Climbfind Heroes

May 18

hueftle:

The Bouldering World Cup in Imst has come and gone, with Jan Hojer and Jule Wurm, both of Germany, both taking their first gold medals. Read all about it:
Innsbruck Women’s Finals
Innsbruck Men’s Finals

The Bouldering World Cup in Imst has come and gone, with Jan Hojer and Jule Wurm, both of Germany, both taking their first gold medals. Read all about it:

Innsbruck Women’s Finals

Innsbruck Men’s Finals

Awesome, this town is built under a cliff! New route? Let’s call it “Off the Balcony”!

See more photos on Messy Nessy Chic

May 16

Pooping in the outdoors, a helpful flowchart from Semi Rad

May 10

May 4

Interview with Colette!

“Iâm hoping to run with this mental confidence and continue to progress as a climber” Both on and off the wall, Colette McInerney is shaping the image of climbing. She humbly balances climbing 5.14…

She’s one of our heroes, living the life and never giving up. Colette recently climbed her first 5.14a! Click the link for an interview with this inspiring crusher.

Apr 30

“Sure, it’s not a big deal. We climb rocks. First world problems. But if we already acknowledge that climbing, though a trivial pursuit in the grand scheme of ‘bigger things to get pissed about,’ is what is important to us, then we all are definitely allowed to hold [climbing] symbols sacred. I suppose it’s kind of a funny dichotomy we climbers hold. We trivialize and belittle our own activity even as we design our whole lives around it.” Spenser Tang-Smith, The RV Project, about the erasure of the lighting bold on Midnight Lighting, Yosemite (F.A. Ron Kauk, chalk lighting bolt first drawn by John Bachar)

Apr 29

Apr 22

Thanks for the tips Access Fund!

Apr 15

New flim from LT11. As usual, free!

Apr 8

If you're a climber Ian Powell has changed your life, and you've probably never even heard of him.

Ian Powell by Caroline Treadway