This Week in Climbing #23 (April 3, 2016)
Here’s all of the best and most interesting rock climbing stuff that happened over the last week. Enjoy!
Climbing News
AFRICA
South Africa
- New permit system for Trad Climbing on Table Mountain and Peninsula at Climb ZA
- Rock Climbing banned in Gauteng due to Raptor Breeding Program at Climb ZA
AMERICAS
- Canada
- Marc-Andre Leclerc and Luka Lindic on Classic Mount Temple Route at Gripped
- Big New Quebec Mixed Route in Memory of Benoit Marion by Gripped
- Ben Harnden Repeats Sonnie Trotter’s Family Man 5.14 in Skaha at Gripped
- USA
EUROPE
- France
- Winter Ascent of Walker Spur for Livingstone and Graham at UK Climbing
- Italy
- Lino D’Angelo farewell at Planet Mountain
- Spain
- 8c (5.14b) and 8b+ (5.14a) flash by Kajsa Rosén at UK Climbing
- First(?) female 8c onsight and 8c/+, by Kajsa Rosén at UK Climbing
- UK
- The Waterman 8B (V13): First Ascent by Mikey Cleverdon at UK Climbing
- Everywhere else
- Adam Ondra Claims First Ascent of 5.15a/b in Slovenia and Croatia’s first 5.14d at DPM (See also UK Climbing.)
- Jimmy Webb Flashes the Globalist (V13/14) at DPM (See also UK Climbing.)
- Sport climbing at Leonidio, new multi-pitch climb in Greece at Planet Mountain
Climbing Articles
- 6 Tips to Climb Harder Than Ever … While Working Full Time at Moja Gear
- Unbelayvable: How to Save Money and Decrease Safety at Climbing
- Climbers and Pooping in the Mountains and Other Places at Gripped
- Devils Kitchen and the Near-Death Fall at Climbing
- Everything I need to know at For the Love of Climbing
- 16 Climbing Photographers You Should Know at Climbing
- Warming Up for Your Project with Angy Eiter at Crux Crush
- 19 More Facts About Mt. Everest at Semi-Rad – It’s funny.
- Climbing Nutrition Case Study #1: Simon (20-Year-Old Athletic Male) at Climbing Nutrition
- The Bizarre, Painful Appeal of Off-Width Climbing at Adventure Journal
- How to Build Bomber Ice Anchors at Climbing
- Too Easy to Fail at The Power Company – About using a hangboard.
- Training the Wrist Stabilizers by Eric Hörst
April Fool’s Day Articles
- Squamish’s Cobra Crack Bolted! at Gripped
- Being A Professional Climber Not That Great at UK Climbing
- Crux Crush Line of Organic Climbing Tools at Crux Crush
Destinations, Routes, etc.
- Roped Up in Arabia: Rock Climbing in Jordan at Climbing
- The North Ridge of Mount Assiniboine at Gripped
- The Gunks, New York Climbing Destination Guide at Climbing
Good New Climbing Videos
- Snow On Granite In Ticino [8:44] – A longer flick about bouldering in Ticino, Italy.
- Tom Randall’s Cobra Crack Climb Finger Work-Out | EpicTV Climbing Daily, Ep. 259 [3:16] – Crackmaster Tom Randall shows the indoor crack he built to train for Squamish’s Cobra Crack.
- Bouldering Puerto Rico // Yabucoa [4:57] – Nicely shot video of some beautiful Puerto Rican bouldering.
- Palestina [9:41] – Footage of some gorgeous sport routes in Spain.
- 12 Boulder Problems from Rocklands, 8a and up by Guillaume! [10:57] – Boulder problems at Rocklands, South Africa.
Interviews and Profiles
- Female FA Duo Push the Boundaries of 5.13R and Beyond at Crux Crush
- INTERVIEW: Dani Arnold on Anubis at UK Climbing
- How Single Mom and Ice Climbing Champ Ines Papert Does It All at Climbing
- Words with Now-Canadian Wayne Merry who was on The Nose First Ascent at Gripped
Gear, Reviews, etc.
- Boreal Lynx Review at Climbing Gear Reviews
- Our Top 5 Smart Climbing Ropes at Climbing
- Review: Edelweiss Curve 9.8mm at The Climbing Zine
- Review: Mountainsmith Mayhem 45 at The Climbing Zine
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