Discombobulated has got to be one of the coolest words out there. Just say it out loud. Don’t worry if you’re at work, everyone there thinks you’re crazy anyway. Pat Goodman put together this video of Janet Bergman climbing Discombobulated (5.11a) at the New River Gorge. Janet and her husband, Freddie Wilkinson, live in the White Mountains and have been putting up [...]
In early October, Sasha DiGiulian took the climbing community by storm when she made quick work of Jonathan Siegrist’s Pure Imagination in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge. Now the video, shot by Keith Ladzinski and Andy Mann of Three Strings Media, has been released and in under 24 hours, has seen over 24,000 views. Maybe it’s because she likes pink… or maybe it’s because she [...]
This year has been incredibly successful for the young Sasha Digiulian. Yesterday, she announced that she climbed Jonathan Siegrist’s (who is also having a great year) Pure Imagination (5.14d/9a) in the Red River Gorge — making it her hardest send to date. Earlier this year, Sasha began ticking off difficult routes, starting with Southern Smoke (5.14c) only to send Lucifer (5.14c) five days later. Jump ahead [...]
Off width anyone? Thea Blodgett-Gallahan on Disco Death March 5.10d in the Gunks.
Melissa Godowski is 18 years old, the head climbing coach at Central Rock Gym in Worcester Massachusetts, and she is one of the strongest Northeast climbers we follow. Her passion and dedication to the sport has undeniably brought much of the success she has experienced in recent years. Competing on the professional level and so strong you can almost always [...]
Chicks Climbing is excited to announce a partnership with Sterling Rope to bring a short format Chicks Rock! weekend course to the Keene Valley Aug. 19-21. “The Adirondacks are far from the Chicks Climbing home base in Ridgway, Colo., but since we have had hundreds of East Coast gals fly west to participate in Chicks Climbing events for many years, [...]
Teaser: Nathalie Malo, who has only been climbing for four years, has climbed Toit de Ben, a 5.13a roof in Val David, Quebec; snagging the first female ascent! Another notable ascent of hers is the 5.12d/5.13a super long Zombie Roof in Squamish. Malo says she will try the famous La Zébrée in the Val David next year, as it is [...]
Thanks to Mike Call and Prana Blog for this great interview and video of Jacinda Hunter climbing and polishing off her project Fantasy Island (5.14b) We would like to get more female climbers involved with our chicks on crag section of Climberism Magazine. Do you know somebody who belongs in the spotlight? Send us an e-mail telling us about the [...]
Bass For Your Face puts up another video of bouldering in the Gunks. This time Dirty Russian climbs her first V8!
I was reading rockclimbergirl.com a few nights ago and I came across a recent article about a study exploring the relationship between sports and attraction. “The work involved over 6000 people indicating which sporting activities would make a member of the opposite sex more attractive. Results revealed that 57% of women found climbing attractive, making it the sexiest sport from [...]
