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 Win a Mountain Hardwear Trango 2 Tent
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 December 2009 - 281
LOS SUEÑOS GRANDES - El Chonta, the monster limestone grotto near Mexico City; WATER WARS - Sink your picks into the sleeper ice of Niobrara, Nebraska; MOUNTAIN MISHAPS - Eight hilarious ways to almost die in the mountains;XA^APA (HALARA) - Greece’s trad-flavored multi-pitch limestone of Varasova
 Mythic Wool
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 The 2009 Triple Crown Bouldering Series
The biggest and most bodacious outdoor boulder series is back again - for the 7th time with two of the three events now in the books: Hound Ears in Boone, NC and Horse Pens-40 in Steele, AL. The grand finale will conclude the series at the Stone Fort near Chattanooga, TN on December 5th. The Triple Crown is dedicated to maintaining climbing access by supporting the Southeastern Climbers' Coalition and The Carolina Climbers' Coalition. Visit: TripleCrownBouldering.org for more information.
 ICE Climbing Ecrins 2010
France's Ice Climbing Ecrins celebrates 20 years and has become a premiere location for extreme winter sports. Uniting ice-climbing amateurs from all over the world, ‘ICE’ held in the unforgettable valleys of Freissinieres and Fournel, is today a key event for the most passionate of ice-climbers. This year's festival, held from January the 8th - 10th, will offer a wide range of activities including training workshops, ice-climbing initiations and expert level training. Visit: www.ice-climbing-ecrins.com
Mountain Khakis and Fresh Air Junkie partner up for Where do you get your fresh air fix? social media contest
12/04/09 - Mountain Khakis®, a premier outdoor-lifestyle apparel brand “Built for the Mountain Life”, proudly announces their weekly social media contest with on-line magazine FreshAirJunkie.com entitled, Where Do You Get Your Fresh Air Fix?
Beta Clothing Designs Launches Its Fall/Winter Collection at The ONEOFAKIND Christmas Show & Sale
12/01/09 - Up-and-coming Toronto urban athletic-wear brand Beta Clothing Designs turned up the heat this past weekend at the ONEOFAKIND Christmas Show & Sale!
Verde PR & Consulting and Base Camp Communications Join Forces
12/01/09 - Two of the outdoor industry’s best-recognized and successful public relations agencies, Verde PR & Consulting and Base Camp Communications, will merge Dec. 1, creating the most broad-reaching and integrated PR firm in the outdoor space.
Mountain Khakis announces new eco-friendly US-Made, Recycled-T program by Dirtball Fashion
11/30/09 - Mountain Khakis, a premier outdoor-lifestyle apparel brand “Built for the Mountain Life”, proudly announces their new eco-friendly, US-Made, Recycled T-shirt accessory line designed and manufactured by Dirtball Fashion.
 A Medicine Bow Peak Ritual
By Richard F. Fleck - Each Labor Day for ten years straight
my family and I would climb to the sky
from Lewis Lake following a winding
trail through patches of willows hiding
gurgling streams with clear and icy water
feeding roots of marsh marigolds and
patches of bright and shining glacier lilies.
 Adrenaline Climbing - Suwanee, Georgia
Adrenaline Climbing is located at 460 Brogdon Road in Suwanee, Georgia just a mile from the Suwanee Town Center Park. Travelling northbound on I-85, Suwanee is about 30 miles from the epicenter of Atlanta, or about 15 miles from the Perimeter (I-285). Visit: www.adrenalineclimbing.com
 PENMEN Cartoons
Updated 10/30/09 - Climbing.com is pleased to present the PENMEN Cartoons by Colorado Springs climber Gary Blehm. Visit his website penmen.com for posters, animations, music videos, games, and more...
 Jerry Moffatt's Revelations Wins Grand Prize at Banff Mountain Book Festival
Revelations, the autobiography of British rock climber Jerry Moffatt, has won the Grand Prize at the 2009 Banff Mountain Book Festival – one of the biggest prizes in publishing in the outdoor, adventure and environment genres, and arguably the most prestigious prize in mountain literature.
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By Andrea Sutherland from Climbing No. 280 / Photos by Claudia Lopez, Federica Valabrega and Kyle Queener - THREE WOUNDED IRAQ WAR VETERANS RECOUNT THEIR NEAR-DEATH STORIES AND TRIUMPHANT CLIMBS BACK HOME - Since the start of the Afghanistan and Iraq wars, in 2001 and 2003, respectively, nearly 2 million troops have deployed. More than 5,000 have been killed in action, with roughly 40,000 injured.
