Training

Chris Webb Parsons Hangboard Program

| March 16, 2013 | Reply
Chris Webb Parsons Hangboard Program

I will see you all in 12 weeks! Blox presents Chris Webb Parsons Hangboard Program. Chris has climbed numerous hard boulder problems up to 8C/V15, Learn how to gain 8C/V15 finger strength using his 12 week program.

Taking Climbing Training To The Max with Jairo Pandiello

| March 8, 2013 | Reply
Taking Climbing Training To The Max with Jairo Pandiello

Wild Country Spanish team member, Jairo Pandiello shows a little of what training means to him in this entertaining video…and that seems to mean total commitment and plenty of beef!!! Jairo sent his first 8c last year and has bouldered 8a as well – showing what a bit of hard work can do. So follow [...]

Pareti Sport Center – an Amazing Training Facility

| February 5, 2013 | Reply
Pareti Sport Center – an Amazing Training Facility

How cool is this training center? Looking for more strength, well there are a ton of great ideas you can pull from this video. Walls Sports Center is pleased to present the new hall for training dry. Beams, pan Gullich, wall system, scale Bachar, cracks joints, clamps, weights, rings, flat bench … Michele Caminati in [...]

The Blog

Shoulder Pain: More Than Meets the Eye By Dr. Vince DiSaia

| April 18, 2013 | Reply
Shoulder Pain: More Than Meets the Eye By Dr. Vince DiSaia

By Dr. Vince DiSaia I have seen almost every type of shoulder injury imaginable. Most of them are not traumatic in nature and the patient always says, “It just started hurting one day”. The rotator cuff muscles are the most commonly injured muscles in the shoulder area. However, what most people don’t realize is that [...]

System & Finger Training

| March 24, 2013 | Reply
System & Finger Training

I have finally finished my system wall. I started this training years ago when I read an article by the Huber brothers on how they used this method to help them increase their strength, power and body tension. I have found over the years body tension is key to improvement. The more you have the [...]

Taking Climbing Training To The Max with Jairo Pandiello

| March 8, 2013 | Reply
Taking Climbing Training To The Max with Jairo Pandiello

Wild Country Spanish team member, Jairo Pandiello shows a little of what training means to him in this entertaining video…and that seems to mean total commitment and plenty of beef!!! Jairo sent his first 8c last year and has bouldered 8a as well – showing what a bit of hard work can do. So follow [...]

South African Bouldering

Ashima Shiraishi on Scorpion 8A/V11

| January 20, 2013 | Reply
Ashima Shiraishi on Scorpion 8A/V11

Some exclusive bonus material of Ashima Shiraishi making the First Female Ascent of Scorpion 8A/V11 from the new feature length film Chasing Winter. Available January 21st at 27crags.com/films.

Kilian Fischhuber sending Air Star (8B) – Updated

| January 13, 2013 | Reply
Kilian Fischhuber sending Air Star (8B) –  Updated

It does not appear to be done with the Pogo technique, but who cares. What a cool problem. A clip from Chuck Fryberger’s AMAZING film Core illustrating what happens when bouldering’s finest– Nalle Hukkataival, Keven Jorgeson, Kilian Fischhuber, et al. work collectively to FA the dramatic Air Star (8B) in the Rocklands, South Africa’s bouldering [...]

Girl Power! Mélissa Le Nevé in Rocklands

| October 3, 2012 | Reply
Girl Power! Mélissa Le Nevé in Rocklands

- Vivid Landscapes – “Some places are nice to visit and some places just make you feel like the luckiest person in the world. This is what we felt during our trip to Rocklands. So does Rocklands live up to its hype? Yes, it does. But it’s not only about the climbing. It’s the whole [...]

Fontainebleau

Retour au Restant du long rocher

| May 30, 2013 | Reply
Retour au Restant du long rocher

Funky start, but interesting problem.

The Traphouse, 8B+, V14 and more!!

| May 14, 2013 | Reply
The Traphouse, 8B+, V14 and more!!

If you are too young to have seen the Real Thing with Ben and Jerry, go find it. This clip highlights one of the videos great problems, surplomb de la Mée. Watch Guillaume fire it and if you go back to the Real Thing see how it was done years ago. The old guys could [...]

L’insoutenable légèreté de l’être & Chaos

| May 12, 2013 | Reply
L’insoutenable légèreté de l’être & Chaos

Guillaume GLAIRON MONDET Climbing in Font Two more 8Bs in the forest during the last months including : Chaos, 8B / V13 in Rocher Gréau L’insoutenable légèreté de l’être, 8B / V13 in Isatis More info on my blog : guillaumeglaironmondet.blogspot.fr/ Guillaume GLAIRON MONDET grimpe en Foret de Fontainebleau Deux 8B de plus sortis ces [...]

