tag:planetclimbing.org,2008:planet/tag/category:hotflashes planetclimbing.org 2010-07-19T19:54:00Z planetclimbing.org http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/2010_arco_rockmaster_champions_and_legends_winners 2010-07-19T19:54:00Z 2010-07-19T19:54:00Z

7/19/10 - This weekend saw competition greats gathering in Arco, Italy, for the RockMaster 2010, one of the most prestigious competitions in the climbing world.

2010-07-19T19:54:00Z http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/us_youth_teams_selected_from_scs_nationals 2010-07-16T18:29:00Z 2010-07-16T18:29:00Z

7/16/10 - The newly-opened Stone Summit in Atlanta, Georgia, the largest climbing gym in the nation, inaugurated its second month with the 2010 SCS Youth National Championships, drawing more than 300 of the nation’s most talented young climbers.

2010-07-16T18:29:00Z http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/lead_and_speed_world_cup_wrap-up_from_chamonix 2010-07-13T21:43:00Z 2010-07-13T21:43:00Z

7/13/10 - The International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) Lead and Speed World Cups wrapped up today in Chamonix, France, with Spain's Ramón Julian Puigblanque and French climber Charlotte Durif finishing first in the men's and women's lead comp.

2010-07-13T21:43:00Z http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/ifree_rideri_sees_first_female-team__free_ascent 2010-07-09T20:05:00Z 2010-07-09T20:05:00Z

7/9/10 - Recently, Madaleine Sorkin and Kate Rutherford completed the first female-team free ascent of Free Rider (VI 5.12d, 37 pitches), a four-pitch variation to the Salathé Wall that is the most popular free line on the main face of El Cap.

2010-07-09T20:05:00Z http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/second_514b_for_jacinda_hunter 2010-07-09T19:56:00Z 2010-07-09T19:56:00Z

7/9/10 - A little over a week ago, Jacinda Hunter, 31, nabbed the FA of her project Fantasy Island, a 5.14b in Utah’s American Fork Canyon.

2010-07-09T19:56:00Z http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/big_new_mixed_route_on_mount_foraker 2010-07-09T19:15:00Z 2010-07-09T19:15:00Z

7/9/10 - In mid-June, Colin Haley and Bjørn-Eivind Årtun teamed up and established a new mixed route on the Southeast Face of Mount Foraker in Alaska.

2010-07-09T19:15:00Z http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/honnolds_triple_link-up_on_el_cap 2010-07-06T18:45:00Z 2010-07-06T18:45:00Z

News link: Alex Honnold, most recently in the media for his speedy solo link-up of the Regular Northwest Face and the Nose, returned to El Cap with Sean Leary to do a triple link-up of the Nose, Salathé Wall, and Lurking Fear in a single day.

2010-07-06T18:45:00Z http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/graftiaux_back_on_top_in_world_cup_rankings 2010-07-06T16:55:00Z 2010-07-06T16:55:00Z

7/6/10 - The second-to-last Bouldering World Cup of 2010 transpired this past weekend in Sheffield, England, where a crowd of more than 20,000 amassed to watch the world's highest-ranked climbers battle it out.

2010-07-06T16:55:00Z http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/stohr_seals_another_win_in_holland 2010-06-28T16:57:00Z 2010-06-28T16:57:00Z

6/28/10 - The fifth round of neck-and-neck Bouldering World Cup action continued last weekend in Eindhoven, Holland.

2010-06-28T16:57:00Z http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/honnold_breaks_more_yosemite_speed_records 2010-06-25T17:07:00Z 2010-06-25T17:07:00Z

6/25/10 - On June 22, Alex Honnold did a solo link-up of the Regular Northwest Face (5.12a, 23 pitches) of Half Dome and the Nose (5.9, C1, 31 pitches), breaking several Yosemite speed records.

2010-06-25T17:07:00Z http://www.climbing.com/news/hotflashes/ithe_wheel_of_lifei_sees_third_ascent_by_pringle 2010-06-24T20:52:00Z 2010-06-24T20:52:00Z

6/24/10 - After recovering from a serious shoulder injury sustained in February 2009 at ABS Nationals, Ethan Pringle has bagged the third ascent of The Wheel of Life at the Hollow Mountain Cave in the Grampians, Australia.

2010-06-24T20:52:00Z