This Week in Climbing #12 (January 3, 2016)
Last Updated on: 12th January 2016, 03:24 pm
Here’s everything that went down in the rock climbing world from December 28 to January 3.
Climbing News
AMERICAS
- Big New Ice Climbs in British Columbia at Gripped
- In Memoriam: Ryan Jennings at Alpinist
- New Thin Ice Routes in Northern Ontario at Gripped
- AAC President Doug Walker Dies at Climbing (See also Gripped, Alpinist.)
- Canadians End 2015 Sending Hard Routes at Gripped
- Will Gadd’s New Route Instagrade His Hardest Ever at Gripped (See also Planet Mountain.)
ASIA
- Young-Hye Kwon Sends Difficult Sport Routes in China at Gripped
- Ashima Shiraishi doesn’t do Horizon, ~8C at UK Climbing
AUSTRALIA
- Gym Profile – Northside Boulders, Melbourne at Vertical Life
EUROPE
- L’Ultimo Bacio, new mixed route up Adamello North Face at Planet Mountain
- Climbers Against Cancer Founder John Ellison Passes Away at UK Climbing
- 9a by Markovic, 8c flash by Garnbret at UK Climbing (See also DPM and Planet Mountain.)
- First 5.14b Flash and More for Siegrist in Oliana at DPM
- Aντίο Chris Boukoros at Planet Mountain
- First round, first minute, 9b, by Alex Megos at UK Climbing (See also Planet Mountain, Climbing, Gripped, DPM.)
- Janja Garnbret flashes second 8c at Santa Linya at Planet Mountain
- 9a+ and 9a the same day by Megos at UK Climbing (See also Gripped.)
- First Winter Ascent of Shadhavar VIII, 9 for Small and Hawthorn at UK Climbing
- New rock climb on Cornone di Blumone, Adamello, Italy at Planet Mountain
- Catalan Witness the fitness, ~8B+/C, by Chris Sharma at UK Climbing (See also DPM, Climbing.)
Year-End Roundups
- Top 10 Most Memorable UKC Headlines from 2015 at UK Climbing
- Top Canadian Climbing Books of 2015 at Gripped
- 2015 Wrap Up – What the hell just happened? at Vertical Life
- The Top 10 Posts of 2015 at Climbing Nutrition
- The 10 Most-Viewed Climbing Videos of 2015 at Climbing
- The 10 Most-Read Climbing Articles of 2015 at Climbing
- Best of Crux Crush 2015 at Crux Crush
- More Top Canadian Sends of 2015 at Gripped
- 2015 – The Highlights by Marc-Andre Leclerc
- 2015 Year in Review by Rob Pizem
Good Climbing Videos
- 2015 // Indian Creek [4:07]
- Justin Jaeger – A Cure For The Common Darkness – 5 First Ascents at Guanella Pass, CO [10:11]
- “The Great Red Roof” (5.13b), Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, Las Vegas, NV [4:20]
Climbing Articles
- Training With a Broken Ankle by Steph Davis
- The woman climber at For the Love of Climbing
- No Advantage Without Disadvantage at The Stone Mind
- The Hierarchy of Training for Rock Climbing at Climb Strong
- New Year’s Resolutions: Climber Edition at Crux Crush
- Climber on The Nun The Mammal In The Mirror by Drew Thayer at The Climbing Zine
- Just One More, The Acquired Taste of New Routes in Indian Creek at The Climbing Zine
- Unbelayvable: Helpful Interference at Climbing
Interviews/Profiles
- What Was Ropeless Climber Alex Honnold’s Closest Call? at National Geographic
- Girl Crush of the Month: Caroline Sinno at Crux Crush
- Interview: Jorg Verhoeven & Katharina Saurwein at Vertical Life
Other Stuff
- Progress? and Fixed Rope by Rob Pizem
