The news
26/10/2011 - Climbing
Kristyna Ondra redpoints 8b+ at Moravian Karst Kristyna Ondra has redpointed her first 8b+, Kudlanka at Moravsky Kras (Czech Republic).
25/10/2011 - Climbing
Getu and the Petzl RocTrip in China More than 250 new routes have been added to Getu in China for the Petzl RocTrip 2011 which kicks off officially tomorrow.
24/10/2011 - Climbing
El Capitan: Golden Gate, Freerider, the Prophet and Dawn Wall News from El Capitan in Yosemite valley: Hazel Findlay on Golden Gate, Mayan Smith-Gobat on Free Rider, Sonnie Trotter on the Prophet and Tommy Caldwell attempting Dawn Wall.
24/10/2011 - Climbing
Neil Gresham, Hydrotherapy Deep Water Solo in Pembroke Neil Gresham has established Hydrotherapy 8a+ at Pembroke, one of the hardest Deep Water Solo outings in Great Britain.
21/10/2011 - Climbing
Barbara Raudner climbs Honig 8c On 03/10/2011 Barbara Raudner repeated Honig 8c in the Höllental, Austria
20/10/2011 - Climbing
Evilution Direct, Tobias Haller first ground-up ascent at Bishop Video of Tobias Haller featuring the first ground-up ascent of Evilution Direct V11 at Bishop, USA.
18/10/2011 - Climbing
Monte Rosa, the video of Hervé and Marco Barmasse The video of the new route climbed by Hervé and Marco Barmasse on Monte Rosa.
18/10/2011 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama climbs Italian trad During a brief trip to Italy the Japanese climber Yuji Hirayama visited the crags Discoteca, Cadarese, Valle dell'Orco and Balmanolesca in search of Italian trad.
18/10/2011 - Climbing
Kalymnos bolt alert Aris Theodoropoulos warns climbers visiting the Greek island of Kalymnos about defective bolts placed on a series of new routes, listed in this post.
16/10/2011 - Climbing
Pietra del Toro - bouldering in Southern Italy The bouldering area Pietra del Toro, just a stone's throw from Campomaggiore, with more that 500 problems from 4C - 8B.
14/10/2011 - Climbing
The Pou Brothers rock Brazil Iker and Eneko Pou have made the first free ascent of two multi-pitches on Corcovado and Sugar Loaf Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
13/10/2011 - Climbing
Lead World Cup 2011 - the Boulder video Video of the sixth stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 which took place in Boulder (USA) last weekend, won by Austrian Jakob Schubert and teammate Johanna Ernst.
13/10/2011 - Climbing
Ramon Julien Puigblanque 8c+ on-sight Spanish climber Ramon Julien Puigblanque has sent his first 8c+ on-sight at Rifle, USA
12/10/2011 - Climbing
Century Crack, the hardest offwidth in the world? British climbers Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker have carried out the first pinkpoint ascent of Century Crack in the Canyonlands, USA. An analysis including the first-hand account of Steve "Crusher" Bartlett.
06/10/2011 - Climbing
Mayan Smith-Gobat climbs The Salathé Wall on El Capitan New Zealand climber Mayan Smith-Gobat has successfully free climbed The Salathé Wall up El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.
05/10/2011 - Climbing
The Rock Bottom Line, the longest sport climb in the UK In Twll Mawr in the Dinorwig slate quarry in Wales Ian Lloyd-Jones and Sion McGuinness have established The Rock Bottom Line (130m, 7b+).
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