Desde las montañas

Big and Beautiful Mixed Route in Vermont

Climbing Magazine - Vie, 03/02/2012 - 09:19

2/3/2012 - Ryan Brooks and Josh Hurst have completed a beautiful four-pitch mixed line on the towering cliffs above Lake Willoughby in Vermont.

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Honnold, Stanhope Free Huge Mexican Walls

Climbing Magazine - Vie, 03/02/2012 - 08:47

2/3/12 - Alex Honnold, Will Stanhope, and Paul McSorley traveled to the remote desert of Baja California in late January and came away with two remarkable free climbs.

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David Lama's Account of Compressor Route Ascent

Climbing Magazine - Jue, 02/02/2012 - 10:04

2/2/12 - Austrian climber David Lama recently free climbed the southeast ridge of Cerro Torre (aka the Compressor Route) in Patagonia shortly after Jason Kruk and Hayden Kennedy's ascent—after the pair chopped more than 100 of Cesare Maestri's bolts from the headwall.

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V15, V14 Action in Texas, Colorado

Climbing Magazine - Mié, 01/02/2012 - 11:36

2/1/12 - Australian Chris Webb Parsons has repeated Hueco Tanks' Desperanza (V15).

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Mark Richey To Receive AAC's Top Award

Climbing Magazine - Mié, 01/02/2012 - 10:19

2/1/12 - Longtime New England climber Mark Richey will receive the Robert and Miriam Underhill Award, the American Alpine Club's honor for lifetime achievement, at the club's annual dinner in Boston on March 3.

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McColl: V14 in a Day

Climbing Magazine - Lun, 30/01/2012 - 12:29

1/30/12 - Canadian Sean McColl has made a one-day ascent of the Fontainebleau V14 Kheops Assis in the Cuvier Rempart sector.

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Remarkable Alpinist Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

Climbing Magazine - Vie, 27/01/2012 - 10:00

1/27/12 - French climber Robert Paragot will be the fourth recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award presented at the annual Piolets d'Or festivities in Chamonix, France, and Courmayeur, Italy, in March.

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Kennedy and Kruk on Cerro Torre: In Their Own Words

Climbing Magazine - Jue, 26/01/2012 - 11:54

1/26/12 - Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk recently completed a "fair means" ascent of the southeast ridge of Cerro Torre (aka the Compressor Route); the pair climbed without using any of Cesare Maestri's controversial bolts.

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German Woman Climbs First V12

Climbing Magazine - Mié, 25/01/2012 - 11:41

1/25/12 - German climber Sarah Seeger has climbed her first V12 with Kalte Sophie, in the Frankenjura.

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Tom Bolger Climbs Fifth 5.14d in Spain

Climbing Magazine - Mié, 25/01/2012 - 10:48

1/25/12 - British climber Tom Bolger recently redpointed Fabela pa la enmienda (5.14d) in the cave at Santa Linya, Spain, ticking his fifth route of the grade.

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Alizee Dufraisse Redpoints La Reina Mora (5.14c/d)

Climbing Magazine - Mar, 24/01/2012 - 12:48

1/24/12 - Alizée Dufraisse from France has made the first female ascent of La Reina Mora (5.14c/d) in Siurana, Spain, her first of the grade.

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Cerro Torre Update

Climbing Magazine - Mar, 24/01/2012 - 09:56

1/24/12 - Cerro Torre in Patagonia has been the scene of several dramatic developments in recent days.

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Fair Means on Cerro Torre

Climbing Magazine - Mar, 17/01/2012 - 10:33

1/17/12 - Hayden Kennedy (U.S.) and Jason Kruk (CAN) have completed a "fair means" ascent of Cerro Torre's southeast side, according to a Facebook post by Colin Haley, who watched some of their climb through a telephoto lens.

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Oddo Repeats La Rambla (5.15a) in Spain—UPDATED WITH VIDEO

Climbing Magazine - Lun, 16/01/2012 - 12:03

1/16/12 - Young French climber Enzo Oddo has redpointed La Rambla (5.15a) in Siurana, Spain.

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Robinson Establishes V15 in Vegas

Climbing Magazine - Jue, 12/01/2012 - 12:29

1/12/11 - Paul Robinson has made the first ascent of one of his hardest problems ever: Meadowlark Lemon in Gateway Canyon, Nevada, in Red Rock Canyon.

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Pou Makes FA of 5.15a in Spain

Climbing Magazine - Mié, 11/01/2012 - 13:10

1/11/12 - Spanish climber Iker Pou has made the first ascent of Nit de bruixes, at the l'Ermitage sector at Margalef, Spain, for which he's proposing 5.15a.

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Potential V15 in Japan

Climbing Magazine - Lun, 09/01/2012 - 17:51

1/9/12 - Japanese climber Dai Koyamada has established what he thinks merits V15 at the crag Toyota in his home country.

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AAC Announces 2012 Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Award Recipients

Climbing Magazine - Vie, 06/01/2012 - 11:02

1/6/12 - The American Alpine Club has announced the 2012 Lyman Spitzer Cutting Edge Award recipients.

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New Woods FA: Mirror Reality (V14)

Climbing Magazine - Vie, 06/01/2012 - 10:27

1/6/12 - Shortly after Dave Graham opened a V14 near Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, Daniel Woods followed up with his own V14 first ascent.

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Graham Opens V14 in Colorado

Climbing Magazine - Mié, 04/01/2012 - 14:30

1/4/12 - After a stint at the Red River Gorge in Kentucky, Dave Graham headed to Colorado, where he finished one of his boulder projects, called it Memory is Parallax, and stuck a V14 on it.

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