Want to sit back, veg out, and watch some beautiful bouldering action? You’re in luck! Today’s video highlights bouldering in the beautiful woods of Switzerland.
Yesterday’s video was a brief profile of husband and wife climbing duo James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini. Today’s video is the video that James talks about filming in that video. It document’s Caroline’s attempts to climb the Voie Petit, a 450-meter 5.13d on the Grand Capucin on Mont Blanc du Tacul, Chamonix. Full of plenty of gorgeous…
The bouldering grade of V15 is so far beyond my abilities and even comprehension that it might as well be V10000. In this video, Austrian pro climber nabs the second ascent of Nalle Hukkataival’s 15-move Bügeleisen Sit (V15 or 8c) in Maltatal, Austria. The problem is severely overhanging and looks insane. Climbing type: Bouldering Video location: Maltatal,…
High Tor is a limestone crag in Matlock, Peak District. In this video, Jon Clark makes the first ascent of Fury Road, an 8a (5.13b) sport route. Beautiful rock, a stunning location, and great cinematography make this short video a must-watch. Climbing type: Sport Video location: High Tor, Matlock, Peak District, England Video length: 3:37…
Watch Korean climber Son Sang Won work a severely overhanging limestone sport route in Margalef, Spain. Climbing type: Sport Video location: Margalef, Spain Video length: 5:27 Video channel: SSW Climbing (YouTube)
In this video, Nathaniel Davison heads to Indian Creek not to climb, but to find new boulders and put up new problems. Great-looking problems, beautiful scenery, good music, and good cinematography. What more could you want in a climbing video? Climbing type: Bouldering Video location: Indian Creek, Utah, USA Video length: 9:57 Video channel: Nathaniel Davison (YouTube)
Drytooling started out as a way to reach those free-hanging icicles at the top of steep walls, but it’s morphed into a climbing discipline in its own right and an end unto itself. Perhaps nothing illustrates this better than the video below, in which Jeff Mercier climbs a severely overhanging D13 (like M13 mixed climbing but…
