5.14 Category

steve McLure climbing his 9a testpiece ‘Rainshadow’ at Malham Cove, Yorkshire UK. From the dvd ‘Psyche’

Kevin Jorgeson makes the 2nd ropeless ascent of one of the country’s hardest rock climbs, The Fly. 5.14d.

After nearly a years worth of work David Raska bags the second ascent of Johnny Goicoechea’s ‘Problem Child’ 5.14c(8c+) in the Pit at Deep Creek.

Tony Lamiche sending ‘The Fly’ (9a/5.14d) in Rumney.

Didier Berthod’s attempt on the Cobra Crack, Squamish, BC. This pre Sonnie Trotter FA from the film “First Ascent”. Looks like Nicolas Favresse just completed the second ascent of this route. Read more about it at climber.com

Dave Graham on Tim Wagner’s ‘Breaking the Law’ in St. George, Utah. From Climbing Magazine, “One example is Breaking the Law, a project that Salt Lake hardman Tim Wagner partially bolted in a ground-up effort, but later abandoned. Jeff Pederson then secured Wagner’s permission to add bolts in 1996. Pedersen spent several days working it [...]

Jon Cardwell on Daniel Woods’ Clear Creek testpiece, ‘Prime Time to Shine’ 5.14b. Jon’s ascent was the third for ‘Prime Time to Shine’.

Thomas Anquetil takes on ‘Parsibuki’ 8a+/5.14b in Northern Italy.

An indepth look at Michael Fuselier’s first ascent of ‘Nice to Eat You’ (9A/5.14+) a beautiful line located in Vercors, France. [joost]

Adam Ondra crushing Woflgang Gullich’s “Action Directe.” 5.14+/9a (May 19th, 2008). “Action Directe” has been ascended only 10 times since Gullich’s first ascent in 1991. It took Ondra only 15 tries to get the sequence. You can read more about Ondra’s ascent of “Action Directe” at planetmountain.com

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