This Week in Climbing #3 (November 1, 2015)

Here’s your weekly dose of rock climbing goodness!

New on The Undercling

• What does “SDS” mean in bouldering?

Climbing News

• Oriane Bertone is 10 and Sends Another V11 at Gripped
• Niccolò Ceria cruises Moon’s Voyager at Planet Mountain (See also DPM.)
• Voodoo-Zauber, new rock climb up Dolomites Heiligkreuzkofel by Simon Gietl and Andrea Oberbacher at Planet Mountain
• Russian alpinists claim first ascent of virgin Thulagi Chuli in Nepal at Planet Mountain
• Canadians Send Hard Routes in Autumn Temps at Gripped
• Südwind, new Wilder Kaiser climb by Alexander Huber and Guido Unterwurzacher at Planet Mountain
• Le Prestige des Écrins, new ice gully climbed on Pic Sans Nom at Planet Mountain
• Alessandro Zeni repeats Ultimo Movimento by Manolo at Totoga at Planet Mountain
• Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden complete first ascent of Gave Ding in Nepal at Planet Mountain
• Sachi Amma climbs 10 x 9a this year at Planet Mountain
• Teen Charged In Ten Sleep Climber Shooting at Climbing (See also DPM.)
• Youngest Ascent of Raindogs 8a for 10 year-old Toby Roberts at UK Climbing
• Pembroke New Routing Spree: Disco Buttress at UK Climbing
• Jure’s Challenge – the climb in memory of Jure Breceljnik in Slovenia by Planet Mountain
• New Big Alpine Mixed Route in Rockies at Gripped
• The 30 Most Influential Teens of 2015 at Time: Ashima Shiraishi – Yes, Time. You’ll need to scroll a few images to the right to read the bit about Ashima.
• Kevin Wilson Repeats and Reports Hard Sends at Gripped
• Siberian Trad Climbing Competition at Rock and Ice – Results and a video
• Libby Sauter and Alix Morris Make History on Salathe Wall at Gripped

Interviews

• Interview: World Cup Pro Delaney Miller at Climbing
• 12 Questions With Black Diamond CEO Peter Metcalf at Adventure Journal
• Is It Ethical to Climb Everest? Conrad Anker’s Take at Men’s Journal
• Alex Honnold on Expertise, Night Swimming, and What Worries Him the Most at Adventure.com – Not really an interview, but close enough.
• Interview with Andrew Funk on Euro Rock Trip at Gripped

Climbing Articles, etc.

• Quiz: How Well Do You Know Climbing Geology? at Climbing
• The Numbers Game – How to Use Your Age to Your Advantage at Rock and Ice (Old article, but I just saw it this week.)
• Sport climbing safety, some big little steps to start off with at Planet Mountain
• Unbelayvable: A Not So Pleasant Surprise Anchor at Climbing
• Unbelayvable: Bad Gear, Bad Guy at Climbing
• Big Wall Soloing on Bugs at Rock and Ice – Interested in climbing El Cap and subsisting on insects? Read this.

Climbing Gear, etc.

• GUIDE TO WOMEN’S CLIMBING PANTS – FALL 2015 at Crux Crush
• What’s Up with Rock Shoes? at American Alpine Institute 
• Safety Video – The Danger Of Open Quickdraws – A video by UK Climbing.
• Scarpa Furia Review at Splitter Choss
• 14 Rock Climbing Harnesses Coming in 2016 at The Weigh My Rack Blog

Good Climbing Videos

• Utah, Sun In Your Eyes 4K [2:10] – An amazing reel of aerial footage from the Moab area. If this doesn’t get you psyched on desert tower climbing, nothing will.
• #WorldClassWales [20:56] – A long video about classic boulder problems in Wales.
• Tea, tape and Taylor Swift on the Storpillaren [6:37]
• Longridge Traverse [10:14] – A big ol’ bouldering traverse in the UK.
• The Flu ~Joe’s Valley~ [43:18] – Short documentary about Joe’s Valley and lots of footage of various problems.
• Tom’s Rocklands Diary Part II [9:26] – Beautiful South African rock.
• Bella Climbing. 21 months old [1:27] – This cute little girl is crushing it on her home wall!
• Angy Eiter Explores New Climbing Paradise: Kyparissi [3:14] – Sport climbing at a gorgeous new crag in Greece.
• Focused on the Future – Megan Mascarenas [3:49] – A brief bio vid of boulderer Megan Mascarenas, including some Yosemite bouldering footage.
• FRI NIGHT VID: A Scottish Mountains Story – A quick vid about the uniqueness of Scottish winter climbing.

Other Stuff

• The latest edition of the SuperTopo newsletter came out this week (10/26)
• The Buildout Priority List: Van Living 3 by Steph Davis
• Riding the ‘Gravy Train’ Trailer at Adventure Journal
• Truckdwelling?? Album of my Colorado build. – A climber’s adventure truck build.
• How to travel to Yosemite by public transport at Haukkari

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[Photo via Frode Jenssen/Flickr]