 EPINEPHRINE (IV 5.9) - Black Velvet Canyon, Red Rock National Conservation Area, Nevada
IN 1978, JORGE URIOSTE BOLTED HIGH on an airy extension — what would later become Epinephrine —to Joe Herbst and Tom Kaufman’s Original Route (5.9), on the Black Velvet Canyon’s eponymous wall. Then an insect bit him. While Urioste experienced an anaphylactic reaction, he and his wife, Joanne, rapped without delay and hurried to a Las Vegas ER.
 Mountain Weather
Updated 12/03/09 by Michael Fagin - Weekly updates on mountain weather for a different location each week and updated every Thursday. We will cover the following: Alps, Cascades, Sierra, Aconcagua, and more will be added. Lead forecaster Michael Fagin has been providing mountain weather forecasts since the 1970's.
 Play Time
“A player in the rock-climbing world is someone who’s there every single day,” says Dave Graham early in Brian Solano’s new DVD, The Players ($19.99, theplayersmovie.com). “And they’re obsessed with climbing on an infi nite level.” To be atop the rock game, like the film’s cast — Graham, Emily Harrington, Joe Kinder, Chris Lindner, Ethan Pringle, Alex Puccio, Lisa Rands, Chris Sharma, and Daniel Woods — you must put climbing before all other masters.
 The Wonders and Wilds of Patagonia
Photos by Claudia Colonia - 26 year old Claudia Colonia is based in Cuneo, Italy and has been shooting photographs for about six years. In this gallery she presents a selection of images from a recent trekking trip to South America. For three months Colonia explored the wonders and wilds of Patagonia in Chile's Torres del Paine National Park, the scenic beauty of Agentina's Tierra del Fuego National Park as well treks to the base camps of the massive spires Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre, also in Argentina.
Updated 12/01/09 with Susan Schwartz's 13th Blog from the AAC's Thirtieth Annual New York Section Black Tie Dinner
"I’ve been ruminating a lot about perspective. Recently I attended the New York Section black tie dinner of the American Alpine Club and I find myself continuing to ruminate away. The guest of honor was Stephen Venables, the mild mannered and droll Brit who is also the first (and only) climber to solo the East/Kangshung Face of Everest." —Susan E.B. Schwartz
Meet the Team and subscribe to their RSS feeds: Susan E.B. Schwartz; Bruce Willey; Misty Murphy; Martin Gutmann; Sarah Jane Alexander; Sara Lingafelter; Gregory Bahr; Daniel Holz; Niles Barnes; Emmanuel Lacoste; Greg Burns; Erica Lineberry; Kaare Iverson
 Natalija Gros - Le Tango Vertical
Video by Film IT and New Partisan Cinema - Slovenian World Cup superstar Natalija Gros is elegantly shown barefoot deep water soloing in Croatia in this short video. The Ljubljana based 25 year old has been climbing since age 6, redpointed 5.14c (Histerija at Misja Pec) and onsighted 5.13b. The goal of the video was emphasize to her seemingly effortless technique, dubbed to Latin rhythms, thus the name "Le Tango Vertical". Need we say more? I think not. Enjoy!
 Dry-Tooling and Ice Climbing in Chamonix, France
Videos by Sébastien Montaz-Rosset - In these two new installments from the "Sweet Lines" series Kora Pesce and Peter Mason have a pre-season dry-tooling session at the Zoo, a steep spot near Sallanches (Chamonix), in the French Alps. And, after the that, the team of Pesce and Mason then head out for a few pitches on the cavernous 90-foot glacial ice at the super-aesthetic Mer de Glace for a bit of pre season ice training.
 The Sends - Full Trailer
A film by Shawn Boye / Tielma Productions - From the Director of Swedish Meatballs comes the story of a two year Odyssey through a land covered in Granite. The adventure begins deep in the Forest of the Steepest Boulders where Peter Bosma encounters a real life Monster, Stefan Rasmussen, reincarnate of ancient Vikings. Narrowly escaping a Duel to the Death, Peter heads West in search of First Ascents high above frigid, Medusa filled, waters. But there is another, the Fearless Rasta, Stefan Wulf, willing to do Combat for Ultimate Glory.
