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 François Nicole on FA Amazonie 9a
Last December François Nicole sent his long time project Amazonie 9a in his home crag of Saint Triphon, Switzerland. Photographer Laurent de Senarclens met with him to tell us a bit more about this passionate climber. |
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Bernhard Schwaiger on bouldering
With two 8B+’s and a bunch of 8B’ this fall, all in record times, Bernhard "Berni" Schwaiger has taken the bouldering world by storm... |
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Phillip Schaal on Jade
After taking some time to get back into shape, Phil Schaal has done the 5th ascent of Jade V15 in Upper Chaos Canyon, RMNP. |
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Skyler Weekes - the King of the Dyno
Skyler Weekes trains for three solid months and flies over from the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, under his own steam, to defend his title and beat his last Cliffhanger dyno record. Last year he jumped 2.65m (just under 9 feet). |
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Katy Whittaker on gritstone
Katy has amassed quite a gritstone ticklist, with ascents of several hard routes. Recently she has headpointed (after top-rope practise) Master's Edge E7 6b, Kaluza Klein E7 6c and Braille Trail,/i> E7 6c. She has also flashed Nosferatu E6 6b. |
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Pete Robins on gritstone season
Pete Robins climbed ground-up Renegade Master E8 6c at Froggatt - however general consensus is now highball 7C/+. Pete slipped off the very top on an early attempt, taking the full height fall and landing on the ground, missing his crachpad. He climbed it next go... |
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Daila Ojeda - Interview
Exploring new routes or making first ascents ever is not very popular among women-climbers... However Daila is the exception that proves the rule. |
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Simone Moro on winter Makalu
Simone Moro and Denis Urubko reached the 8462m high summit of Makalu, carrying out the historic first winter ascent of the 5th highest mountain in the world. |
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Denis Urubko on winter Makalu
Simone Moro and Denis Urubko reached the 8462m high summit of Makalu, carrying out the historic first winter ascent of the 5th highest mountain in the world. |
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Andreas Bindhammer about St. Anger
During Easter Andreas Bindhammer put up a new route in Arco, Italy. He called the route St. Anger and graded it 8c+/9a. In the interview he is talking about his latest accomplishment, the preparations for it and the next goals for 2008. |
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Ines Papert on Flying Circus
"I had Flying Circus in mind since 2005. Unfortunately the ice did not fully come down over the overhang. I decided to wait for the perfect conditions, so I had a chance of onsighting the route. Also, since I dropped out of competition circle it is much easier to be in the right place in the right time." |
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