Hometown heroes Anna Stöhr and Jakob Schubert win this Bouldering World Cup in Kitzbühel, Austria. Stöhr seems unstoppable, with four straight World Cups this season. Guillaume Glairon-Mondet and Dmitry Sharafutdinov took second and third for the men, with Akiyo Noguchi and Alex Puccio rounding out the women's top three.
Mike Libecki, Angie Payne, and Ethan Pringle made the trek to the southeast coast of Greenland and spent about two weeks making first ascents and learning more about climbing and its culture.
Carrie Cooper spends some time in Bishop, California, with friends, climbing five days straight. Climbs in the video include Painted Cave (V6), Solitaire (V8), Fly Boy (V8), Xavier's Roof (V11), Pet the Kitty, and Overzealous.
In November 2012, Mason Earle established a 5.13+ crack climb at Mill Creek, Utah, that he called Real Talk. He began working the climb in spring 2011, but it wasn't until fall 2012 that he made the redpoint. He says this is one of his best and boldest first ascents.
The HBO series Game of Thrones worked in an ice climbing scene, where characters scale a 700-foot-tall wall. Here's the full scene.
German Daniel Jung and Belgian brothers Nico and Olivier Favresse were recently in Norway, where they climbed on overhanging cracks.
Jon Glassberg boulders in Leavenworth, Gold Bar, and Index, Washington. Problems include Coffee Cup (V9), The Practitioner (V11), Beautification (V11), Cotton Pony (V10), Nine Iron (V10), Thunderdome Low (V11), The Prism (V9), WAS (V8), Leggo My Ego (V7), Ebriosity (V11), and Turbulence (V12).
First ascents in a new zone called the Damn Boulders. Problems include The Last Great One (V13) by Griffin Whiteside, Lonesome Animals (V12) by Scott Hall, Wrecking Ball Dyno by Kyle O'Meara, and a send of Pommel Horse (V4) by Chad Parkinson.
Three of Adam Ondra's hardest routes, including Xaxid Hostel (5.14d/5.15a) in Slovenia; Tanec Kuřátek (5.14d) in the Czech Republic; and Perlorodka (5.14d/5.15a) in the Czech Republic.
Rob D'Anastasio climbs Echale (V14) in Clear Creek Canyon, Colorado. Daniel Woods put up this boulder problem in 2004, and it's seen repeats by climbers like Dave Graham, Paul Robinson, James Webb, and more.
This May is the 50th anniversary of both the first American ascent on Mt. Everest and the first ascent of the West Ridge (by Americans). National Geographic collaborated with the American Alpine Club at the AAC's annual benefit dinner in February to bring together prominent Everest climbers, including Tom Hornbein, Norman Dyhrenfurth, and Jim Whittaker, to give their thoughts on those ascents, as well as the mountain's evolution and crowding problems.
French climber nabs an ascent of Era Vella (5.14d) in Margalef, Spain.
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