New Hampshire’s own Joe Kinder has been spreading his psych from coast to coast. He spends a lot of time in southern Utah, and in 2009 put up the first ascent of Re-Up (5.14d). We interviewed Joe last year and he told us that he really enjoys putting all his focus into one project at a time: “Having all my [...]
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 [...]
Fortunately, La Sportiva continues their dedication of making some of the best climbing shoes on the market. They certainly didn’t fall short with their new and upgraded Python. Similar to it’s big brother, the Cobra, the Python takes the natural progression of added performance. Perhaps the most noticeable upgrades between the two shoes are: the added rubber to the toe [...]
While it is not uncommon for rockfall to occur in the Northeast, we typically don’t see much of it, except for maybe on Cannon Cliff in New Hampshire. However, with all the rain and flooding we’ve seen this spring, it was only a matter of time before something let loose. Last Tuesday, around 10:30 in the morning, rock came tumbling [...]
Finally, after much anticipation and many attempts, Chris Sharma sent First Round First Minute, his project in Margalef, Spain and right before turning 30 on Saturday. Last year, Chris had been working the route while Nalle Hukkataival visited to make an attempt but found it off limits and red flagged. This sparked a wave of controversy from within the climbing [...]
Joe Kinder, aka Joe Kind Kid the Cream Puff, makes his way back east occasionally, but for a while now, he’s been out west crushing stone like Jaws crushes innocent white folk. I caught up with him a couple days before he embarked on a climbers dream trip–Europe than on to South Africa. Full of psyche and energy, here is what Joe [...]
Check out Redpoint, a free grade converter recently released for the iPhone and iTouch. It will convert your climbing grades between a Yosemite Decimal System, Brazilian, French, UIAA, British, and a few others grades. It converts bouldering grades as well as route grades. Exactly what you would expect, clean and simple. It beats searching google for the wiki grade chart. [...]
According to 8a.nu, Vermont climber Peter Kamitses is in Utah taking down a series of hard red lines, including Old World Lullaby at the Black and Tan crag (5.14a). A route Joe Kinder established back in 2005. It has since seen the likes of Dave Graham, Daniel Woods, and BJ Tilden. Other routes Peter has redpointed while visiting the west, [...]
The Western Massachusetts Climbers Coalition (WMCC)¬†recently announced, via their facebook page, on December 2nd, that they have worked with the Town of Leverett to maintain access to the top of the “Main Cliff” of Rattlesnake Gutter. A recent land purchase by the Town of Leverett required them to have a Conservation Restriction (CR) on it. A Massachusetts State Law requires [...]
Matt Bristol on the High Grade wall in Marshfield, Vermont. Killer foliage shot! Don’t forget to send (submissions@climberism.com) in your Northeast climbing photos to us before the 29th for your chance to win some free stuff! Follow us on Facebook and Twitter and don‚Äôt forget to subscribe to the magazine, it‚Äôs free! Contribute your Northeast climbing adventures, photos, interviews, videos, [...]
