If you went to the Reel Rock Film Festival last year, you probably saw a film called "La Dura Dura" featuring Chris Sharma and Adam Ondra working on a climb in Oliana, Spain, that Chris bolted a few years back. In spite of the climb being Chris' creation, he had pretty much dismissed the climb due to it's difficulty. It wasn't until Adam gave it a try and lit a fire in Chris that renewed his interest. Together, Chris and Adam spent 9 weeks working on the project and unlocking the sequences. Here is the new, full video of the realized climb.
Professor Raphael Slawinski is not only a master of Physics, he is also a master of ice climbing. When he is not teaching at the Mount Royal University in Calgary, AB, he is out in the mountains climbing. As a nominee for National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, he has some great insight on what drives people to climb.
And last, but not least - we may have mentioned this earlier in the blog, but just in case you haven't heard yet - this weekend is RED ROCK RENDEZVOUS!! This next video has some great highlights of all the fun from last year. Hopefully you can make it out.
Have a great weekend! - James
Saturday, March 29, 2014
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