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Climbing Making Its Bid to Enter The Olympics - 2013-01-10 by admin

Climbing Making Its Bid to Enter The Olympics Recently the representatives of the International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) were in a meeting in Switzerland with the International Olympic Committee Program Commission to discuss the case of climbing being in the Olympic Games.
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San Vito Lo Capo Climbing Festival 2012 - 2012-11-01 by admin

San Vito Lo Capo Climbing Festival 2012 The annual San Vito Lo Capo Climbing Festival was held on October 10 – 14. This international sporting event attracts hundreds of athletes from all over Europe.
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John Gill To be At Neptune Mountaineering, June 28 - 2011-06-22 by admin

John Gill To be At Neptune Mountaineering, June 28 JOHN GILL To be AT NEPTUNE MOUNTAINEERING, JUNE 28, TUESDAY, AT 8PM Boulder's legendary climber Pat Ament will premier his new film, "Gill Across Time," and Gill will attend the event!
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Kalymnos Climbing Festival 18-22 May 2011 - 2011-03-28 by admin

Kalymnos Climbing Festival 18-22 May 2011 The Municipality of Kalymnos Island Greece together with Kalymnos Hoteliers Association and the Kalymnos Climbing Club, invite you to meet "The Aegean Climbing Paradise" and the unique climbing opportunities of Kalymnos Island Greece, through the annual Climbing Festival in which anyone can participate free of charge.
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The World's Highest Climbing Wall - 2011-02-18 by admin

The World's Highest Climbing Wall Reno, NV may soon be the home to what, if all goes according to plan, will be the world's tallest climbing wall, at over 160 feet. The wall is being engineered by Entre Prises Climbing Walls
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2010 Christmas Gift Ideas - 2010-12-06 by admin

2010 Christmas Gift Ideas A few ideas for gifts for the 2010 festive season. If nothing interests you, at least hopefully they can spark an idea. Remember there's only a few days left now.
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August News Snippets - 2010-08-24 by admin

August News Snippets While August still has another week left in it, here's some short news items that took place in the past 3 weeks.
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Help The Teton Boulder Project - 2010-07-23 by admin

Help The Teton Boulder Project The Teton Boulder Project is a grass-roots partnership between the Town of Jackson, Teton County Parks and Recreation Department and the Teton climbing community to create a bouldering park at the base of Snow King Mountain in downtown Jackson
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Ueli Steck in Yosemite to Attempt El Cap’s Speed Record - 2010-05-25 by admin

Ueli Steck in Yosemite to Attempt El Cap’s Speed Record Ueli is back in Yosemite National Park with the hope of breaking the speed record on El Capitan. With climbing partner Alex Honnold, Ueli is eyeing the perfect line to beat the current record of 2 hours 37 minutes and 05 seconds set on October 8, 2009 by Hans Florine and Yuji Hirayama.
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Anthony Love Awarded the Access Fund's Bebie Leadership Award - 2010-02-21 by Robert E Crews

Anthony Love Awarded the Access Fund's Bebie Leadership Award For Anthony Love, the 2010 recipient of the Bebie Leadership Award, what began simply as love for climbing and time spent in nature has developed into a pursuit of preservation.
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Simon Carter receives award - 2009-12-23 by admin

Simon Carter receives award The Rick White Memorial Medal 2009, for outstanding achievement and contribution to Australian climbing, has been awarded to climbing photographer, Simon Carter. The award was presented at the Australian Bouldering Nationals competition on 5th December 2009.
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Craggin' Classic 2009 - 2009-09-15 by Dana Richardson

Craggin' Classic 2009 This October the biggest climbing party Utah has ever seen is heading to Salt Lake City with one main goal: to form a community in three days. How does this happen? You take strangers from all over the world with a common interest in climbing, add live music, food, and drinks, and call it the Craggin’ Classic 2009.
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Tyrus Bachar Auction -- Supertopo.com - 2009-08-09 by John Wilder

Tyrus Bachar Auction -- Supertopo.com An auction to benefit Tyrus Bachar, all gear is donated by the manufacturers, all proceeds go to Tyrus Bachar's Living Trust.
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The AAC and Yama Studio Present: Rocky Mountain Highball - 2009-04-25 by Dana Richardson

The AAC and Yama Studio Present: Rocky Mountain Highball An in-depth look into why some climbers push themselves to boulder at the vertical limit.
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AAC Annual Dinner Event: A Who's Who of Climbing - 2009-02-11 by Justin Voorhees

What do a best-selling author, NASA astronaut, handful of renowned explorers, and couple dozen icons of climbing have in common? They’ll all be gathering in Golden on February 21st for The American Alpine Club’s Annual Benefit & Awards Dinner. And you’re welcome to join them.
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Alpinist Magazine to Suspend Operations - 2008-10-20 by Jay unknown

Jackson, Wyoming — October 16, 2008 — Alpinist LLC, which publishes the climbing magazine Alpinist, runs the website www.alpinist.com and produces The Alpinist Film Festival, announced today that the October 2008 financial crisis has forced them to suspend operations.
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La Sportiva Celebrates Fall Climbing Season at Rocktoberfest - 2008-09-30 by admin

With the fall foliage emerging and temperatures dipping, Fall climbing season has finally emerged in the Southeast. To celebrate, La Sportiva, the Italian performance mountain footwear brand, is stepping up their partnership with the Red River Gorge Climbers Coalition (RRGCC) as a sponsor of Rocktoberfest.
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Alpinist announces Film Festival Screenings in Bozeman, Boulder, and SLC - 2008-08-07 by admin


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OuroBoulder 2008 - Brasilian event - 2008-07-24 by Ildeli dos Santos da Costa

OuroBoulder 2008 - Brasilian event The Festival of Boulder in Ouro Preto (OuroBoulder 2008), was successful.
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Everest Records 2008 - 2008-07-17 by aneel Bhattacharya

Min Bahadur Sherchan - The 77 years old from Myagdi district, Nepal became the oldest person to climb Everest
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Talus Sponsors Ascent on the Legendary Himalayan Peak K2 - 2008-06-08 by Amy Kliewer

The newest member of the Talus Outdoor Tech. team, Eric Meyer M.D., will be testing the medically-backed ColdAvenger™ mask on the worlds 2nd highest peak
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Climbers to Attempt to Summit Highest Peaks in 50 States En Masse - 2008-05-16 by tanya weaver

Climbers to Attempt to Summit Highest Peaks in 50 States En Masse Summer Summit Challenge to Be Held June 27 to July 6 to Benefit American Foundation for Children with AIDS.
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Ed Cooper, Sonnie Trotter, others to highlight Squamish Mountain Festival - 2008-05-16 by John Wilder

Ed Cooper, Sonnie Trotter, and others are heading to Squamish this July for the annual Squamish Mountain Festival!
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Davis Solos, BASE jumps Castleton - 2008-05-08 by Matt Desenberg

Steph Davis free soloed the North Face of Castleton (.11a) and BASE jumped off the top.
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GHM Opposes Olympic Torch Relay to Everest - 2008-04-22 by Matt Rinard

GHM (Groupe de Haute Montagne) opposes Chinese occupation of Tibet and the taking of the Olympic Torch to the summit of Everest.
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