This Week in Climbing #51 (January 15, 2017)

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 East Coast Mixed Routes on Bay of Fundy at Gripped
Patagonia
- Patagonia Sees Few Sends as Poor Conditions Continue at Gripped
USA
- Chris Snobeck Makes Third Ascent of Saphira M15 at Gripped (See also Rock and Ice.)
- James Pearson Repeats Carbondale Short Bus in Indian Creek at Gripped
- Magic line, 8c (5.14b), repeated after 20 years at UK Climbing

ASIA

China
- Small Australian-Chinese team explores new ground in Tibet at Alpinist
Japan
- Daisuke Ichimiya Gets Third Ascent of Horizon V15 at Gripped (See also UK Climbing.)
Nepal
- Two Americans climb three new routes in Nepal’s Rolwaling Valley at Alpinist

EUROPE

France
- Délire Onirique assis, ~8C/V15, first ascent by (Barefoot) Charles Albert at UK Climbing
- Jeff Mercier climbs new variation to Beyond Good and Evil on Aiguille des Pélerins, Mont Blanc at Planet Mountain
- New Line on Aiguille des Pélerins by Jeff Mercier at UK Climbing
- Nico Favresse Sends 5.14d Before Patagonia Trip at Gripped
Italy
- La Bruixa, new ice climb in Val Zemola, Dolomites at Planet Mountain
- Tom Ballard finishes the year with back-to-back rope-solo ascents at Alpinist
- All-in, difficult new ice and mixed climb on Sas del Pegorer in the Dolomites at Planet Mountain
Slovenia
- Škrlatica in Slovenia sees first winter ascents by Matej Arh and Klemen Gerbec at Planet Mountain
Spain
- Two 8c+s in Spain by Pete Dawson at UK Climbing
Switzerland
- Jeff Lowe’s Eiger Metanoia finally repeated by Thomas Huber, Stephan Siegrist and Roger Schaeli at Planet Mountain (See also UK Climbing and Alpinist.)
- World Champion Alexey Rubtsov Sends First V15 at Gripped

Vlog 014 – Indian Creek’s Hardest Route? [9:05] – James Pearson works the 5.14 trad route Carbondale Short Bus at Indian Creek.
V and 0-Thread [8:03] – How to make V- and O-threads for ice climbing.
TWO FIRST ASCENTS 8B, BY CHRIS SHARMA, ERIC LÓPEZ AND POL ROCA IN LA COVA DE L’OCELL [5:02] – Chris Sharma and friends put up some hard new boulder problems in Spain.
Michaela Kiersch and The Golden Ticket [16:01] – Michaela Kiersch tries for the first female ascent of The Golden Ticket (5.14c).
The Lion (5.12c) Little River Canyon [9:10] – If you’re one of those sick people who likes to watch free soloing videos, check this one out. Austin Howell solos a 5.12c severely overhanging sport route.
Virgin Gorda [3:51] – Bouldering in beachy, sun-kissed paradise.

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