We will. Thanks in part to this ridiculous video from Louder Than 11. On February 4, MetroRock (Everett, MA) will be hosting the Dark Horse Bouldering Series grand finale. Things will kick off with a citizen’s comp before the best boulderers in the region take over and pull plastic like it’s 1999. Can’t wait to see all you crazy cats [...]
Maine native Dave Graham has been sending ridiculous problems for quite some time now, so it comes as no surprise that a new video is out showing him sending Memory is a Parallax (V14) out near Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. Infamous for its absolutely brutal crimps, the problem has sent many climbers walking away nursing their fingers. Not [...]
This no-intro-needed-video stars Andrew Tower and kicks things off with “I don’t know, I have the strength but it is all coming down to a mental block right now” and continues to spiral from there. I too often find myself making excuses or making absurd remarks to my climbing partners. As climbers, I think we all fall victim to the same occasional ridiculousness. While I [...]
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 [...]
There is something about global warming that makes me feel guilty enjoying 50 degree temperatures in January. While most of us take advantage of such prime conditions, in the back of our minds, we are all thinking the same thing… Anyway, global warming or not, it didn’t stop Chris Bridge from plugging and playing on this 5.11 on Whitestone Cliff in Connecticut. “I worked [...]
J.P. “Peewee” Oullete has been on a killing streak this year with some pretty impressive ascents. Most recently, he put to bed the infamous Rob Pizmen route in the Utah desert called Necronomicon, a 90 feet dead horizontal line. From Black Diamond, one of Peewee’s sponsors: “J.P. “Peewee” Oullete is always on the hunt for hard crack lines and set his sights on repeating [...]
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 [...]
Luckily Santa Claus doesn’t give climbing lessons. At a mall in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, Santa Claus nearly died. He and his trusty elf set up what appears to be a solid rappel anchor, and over the railing he went. Unfortunately, Santa hasn’t read Freedom of the Hills, or he was so cracked out on candy canes and spiked egg nog [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
