Saw this over on the Cleanest Line, Kelly Cordes talks about what it takes to climb at a high level in the mountains.

There’s another great video over at Momentum Video Magazine, again from Indian Creek. This time it’s the first ascent of a route called the Yellow Submarine, 5.12+ R, by Cedar Wright. He found it on Super Crack Buttress, of all places. I think its great that folks are still finding new lines at the crags previously considered tapped out. Goes to show how far a little imagination, some guns and a willingness to go for it can take you.

Momentum Video Magazine has a nice video up in the free section of Katie Brown on Pink Flamingo. Since I can’t embed the video here, you’ll have to visit their site to check it out.

The 2008 Ouray Ice Festival is this coming weekend, the 9th through 13th. As always, I’m sure this event will be a blast. If you are going for the first time, expect to be climbing very close to other folks, with lots of flying ice and maybe some flying tools thrown in for good measure. Sometimes you can escape to the Skylight or other areas, but the big theme of this weekend is social interaction and parties.

Here’s a video from the 2005 festival, sit back and enjoy.

On the local front, had an adventurous outing on the Redstone Slabs, including a 30 footer and getting hit with a wet slide. More details to come.

We’re still out and about, doing Christmas stuff with the fam. Back to regular blogging next week. For now, here’s a clip of Fred Rouhling climbing an impressive looking 9a+ somewhere on the other side of the world. Enjoy.