VIDEO: New River Gorge New Route and More

by Jack Geldard - UKC Chief Editor Jan/2013
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In this video from Louder Than 11 we see Ben Spannuth and Mike Williams climbing at the New River Gorge, West Virginia, USA.

As well as an excellent portrait of an superb looking sandstone area, the film also shows a difficult new route in the 5.14 grade range.

Louder than 11 introduce their film:

"Ben Spannuth recently landed in Fayetteville, West Virginia to hone his skills on the bullet hard, New River Gorge sandstone. Ben teams up with local legend, Mike Williams for a tour of the modern testpieces and the two help showcase some of the best hard routes in the country. For Ben, repeating established routes might be the first step to dialing in a new area but he is only satisfied when he can leave his mark by climbing old abandoned projects and bolting new lines of his own. Enjoy, something old, something new, something undone, and something with glue."


* Forums ( Read More... | 7 comments, 07 Jan 2013 )
Like the previous poster said, I think you're confusing the Red River Gorge in Kentucky with the New River Gorge in West Virginia. Apart from this video, it's the Red that has been getting all the press recently due to...
Stuart S - 07 Jan 2013

Has it? I wonder if you're merging the red river gorge and the new river gorge together in your mind? Well, frankly, yes. The wifi here is too slow to stream the video smoothly, but I'm looking forwards to seeing...
AJM - 07 Jan 2013

450 climbs to get the accent of a sport route?!... Whatever floats your boat I guess. Am I the only one who finds it hard to get excited about sport climbing videos? Has anyone been to NR gorge? What's the big appeal...
Neil Morbey - 06 Jan 2013

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