In this four-part series that covers the A – Z of climbing terms, you will learn all about Jamming and Dogging your X-rated Redpoints whilst Power Screaming and tickling your Friends and Nuts with your Cheat Stick. Have fun! Part 2 : F – N F is for Friends – Or cams, the metal devices you stick into cracks. The original ones ...
19-year-old Toru Nakajima has made the first repeat of Tokio Muroi’s granite boulder problem Asagimadara, (8C/+), at the excellent bouldering area of Mizugaki, Japan. Toru has hit an amazing run of form this year and has previously climbed other 8C boulders such as Tokoyo and The Big Island, in Fontainebleau, France. Toru almost ...
The Big Wave World Tour has successfully completed its fourth season as California’s Greg Long is crowned Big Wave World Champion. When Long arrived for the season opening event in Peru this past summer it was clear by the look in his eyes that he was there to win it all. Greg would take his dedication, focus and training and make every ...
In this four-part series that covers the A – Z of climbing terms, you will learn all about Jamming and Dogging your X-rated Redpoints whilst Power Screaming and tickling your Friends and Nuts with your Cheat Stick. Have fun! Part 1 : A – E A is for Abseiling – This is what you might have to do when you have an epic fail on a ...
Unlike the outgoing Pope, Hans Rey – perhaps the most famous mountain biker in history – doesn’t speak Latin. Nor is he about to resign. EpicTV cornered this lovable, if Americanised, Swiss rider for a cuppa and a 10×10 Interview that you can watch here on the 1st of April. No, Hans hasn’t won any muddy World Cup DH races ...
American sport climbing hero Chris Sharma has finally succeeded on his long term project La Dura Dura (9b+) at Oliana, Catalunya, Spain. This is the second ascent of the world’s hardest sport climb. Chris bolted the route several years ago, but was beaten to the first ascent by Czech wonder-kid Adam Ondra, who earlier this year nipped in ...
Swedish climber Matilda Söderlund has made a fast ascent of Fish Eye (8c) at Oliana, Spain. The twenty-year-old Swedish sport and competition climber was able to successfully climb the route on just her third attempt. A few days prior to climbing Fish Eye, Matilda romped up Dogma (8b+) at Siurana, which, apart from an easy shared start that ...
Norwegian climber Magnus Midtbø has recently redpointed the extremely steep and physical limestone sport route of Ciudad de Dios (9a) in the Santa Linya cave, Northern Spain. His original plan had been to try and redpoint the much harder route by Chris Sharma, Neanderthal (9b), that climbs directly up the middle of the Santa Linya cave. ...
No new lines in Chamonix? Pfffft! Local boys Laurent Dupré, Roch Malnuit, Davide Capozzi and Hervé Sanglard beg to differ. Taking advantage of exceptional snow conditions the crew took a day off from their day jobs to pin this sweet first snowboard descent of an 800 meter couloir descending the west face of the Aiguille du Gouter. Yes, ...
