. She reports that she climbed the route - Golpe de Calor - a couple of days ago on a trip to the Spanish region of Andalucia. The route is located close to the town of Villanueva del Rosario on the massively overhanging limestone walls of the Chilam B... - Buff, Inc. Sponsors Jordan Romero with Product
Santa Rosa, Calif., - Buff, Inc., known for stylish, versatile and multifunctional headwear, is sponsoring youth athlete Jordan Romero with 200 custom Jordan Romero UV Buff for re-sale on the Jordan Romero website (www.jordanromero.com). Proceeds from sales of the Jordan Romero UV Buff will aid Romero in his quest to be the youngest person in the world to climb the highest mountain on each continent, "the Seven Summits." "Buff, Inc. is proud to have the opportunity to sponsor Jordan with custo... - Irish Bouldering League - Round 2
Round two of Irish Bouldering League will be held on November 21, 2009 at the Play At Height, Dingle. Kindly sponsored by Patagonia, and supported by Mountaineering Ireland, the Irish Bouldering League (IBL), this will be taking place at various venues across Ireland this winter. 21 Nov 2009: Round 2 - Play at Height, Dingle 5 Dec 2009: Round 3 - UCG, Galway 16 Jan 2010: Round 4 - Middleton, Cork Round 5 - To be confirmed For further information, visit www.climbing.ie or go to www.mountaine... - 2009/2010 Irish Bouldering League with Patagonia
The Irish Bouldering League (IBL) is delighted to announce that its primary sponsor for the 2009/2010 series of indoor climbing competitions is the designer of outdoor apparel, Patagonia. The IBL is delighted to be working with Patagonia. By bringing in a sponsor of this quality, the Patagonia Irish Bouldering League is ensuring its future success as the primary indoor climbing competition series in Ireland. The Irish Bouldering League has been operating without pause since 1992. A major factor...
- Dean Potter - Adventurer of the Year20 November 2009, 12:32 pm
National Geographic names Dean Potter 2009’s Adventurer of the Year. “He is one of the best known rock climbers on the planet, renowned for daring free solos (no rope, no harness) up some of the world’s tallest rock faces. But this year, Potter made headlines with hardly any climbs at all. Instead he free soloed a [...]... - Cowboys rock! Brian Dunnohew writes about the first comp of the 301 Bouldering Circuit in Lander, Wyoming.19 November 2009, 11:52 am
“Good times, We just go done with the first comp of the 307 Bouldering Circuit, sponsored by Five Ten®, thanks again! After recovering from the night before, we headed to our little limestone mecca of Lander, WY. It was a great sunny day with crisp temps. We had friends all climbing together from all over the place. [...]... - El Gallo/CG Camp at Arenas de San Pedro, Spain19 November 2009, 11:22 am
Cedric Garcia Mountain Bike School is hosting a Mountain Bike Camp. Taking place in Arenas de San Pedro in Spain on November 28, 2010. Find out more here... - Red Rock Rendezvous Coming in March18 November 2009, 6:44 pm
This great event is taking place March 19-21, 2010 in Las Vegas Nevada. Come demo shoes, meet athletes, attend seminars and learn more about the sport of climbing. More information at MountainGear.com... - Free Running for Nintendo Wii18 November 2009, 6:36 pm
Graffiti Entertainment presents a new Parkour Freerunning game for Nintendo Wii. “Free Running is a completely unique game based on the alternative sport of Free Running, or Parkour. Free Running is the art of urban acrobatics where ‘Free Runners’ perform movements and tricks utilizing structures within urban environments. Free Running itself does incorporate techniques and movements [...]...
