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Climbing Making Its Bid to Enter The Olympics - 2013-01-10 by admin
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.Votes: 0 | Comments: 9 | Views: 15510
San Vito Lo Capo Climbing Festival 2012 - 2012-11-01 by admin
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.Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Views: 3090
John Gill To be At Neptune Mountaineering, June 28 - 2011-06-22 by admin
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!Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Views: 3226
Kalymnos Climbing Festival 18-22 May 2011 - 2011-03-28 by admin
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.Votes: 0 | Comment: 1 | Views: 6025
The World's Highest Climbing Wall - 2011-02-18 by admin
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 WallsVotes: 3 | Comments: 18 | Views: 11972
2010 Christmas Gift Ideas - 2010-12-06 by admin
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.Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Views: 7678
August News Snippets - 2010-08-24 by admin
While August still has another week left in it, here's some short news items that took place in the past 3 weeks.Votes: 2 | Comment: 1 | Views: 4855
Help The Teton Boulder Project - 2010-07-23 by admin
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 JacksonVotes: 0 | Comment: 1 | Views: 5259
Ueli Steck in Yosemite to Attempt El Cap’s Speed Record - 2010-05-25 by admin
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.Votes: 2 | Comments: 3 | Views: 8933
Anthony Love Awarded the Access Fund's Bebie Leadership Award - 2010-02-21 by Robert E Crews
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.Votes: 2 | Comment: 1 | Views: 5130
Simon Carter receives award - 2009-12-23 by admin
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.Votes: 2 | Comments: 0 | Views: 6058
Craggin' Classic 2009 - 2009-09-15 by Dana Richardson
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.Votes: 0 | Comment: 1 | Views: 4460
Tyrus Bachar Auction -- Supertopo.com - 2009-08-09 by John Wilder
An auction to benefit Tyrus Bachar, all gear is donated by the manufacturers, all proceeds go to Tyrus Bachar's Living Trust.Vote: 1 | Comment: 1 | Views: 3943
The AAC and Yama Studio Present: Rocky Mountain Highball - 2009-04-25 by Dana Richardson
An in-depth look into why some climbers push themselves to boulder at the vertical limit.Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Views: 3478
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.Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Views: 3551
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.Votes: 0 | Comments: 18 | Views: 10453
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.Vote: 1 | Comment: 1 | Views: 3853
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
The Festival of Boulder in Ouro Preto (OuroBoulder 2008), was successful.Vote: 1 | Comment: 1 | Views: 3350
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 EverestVotes: 0 | Comments: 7 | Views: 4740
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 peakVotes: 0 | Comments: 2 | Views: 5289
Climbers to Attempt to Summit Highest Peaks in 50 States En Masse - 2008-05-16 by tanya weaver
Summer Summit Challenge to Be Held June 27 to July 6 to Benefit American Foundation for Children with AIDS.Votes: 0 | Comments: 3 | Views: 4109
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!Votes: 0 | Comments: 0 | Views: 4042
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.Vote: 1 | Comments: 8 | Views: 4721
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.Votes: 6 | Comments: 11 | Views: 3797