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Sharma’s Witness
3/30/05 - Chris Sharma, said to be in the best shape of his life, established his hardest boulder problem yet in Arkansas’ Ozark Mountains. 4/05/05 - Climbers from all over Europe tested the limits of their power at the No Foot Contest VI in Strasbourg, France. 4/04/05 - Thirteen-year-old Matt Fultz has redpointed Black Out (5.13d/5.14a) in Logan Canyon, Utah. 3/25/05 - Britons Ben Bransby and Pete Robins have freed the classic Finger of Fate route on Utah's Titan, according to www.ukclimbing.com. 3/23/05 - Euros dominate the third annual Black Diamond Wasatch Powder Keg,the only Ski Mountaineering World Cup on U.S. soil. 3/23/05 - Aaron Martin had a remarkable season in Patagonia, leading an ascent of Fitz Roy and making a rare solo ascent of Cerro Torre. 3/22/05 - Dave Graham has climbed another possible 8c (V15) boulder problem, according to www.8a.nu. 3/22/05 - Austrian Nina Arch extended the womens dyno record by nearly 10 inches at a competition in Britain. 3/21/05 - Hometown hero Mark Croxall of the U.K. narrowly won the first Bouldering World Cup of 2005 in Birmingham, England. 3/17/05 - Phil Powers, a longtime mountain guide who has climbed everything from K2 to 5.13 sport routes, has been named Executive Director of the American Alpine Club. 3/16/05 - The islands of Koh Phi Phi, site of the first rock climbing in Thailand, were devastated in the December 26 tsunami yet received relatively little attention from climbers compared with better-known Railay Beach, which was spared the worst of the destruction. 3/14/05 - The Spanish star Dani Andrada is showing the best shape of his life: Since the start of the year, he has completed seven new routes of 5.14c or harder, including one possible 5.15a. 3/14/05 - The husband-and-wife team of Dean Potter and Steph Davis climbed several peaks in Patagonia, including a one-day ascent of the mighty Torre Egger, and Potter made the first BASE jump in the range. 3/14/05 - Aron Ralston, the Colorado man who had to amputate his own arm below the elbow after a canyoneering accident, has completed a seven-year project to solo the Colorado 14’ers in winter. 3/11/05 - Tommy Caldwell, America’s best all-around rock climber, dislocated his elbow and broke his wrist in a ground fall at Indian Creek, Utah. 3/08/05 - The 2005 U.S. Climbing Team for difficulty (roped) and speed climbing was selected March 5-6 at the USA Climbing Nationals, presented by Sterling Rope and Stone Age Climbing. 3/08/05 - Mark Wilford, a leading American rock climber and alpinist for more than two decades, received the Robert and Miriam Underhill Award for outstanding climbing achievement at the American Alpine Club’s annual meeting on March 5. 3/7/05 - Scott Semple, Raphael Slawinski, and Eamonn Walsh made the first winter ascent of 11,873-foot Mount Alberta in the Canadian Rockies. 3/03/05 - As if Cerro Torre weren’t hard enough to climb already, the Slovenian duo of Andrej Grmovsek and Silvo Karo added a long, indirect start to the Compressor Route on the mountain. 3/01/05 - Taking full advantage of fine conditions, Mark Bunker and Colin Haley did the first winter ascent of the complete North Ridge of Mount Stuart in Washington state. 2/28/05 - The Russian expedition that climbed the North Face of Jannu in Nepal has won the Piolet d'Or, the golden ice axe that is awarded annually in France for the top mountaineering ascent of the year. 2/25/05 - Dave MacLeod has climbed The Hurting, a summertime E4 6a (hard 5.11) on Cairngorm, creating Scotlands first Grade XI route. The Scottish XI 11 grade translates roughly to M9+ or M10 climbing with groundfall potential. 2/23/05 - At the finals of the USA Climbing Youth Bouldering National Championship, the top four climbers in each age group were selected for the 2005 Youth Bouldering National Team. 2/22/05 - Daniel Woods from Colorado and Portia Menlove from Utah won the American Bouldering Series National at The Spot Gym in Boulder, Colorado. 2/18/05 - Christian Griffith, one of the best climbers ever produced by Boulder, Colorado, has jumped into politics in a bid to protect his hometown's climbing, bouldering, and other mountain sports. |
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