This Week in Climbing #43 (November 20, 2016)

Here’s all of the best and most interesting rock climbing stuff that happened over the last week. Enjoy, and happy climbing!

AMERICAS

Canada
- New Rockies Ice Route and Slow Start to Season at Gripped
- Kevin Wilson Sends First 5.14 with Repeat of Fit Bird Direct at Gripped
Greenland
- Canadians Climb Big New Routes on Greenland at Gripped (See also Planet Mountain.)
USA
- Adam Ondra Dawn Wall stuff (See also every major climbing news site!)
  - Final Push: Adam Ondra Blasts Up First Nine Pitches of the Dawn Wall at Rock & Ice
  - Final Push – Day 2: Ondra Completes Pitches 10 Through 13 on Dawn Wall at Rock & Ice at Rock & Ice
  - Final Push – Day 4: Adam Ondra Hits First Hurdle at Rock & Ice
- Jorg Verhoeven claims first repeat of Dihedral Wall in Yosemite at Planet Mountain (See also Gripped, UK Climbing, and Rock & Ice.)
- Wildfire Engulfs Popular East Coast Climbing Area at Rock & Ice
- Michaela Kiersch Sends Golden Ticket (5.14c), Red River Gorge at Rock & Ice (See also Gripped and DPM.)
- Robbie Phillips Frees El Cap’s 30-Pitch Pre-Muir (5.13d) by Rock & Ice
- Barbara Zangerl & Jacopo Larcher climb the Zodiac Free at UK Climbing (See also Rock & Ice.)
- Pete Whittaker rope solos El Cap’s Freerider all free in a day at Alpinist

ASIA

Japan
- Junko Tabei, first woman to summit Everest, dies at 77 at Alpinist

EUROPE

The Lappnor Project Trailer [1:41] – Trailer for a short film about Nalle Hukkataival’s ascent of the world’s first V17.
FONTAINEBLEAU Six arêtes from La Forêt [6:23] – Bouldering in Fontainebleau. No words, just pretty bouldering.
The Hidden Gem [6:51] – Will Mayo climbs a gorgeous splitter finger crack in Moab.
ES PONTAS 9? Second Ascent by Jernej Kruder (2016) Psicobloc Mallorca [3:03] – Jernej Kruder nabs the second ascent of Chris Sharma’s Mallorcan arch testpiece.
Unaweep Canyon Bouldering [4:52] – A simple boldering flick highlighting bouldering near Grand Junction, Colorado.
Mirror Wall [39:02] – A great film documenting Leo Houlding’s expedition to Greenland.
Black Diamond Yosemite Facelift 2016 [3:22] – Black Diamond partners with the National Park Service to clean up some Yosemite classics.
Shifting Dreams [32:48] – Caroline Ciavaldini frees the Voie Petit, a 450-meter granite 5.13d on the Grand Capucin in Chamonix.
Training For Climbing – Finger Strength [6:41] – Eric Hörst talks about training to improve finger strength.

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