Many of the world's best climbers are now in or on their way to Kentucky's Red River Gorge, famous for its beautiful and severely overhanging sandstone.
Already, Jon Cardwell and Daniel Woods have made some impressive ascents, including a 3rd go of 50 words for pump, 8c+, (Jon) and Southern smoke,...
In reply to Fraser: If my memory serves me right, Omaha beach was 8b at the time (1999), but after a, or maybe several, hold(s) has broken, it's now 8b+.
> (In reply to Fraser) If my memory serves me right, Omaha beach was 8b at the time (1999), but after a, or maybe several, hold(s) has broken, it's now 8b+.
What's a little '+' between friends, eh?
As a comparison, any idea what grade Sasha Digiulian has onsighted?
In reply to UKC News: From DPM climbing - the big news hasn't even happened yet. Adam Ondra boards a plane tomorrow for the Red River Gorge. All hard routes are currently in a state of DEFCON 1 meaning that absolute annihilation is imminent. There's been much speculation on the internet message boards about exactly how much domination will occur. Many agree that the world's first 5.14d onsight (9a in non-US terms) is a possibility...
Love the "All hard routes are currently in a state of DEFCON 1 meaning that absolute annihilation is imminent". Brilliant!
Andy F
Franz the Stampede23 Oct 2012
ZOMG Ondra in the US, I hope Black Diamond will dispatch Bernardo Gimenez...
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This week's Friday Night Video is a portrait of a prolific climbing photographer from Wedge Climbing. Sam Pratt is well known in both the outdoor and competition scene but if you haven't heard of him, you've likely seen...