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

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 [...]

Chasin’ the Rubbish 2.0 in Fontainebleau, France

| May 5, 2013 | Reply
Chasin’ the Rubbish 2.0 in Fontainebleau, France

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. [...]

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

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.

Seven Spanish Angels Full SDS V11 (8A) FA

| January 26, 2013 | Reply
Seven Spanish Angels Full SDS V11 (8A) FA

This video is about a new Sit Down Start (SDS) to Seven Spanish Angels, a classic boulder problem in the Buttermilks in Bishop, CA, USA. I believe this might actually be a First Ascent (FA) for me… The new start flows really well into the original stand start, and basically doubles the number of moves [...]

Recent Posts

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.

Ticino Sendfest!

Ticino Sendfest!

| April 30, 2013 | Reply

The second and last part to our trip to Ticino. Following boulders are featured: Frank’s Wild Years 8A+ La Proue 8B Flash Arcadia 7C La Boule 8A La Pelle 8A+ Komilator 7C Collateral 8B Arete wit a Pocket 8A katharina-saurwein.com jorgverhoeven.com

The Wave

The Wave

| April 28, 2013 | Reply

A nice tribute to the Wave Wall at the Foundry in the UK.

Fontainebleau – En Passion  | a small bouldering flick

Fontainebleau – En Passion | a small bouldering flick

| April 25, 2013 | Reply

A small bouldering flick from a week in Font the spring of 2013. Not the regular “climbing porn” where you will see middle aged men cranking hard but instead a more mellow movie with some stuff around the climbing. But don’t worry, of course there’s some climbing as well. Sorry for you foreign people interested [...]

Chris Schulte climbing 8B boulder problems in Brione, Switzerland

Chris Schulte climbing 8B boulder problems in Brione, Switzerland

| April 24, 2013 | Reply

BD athlete Chris Schulte continues his European bouldering tour with a stop at the immaculate granite boulders of Brione, Switzerland. Here is the video he made from his visit where he climbed a couple of stellar 8Bs, as well as a host of other classic problems. =================================================================================== High up past the terraced vineyards of Scalata [...]

The Biscuit Factory Highlights – Round #5:

The Biscuit Factory Highlights – Round #5:

| April 23, 2013 | Reply

Highlights from the fifth round of the UK bouldering series BlocFest at The Biscuit Factory, London — March 9th 2013.