This Week in Climbing #63 (May 28, 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
  • Philip Stone Updates on Quadra Island Crag Development at Gripped
  • New Big Mixed Route in Yoho is Chase is Better… at Gripped
  • New Niagara Escarpment Plan Keeps Climbing Open at Gripped
  • Marek Raganowicz solos two new routes on the Ship’s Prow in Baffin Island at Alpinist (See also UK Climbing.)
  • Tim Emmett Sends Superman 5.14c on West Coast at Gripped
• USA
  • Mt Hunter North Buttress Solo by Colin Haley at UK Climbing
  • Quinn Brett makes probable first female free ascent of Spaceshot (5.13a) in Zion at Alpinist
  • Will Stanhope Frees El Corazon on El Capitan at Gripped
  • Misty Wall Big Yosemite 5.13 by DiGiulian and Cardwell at Gripped

ASIA/AUSTRALIA

• Nepal
  • Kilian Jornet Summits Everest at UK Climbing
  • 2017 Everest News: Crowds, Speed Record, Hillary Step Mystery, and Accidents at Climbing
  • Hervé Barmasse and David Göttler, 13 hours up the South Face of Shisha Pangma at Planet Mountain
  • Simone Moro and Tamara Lunger end Kangchenjunga Skyline Project at Planet Mountain

EUROPE

• Austria
  • Christof Rauch Puts Up Three V15s In Two Weeks at Rock and Ice
• Italy
  • Distensione, new rock climb in Val Gadena by Alessio Roverato and Angela Carraro at Planet Mountain
  • Tra Nuvole e Sogni, Rolando Larcher and Herman Zanetti make difficult repeat on Monte Cimo at Planet Mountain
• UK
  • The Big Issue E9 6c (5.13 R) by Ali Kennedy at UK Climbing

Climbing Tips

• How to Test Your Muscle Strength and Monitor Recovery for Rock Climbing at Moja Gear
• Unbelayvable: Bad Motivation at Climbing
• De-stigmatizing (Some) Supplements for Enhancing Climbing Performance at Moja Gear
• Ask the Master: What’s the Best Way to Lower an Unconscious Lead Climber? at Rock and Ice
• Self Arrest with Crampons at The American Alpine Institute Blog
• Getting Started on the Moon Board at Friction Labs

Other Climbing Articles

• I Stopped Running and This is What DIDN’T Happen at Coffee. Tape. Climb.
• Will You Be My Trad Guru?: The Importance of Apprenticing in the Gym Climbing Era at Moja Gear

Destinations, Routes, and Trip Reports

• Norwegian Trad Cracks! by Tom Randall
• Busy Spring by Dave MacLeod
• The 50 Classic Climbs of North America at Climbing
• Driving north from Catalunya by Nick Bullock
• Climbing at Salto del Perro, Gran Canaria at Planet Mountain
• Climbing a Little Big Wall in the Flatirons by Bill Wright

Good New Climbing Videos

• The Art Of Solo, Matt Bush [4:11] – The narration of this one is self-important and difficult to listen to, but the footage is pretty cool. Matt Bush free solos an enormous granite dome in South Africa.
• RockTrip 2017 [8:40] – Some legendary climbers descend on Chile. Alex Honnold free solos basalt splitters, and Alex Megos climbs Chile’s first 5.14d.
• Northern Soul [8:30] – Amazing ice climbing in northern Quebec.
• David Fitzgerald on ‘Voyager’ (8B+) [17:40] – “This film follows Irish climber David Fitzgerald, who after taking up the sport only 5 years ago travelled to the Peak District to try the hardest bouldering problems on grit.”

People, Interviews, and Profiles

• Latino Outdoors: Bringing Diversity to Climbing at Climbing
• Western Canada Climber Dick Culbert Passes at Gripped
• Alex Megos: The Hatchling at Rock and Ice

Gear Reviews, etc.

• Petzl Aquila Harnes Review at Climbing Gear Reviews

Photos

• VIÑALES, CUBA PHOTO GALLER – BY TED HESSER at Rock and Ice