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Trio of Hard New Routes in the Ruth
5/23/07 - A Japanese threesome has climbed a trio of hard new routes in the Ruth Gorge of the Alaska Range. Fumitaka Ichimura, Yusuke Sato, and Tatsuro Yamada spent 24 days in the Ruth in April and made five attempts on unclimbed lines, three of them successful. 5/22/07 - Gareth Hughes and Vivian Scott made the first ascent of the East Face of Mt. Dan Beard, the 10,260-foot peak that forms the north end of the Ruth Amphitheater in the Alaska Range. 5/21/07 - Daniel Woods nabbed the second ascent of Dave Graham’s Suspension of Disbelief (V13), a techy 18-foot overhanging arête near Eldorado Springs Canyon, Colorado, put up by Dave Graham on November 26, 2005. 5/21/07 - Britons Jon Bracey and Andy Houseman have made the second ascent of the French Route on the North Buttress of Mt. Hunter, 23 years after the first ascent. 5/18/07 - When Lara Karena Kellogg died in a rappelling accident in the Alaska Range on April 23, her husband, Chad, could not be notified for several days. 5/17/07 - Simon Hitchens, Phil Jefferey, and Mike “Twid” Turner traveled from the U.K. to Alaska’s Kichatna Spires in April and made the first ascents of three long ice gullies. 5/16/07 - As the hordes once again plod up Mt. Everest’s normal routes this May, an extraordinary season lies just ahead on K2, the world’s second-highest peak. 5/15/07 - Crack ace Jean-Pierre “Peewee” Ouellet has repeated one of North America’s hardest crack climbs, La Zébrée (5.14a), placing all of his protection except for the first piece on the lead. 5/11/07 - Peter Doucette, Ben Gilmore, and Freddie Wilkinson have climbed a steep new route up the 4,000-foot South Face of the Fin, a 13,300-foot subpeak on the wild and remote southwest side of Alaska’s Mt. Foraker. 5/11/07 - Proving there’s still plenty of adventure to be found in the Lower 48, David Everett and Dan Stih spent three days making the probable first ascent of an extremely remote formation called the Bishoprics in Zion National Park. 5/08/07 - Where will ice climbers go if climate change destroys the world’s classic ice routes? 5/07/07 - Britons Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden have made the first ascent of Menamcho (6,264 meters) in the Nyainqentanglha East Range of Tibet. 5/07/07 - Taking advantage of an extended spell of excellent weather in the United Kingdom, Es Tressider smashed the record for traversing the Cuillin Ridge on Scotland’s Isle of Skye on May 4. 5/03/07 - Dave MacLeod, perhaps the best all-around climber in Great Britain, has completed the hardest sport climb in Scotland, a severely overhanging route called Metalcore at the Anvil. 5/03/07 - Germany’s Andreas Bindhammer has repeated La Rambla (9a+/5.15a) at Siurana, Spain, after three weeks of work. 5/02/07 - A Canadian-American team established an eight-pitch 5.13a in Jordan during the month of March, battling sandstorms, extreme temperature changes, loose rock, and spitting camels to complete their new route. 5/02/07 - Frenchwoman Charlotte Durif has returned from a knee injury to top form, climbing two 5.14a routes very quickly last week. 4/30/07 - Seattle climber Lara-Karena Kellogg, 38, was killed in a rappelling accident while descending Mt. Wake in Alaska’s Ruth Gorge last Monday. 4/30/07 - Coloradans Kelly Cordes and Josh Thompson linked three Red Rocks classics in about 22 hours car-to-car. 4/26/07 - Red River Outdoors is a restaurant, gear shop, guiding service and cabin rental service in Slade, Kentucky. 4/24/07 - Can a 15-year-old climb 5.15? It looks increasingly possible for Adam Ondra, the young Czech who just climbed his second 5.14+ route at age 14. 4/23/07 - The Ohio climber Kris Hampton, best known as the rapper Odub, almost found himself in legal hot water over a rap-song parody concerning the talented free soloist Dean Potter. 4/16/07 - There are 82 peaks over 4,000 meters in the Alps, and during this winter season Slovenian Miha Valic climbed all of them. 4/13/07 - In a recent press release, Arches National Park Superintendent, Laura Joss, stated that the park will be creating a Climbing Management Plan, which is intended to "consider a full range of alternatives to protect resources, visitors and visitor experience." 4/12/07 - Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC), the major Canadian outdoor retailer, will donate up to $350,000 CAN to help preserve Skaha Bluffs, the superb crags and unique ecosystem near Penticton, British Columbia. |
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