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, [...]
Vasya Vorotnikov of Durham, New Hampshire has climbed China Glide (5.14d) on Waima wall in Rumney, New Hampshire. The route was first sent by Peter Kamitses in June of 2008 and wasn’t repeated again until this year. Mike Foley took the second ascent this year while Vasya took the third ascent. Vasya described the route via his 8a scorecard as [...]
After extending his stay in the Northeast and due to bad weather, Daniel Woods finally made the 2nd ascent of Jaws II (5.15a) yesterday. It is formally known as Jaws (5.14c) and first climbed by Dave Graham. The route was then redpointed by Vasya Vorotnikov who broke a key hold and re-graded it at 5.15a. Several holds have broken from [...]
Teaser: Peter Kamitses pulls off another hard route on the Highgrade ledge in Marshfield, VT. Kamitses is grading the route at a mid to hard 5.14 and says “It’s hard to grade because it is totally not my style of climbing.” In a phone conversation, Peter was psyched to have finally climbed the route after three years of working it. [...]
Today the Mohonk Preserve will be announcing the beginning of public climbing and bouldering visits to the Rosendale Waterworks parcel, which has been recently acquired by the Open Space Conservancy, the acquisition affiliate of the Open Space Institute. The Waterworks parcel is being managed by the Mohonk Preserve. Visits to the site are available to Mohonk Preserve climbing members and [...]
Sometimes it is hard to keep my mind from drifting outside the Northeast when such cool things are happening. Here are a few climbing achievements worth mentioning. Jacinda Hunter sent her 5.14 project outside of SLC, Utah Dead Point Mag reports, The route, now dubbed Fantasy Island 5.14b FA sits inside a large cave mouth. The climbing is steep and powerful [...]
Mike Foley Hammered Livin’ Astro Glide (5.14c/d) in Rumney, New Hampshire this past month. Dave Westmore of Louder Than Eleven shot the footage of Foley climbing this route. The route description can be found on Mountain Project or 8a.nu. It is essentially two Dave Graham routes colliding to make one hell of a climb! Check out the video below! Mike [...]
The North Face pulled together some of the industries finest climbers, loaded them up with gear, put them on a plane, and sent them to Turkey. Now why in the… would top notch climbers go to Turkey!?! In the video’s below you can find and watch pro climbers Emily Harrington, Sam Elias, Daniel Woods, Yuji Hiriyama, Eneko Pou and James [...]
