Justification for Climbing Media
The new issue of Rock and Ice will be out on newsstands next week, and I’m really excited about its arrival because it has a feature I wrote about my climbing trip this spring to Catalunya, Spain. Why...
View ArticleClimbing to the Death
OLIANA, EVENING, 58 degrees F, a magic wind blows. Chris Sharma screamed and everyone froze. “Venga, venga!” the chorus shouted. “Venga, tio!” “Venga, bicho!” “Venga, venga, venga! A muerte!” Again...
View ArticlePrimer Asalto (8c), Chulilla, Spain
Ah, Spain. The land where everyone climbs 8c and no one wears knee pads. That’s an insane proposition to rock crawlers like myself and others coming out of the Rifle/Jailhouse pipeline. This is a sweet...
View ArticleAdam Ondra: 95 Climbs, 9a or Harder
Adam Ondra just sent his 95th, 9th-grade rock climb. Let me repeat that. Adam Ondra has climbed 95 routes with a rating of 9a (5.14d) or harder. Raise your hand if you didn’t even know there were many...
View ArticleNina Caprez Tells Sasha Digiulian to Find a New Project
Can you and your film crew reserve a single route, if not an entire mountain—literally tying it up (with fixed ropes and camera operators) for not just a day, but an entire summer? Do you believe that...
View ArticleInto the Blue
Waves walloped the seaside wall from which I hung—barely, I will add—by my own saline fingertips and wet climbing shoes. The waves struck with such force that mini earthquakes reverberated up through...
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