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Dawn Wall Update: Pitch 12 Completed
11/8/11 - On October 29, Tommy Caldwell began his push to free the Dawn Wall on El Cap this year. 11/7/11 - The "Wide Boyz," otherwise known as Britons Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker, have re-climbed their now-famous offwidth climb, Century Crack, placing all the gear on lead. 11/4/11 - Colorado climber Joe Mills has made the second free ascent of the Hallucinogen Wall in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. 11/3/11 - Gabriele Moroni and Adam Ondra have been busy in China and Germany this week. 11/2/11 - Jean-Pierre "Peewee" Ouellet has completed a difficult new crack climb in Canyonlands National Park, Utah: Necronomicon. 11/2/11 - Hans Florine and Alex Honnold raced up the Nose of El Capitan in 2 hours 37 minutes 30 seconds on Tuesday, the third-fastetst time in history. 11/2/11 - Britons Mick Fowler and Dave Turnbull have completed the first ascent of Gojung (aka Mugu Chuli, 6,310m/20,702') in western Nepal. 10/31/11 - Jakob Schubert's Lead World Cup winning streak was broken last weekend by Spain's Ramón Julian Puigblanque, with Johanna Ernst once again grabbing first for the women in Valence, France. 10/31/11 - Petzl's annual RocTrip ended with a bang this past weekend in the Getu Valley, China: Spanish climber Dani Andrada succeeded on an eight-pitch, 5.14b first ascent he called Corazón de Ensueño. 10/31/11 - On Saturday, Tommy Caldwell started his 2011 push on the Dawn Wall project, hoping to finally free El Cap's hardest unclimbed route. 10/27/11 - Kristyna Ondra, sister of the illustrious Adam Ondra, has become the second female Czech climber to reach 5.14a with her ascent of Kudlanka at her local crag, Moravsky Kras. 10/24/11 - Dave Graham has established his fifth V15 first ascent, in Guanella Pass, Colorado, near Georgetown off I-70. 10/24/11 - Austrian Jakob Schubert saw his seventh consecutive World Cup win last week in Amman, Jordan (the first Lead World Cup to be held in the Middle East). 10/20/11 - Two weeks after becoming the second female to free the Salathé Wall on El Capitan, Kiwi climber Mayan Gobat-Smith climbed Free Rider (VI 5.12d, 37 pitches) in 14 hours, the fastest ascent of the route by a woman. 10/20/11 - Yesterday, Emily Harrington became the second woman to climb 5.14b in Rifle Mountain Park, Colorado, with her send of Waka Flocka. 10/19/11 - Adam Ondra's been busy at home in the Czech Republic making boulder first ascents. UPDATED: 10/19/11 - Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker have graded Century Crack 5.14b. 10/18/11 - Daniel Woods has yet another V15 first ascent under his belt in Magic Wood, Switzerland: La Force Tranquille. 10/17/11 - Ben Spannuth has recently risen through the ranks to the elite 5.14d community. 10/17/11 - Sasha DiGiulian has become the first American woman to climb 5.14d: Pure Imagination at the Chocolate Factory, Red River Gorge, Kentucky. 10/13/11 - The international climbing community just witnessed one its hardest onsights yet: Spanish climber Ramón Julian Puigblanque onsighted The Crew (5.14c) in Rifle, Colorado, this week. 10/13/11 - The Nordic countries saw a difficult first ascent and repeat this week. 10/10/11 - A sold-out crowd of about 1,300 people packed into Movement Climbing + Fitness last night to see who would take the gold at the Lead World Cup in Boulder, Colorado, the first to be held on U.S. soil in more than 20 years. 10/7/11 - Another ascent of Dai Koyamada's The Wheel of Life in the Hollow Mountain Cave, Grampians, Australia, has flown under the radar for about a week. 10/7/11 - Last weekend, New Zealander Mayan Smith-Gobat made one of her dreams come true when she freed the Salathé Wall (VI 5.13b) on Yosemite's El Capitan. |
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