[VIDEO] Adam Ondra in the Rockies: Episode 1
In the first episode of Adam in the Rockies, BD Athlete Adam Ondra visits the two Canadian sport crags Planet X and Acephale. After battling dry, glassy skin on his first day, Adam employs some pro tactics to manage his fingertips and heads back to the crag for round two.
[VIDEO] Perspective: Daniel Woods
American Petzl athletes are out in Catalonia for the winter and spring climbing season. For some, it’s their first experience, and others; it has been routine for years.
[VIDEO] Babsi Zangerl sending ‚Speed Intégrale‘ (9a)
BD Athlete Babsi Zangerl is no doubt one of the strongest climbers in the world. She’s climbed 5.14a on El Cap, bouldered V13, and sent runout 5.14b trad.
[VIDEO] Ethan Pringle on ‚The Nest‘ (V15)
More than 50 days of effort, hundreds of miles of hiking, hundreds of hours spent at this boulder, thousands of tries, and it was all over in a minute. Ethan Pringle hadd finally had the experience he was looking for.
Katrin Lehmann wiederholt „Kryptos“ (8C)
Nach einer einjährigen Projektierungs- und Trainingsphase gelang Kaddi der Boulder "Kryptos" am Morchelstock im Schweizer Balsthal. Kryptos wurde 2009 von Franz Widmer erstbegangen und im selben Jahr von Black Diamond Athlet und Boulderlegende Fred Nicole wiederholt.
Kletterführer Zillertal: Klettern und Bouldern
Es hat etwas gedauert, bis die neue Auflage des Kletter- und Boulderführers für das Zillertal fertig geworden ist. Die nun vorliegende überarbeitete vierte Auflage stellt auf 544 Seiten die besten Boulder und Kletterspots vor.
[VIDEO] „Comfort Zone“ with Alex Honnold and Jonathan Siegrist
Before Alex Honnold's "Nose" speed record, and before Jonathan Siegrist sent "Jumbo Love," the pair teamed up this spring for some training time - each working projects outside of their comfort zones.
[VIDEO] Ringlock Ranch
The desert is full of secrets, especially for a climber. There are many miles of cliffs waiting to be explored. Mason Earle has been driving force in the desert, and has spent many years searching the canyons of Utah for new routes.
Mich Kemeter gelingt harte Freikletterei in den spanischen Pyrenäen
Eine abwechslungsreiche 120m lange Linie, die durch eine der wohl eindrucksvollsten Wandzonen im rechten Teil der "Catalunya wall" in der Mont-Rebei verläuft.
[VIDEO] Nalle Hukkataival in Rocklands – The Realm
Nalle Hukkataival has been in South Africa developing a new bouldering area called The Realm, found in the Bideouw Valley near Rocklands.
[VIDEO] Hazel Findlay: From shoulder operation to sending 8c
A personal and revealing portrait into the demands of being a professional climber. Features unique behind-the-scenes footage and inspiring shots of one of Hazel's hardest sends: Mind Control (8c) at Oliana.
[VIDEO] Edu Marin on „Valhalla“, 380m (9a?) in China
Edu Marin had never before tried to release a multipich of this caliber, to climb for hours on that roof... Sometimes Edu had the feeling that it never ended and that he was lost in a rock sky. Edu calculate that he has more to climb more than 250 meters of pure roof, an authentic madness
[VIDEO] Climbing in Uskedalen, Norway
Climbing in Uskedalen, a climbing area sometimes referred to as 'Norway's Yosemite'. The valley has roughly 60 routes on walls that rise up to 600 meters, and holds potential for many new routes.
[VIDEO] Babsi Zangerl And Jacopo Ignore The Bolts On „Gondo Crack“ (8c)
Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher have a pretty good lifestyle. Travelling the world to climb the hardest routes they can find. Gondo crack is a 17-meter finger crack in Switzerland, usually climbed using bolts as protection.
[VIDEO] BD Athlete Hazel Findlay on „Tainted Love“ (5.13d)
BD Athlete Hazel Findlay is known for her rad trad ability, whether she’s freeing El Cap or climbing crumbly sea-cliffs with sparse protection. When she arrived in Squamish last summer, a friend and fellow Brit knew just the route she should try.
ROCKdays Kletterfestival von 1. bis 3. Juni 2018 im PillerseeTal
Im PillerseeTal in den Kitzbüheler Alpen werden Anfang Juni wieder die Miss und Master of ROCKdesaster beim Cold Water Soloing gesucht.
[VIDEO] 9b at 1800m: Pirmin Bertle in „La Cène du (Roi) Lézard“
The name of the route is another dedication to the oeuvre of Jim Morrison – the climbing is a present for anyone who joins this game of weird scenes (or moves) inside the gold mine (referring to one of the most impressive landscape, flora and fauna settings among climbing spots in the Alps).
[VIDEO] Steve McClure makes epic ascent of 6-pitch Verdon 8b super route
Take Steve McClure (Britain's top sport climber) and Neil Mawson (E10-conquering dark horse). Throw them into the dizzying Verdon Gorge then stir well with the film-making skills of Rich Heap and Ben Pritchard. Attempting a spectacular multi-pitch route, the duo find themselves way off route and have to dig deep to find success.
[VIDEO] Triple 11 – Three times 9a in Kochel
After one decade of absence from Bavaria I am proudly presenting some first sends from the place I really learned climbing at: Kochel. Before leaving to Switzerland in 2006 the routes we climbed here where up to 20m long, mainly of resistance or bouldery style. Meanwhile Kochel has grown big.
[VIDEO] Alex Honnold and Yuji Hirayama climbing in Japan
In March 2018, Alex Honnold traveled to Japan and sampled the country’s rock with the legendary Yuji Hirayama and Toru Nakajima.
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[VIDEO] Felix Kiem on „Himmelsreiter“ (8c)
On March 21st the young italian Climber Felix Kiem was able to send "Himmelsreiter". A route graded 8C in the Saustall Crag near Naturns (BZ). It was the 5th ascent after Jacopo Larcher, Ivo Gamper, Rudi Moroder and Günther Karbon.
[VIDEO] Steve McClure climbs Britain’s hardest climb: Rainman 9b
Where is your limit? Would you recognise it? For Steve McClure it’s an endless series of matchstick edges and nothing holds, high above the Yorkshire Dales. If this climb was one move longer, it would still be a dream… instead it’s the UK’s hardest-ever climb.
Powerquest Podcast: Tom Brenzinger
Tom Brenzinger alias "Mr. Lapis", wie ihn Interviewer Jürgen Reis in vorangegangenen Sendungen des Öfteren bezeichnete, ist in dieser MP3-Audiocast-Episode erstmals auf einem Podcast live on tape zu hören.
[VIDEO] Heureka! – Neuland in Meteora
Im griechischen Meteora haben kletternde Sachsen seit Generationen Spuren hinterlassen. Die Konglomerat-Riesen sind hoch und steil, die Touren zumeist ausgesetzt und schwer abzusichern. In den Wänden gibt es neben den Klassikern noch jede Menge Raum für spektakuläre Erstbegehungen.
Powerquest Podcast: Alex Megos und Patrick Matros
Mit, zur Aufzeichnung der Sendung am 5. Februar 2018 nicht einmal 25 Jahren, ist Alex Megos längst teil der modernen Klettergeschichte – spätestens seit seiner On-Sight-Begehung von "Estado Critico" (9a) im Jahr 2013.
