Gobat Smith Achieves Another 8b+
March 12, 2010 06:46 PM
3/12/10 - New Zealand climber Mayan Gobat Smith recently achieved another 8b+ (5.14a) during a month-long trip to Milford Sound, a fjord located on the southwest coast of NZ's South Island....
American Climb Nominated for Piolet d'Or
March 3, 2010 05:31 PM
3/3/10 - The first ascent of a huge north face in northern China, completed last summer by Americans Jed Brown and Kyle Dempster, with Scottish climber Bruce Normand, is one of five nominees for this year's Piolets d'Or....
Americans Climb New Route in Chile
February 25, 2010 03:47 PM
2/25/10 - Ian Nicholson and Graham Zimmerman have climbed the east face of Los Gemelos in the Torres del Paine area of Chilean Patagonia, likely making the third ascent of the mountain....
Climbing in the Olympics?
February 23, 2010 05:31 PM
2/23/10 - On February 12, the full session of the International Olympic Committee formally recognized the International Federation of Sport Climbing, two years after the ISCF was granted provisional recognition....
Puccio, Woods Are Bouldering Champs
February 16, 2010 12:04 PM
Alex Puccio and Daniel Woods finished on top at the ABS 11 National Championships at Sportrock in Alexandria, Virginia....
New Route Likely South Platte's Hardest
February 15, 2010 10:01 AM
2/15/10 - Jason Haas has completed the hardest pitch in Colorado's South Platte area, a roof seam that's protected with removable pro and might be 5.14a....
Daniel Woods: Hardest Problem in U.S.
February 12, 2010 09:46 AM
2/12/10 - Daniel Woods has completed a short granite roof in Boulder Canyon, Colorado, that he';s graded V16& - the first boulder problem given this grade in the United States, and one of the few in the world....
Mugs Stump, Polartec Grants Announced
February 8, 2010 04:01 PM
2/08/10 - Winners of the 2010 Mugs Stump Awards and Polartec Challenge Grants have been announced....
Solo New Route on Aconcagua South Face
February 5, 2010 11:46 AM
2/05/10 - American Chad Kellogg has soloed a dangerous new line on the famed south face of Aconcagua (6,962m/22,841')....
World's First Water-Ice 10?
February 1, 2010 09:46 AM
2/01/10 - Will Gadd and Tim Emmett have established a 30-meter, 45-degree overhanging ice climb behind an unfrozen waterfall in British Columbia....
Woods, Digiulian Flash U.S. Nationals
January 26, 2010 12:31 PM
1/26/10 - Daniel Woods and Sasha Digiulian were the top American finishers at the SCS Open National Championship at Momentum gym in Sandy, Utah....
North Face - In theaters beginning January 29, 2010
January 26, 2010 02:06 AM
Based on a true story, NORTH FACE is a gripping adventure drama about a competition to climb the most dangerous rock face in the Alps. In 1936, Nazi propaganda urges German Alpinists to conquer the unclimbed north face of...
North Americans Bag New Line on Tawoche
January 25, 2010 10:16 AM
1/25/10 - Renan Ozturk and Cory Richards overcame loose rock and dehydration to complete the first ascent of the central south buttress of Tawoche, a circa 6,500-meter (21,325') peak in the Khumbu region of Nepal....
Japanese Climb West Face of Nemjung
January 20, 2010 01:01 PM
1/20/10 - In late October, four Japanese climbers led by Himalayan veteran Osamu Tanabe completed the first ascent of the west face of Nemjung (7,140m/23,425'), near Manaslu in Nepal....
North Face of Tawoche
January 19, 2010 08:31 AM
1/19/10 - Japanese climbers Fumitaka Ichimura and Genki Narumi completed the first ascent of the north face of Tawoche (1,500m, VI AI5R) in Nepal's Khumbu region in late November....
Copp and Dash Inspire New Grants
January 12, 2010 03:01 PM
1/12/10 - The Copp-Dash Inspire Award, a major new grant program, has been created to honor the lives and storytelling abilities of Jonny Copp and Micah Dash, who died last spring in an avalanche in China along with young filmmaker...
New Austrian Ice Route Given WI7+
January 12, 2010 03:01 PM
1/12/10 - Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner have climbed a desperately thin and steep 300-meter ice route that they believe is WI7+, making it the hardest pure ice climb in Austria, and one of the hardest in the world....
Wharton Wins Ouray; Gadd Climbs 29,000 Feet
January 11, 2010 10:02 AM
1/11/10 - Josh Wharton won the mixed-climbing competition at the 15th annual Ouray Ice Festival in southwestern Colorado for the second year in a row....
Mixed Testpiece in New Hampshire
January 8, 2010 10:46 AM
1/08/10 - White Mountains climbing guide Bayard Russell has snagged the first ascent of a stunning mixed route that has seen numerous attempts over the past few years....
The Island Gets Bigger
January 4, 2010 10:31 AM
1/04/10 - Fontainebleau local Vincent Pochon has repeated the V15 boulder problem The Island in France, established by Dave Graham in 2008, and he added two moves to the start....
