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 Travel-Climbing in the Boot
Italy is not only a land of orgasmic food and inebriating wines, but a paradise where climbing on quality rock and bathing in crystalline blue water perfectly accompany your cultural experience. The summer routine here is to enjoy remote rocks on white, sandy beaches and late-afternoon bouldering sessions, but also widen your cultural horizons with occasional museum visits.  Decking while Soloing
I static to a four-finger sloper, 15 feet off the deck. I’m on Kim Chi (5.11d), a 40-foot bulging face climb on pocketed tuff just uphill from the trickle of Malibu Creek. I’ve been climbing here for 15 years: I know the Beta to every route, have touched every pocket ...  2006 Arco Rock Master
Arco is a quiet, little mountain town of about 15,000 people, surrounded with falesie (crags) of all types. It has a kid park with miniature boulder problems, and is the home of one of the world's tallest outdoor climbing stadiums, home to the venerable Arco Rock Master competition.  Everest Weather Reports for Fall 2006
Daily weather reports for the Mount Everest region by Michael Fagin Photos courtesy of www.bergadventures.com Mount Everest, at 8,850m (29,035ft) above sea level reigns as the highest mountain on Earth.  To Austria with Love - Piz in Europe
Stepping off the plane, my back was tweaked and I was extremely tired from not getting enough sleep. The walk to the baggage claim was easy in the advanced and clean Munich airport. I collected my things and found my bicycle intact after being handled too many times. I quickly found Andy sitting at the car rental station.  Shirts-Off-Screaming High-Energy: The SENDFEST Recap
On August 11, some of the strongest climbers in the United States congregated in Salt Lake City at The Front Climbing Club, for SENDFEST. This was the second annual competition held during the Outdoor Retailer Tradeshow (an event attended by many of the country’s top sponsored athletes). Check out Dan Dewell's Sendfest Gallery  Back to the Project
In spring 2005, world champion ice climber Ines Papert, from Bavaria, Germany, took a 65-foot fall in the Dolomites. A huge flake had detached from the wall (with her pro in it!), severely breaking her leg. Four months later, with screws still fastened through her tibia, she visited Colorado to climb the most difficult ice routes in Vail.  Ready, Set, Wall - Teva Mountain Games 2006
Imagine an artificial boulder the size of a gigantic mushroom parked in the middle of Vail village, Colorado. Now, imagine a team of climbers ranging from 12 to 24 years old gathered in record high temperatures to challenge each other for a $16,000 overall purse. Event Gallery by Devaki Murch, Cody Blair, and Devin Balet  Hueco Tanks - Winter Dispatches
The 2005/2006 season witnessed everything from standard-setting first ascents and widespread development of new boulders to repeats of proud and stout established problems, as climbers settled into Hueco Tanks' guided tour policies and North Mountain user limitations.  Everest Weather Reports for Spring 2006
Get daily weather conditions and dispatch reports from Alpine Ascents International, International Mountain Giudes, and Mountain-Link. Mount Everest, at 8,850m (29,035ft) above sea level reigns as the highest mountain on Earth.  The Sensei
By Chris Van Leuven - Most top climbers aspire to free El Cap once in their lifetimes. Justen Sjong has already made two free ascents of El Cap and is well on his way to his third, the Muir Wall (VI 5.13c), which he hopes to complete in the spring of 2006.  Belgian "Dream Team" climbs Central Tower of Paine
I first met Nicolas (Nico) Favresse – the legendary 26-year-old Belgian sport climber cum big wall free climber, who has redpointed 5.14d, and onsighted 5.13d sport – at sunset, in the fall of 2004 atop El Capitan.  Replacing Anger with Fear on the Yosemite Falls Wall
On the Upper Yosemite Falls Wall, Nicolas Favresse free-climbed a major new route in Yosemite Valley without any new fixed protection. Favresse, 25, worked for a month on L'Appat (VI 5.13a), the first free route up a big wall about 200 feet right of Yosemite Falls. (L'Appat means the"bait" or "lure" in French.) Favresse climbed the route all free on September 9, leading every pitch.  Jack Osbourne — Trading in the rockstar for real rock
By Rebecca Stokes - When you're the son of a death-metal rock star, you're more likely to be found partying instead of hand jamming up the Salathe Wall. However, Jack Osbourne, son of Ozzy Osbourne, picked up climbing as part of a full-scale detox program, and ever since he gripped his first holds he hasn’t let go.  Colorado Alpine Sickness
RMNP and Mt. Evans report. Freaks of the Industry (V14) was sent by Daniel Woods, Ben Safdi, and Dave Graham.  An Interview with Didier Desalle
By Rebecca Stokes - On the 14 of May, 2005, Eurocopter test pilot Didier Desalle braved the atmospheric conditions of 30,000 feet and landed his Ecureuil/Astar B3 helicopter on the summit of Mount Everest.  Resurgence at the Chapel Wall
With a quivering body, I desperately roll my fingers into white-knuckle crimps and pray my body won’t fly off the route.  Small Dogs, Big Faces
Stepping into the lead took the last drop of my strength. I climbed for ten shaky feet. My body plotted mutiny against my mind.  Friends to Oblivion
I watched as my best friend swan dived backwards from the rock. I knew it was my fault. I was the reason he was on this wall with me.  Not So Soft
A cold wind blows across the snow covered Utah desert, momentarily distracting my thoughts. I have spent the past hour contemplating the 20-foot section of blank rock ahead of me. |
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