Rock Climbing News

Read here about all the latest rock climbing news--the hardest redpoints, the most astonishing onsights, the wildest trad climbs, and the boldest solos. If it's a ground-breaking rock climb, we've got all the details.

  • Ouellet Makes First Free Ascent of 5.13+ Crack in Moab

    12/12/12 - As fall brought in colder weather, J.P. "Peewee" Ouellet recently made an impressive circuit through southeastern Utah, developing some new and hard crack lines.

  • Spain Sees Action: Hard Sends for Midtboe, Amma

    12/3/12 - Northern Spain was the spot for crushing last week: Norwegian climber Hannah Midtbø, younger sister of Magnus, completed La Novena Puerta, her first 5.14c, in Santa Linya, and Japanese Lead Word Cup winner Sachi Amma finished La Rambla (5.15a), in Siurana.

  • Belay to Save the Day

    In support of the Wounded Warriors Project, the Boston Rock Gym, located in Woburn, MA, invites climbing enthusiasts and novices alike for five climbs with TRUBLUE’s auto belays for just $5. From 6:00PM to 10:00PM on Friday, November 30th, 2012, climbers will enjoy the use of TRUBLUE’s state-of-the-art equipment and 100% of the proceeds will benefit the Wounded Warriors, a not-for-profit that aids and supports wounded service members.

  • Siegrist Grabs Second Ascent of Colorado 5.14

    11/28/12 - After spending more than a month working on the infamous Dawn Wall project on El Capitan in Yosemite, Colorado native Jonathan Siegrist returned home to complete the second ascent of Mission Impossible, a hard 5.14 in Clear Creek Canyon.

  • More from the Red: Interviews with Ondra, Woods

    11/21/12 - Recently, news of hard flashes and onsights have dominated the online climbing community as some of the world’s strongest climbers, like Adam Ondra, Daniel Woods, Cedric Lachat, and more, made their pilgrimage to the sandstone Mecca of difficult sport climbing, the Red River Gorge.

  • Patrick Edlinger Reported Dead

    A French newspaper is reporting that Patrick Edlinger, one of the great free climbers of the 1980s, has died at age 52. No details were given. Edlinger was one of the leading figures in the French sport climbing revolution, putting up numerous routes and free climbing as hard as 8c (5.14b) in the late 1980s.

  • French Woman Climbs Southern Smoke (5.14c)

    11/13/12 - The French climber Melissa Le Nevé has climbed Southern Smoke (5.14c) at the Red River Gorge.

  • New 5.13+ Crack in Utah

    11/12/12 - Kinloch Mason Earle has climbed a new 5.13+ thin crack at Mill Creek, located in the La Sal Mountains near Moab, Utah.

  • Action Continues in the Red River Gorge

    11/8/12 - Daniel Woods has climbed The Golden Ticket at the Chocolate Factory in the Red River Gorge, confirming another suggested downgrade by Adam Ondra.

  • Woods Flashes Pure Imagination (5.14c/d), Confirms Downgrade

    11/5/12 -Daniel Woods has flashed Pure Imagination (5.14c/d) at the Chocolate Factory in the Red River Gorge, just two days after Adam Ondra's flash of the same route and The Golden Ticket.

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    Woods, Lachat Finish Southern Smoke Direct (5.14d/15a)

    11/2/12 - Daniel Woods and Swiss climber Cédric Lachat each climbed Southern Smoke Direct (5.14d/5.15a) at the Bob Marley Crag, Pendergrass Murray Recreational Preserve, Red River Gorge.

  • Ondra Onsights Two Red River 5.14d Routes

    11/1/12 - It's reported that Adam Ondra onsighted the Red River Gorge's hardest routes today: Pure Imagination and The Golden Ticket, both 5.14d.