The 16 year old Czech Adam Ondra has repeated the route ‘Golpe de Estado’ that was first climbed by Chris Sharma in 2008 in Siurana, Spain. “I think it’s harder than pretty much all the other 9a+ routes, but we’ll see…” is what Sharma said about the grade in 2008. …Read more »
I discovered a very nice photoserie about Bouldering in Belapur, India, by Scott Clark at urbanclimbermag.com. …Read more »
A trailer of the urban climbing film Nouvelle Vague by Yannick Boissenot. Featuring some well known climbers like Liv Sansoz, Tony Lamiche, Lucas Preti, Loic Gaidioz, master of urban soloing Alain Robert and many more. …Read more »
Dutch: Ach, wat is er de aankomende tijd toch veel te doen. Ik hoef jullie natuurlijk niet te vertellen dat morgen in het hele land de vlag uithangt… …Read more »
CORE is a new climbing film by Chuck Fryberger. The film features first ascent footage from Livin Large (Nalle Hukkataival’s monster 8C in South Africa), footage from Fred Nicole’s hardest-ever project in Switzerland and climbers like Matt Wilder, Kevin Jorgeson, Kilian Fischhuber, Cody Roth, Michele Caminati, Lucas Preti and many more… …Read more »
I haven’t seen any official press releases by the IFSC or IOC yet, but here and there can be read that sport climbing received it’s full Olympic recognition during an IOC meeting in Vancouver. Sport climbing at the Olympics in 2020? A debut at the 2028 Olympics in Holland would be nice!
Daniel Woods made the first ascent of ‘The Game’ fb 8c+ in Boulder, Colorado. “This is definitely harder than Terremer, and Jade, and I think warrants the grade of V16″ Daniel said to Cedar Wright. …Read more »
30 Meter | Aufwind is a short documentary by Sebastian Wöber about professional Austrian climbers Andrea Maruna and Angelika Rainer. …Read more »
I just received a press release with breaking news: Joseph Garland, a founding member of Mad Rock Climbing who announced his departure from the company in early January has returned to the industry, and is now working for Mad Rock’s parent company and manufacturer. …Read more »
Outside is a free film about bouldering by Bowlder Films from Spain. It features bouldering area’s from Spain ( La Comarca, Savassona, the Quarry, Fussimanya, Vilajuiga and Targassone), Switserland (Cresciano, Chironico, Magic Wood and San Gottardo) and France, (Targassone and Orlu). …Read more »
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