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Harrington 2nd in World Champs
7/05/05 - Emily Harrington pulled off the greatest climb of her life to take second at the biannual World Championships of lead climbing in Munich, Germany. 6/29/05 - Chris Thomas and Will Mayo made the first ascent of the 10,700-foot subpeak to the right of Mount Huntington’s southwestern face. 6/28/05 - The young Austrian Angela Eiter won her fifth World Cup comp in a row in Zurich, Switzerland, on June 25. 6/28/05 - Brothers Mike and Mark Anderson free climbed the classic Zion aid route Spaceshot at 5.13a, following several variations to the standard eight-pitch climb. 6/22/05 - Samuel Johnson of Alaska and Freddie Wilkinson of New Hampshire made the second ascent of Mount Hunter’s Diamond Arête on the 20th anniversary of the Alaskan classic’s first ascent. 6/20/05 - American Lizzy Asher made the finals of last weekend's bouldering World Cup in Fiera di Primiero, Italy, finishing eighth overall. 6/17/05 - Valery Babanov and Raphael Slawinski have climbed a new route on Denali in single-push style. 6/16/05 - Canadians Louis-Philippe Ménard and Maxime Turgeon capped a terrific visit to the Alaska Range with an alpine-style first ascent of the North Face of Mount Bradley. 6/15/05 - Jack Tackle and Fabrizio Zangrilli climbed a new route on the Southwest Face of Mount Huntington in the Alaska Range, completing the 4,000-foot line alpine-style in a three-day round trip. 6/14/05 - Colorado ultrarunners Peter Bakwin and Buzz Burrell have linked Mount Rainier, Mount Adams and Mount Hood in 28 hours of climbing and driving. 6/14/05 - Briton Alan Hinkes has summited 28,172-foot Kanchenjunga, the third-highest mountain in the world and the final peak in his quest to climb all 14 8,000-meter summits. 6/08/05 - It was a powder day in Vail on Saturday and for once that wasn’t a good thing. 5/31/05 - A week ago, Biskit, the beloved climbing dog went missing in Gold Hill, Colorado and never returned. 5/31/05 - The third UIAA/ ICC World Cup Event of 2005 took place this past weekend in Imst, Austria, where Angela Eiter of Austria and Flavio Crespi of Italy climbed into first place. 5/26/05 - Put away the crampons and oxygen bottles, you can reach the top of Mount Everest via Helicopter. 5/23/05 - A French expedition has made the first ascent of two 7,000-meter peaks in the Himalaya: the north and central summits of Chomo-Lonzo. 5/20/05 - Less than a week after Ed Viesturs summited Annapurna to become the first American to climb all 14 of the worldís 8,000-meter peaks, the same mountain dealt a reminder of just how dangerous this game can be. 5/17/05 - Inspired by the recent first one-day ascent of the Hallucinogen Wall in Colorados Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Ryan Nelson and Jared Ogden smashed the speed record for the route. 5/17/05 - Climbing photographer Jimmy Chin has won the inaugural Rowell Award for the Art of Adventure. 5/12/05 - Ed Viesturs has completed his 16-year quest to be the first American to climb all 14 of the worlds 8,000-meter peaks. 5/11/05 - The world’s best female rock climber, Josune Bereziartu, posted to www.8a.nu that she has made the second ascent of Bimbaluna at St. Loup, Switzerland, a possible 5.15. 5/10/05 - David Lama, age 14, has redpointed Reini’s Vibes at Massone in Arco, Italy, a route considered “easy” 5.14c, according to www.8a.nu. 5/10/05 - Sean Isaac, Rob Owens and Roger Strong pioneered a 2,300-foot mixed route on the Northwest Face of Alaska’s Kichatna Spire on May 1. 5/06/05 - Climber, mountain guide, educator and activist Jim Ratz was killed May 4 in a fall in Sinks Canyon, near his home in Lander, Wyoming. 5/05/05 - Iker Pou Azkarrga, the Basque climber who has done everything from V14 boulder problems to 5.14 free walls, is now the third climber to flash an 8c (5.14b) rock climb. |
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