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The Automator, 8B, by Ashima Shiraishi 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
12 year old Ashima Shiraishi is currently visiting Boulder, Colorado to sample some of the bouldering there. After only a few days, she has already made the second female ascent of The Automator, ~8B....
AWESOME VIDEO: Adam Ondra, first ascent of Move, 9b/+ 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
In Alpinism they say speed is the key, and in Sport climbing... what do you think? In this video of Adam Ondra making the first ascent of Move, his new 9b/+ in Norway, we can see the speed and agilit...
Megos adds Australia's Hardest Boulder Route 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Wheelchair' (9a+/36) starts as for the WOL [Wheel of life], but halfway through 'Sleepy Hollow' traverses into 'Stimulation' and climbs the whole of 'Stimulation' (with the exception of the first move...
VIDEO: Romain Desgranges - Digital Time 25 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
This year's European Lead climbing champion Romain Desgranges' Climbing life opus #4 is a video of him climbing the classic Digital crack, 8a, up above 3600m, just below Aiguille du midi, above Chamon...
FRI NIGHT VID: Courtney Sanders - Training Injured 23 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Tonight's Friday Night Video is guaranteed to make you PSYCHED! "La Sportiva athlete Courtney Sanders suffered a frustrating ankle injury in the prime of sending season. Did it deter her from staying...
New Mountain Training Coaching Award Scheme 22 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
Mountain Training UK have developed a new training scheme focussing on coaching rather than instructing. The new scheme, headed up by Martin Chester (Director of Training at Plas y Brenin) is to be ca...
INTERVIEW: MacLeod and Muskett Attempt Bellavista 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
Dave MacLeod and Calum Muskett have moved on from the Eiger in Switzerland and headed to the Italian Dolomites. They have one week left of their trip to the alps, and are hoping to climb Bellavista (...
[UPDATE) VIDEO: Move, new 9b/+ by Adam Ondra 22 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
The other day, Adam Ondra made the first ascent of yet another super hard route in the Hanshelleren at Flatanger, Norway. After I finished off Iron Curtain, I went straight into this project. Not bec...
Google Street View - Coming to a Footpath Near You? 21 Aug 2013 | 04:00 am
The digitisation of Britain's countryside has come a step closer as the canal network begins to be added to Google's Street View. The Wales Coast Path might just be next.
E8 and E9 for Caroline Ciavaldini 20 Aug 2013 | 01:00 pm
French climber Caroline Ciavaldini has just made two very impressive ascents in Wales with ascents of the Pembroke classic Chupacabra, E8 6c, in Huntsman's Leap and Chicama, E9 6c, at Trearddur Bay in...
