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Zion's Lunar X Goes Free at 5.13
4/25/11 - Utah climber Nik Berry has made the first free ascent of Lunar Ecstasy (aka Lunar X), a classic aid route on the Moonlight Buttress in Zion National Park. 4/25/11 - Nawang Gombu Sherpa, who accompanied Jim Whittaker to the summit during the first American ascent of Mt. Everest, in 1963, died at home in India on April 24. 4/22/11 - More details have emerged on Ueli Steck's extremely rapid ascent of Shishapangma, including specific times along the route. 4/21/11 - Swiss alpinist Dani Arnold has set a new speed record on the north face of the Eiger. 4/21/11 - There might be a new post every day regarding another Daniel Woods ascent in Switzerland. 4/19/11 - Chris Sharma turns 30 on Saturday, and his birthday gift to himself was a send of his longtime project, First Round, First Minute, in Margalef, Spain. 4/19/11 - The 2011 World Cup season kicked off this past weekend in Milano, Italy, with a bouldering and speed competition. 4/16/11 - Two teams of climbers were honored with the 2011 Piolets d'Or, the annual prizes awarded in Chamonix, France, and Courmayeur, Italy, for the most inspiring ascents of the previous year. 4/15/11 - Jim Goodwin died on April 7, 2011. 4/14/11 - USA Climbing has issued yet another apology regarding the scoring at SCS Nationals. 4/14/11 - Julien Jarry provides nice photos of Ashima Shiraishi from her trip to Hueco Tanks, Texas, in March, including shots of her working Martini Right, here. 4/13/11 - Not wasting any time, Adam Ondra has climbed Chilam Balam, Spaniard Bernabé Fernández's controversial route in Villanueva del Rosario, Spain. 4/13/11 - Daniel Woods continues his European tour. 4/11/11 - News link: Adam Taylor of Kentucky redpointed Jonathan Siegrist's Pure Imagination (5.14d) at the Chocolate Factory in the Red River Gorge, making the route's second ascent. 4/11/11 - News link: Jonathan Siegrist has repeated Joe Kinder's Golden Direct (5.14d) at the Cathedral near St. George, Utah. 4/7/11 - On April 7, Josh Wharton onsight soloed the north face of the Matterhorn in about five hours. 4/6/11 - Swiss climber Cédric Lachat has redpointed Chris Sharma's Papichulo (5.15a) in Oliana, Spain. 4/5/11 - Not even wet rock can keep Adam Ondra from onsighting 5.14c. 4/4/11 - News link: Riding the train of Americans climbing in Europe, Daniel Woods arrived in Munich on April 1 and promptly dispatched Purring Puma (V14) in Zillertal, Austria, on April 2. 4/1/11 - April Fool's Day is upon us, and while Climbing was busy working to get the May issue out the door today, many other climbing sites made sure the joke wasn't on them. 3/31/11 - News link: Thomasina Pidgeon has climbed Beautiful Gecko (V12) at the Sad Boulders in Bishop. 3/29/11 - News link: Joe Kinder completed a new route at the Blank Wall in Utah, naming it Tiger Blood and suggesting 5.14c. 3/29/11 - Clint Helander and Scotty Vincik have completed the first ascent of Mt. Mausolus in the Revelation Mountains, at the far southwestern end of the Alaska Range. 3/28/11 - After having the best climbing trip ever, Ondra outdid himself by grabbing the first ascent of Chris Sharma's 5.15b project, Chaxi Raxi, in Oliana, Spain, on Sunday. 3/25/11 - News link: Spanish climber Nacho Sanchez established his country's first V15 after a year and a half of effort. |
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