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Indian Creek Multipitch First Ascent Video

Thanks to the Black Diamond Journal for this one: a great video of Cedar Wright & Nick Martino on the first ascent of a multipitch 5.13 in Indian Creek, Utah.

Back to the Roots: M.D.M.C.P. a new 5.13 in Indian Creek from Cedar Wright on Vimeo.

March 2nd, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 0 comments | Continued
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Ice Climbing in the Ghost

The American Alpine Club recently ran a video contest, and this was the first place winner. It’s a compilation of footage from a helmet cam of climbing some sweet looking pillars in the Ghost River Valley in Canada. You can find out more about the video here.

February 23rd, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 0 comments | Continued
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American Alpine Club Promo

We’re still plugging away at the site redesign, which we hope to have live this week, so things on the content front have been a little neglected. Thankfully my friend Dana at the American Alpine Club sent me their new video promoting the AAC and the benefits of membership. For a long time I remember [...]

February 2nd, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 1 comment | Continued
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The North Face (of The Eiger) Movie

We recently were sent the trailer for a new climbing film coming out soon called the North Face, which tells the story of Tony Kurz and Andi Hinterstoisser’s dramatic attempt to scale the Eiger north face in 1936.  From the website:
“Based on a true story, NORTH FACE is a gripping adventure drama about a competition to climb [...]

January 7th, 2010 | BJ Sbarra | 0 comments | Continued
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A Day in the Life of Tommy Caldwell

Here’s a cool video from Cedar Wright showing how Tommy Caldwell trains for a big El Cap free route. Pretty inspiring, now if only I could find 8 to 10 hours a day to train…

A Day in The Life of Tommy Caldwell from Cedar Wright on Vimeo.

September 23rd, 2009 | BJ Sbarra | 4 comments | Continued
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Hayden Kennedy on the Bachar-Yerian

From the new Black Diamond Journal comes this great video (and article) of local crusher Hayden Kennedy climbing the notorious Bachar-Yerian (5.11c R/x) in Tuolumne Meadows. As I watched I couldn’t help but laugh as I thought of his mom, Julie’s, words to all of us a few years back that she would kill anyone [...]

August 20th, 2009 | BJ Sbarra | 2 comments | Continued
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The Making of a Carabiner

Not sure if this has been around already, but just came across this video showing how a carabiner is made at the DMM facility and I thought it was a cool insight into the world of climbing gear manufacturing.

The making of a carabiner @ DMM Wales from Dave Gill on Vimeo.

March 10th, 2009 | BJ Sbarra | 0 comments | Continued
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Bouldering in Baja

Pretty mellow holiday week coming up. There should be some ice to climb any day now. If you’re stuck in front of a computer today, here’s a series of two short videos about bouldering in Baja by Chuck Fryberger, courtesy of Cloudveil’s new videos page. Enjoy!

December 22nd, 2008 | BJ Sbarra | 1 comment | Continued