Joshua Tree

The General’s Apprentice by Mike Turner

| January 14, 2013 | Reply
The General’s Apprentice by Mike Turner

First Ascent of a new climb in Joshua Tree. No idea how hard, but once it gets some traffic should probably settle in the V6 range…? M.Turner Nice job Mike! Looks like a good problem.

The BP Editor on Dread Left V6/7

| December 4, 2012 | Reply
The BP Editor on Dread Left V6/7

A very cool problem. As Rob mentions in the post. The grade maybe closer to V6, as I reflect on Acid Wash right I did a week ago from the stand and sit. I do believe Acid Wash right from the stand is a bit more technical and powerful, so V6/6+ is probably right. All [...]

Roadside on GTR – JTree

| October 8, 2012 | Reply
Roadside on GTR – JTree

Koge Sit V7 (above) Jill did well on what seemed to be reachy moves to an undercling; she now has to work out that long reach to the lip! Having removed the two video clips, I replaced it with this FA piece we edited (we had better footage of Jon, but … messed up the [...]

Bishop Bouldering

Bishop Bouldering 2013

| May 31, 2013 | Reply
Bishop Bouldering 2013

Saigon, Camelot, Rave, Flyboy Sit, Crosstown Traffic, The Cube and many more! secrets

Dan Beall sends Luminance!

| March 23, 2013 | Reply
Dan Beall sends Luminance!

This may be from a few years ago, but still a proud send, congrats Dan! Dan Beall makes the 3rd ascent and 1st ground-up ascent of “Luminance” – V11 in Bishop, CA, on October 17th, 2009. With one of the worst landings in the Buttermilks, four pads, three spotters, and terrible temps, conditions were less [...]

Direct North V14 by Carlo Traversi

| March 3, 2013 | Reply
Direct North V14 by Carlo Traversi

Uncut send footage of Direct North V14 in the Buttermilks of Bishop, California.

Recent Posts

Boulder World Cup 2013 report – Innsbruck, Austria

Boulder World Cup 2013 report – Innsbruck, Austria

| May 23, 2013 | Reply

The fifth stop of the IFSC World Cup season 2013 celebrated a big climbing party at the Marktplatz in Innsbruck from May 16th to 18th. The finals fantastic result in black-red-golden. Jule Wurm, who already finished second at the European Championships 2010 in Innsbruck and local heroine Anna Stöhr, leader after the semi-finals, fought an [...]

Paul Robinson: American Gangster V14

Paul Robinson: American Gangster V14

| May 23, 2013 | Reply

While living in Innsbruck, Austria this past Autumn, I was fortunate enough to be able to climb in the incredible beautiful area of Zillertal. On one of my first days there I stumbled upon the boulder problem, American Gangster. When I first saw the line, I got really psyched to try it and set to [...]

Zarzamora 8A, Albarracin

Zarzamora 8A, Albarracin

| May 22, 2013 | Reply

Sunday May 19th with a time-changing the look of Lady Gaga. A three-hour session in which step of everything from the hottest heat, rain, more rain, humidity more slug. He who does not risk, does not suck …

On the ARk

On the ARk

| May 16, 2013 | Reply

In January a few homies and I made our way to Arkansas to sample some world class sandstone. This is the product of that trip. Climbers: Dave Wetmore, Nate Draughn, Jimmy Webb, Rami Annab Problems: Full Package V13, Glass Bowl V10, Fred’s Cave V11, Anti Hero V12, Welcome to Fight Club V13, Color of Fire [...]

Washington Bouldering – Jon Glassberg

Washington Bouldering – Jon Glassberg

| May 8, 2013 | Reply

Jon Glassberg climbing in Leavenworth, Gold Bar, and Index, Washington. Boulders: Coffee Cup (V9) The Practitioner (V11) Beautification (V11) Cotton Pony (V10) Nine Iron (V10) Thunderdome Low (V11) The Prism (V9) WAS (V8) Leggo My Ego (V7) Ebriosity (V11) Turbulence (V12)

Bridge of Ashes

Bridge of Ashes

| May 6, 2013 | Reply

A great look at the life of one of the best climbers in the world, Dave Graham. Follow the year-long story of Five Ten Elite Athlete Dave Graham as he goes after the first ascent of his latest project, Bridge of Ashes. Video by Bearcam Media and The Island.

Chasin’ the Rubbish 2.0 in Fontainebleau, France

Chasin’ the Rubbish 2.0 in Fontainebleau, France

| May 5, 2013 | Reply

Fontainebleau, Easter 2013. Forget about searching for Easter eggs in the Fontainebleau forest: the Black Diamond team, Black Diamond athletes and numerous boulderers came together over the four days of the Easter 2013 holiday to rid the boulder areas of rubbish and to raise people’s awareness about adopting a respectful attitude toward nature and rock. [...]