Climbing Gallery

2006 Teva Mountain Games
Photos by Devaki Murch, Cody Blair and Devin Balet of this years climbing action. The Teva Mountain Games climbing comp, sponsored by Volkswagen and Climbing magazine, offers one of the largest purses in the U.S., with a $1,500 first prize for bouldering. The multisport event draws around 1,500 athletes and tens of thousands of spectators for competition in bouldering, kayaking, rafting, trail running, mountain biking, and adventure racing. See all the results at www.tevamountaingames.com.

Devaki Murch - 2006 New River Rendezvous
“This is the Woodstock of climbing festivals,” said Craig Luebben, offwidth master and slide show presenter, after a weekend of absolutely splitter weather, a million feet of climbing, and countless crazywildwierd events. An estimated 700+ climbers attended, and events went off pretty much without a hitch, with comp winners walking away with wads of cash and clinic attendees with precious gems of new knowledge. Images by Devaki Murch

Scandinavian Bouldering by Shawn Boye
"Tjugo på Kjuge" features the ultimate circuit of Scandinavia's best bouldering area and explores the past, present and future of the beautiful Kjugekull nature reserve. Featuring highballs, lowballs, traverses, slopers, edges, you name it. Tjugo På Kjuge highlights some of the best granite bouldering in Scandinavia. The film follows powerhouse Harald Bohlin accompanied by Carl-Ola Boström, Johan Andersson, Gustav Kamf, Jonas Fajersson and Tina Yu on a tour of the best problems at Kjugekull. The DVD includes the 72 Minute Director's Cut, 35 minute Outtakes film, Beta section and Gallery. PAL 4:3 Format, Subtitles in Danish, English, Finnish, French, German, Norwegian, Swedish. The film premiered at the 2005 Danish Adventure Film Festival where it was nominated for "Best Action Sports Film." Click here to purchase Tjugo Pa Kluge for only $19.95

Mammut Bouldering Championships
New Jersey is short on World-class bouldering, but thanks to the New Jersey Rock Gym's monstrous terrain and "Thunderdome" a portable structure by PYRAMIDE USA, there was some incredible action on March 24^th and 25^th. As the final stop of the 2006 Mammut Bouldering Championships, the NJ Rock Gym Gravity Brawl did not disappoint. Almost 200 individuals competed, from beginners to pros. The finals for the pros were a spectacle of sights and sounds. Jason Danforth and the NE2C crew kept the action moving at a frenzied pace, giving competition climbing a dynamic new face.W hen the dust finally settled, Daniel Woods and Lizzy Asher stood victoriously atop the podium. Photos by JenFu Cheng - www.jenfucheng.com

2006 Hueco Rock Rodeo
The Hueco Rock Rodeo, held during the last weekend of February, is by far the loudest, sickest, and most raging outdoor bouldering competition in the nation. Occurring in one of the best boulder fields of North America: Hueco Tanks State Historical Site, Texas. Devaki Murch from PrAna presents a comprehensive view on this year's event with excellent images of sending, chilling, partying and recovering. The finale of this years Rock Rodeo was a pancake breakfast the morning after, presented by PrAna & Climbing Magazine, where half-dead climbers ate their fill of chocolate chip, banana, and strawberry pancakes.

Chris Van Leuven - Colombia
After a summer of overworking, I decided to go on a vacation to Colombia. Why Colombia do you ask? For one, my good friend Katty Guzman lives there and she invited me to stay at her house. Secondly, I wanted my own trip without any traveling companions, so I could relax to the fullest. I heard all the CIA warnings, and took them to heart, but I knew Katty would do her best to keep me from getting mugged or kidnapped. Plus the rumors of steep cracks and bulletproof sandstone made the offer irresistable. More information about climbing in Colombia: www.hostalelvivac.com & monodedo.com

Randall Levensaler - ABS7 National's
The ABS7 Nationals started with in a frenzy. 40 tough finalists competed against the clock and each other, but the problems looked at first to be tougher. The final problems had competitors bouting against technical cruxes and hucking huge final throws for the lip. When the chalk dust settled Daniel Woods grabbed first place, but without solving the last Mens problem nor did any one else. Alex Puccio pushed past top women competitors Angie Payne and Emily Harrington to nab first place by reaching the highest point on problem 4.