- Area jobless rate still climbing - Vallejo Times-Herald21 November 2009, 4:41 am
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- New Articles: Keep Your Hands Warm for Winter Climbing18 November 2009, 7:14 am
If you're ice climbing or mountaineering in winter, it's easy to get cold hands and even frostbite on your fingers. It's important to keep your hands warm and fingers flexible on frigid outings. When you're in the high mountains like Mount Whitney, Denali, Mont Blanc, and Mount Everest, it's a given fact that your hands are going to get cold. How you deal with that chill makes a difference. You can come home with finger frostbite or finger freedom, depending on what kind of gloves and mittens y... - Alpinist Tomaz Humar Dies on Nepalese Peak14 November 2009, 6:17 am
The year of 2009 will go down as one of the darkest in mountaineering history. The latest climber to die is 40-year-old Tomaz Humar, a Slovenian alpinist who fell during a solo attempt on the immense unclimbed South Face of 23,711-foot (7,227-meter) Lantang Lirung in northern Nepal. Humar's body was recovered from the world's 99th highest mountain early Saturday morning by rescuers. Humar contacted his base support team last Monday, reporting that he had fallen and suffered a broken leg and s... - Jerry Moffatt Book Wins Grand Prize at Banff10 November 2009, 5:28 pm
For over twenty years, from roughly 1980 to 2000, Jerry Moffatt was simply the best climber in Great Britain. Now Moffatt can add prize-winning author to his extensive resume after Revelations, his new autobiography, just won the Grand Prize at the prestigious 16th annual Banff Mountain Book Festival for outdoor, adventure, and environmental genres. The book, coauthored with Niall Grimes, chronicles Moffatt's rise to rock stardom. Stephen Goodwin, one of the festival jury, says, "Margaret Thatc... - Matt Wilder Sends 5.14 Trad Route on Devil's Thumb5 November 2009, 7:23 am
The Devil's Thumb, sometimes called Toponas, its Indian name, poses high above Boulder, Colorado, on the southeast ridge of Bear Peak. The crooked digit, usually climbed by a short, amenable route (5.7) up its east side, offers an imposing north wall of overhanging sandstone sliced by diagonalling roofs and intermittent cracks that was climbed with aid by the late Kyle Copeland and Scott Sounders in 1981. In one of this year's best efforts on American stone, Matt Wilder cranked the steep face ... - What's the Best American Climbing Area? Vote Now!2 November 2009, 6:19 am
What's the best American climbing area? I posted a poll last week on the About.com Climbing Forum. Go there and cast your ballot for your favorite. It's hard to decide which is the best climbing area in the United States. Lots of excellent climbing areas scatter around this vast country. Back in the 1970s it wasn't hard to decide the best arenas for rock climbing. The Big Three--Yosemite Valley, Eldorado Canyon, and the Shawangunks--were simply the best, the places where cutting edge routes wer...
- Potter live from the Eiger19 November 2009, 2:00 am
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Results are in from the second round of the Triple Crown.... - Lifeline Winner Announced11 November 2009, 2:00 am
Congratulations to Mike Palic, of Grayslake, Illinois, for submitting the most interesting question to the Maxim Lifeline contest, in October.... - Chicks with Picks Shake It Up9 November 2009, 2:00 am
Chicks with Picks is adding new events to their line up this year as well as continuing giving back to the communitee...
- Vertical Limit - An Instructional Video20 November 2009, 9:00 am
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- Dave Hahn to Follow in Shackleton’s Footsteps21 November 2009, 4:31 am
Summer is just around the corner in Antarctica. And so I’m packing my First Ascent gear and prepping another climbing team for adventure. This trip for Geographic Expeditions has been several years in the making and I can’t wait to get it going. Soon enough, we’ll fly way down to Ushuaia at [...]... - Video Recap: Melissa Arnot Summits Ama Dablam20 November 2009, 2:36 am
First Ascent guide Melissa Arnot returned to the Himalayan Mountains in October after her successful summit of Mount Everest last May. During the trip Melissa, along with photographer Cory Richards and friend Chhewang Nima, successfully summited Ama Dablam at 22,348 feet. Share:... - Climbing for a Friend13 November 2009, 11:17 am
October 2-22, 2009 La Jaula, Argentina Those of us who climb mountains get asked a lot of questions. The one that gets asked the most is the shortest: Why? I usually like to say, “There are as many different answers as there are climbers.” But today, if someone were to ask me why I climbed the last [...]... - Field & Stream Tests Gear in Manitoba12 November 2009, 2:58 pm
This past spring, we outfitted some Field & Stream editors in First Ascent gear for a two-week long ATV ice adventure in Manitoba, Canada. The result – a great review and ecstatic, warm, dry editors. You can see the gear in a May 2010 print edition article about the trip. For the review, click here! Share:... - Gear Up: Whittaker Shares Top Tips with Backpacker11 November 2009, 1:46 pm
First Ascent Guide Peter Whittaker shares his gear tips with Backpacker in their latest issue. From zippers and loops to pockets and pit zips. Excerpt from Backpacker Magazine, November 2009 • Follow the four-second rule. “There are zillions of zippers out there. Here’s how you choose: If it takes you longer than four seconds to get your [...]...
- Thursday Thought: Ken Wilber on Religion, Philosophy, Science, and a lot more...19 November 2009, 8:18 pm
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