 Fifth Annual Adventure Film Festival
On November 12-14 in Boulder, Colorado, the Fifth Annual Adventure Film Festival will premiere the most exciting and inspiring award-winning independent films from around the world. The festival is dedicated to all aspects of adventure — from serious exploration to environmental heroism to gripping tales from the edge of the believable. Visit: www.adventurefilm.org
 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.
 Tahoe Adventure Film Festival 2009
South Lake Tahoe - Cinematography is the medium. Action sports and adventure is the subject. Well known as a breeding ground for elite athletes and year-round adventurers, Lake Tahoe is the stage for the 7th Annual Tahoe Adventure Film Festival to be held December 12, 2009 at Montbleu Resort Casino & Spa in South Lake Tahoe.
 DREAMTIME
A LOCAL'S-EYE VIEW OF SWITZERLAND'S MAGICAL BLOCS - "It's a nice achievement to do this bouldering portfolio about my country, in the style of climbing I like the most," says the Swiss boulderer/photographer Fred Moix, who spent the last six years shooting his native stones. "It was like a personal mission, a kind of legacy I wanted to give."
 THE SEARCH - Adventure Boudering in Bolivia
We lash packs to our backs and crashpads to our shoulders. I’ve been in La Paz, Bolivia, and on the nearby volcanoes for three weeks, and now, with the arrival of three friends from France, the French Team has become four: Ziza, Tony, Steph, and me, the Dod. No more ice axe and crampons — now it’s boulders, not summits, that I seek. Where we will find them in this vast, deserted country, I am not sure.
 Globetrotters
Welcome to the Rocklands, the internationally famous, world-class bouldering destination that most Americans have heard of, but few have visited. This could very well be the world’s best — and biggest — bouldering area. It is but a miniscule chunk of the greater Cederberg mountain range,
 The Complete Jim Holloway Interview
In 1975, Jim Holloway, 6' 4" and with cable for tendons, shoed up beneath Cloud Shadow Wall, above Boulder, Colorado. His project lay on the convex east end of the sandstone face. Holloway fished his right hand into a fingertip undercling, crimped the left on a layaway, and pulled on.
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 Welsh Connections - Trailer
Video by Dave Brown / Bamboo Chicken Productions - Welcome to rock climbing in Wales! A cocktail of diverse climbing; from hard trad onsights and first ascents, to intense limestone sport, slate, bouldering and deep water soloing.The new climbing film from Bamboo Chicken Productions features climbers: Pete Robins, Tim Emmett, Johnny Dawes, James McHaffie, Pete Whittaker, Nick Bullock, Chris Doyle, Chris Davies and Gav Symonds. Out on DVD - November 16th, 2009. Trailer cut by Ben Knapp.
 Sweet Bloc: Bouldering La Proue at Medonnet, France
Video by Sébastien Montaz-Rosset / jefilm.com - Guillaume and Seb present a boulder line called La Proue (Font 7a+ or V7) in Médonnet near Chamonix, France. The gneiss bouldering of Médonnet, nestled within in a beautiful mountain forest, is perfect for the warm days of summer and is said to have a Fontainebleau-esque feel with many flat landings. The blocs are situated 25-30 minutes driving from Chamonix toward the ski resort of Megève. The area offers three main sectors with several hundred problems from french boulder grade 2-8a.
 The Beta: Super Mario and Mystery Groove, Stone Fort, TN
Video by Andrew Kornylak - In this fourth Beta video, Colorado native Andy Wellman tells us how he ended up in Chattanooga, Tennessee by way of Horse Pens 40, Alabama, and shows how to crush two Stone Fort (aka Little Rock City) classic V4's, Super Mario and Mystery Groove. Hound Ears in Boone, NC went down on October 3rd, Horse Pens-40 in Steele, AL on November 7th is next, concluding with the Stone Fort in Chattanooga, TN on December 5th.
 American Lifestyle: Joshua Tree
Video by Romain Desgranges - Join French climbers Romain Desgranges and Fred Rouhling in a 20-minute video as they explore the wild and wondrous quartz monzonite boulders of California's Joshua Tree National Park. There's footage of everything from JTree's classic problems to the many V-hard, tip shredding and highball testpieces found throughout the nearly 800,000-acre park. Even a local bobcat and coyote make an appearance in this inspiring video, narrated in French, that seeks to capture the experience of bouldering in the heart of the Mojave Desert.
 Tech Tip - Training - TARGETED OPPOSITION
TENDONITIS — LIKE IT OR NOT, if you’re an avid climber, at some point
you’ll feel that deep, dull ache in your elbows or shoulders, a sign of
inflamed tendons. The constant tugging is what does us in — using loads
of pulling muscles (lats, shoulders, biceps, forearms) while neglecting
the pushing muscles (pectorals, anterior deltoids, triceps), thus placing
unidirectional strain on your tendons.
-sq.jpg) Austrians In Rocklands, South Africa
Photos by Emanuel Moosburger - Emanuel Moosburger of Innsbruck, Austria recently amassed an impressive ticklist from July 27 – September 12, 2009, during a trip to the sandstone bouldering mecca, Rocklands in South Africa. Highlights were about 30 problems V10 and harder including: 11 V11s, 6 V12s, 5 V13s and a V14 repeat (at night by headlamp) of Fred Nicole’s Mooiste Maise that was believed to be unclimbable after a crucial hold had broken. One of Moosburger’s prized days consisted of sending Royksopp (V11), Armed Response (V13) and The Vice (V13) all in a single day. Shown in this gallery are some of the problems from his trip mentioned above plus: Tea Lady Roof (V9), Pinotage Sit (V10), Roof is on Fire (V5), Caroline (V10), Human Energy (V6/7) and more.
 California Bouldering - A Way of Life
Photos by Brooks Institute student Richard Tyler Gross / www.rtylergross.com - This collection of bouldering images, shot in 2008 and 2009, was gathered from a few areas in Southern California like Santa Barbara, Bishop, Joshua Tree, and Pine Mountain. These places offer stunning views and allow one to truly feel connected to Mother Nature and her elements. These images help support why bouldering is more than a just sport or social gathering; it is a way of life. It is a personal test of the soul as well as a development of trust in oneself. Bouldering has a spirituality, and it is my aim to capture that within these photographs. My passion for photography and the outdoors is an ongoing quest of finding the perfect balance within myself, nature, and the subject being photographed.
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