This Week in Climbing #7 (November 29, 2015 Edition)
– Tristan
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Climbing News
- AMERICAS
- Another V14 FA in the South for Jimmy Webb at DPM
- The 2015 Golden Scrub Brush Awards at Gripped
- Top Climbers Visit and Send Rockies Ice at Gripped
- Cold Temps And Hard Sends In Squamish at Gripped
- Ashima Shiraishi Sends Big in Texas at Gripped (See also UK Climbing.)
- Sean McColl Crushing in California at Gripped
- ASIA
- Winter 2016 Climbs: Nanga Parbat Will Be Busy, K2 Will Be Empty at The Adventure Blog
- Tragedy Follows First Ascent in Nepal at Climbing
- EUROPE
- Talung NNW Spur climbed by Nikita Balabanov and Mikhail Fomin at Planet Mountain
- Meiose, ~9b first ascent by Pirmin Bertle at UK Climbing
- Mina Markovič and Sachi Amma, end of year tests at Misja Pec and Ospo at Planet Mountain
- Josie Hetyei Sends 5.14s on Europe Trip at Gripped
- Pirmin Bertle is On Fire with New 5.15b at Gripped (See also Bertle’s blog post.)
- Kendal Mountain Festival 2015: Report at UK Climbing
- The Island 8B+ for Ned Feehally at UK Climbing
- Alexander Megos 9a+ redpoint and 8c+ onsight at Margalef at Planet Mountain (See also UK Climbing.)
Good Climbing Videos
- Alex Honnold: “It’s nice to share something that actually matters a little bit…” [10:20]
- Huge serac/glacier collapse in New Zealand [3:09]
- Molly Mitchell’s FA of Spoiled Moose 5.13 R [5:36]
- Martin Stráník Sends The Story of Two Worlds (V15) [2:15]
- Comfort Zone with Giovanni Traversi [9:21]
- Beat Kammerlander attempts his Kampfzone project in the Rätikon [7:28]
- Climb Ride [4:28] – Climb up, bike down.
- All Roads Lead to Scotland [9:20]
- 2016 Khon Kaen Bouldering Festival [2:30]
Climbing Articles
- Pull-Ups: The DIY Manual at Crux Crush
- Part II: Alex Geary and Family Climb Kalymnos, Help Refugees at Gripped (Part I is here.)
- Unbelayavable: An Unintentional Toprope Solo at Climbing
- 4 Things That Won’t Help Your Tendons and 4 Things That Might at Climbing Nutrition
- The Mountain With No Top at The Stone Mind
- Holidays vs. Habits at Climbing Nutrition
- UIAA recommends only titanium bolts for marine crags at Planet Mountain
- Tendon Pain: Could Your Diet Be a Problem? by Dave MacLeod
- Nursing Career and Climbing Adventure by Steph Davis
- A Step-By-Step Guide to Picking Up Climbing Chicks in the Gym at SeeLyseeClimb – Submitted by an Undercling reader
Interviews
- Q+A: Jonathan Siegrist Climbs his Third 5.15a—Papichulo at DPM
- Interview with Hannah Block on Season, Injuries and More at Gripped
- Yosemite valley and climbing in Never Never Land. By Jacopo Larcher at Planet Mountain
- Inge Perkins at DPM
Climbing Gear, Reviews, etc.
- Field Tested: OR Cathode Hoody at The Alpine Start
- A Review of Alex Honnold’s Book ‘Alone on the Wall’ by Gripped
- Review – Petzl Hirundos climbing harness at Vertical Life
Trip Reports
- The Blessings of Jesus and Tequila (New River Gorge, West Virginia) at Cragmama
- ‘Murica Part 2: The Crowded Superhighway to The Nose on El Capitan at The Climbing Obscurist
- First Time at Stone Fort at Rock Climber Life – A vlog TR
- Tons of great SuperTopo trip reports this week!
- Supercanaleta on Fitz Roy, Patagonia (November 2013)
- Asura Peak FA, Gangga Range, NW Sichuan, China, Nov 2015
- Heckmaier route on Eiger (spring 2007)
- Hypa Zypa Couloir on the Citadel in the Kichatna Range, Alaska
- Attempt on the north face of Cholatse, Nepal
- Attempt on Exocet, Cerro Standhart
- NW Regular – Climbed by Knot Swinging
- First ascents in Kyrgyzstan
- Attempt on Moonflower Buttress, Mount Hunter
- Ama Dablam in the Khumbu Valley, Nepal
- Community of Yosemite Monkeys Rally! (for a paraplegic’s dream of climbing a big wall)
- First ascent of Ren Zhong Feng, Sichuan Province, China.
- Compressor Route of Cerro Torre, Patagonia – February 2008 (pre-chopping)
