The weekend’s carnage is slowly getting cleaned up after a packed house during the Will Gadd slide show and drytooling comp during the Mount Washington Valley Ice Fest, Daniel Woods and Francesca Metcalf win the Dark Horse Bouldering Series Comp and Andy Lewis, aka Sketchy Andy, made a slacklining appearance during the Super Bowl halftime show! Mr. D. Woods showing off his [...]
The third and final chapter of the Dark Horse Bouldering Series is nearly here! On February 4th, the best boulderers from the Northeast and beyond will descend on MetroRock (Everett, MA) for the final event. We saw Chapter 1, and it was a great time–Rob D’Anastasio and Nadya Vorotnikova took the top spot, each taking home $300. Chapter 3 is going [...]
Filmmaker Petr Pavlíček is making a full length movie about Adam Ondra’s crushnastiness. The 18-year old Czech has been taking the climbing world by storm for the past few years as he pushes the limits of what we all thought was possible. At just nine years old, he onsighted 7c+/5.13 and has climbed 938 routes between 8a/5.13b and 9b/5.15b, with 433 of [...]
Pennsylvania’s Governor Stable (GS) boulder area is officially open for the season! Located in Northwestern Lancaster County in the small village of Bainbridge, GS is open from January 1 to August 31 each year. It has over 250 problems on about 63 boulders ranging in difficulty from V0 to V10 and beyond, and is a must-visit destination for any boulderer [...]
On Tuesday, Adam Ondra continued his march at the higher realms of the climbing world. In Verazze, Italy, he repeated the gnarly Gioia (V16/8c+). The route was put up by Italian Christian Core in 2008, and he was on hand to see Ondra second it. Ondra spent eleven days working Gioia, and with the problem being such a beast, he [...]
I am ashamed to admit it, but I must confess, I have yet to make it down to Pawatuckaway and every time I see videos come out of this place, I feel more and more like I need to pull it together. Here is a great video of some classic Pawtuckaway Bouldering shot by Eric Heiden. Problems climbed: The Arrow, v1 [...]
Rob D’Anastasio has been climbing extremely well lately. Before his recent send of Roses and Blue Jays in Great Barrington MA, he won the first chapter of the Dark Horse series. He was the only person to finish all three problems. Video by Dave Wetmore – Louder Than 11
Dave Wetmore and Jon Glassberg climbing in Pawtuckaway, New Hampshire. Dave climbs “Dome Piece” (V10). Jon climbs “Back at you with the Realness” (V11) and “Halcyon” (V11).
Jon Glassberg, of Louder than 11, climbing a couple of Rumney’s finest, Satan’s Sister Sally (V10) and Satan’s Choice (V11). Here is how Mountain Project describes the problems: Satan’s Sister Sally (V10) The direct start to Satan on a Halfshell. A superior problem in my opinion. Start to the left of Satan on a Halfshell with your left hand on an [...]
