This Week in Climbing #55 (February 19, 2017)

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

Climbing News

AMERICAS

• Canada
  • 10 New Ice Routes and Report from Monkman Cascades in B.C. at Gripped
  • 12 Rad February Ice Climbing Photos from Canada at Gripped
  • Tim Emmett Climbs New Ice Above Lake Superior at Gripped
  • Top Climbers Head to Newfoundland for Ice at Gripped
• Patagonia
  • Canadians Climb Despite Cold Patagonia Weather at Gripped

EUROPE

• France
  • NEWS – Six killed in Alps Icefall Collapses at UK Climbing
• Italy
  • Walter Bonatti archive acquired by Turin Mountain Museum at Planet Mountain
• Norway
  • Marek Raganowicz completes the first winter solo of a route on the Troll Wall at Alpinist
• UK
  • New Northern Corries X, 10 by Greg Boswell at UK Climbing
  • First round of female recipients announced for Grit & Rock First Ascent Expedition Award at Alpinist

Climbing Tips

• Are Cam Placements Compromised in Wet Rock? at Rock and Ice
• A Year of Hangboard Training at Climb Strong
• Learn to Train: Improve Your Climbing Technique at Climbing
• Scrambling self belay by Andy Kirkpatrick

Other Climbing Articles

• Valentine’s Day Special: 10 Reasons to Date Another Climber at Coffee. Tape. Climb.
• What’s in a Grade? — How to Approach Climbing Difficulty at Moja Gear
• Adventure Lust Leads to Beta Bust: A Story of Risk and Reward at Moja Gear
• Aging Is (Mostly) A State of Body at Training for Climbing
• The Wright Stuff: Finding the Value of Climbing in the Olympics at Climbing

Destinations, Areas, and Routes

• Lessons I learned in the dirty south at For the Love of Climbing

Good New Climbing Videos

(***** = The best video of the week. If you watch just one video, watch this one.)

• Revelation – The First 8c in Arabia [3:09] – Climber Read Macadam on the first ascent of the first 8c (5.14b) in Arabia.
• Bullet The Blue Sky | Ben Wilbur [3:42] – Ben Wilbur climbs Bullet the Blue Sky (5.12c/d) in Colorado’s Penitente Canyon.
• Five Ten Tour of Japan with Carlo Traversi and Sasha DiGiulian – Part 2 – ENA [9:45] – Five Ten sponsored climbers Carlo Traversi and Sasha DiGiulian head to Japan for some awesome bouldering.
• REI Presents: Brothers of Climbing [7:17] – Answering the question, “Do black people climb?”
• ***** Jason Kehl In Hueco Land! (Full Length) [11:05] – A beautiful short film about establishing new problems at Hueco Tanks.
• GANESHA ROUTE 8B+ (5.14A) BY ABHISHEK MEHTA | HD MOVIE [9:24] – An ascent of India’s hardest route. A great vid.
• AK Bouldering 2015-2016 Part 1: Seward Highway [7:16] – This video gives you a glimpse of some of incredible-looking Alaskan coastal bouldering.

People, Interviews, and Profiles

• It Takes Two to Train: Shauna and Leah’s Secrets for Getting Strong at Evening Sends
• Interview with Tosh Sherkat on Competing and More at Gripped
• Miranda Oakley: A League of Her Own at Climbing
• Laura Rogora / Climbing into the future at Planet Mountain
• 2016 Golden Pitons: Vision Award at Climbing
• Snapshot: Michaela Kiersch – The Chicago Hustle at Rock and Ice

Gear, Reviews, etc.

• Boulder Scotland new edition in the shop by Dave MacLeod