http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/ By Dougald MacDonald / TheMountainWorld.com and the Climbing Magazine staff. Hot Flashes Climbing News reports the world's most up-to-date vertical news. From alpine big walls to local bouldering comps Hot Flashes gives you the the most accurate report first. en-us http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/ http://www.climbing.com/header1107-CLIMBINGNEWS.gif 7/03/09 - Samuel Johnson and Matt Klick made the first ascent of the northern ridge on 11,140-foot Mt. Balchen in Alaska’s Hayes Range in a lightweight two-day climb. http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/hard_new_route_in_alaskas_hayes_range hotflashes Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:36:00 CDT Hard New Route in Alaska's Hayes Range 7/03/09 - Samuel Johnson and Matt Klick made the first ascent of the northern ridge on 11,140-foot Mt. Balchen in Alaska’s Hayes Range in a lightweight two-day climb. 7/02/09 - British climbers James Clapham and Gavin Pike climbed new routes on Peak 11,300' and Mt. Church in the Ruth Gorge area of the Alaska Range. http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/two_new_routes_in_alaska_range hotflashes Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:58:00 CDT Two New Routes in Alaska Range 7/02/09 - British climbers James Clapham and Gavin Pike climbed new routes on Peak 11,300' and Mt. Church in the Ruth Gorge area of the Alaska Range. 7/02/09 - Zhenja Kazbekova, a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl, has climbed New Kenigsberg (8a+/8b or 5.13c/d) at the Krasny Kamen or “Red Stone” sector, in Crimea, southern Ukraine. This would make her the youngest girl redpoint a route of this grade. http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/12_year_old_girl_climbs_513cd hotflashes Thu, 02 Jul 2009 11:20:00 CDT 12 Year Old Girl Climbs 5.13c/d 7/02/09 - Zhenja Kazbekova, a 12-year-old Ukrainian girl, has climbed <i>New Kenigsberg</i>( 8a+/8b or 5.13c/d) at the Krasny Kamen or &ldquo;Red Stone&rdquo; sector, in Crimea, southern Ukraine. 7/01/09 - Alex Honnold and Sean Leary have climbed the Salathé Wall on Yosemite's El Capitan in a record 4 hours and 55 minutes. After that, in the scorching heat, the pair ran up the Nose in 7 hours. http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/honnold_leary_climb_isalatheacutei_wall_in_455 hotflashes Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:45:00 CDT Honnold, Leary Climb Salathé Wall in 4:55 7/01/09 - Alex Honnold and Sean Leary have climbed the <i>Salath&eacute; Wall</i> on Yosemite's El Capitan in a record 4 hours and 55 minutes. After that, in the scorching heat, the pair ran up the <i>Nose</i> in 7 hours. 6/26/09 - On Thursday, June 18, 2009, the 25 year old Italian, Jenny Lavarda, redpointed Reini’s Vibes (8c/8c+ or 5.14b/c) at Masson’s Pueblo sector, in Italy, for the first female ascent of the route. http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/jenny_lavarda_sends_8c8c_qa hotflashes Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:56:00 CDT Jenny Lavarda Sends 8c/8c+: Q&A 6/26/09 - On Thursday, June 18, 2009, the 25 year old Italian, Jenny Lavarda, redpointed <i>Reini&rsquo;s Vibes</i> (8c/8c+ or 5.14b/c) at Masson&rsquo;s Pueblo sector, in Italy, for the first female ascent of the route.