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thumb A while back, 17 year old Enzo Oddo spent some time in Kentucky's sandstone mecca, the Red River Gorge, where he repeated some... [ full story ]

thumb German climber living in Switzerland, Pirmin Bertle recently managed to make the first ascents of two 9a's in 75 minutes at his... [ full story ]

thumb Daniel Woods has made the first ascent of a long standing project next to Interstellar Overdrive in Colorado's Clear Creek... [ full story ]

thumb Although this year's Melloblocco was plagued by rather miserable weather most of the time, it was still a success with 2200... [ full story ]

thumb After far too long, here's finally the first part of the Tierra Boulder Battle 2012. This is the competition where the... [ full story ]

thumb Young German, Fabian Buhl has managed to repeat quite a few hard problems during various trips to different areas in... [ full story ]

thumb Like so many else Petr Pavlícek and Adam Ondra are now at Melloblocco in Val Masino, Italy. Petr told me a little bit about the... [ full story ]


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thumb Repeats of 9a's have become so common they almost aren't news worthy these days. I wonder how that can be, because I don't... [ full story ]

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