Randall Levensaler - ABS7 Citizen's Comp - The Spot
With temperatures in Boulder hovering in the single digits it was a good day to be hanging out at the Spot, climbing or spectating the event. Even though the ABS citizen's event started in the dark without powered the comp continued quietly under generator-powered floodlights. To organizer's relief the power was soon back up, with the DJ laying down the beats and the Espresso machine back on full-throttle spirits were high. ABS citizen's comp participants received, a free BBQ lunch, beer, front row seats to the ABS National Comp, raffle tickets and a party.

Triple Crown Bouldering Series Gallery 2005-2006
Jim Horton and Chad Wykle once again have brought to the Southeast the biggest and badest outdoor bouldering competitions, the Triple Crown Bouldering Series. Hound Ears - October 1st, 2005, Horse Pens 40 - November 5th, 2005, and Little Rock City - January 7th, 2006. These extremely intense competitions provide climbers with anywhere from six to eight hours to climb the 10 hardest problems their body will allow. Text and Photos by Craig Dillenbeck.

Menno Boermans - Broad Peak 2004 Expedition
In the summer of 2004 an international expedition climbed Broad Peak, an 8,047 meter high mountain in the Karakoram, Pakistan. Mick Parker and Paul Walters (both Australian) were succesfull on the 27th of July. None of the other climbers reached the summit. They all were "ready to go" at 7,250 meter (Camp 3), but bad weather forced them to descend the next day. Unfortunately the weather did not improve for a long time and they had to seize their attempts to climb Broad Peak. But maybe the most important fact is that all climbers had a fantastic time and they enjoyed climbing in the Karakoram!

Greg Loomis - Bouldering in France and Switzerland
Greg Loomis graduated from CU Boulder in December with a B.S. in Business Administration with an emphasis in Marketing. He then embarked upon five months of climbing at arguably the worlds two best bouldering areas: Hueco Tanks and Fontainebleu. Two months guiding at Hueco prefaced Gregs two months in Europe. Focusing his time on Fontainebleau, with a jaunt to Switzerland, he was able to climb and shoot some of the forests more off-the-beaten-track climbs. Greg has now returned to Colorado and become the new Marketing and Sales Strategist for Climbing Magazine.

Rich Wheater Eastern Rock
Check out Wheater's photography of climbing areas across the southeast. Rich Wheater is a Vancouver based mountain sports photographer who specializes in high-angle cliff photography. He contributes regularly to outdoor industry advertising campaigns and magazines and can be contacted through his web site www.richwheater.com.

Bernardo Gimenez 2005 Austria World Cup
Photos were taken between May 27-28 during the 3rd edition of the 2005 UIAA World Cup, in Imst, Tirol, Austria. The male category winner was Flavio Crespi from Italy. The women’s winner was Angela Eiter from Austria. Bernardo Gimenez is an Argentine freelance photographer and climber. For many years he worked as a photojournalist, but some years ago I left my newspaper work and started traveling and shooting around Europe. Now based in Innsbruck, Austria, Gimenez travels most of the time.

Elliot Teskey 2005 Ouray Icefest
Teskey's highlights from the 2005 Ouray Ice Festival competition, with great sports-action moments of Ines Papert, Will Gadd, Harry Berger, and more, will surely get you psyched up for next year!

JenFu Cheng - Red Rocks, Nevada
JenFu Cheng is an East Coast-based photographer who’s goal is to travel near and far to capture a bit of his love of climbing in his photography. With hundred’s of sport routes, multi-pitch trad climbs, and boulders, the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (or Red Rocks for short) is one of JenFu’s favorite destinations for both of his passions. A sample of his work as well as contact information is available at his website: www.jenfucheng.com

Rich Wheater B.C.
Rich Wheater is a Vancouver based mountain sports photographer who specializes in high-angle cliff photography. He contributes regularly to outdoor industry advertising campaigns and magazines and can be contacted through his web site www.richwheater.com.

Climbing Magazine Gallery 188-205
Culture and climbing that span the globe. Photos from Nepal, Ice in Alberta, Bouldering in Mali and rock in South Dakota.

Climbing Magazine Gallery 206-215
It's a big world out there with so much to climb. Photos of nice ice, Aussie walls and test pieces in the Czech Republic.

Climbing Magazine Gallery 216-221
Awesome climbing from environs around the world. Photos from Bill McChesney, Jimmy Chin, Nicolas Joly, Mark Glaister and more.