The Northeast had an unseasonably warm fall (thanks Big Coal) leaving some climbers griping about the lack of ice. But, who can complain when you’re climbing in a t-shirt in late November? Rick Kraft sends Rite of Spring (5.10+) at East Peak Amphitheater near Meriden, CT. The video appears to have been hijacked at the end by the (self-proclaimed?) cutest belayer in [...]
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 [...]
Teaser: Brian Kim, a local strong-man of New Jersey, recently climbed and established a new route he is calling Monumantle a 5.13d in the Gunks. The route is located on “Dismantle Block” in the middle of the Trapps. We caught up with Kim via the internet and cell phone e-mail while he was visiting Yosemite. Monumantle, Kim says, has a [...]
The First Ascent series is a highly anticipated, award winning, three box set video, full of climbing action! Sender Films shot and co-produced the footage with National Geographic, featuring Chris Sharma, Alex Honnald, and the tragic Point of No Return, the last climbing footage of Micah Dash, Jonny Copp, and Wade Johnson. Much more is included inside the video set [...]
This has got to be one of the funniest things I have ever seen. Now what is the lesson we have learned here?
Steph Davis cranking out the The Crackhouse, one of the most impressive bouldering crack climbs I have seen. Cedar Wright along fellow Black Diamond Athlete Matt Segal on a trip to Australia. The climbs look pretty damn sweet, and the footage breaks my heart… Australia Climbing Adventure_THE MUSICAL_Total Eclipse from Cedar Wright Rocky Mountain National Park ‚Ä¢ Hallett Boulder ‚Ä¢ [...]
Nellie Milfeld killing it at Bells Buttress in Boulder, Colorado. Footage shot by Cedar Wright. Arms Bazaar with Nellie Milfeld from Cedar Wright
Steve Petro muscling his way up Fiddler on the Roof in Fremont Canyon, Wyoming. It went twenty years without a 2nd ascent! Jean-Pierre “Peewee” Ouellet from Montreal was ten falls deep before making the fingers stick in the crack and making the last dyno to a flake before pulling the roof. A true classic video here! Old school and New [...]
Black Diamond climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson attempt to free El Capitan’s hardest climb, (linking up sections of the Dawn Wall and Mescalito. Check out Tommy Caldwell’s Path of resistance essay. Two months of trying to free climb the hardest route on El Cap, here are some videos of what it looks like. Video 1 Video 2 When is [...]
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