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Alex Johnson's World Cup Win: Exclusive Interview
5/18/10 - At the first Bouldering World Cup of the 2010 season in Greifensee, Switzerland, Alex Johnson blitzed the European-drenched field, taking the gold. 5/18/10 - In a remarkable late-season burst of activity, three major new ice routes have been climbed on a remote wall in the Canadian Rockies. 5/17/10 - In a repeat of their respective performances at ABS Nationals a few months ago, Daniel Woods and Alex Puccio each took first place in the finals at The Spot's Battle in the Bubble pro invitational on Saturday. 5/17/10 - Spanish climber Edurne Pasaban has summited Shishapangma, completing a decade-long effort to climb all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks. 5/14/10 - Japanese climbers Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka “Jumbo” Yokoyama have completed one of the great unclimbed walls in North America: the south face of Mt. Logan, Canada’s highest peak. 5/13/10 - Dai Koyamada from Japan has done the second ascent of The Story of Two Worlds, likely one of the hardest boulder problems in the world. 5/13/10 - Alex Honnold had a wild and windy mega-day at Red Rock Canyon, Nevada, at the end of April, enchaining three long routes free-solo. 5/12/10 - Britain’s Hazel Findlay redpointed Air Sweden (5.13b R) at Indian Creek, Utah, possibly making the exciting route’s first female ascent. 5/10/10 - At the end of his spring season in Yosemite, Tommy Caldwell paired up with Chris McNamara for a one-day attempt on the south face of Mt. Watkins (5.13a, 19 pitches), east of Yosemite Valley. 5/6/10 - On their second attempt, Americans Mark Allen and Graham Zimmerman completed a significant new route on Mt. Bradley (9,100'/2,774m) in the Ruth Gorge of Alaska in early April. 5/5/10 - Seven teams planning a variety of expeditions—from big-wall free climbs to major new routes at nearly 8,000 meters, and from Alaska to Pakistan— have won the first-ever Copp-Dash Inspire Awards. 4/29/10 - Isaac Caldiero has done the third ascent of the 45-foot highball/solo Ambrosia (V11) on the Grandpa Peabody boulder at California’s Buttermilks. 4/27/10 - Oh Eun-sun from Korea has summited Annapurna in Nepal, her 14th 8,000-meter peak. 4/27/10 - Chris Sharma, whose attention has been focused on towering 5.15 sport routes, demonstrated on Saturday that he still has the power and cool-headed competitiveness to beat America’s best in a head-to-head bouldering comp. 4/12/10 - The American-Scottish team of Jed Brown, Kyle Dempster, and Bruce Normand, along with Kazakh climbers Boris Dedeshko and Denis Urubko, have received 2010 Piolets d’Or for climbs they completed last year. 4/9/10 - Czech boywonder Adam Ondra made the first ascent of Goldrake (5.15), in Cornalba, Italy. 4/8/10 - Russian climbers Sasha Gukov, Viktor Koval, and Valera Shamalo have completed what’s likely the most difficult route on the north face of Cholatse, an extremely steep 6,440-meter (21,129-foot) peak in the Khumbu region of Nepal. 4/2/10 - Marco and Hervé Barmasse, a father-and-son pair of guides from northern Italy, completed a 1,200-meter new route on the south face of the Matterhorn on March 13. 4/1/10 - On March 30, Paul Robinson achieved the first ascent of a long-time project at the Buttermilk boulders in Bishop, calling it Lucid Dreaming. 3/30/10 - The Bishop Bouldering Blog has reported that Paul Robinson sent his long-time project at the Buttermilks in Bishop this morning. 3/26/10 - In mid-March, 17-year-old Adam Ondra completed the second ascent of Chris Sharma’s Golpe de Estado (9b/5.15) in Spain. 3/24/10 - David Gottlieb and Joe Puryear reached the summit of Takargo on March 12, completing the first ascent of this 6,771-meter (22,215-foot) peak in the Rolwaling Himal. 3/24/10 - Cliff Hudson, a pioneer of the air-taxi services that make Alaskan climbing accessible to thousands, has died at 84. 3/23/10 - Jenn Flemming of Boulder, Colorado, recently redpointed the 80-foot Freeline (5.13b R) at Rincon Wall in Eldorado Canyon, achieving the first female ascent of the line, and possibly the hardest trad pitch led by a female in Eldo. 3/23/10 - Dave Gottlieb and Joe Puryear have completed the first ascent of Takargo, a 6,771-meter (22,215-foot) peak in the Rolwaling Himal of Nepal. |
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