Chris Webb-Parsons
is well on his way to full recovery. I mean if you can boulder 8B, it
can't be that bad, right? I guess it depends on what standard you're
used to though, ans what you expect. Anyway, Chris, who's on a rehab
tour through the US, has decided to skip Hueco for now, opting for the
end of the year instead, when he's back to full force, or a little bit
more than that.
Here's a vi ...
Here's a video from
Escalade-Alsace
with Pierre Bollinger climbing Jerry Moffat's super classic
Revelations
, 8b (originally 8a+, but the start holds have deteriorated somewhat),
and making the 2nd ascent of Rubert Davies'
Seraphim
, 8b+, two years after the FA.
2/08/10 - Winners of the 2010 Mugs Stump Awards and Polartec Challenge
Grants have been announced.
Andreas Proft has climbed the aptly named 25m Excess power, 8a+, free
solo. And yeah, no shoes... at the Echo valley, Costa blanca. He's got a
video to prove it too. According to
Kairn
, which is where I found this news, Dani Andrada climbed the same
difficulty in the same style in the 90s.
Feet don't fail me now...
Kenzuke Hamada has repeated Fred Nicole's
Esperanza
, 8B+, an eleven move roof problem in the Martini cave, Hueco Tanks.
He also made a rare flash ascent of
Diaphanous sea
, 8A+.
Sources:
8a
and
UP-climbing
Daniel Woods is now back in Colorado, but he'll return to Hueco in a
couple of weeks for the ...
2/05/10 - American Chad Kellogg has soloed a dangerous new line on the
famed south face of Aconcagua (6,962m/22,841').
To celebrate the launch of our new Bouldering Forum, we are having a
Bouldering double bill tonight. The first film is from Adam Lincoln
who has a UKC id number of 20! (that means he has been around right
since the beginning). It covers his recent trip to Font with friends
James Pearson, Keith Bradbury and Neil Hart. The second film is one from
the back catalogue featuring the impressively-strong Finnish climber
Nalle Hukkatavial on his visit to Rocklands in South...
January 2010 has been a record month for UKClimbing.com and to
celebrate, we are setting up a new Bouldering Forum.
Czech climbing
has made a very thorough and interesting interview with Adam Ondra,
covering most of what he did last year.
Here's the long awaited video of Vincent Pochon climbing The Big Island
, 8C. The difference between this one and The Island
, is that you start two moves lower and with both feet, instead of
just your left foot, on the ground. Some say this is a more logical
start. I can't tell as I haven't been there myself.
In April 2010 Plas y Brenin are set to host the first ever
UKClimbing.com Alpine Festival. This great weekend event is a unique
opportunity for UKC users to learn from some of the Country's leading
Alpinists and Mountain Guides and to mix with like-minded people and
celebrate Alpine achievements and aspirations.
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