 Everest's "Other Guy"
At the outpost of Sandakphu, along the border of India and Nepal, the snow-capped peak of Kanchenzonga glistens as the rising sun bathes it in fiery orange. But it is the towering pinnacle of Mount Everest, far in the distance and almost forgotten, that first captures the morning light — and the imagination of the local people.
 CLIMBING EVEREST: WHO MAKES IT TO THE TOP?
The odds a person climbing Mount Everest will die in the attempt are 1 in 61.46. On its deadliest day, May 10, 1996, the mountain claimed eight people during a single 24-hour period. That day Jon Krakauer, a journalist on assignment for Outside Magazine, was part of an expedition led by celebrated climber, Rob Hall.
 Photos from the 2009 Yangshuo Climbing Festival
Photos by Rocker - On November 11-15, 2009, China's second annual Yangshuo Climbing Festival, sponsored by The North Face and Black Diamond commenced on Yangshuo's world class limestone with than 500 climbers in attendance. The week included clinics taught by Alex Honnold and Abond plus informative slide shows, a climbing treasure hunt, climbing videos, music, food, beer and socializing. The twin goals of the Yangshuo Climbing Festival are to promote a sense of community among climbers throughout China in a fun, friendly, and casual atmosphere and to support the sustainable development of rock climbing in the Yangshuo area. Visit: www.ysclimbfest.com.cn
 Unclimbed Tibetan Peaks
Photos by Tamotsu Nakamura - The extraordinary Japanese explorer Tamotsu Nakamura and companions have completed another photographic expedition to the Nyainqentanglha East and Kangri Garpo regions of eastern Tibet. Starting from the town of Qamdo, the team completed a 4,800-kilometer counterclockwise loop, with several forays deep into the mountains, over five weeks in October and November, despite unusually tight controls on foreign visitors to Tibet. Nakamura has been exploring the mountains of eastern Tibet and southwestern China since 1990, sometimes twice a year. Read more.
 Fear and Loathing from Bishop to Eldo
Photos by Tara Miller / jitterbugphoto.blogspot.com - Upon arriving in Bishop we were delightfully greeted by the blustery Buttermilk winds that leave you chasing down your crash pad. The kind of wind that gets you bonus points for setting your tent up in, all the while keeping your second eye out for baby rattlesnakes... the air was right, the sky was blue and the climbing had begun. Next stop was the Happy Boulders, before finally heading back east through Boulder's Eldorado Canyon... From walking across the table lands at dusk on the Sierra's east side, to rest days and shenanigans in the fine dive bars of Denver, this trip was one I will always remember.
 From Colorado to Spain with Love
Photos by Cameron Maier / www.cameronmaier.com - Cameron Maier is based in Colorado's Front Range calling Estes Park, Fort Collins, and Colorado Springs all home for different parts of the year. These images were shot in various parts of Colorado like Rocky Mountain National Park and other blocs scattered around the Boulder area. Also shown are few photos from a recent trip to the limestone of northeastern Spain featuring Dave Graham and Jon Cardwell. With Maier's photography he seeks out action, vibrant natural light and tries to capture the personalities of his friends on and off the rock as wells as just the rocks in their natural environments.
 IMS Bouldercup - Brixen, Italy
Photos by Franz Walter / www.nanuuq.net - On November 3-8, 2009, the International Mountain Summit kicked off a week activities and presentations dedicated to everything about mountains and alpine sports in the Italian town of Bressanone/Brixen in the South Tyrol. Mountaineering legends like Reinhold Messner and Chris Bonington, plus a number of other world famous climbing celebrities attended the summit like: Steve House, Ines Papert, Peter Habeler, Hans Kammerlander, Stephan Siegrist, Simone Moro and Stefan Glowacz. Next to top-notch presentations a bouldering competition also took place complete with world cup competitors Kilian Fischhuber, Anna Stöhr, Jonas Baumann and Daniel Woods. For more info visit: www.ims.bz
 DESERT SOLITAIRE
Five hidden gems in hyper-crowded Joshua Tree - TIRED OF ROLLING UP TO JOSHUA TREE’S MEGA-CLASSICS only to find queues five parties deep? Well, so am I — you’d think the park’s 5,000 pitches would make finding solitude simple, but the sad truth is most climbers flock to Josh’s handful of pedestrian classics with high stars and easy access. Still, with a little effort, you’ll find four- and five star pitches far from the hordes.
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