This Week in Climbing #27 (May 8, 2016)
Ok, after taking a few weeks off, here’s all of the best and most interesting rock climbing stuff that happened over the last week. Enjoy!
Climbing News
AMERICAS
- Canada
- USA
ASIA
- Japan
- Yuji Hirayama big in Japan at Planet Mountain
- Himalaya
EUROPE
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Action in the Villanueva del Rosario cave by Seb Bouin at UK Climbing
- Switzerland
- Practice of the wild, ~8C (V15), by Gabriele Moroni at UK Climbing
- UK
- NEWSFLASH: Rainshadow 9a for 17 year-old William Bosi at UK Climbing (See also Gripped.)
- Achemine, E9 6c by Barbara Zangerl at UK Climbing
- Rhapsody, E11 7a, repeated by Jacopo Larcher at UK Climbing
Climbing Tips
- Flash: The Many Different Types of Rocks at Climbing
- Unbelayvable: Don’t Drown Your Belayer at Climbing
- Nina Williams: Managing Fear on Evilution Direct at Climbing
- Learn This: Strategic Clipping at Climbing
- Strength Training to Improve Your Climbing: Lifts I Love (5) – Cable One-Arm Triceps Extension by Alli Rainey
- Shoulder Care for Climbers at Training Beta
- How to Send Projects With Alex Megos at Climbing
- Ask Answer Man: Are Tick Marks OK? at Climbing
- Injury-Free Movement for Rock Climbers at Climbing
- Semi-Rad: 8 Tips for Not Bad Climbing Photos at Climbing
- Climbing Techniques: Compression Moves at Climbing
- Learn This: How to Jug a Rope at Climbing
- Putty Exercises for Stronger Hands and Fingers at Climbing
- Climbing Techniques: How to Hand Jam at Climbing
- Unbelayvable: A Bad Anchor is Worse Than No Anchor at Climbing
Other Climbing Articles
- In Praise of Canadian Bouldering at Gripped
- Everyday Hero II: 5 Extraordinary Rescues by Ordinary Climbers at Climbing
- The Day I Sent Thanatopsis at Evening Sends – “Balancing life as a full-time student and pro climber, Sasha DiGiulian makes time for another FFA in the Red River Gorge.”
- Two Friends, One Dream: Climbing El Capitan at Crux Crush
- Remembering David Bridges (1970-1999) and Alex Lowe (1958-1999), found on Shishapangma, April 27, 2016 at Alpinist
- The Best Days are Rest Days? at Splitter Choss
- Edward Whymper Would Be 176 Years Old Today at Gripped
- The Wright Stuff: What’s Next for the Dawn Wall? at Climbing
Destinations, Routes, etc.
- Las Vegas, Nevada Climbing Destination Guide at Climbing
- Vacation Climbing in Kalymnos, Greece at Climbing
- First Ascents and Adventure in Morocco at Climbing
- Spearfish, South Dakota Climbing Destination Guide at Climbing
Good New Climbing Videos
- Black Diamond: BDTV – Episode 5: The Width of Life [8:04] – “Climber and author Dave Pegg was a fixture in his climbing community of Rifle, Colorado, a man remembered for what he gave to others. With his passing, many of his projects were left unfinished, some of them still partially bolted dreams. …”
- Chris Sharma “Mallorcan Dreams” [4:25] – Chris Sharma heads to Mallorca for deep water soloing.
Interviews and Profiles
- Climber Spotlight: Brooke Raboutou at Moja Gear
- Girl Crush of the Month: Martina Cufar Potard at Crux Crush
- PODCAST: Jimmy Webb at UK Climbing
- Flash: In Memory of Dean Potter at Climbing
Gear, Reviews, etc.
- Review: Petzl RAD System at The Alpine Start
- Review: OR Splitter Crack Gloves at The Alpine Start
