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The Sharp End trailer - holy shit this looks cool as hell

Saturday, August 9th, 2008 Posted in climbing | No Comments »

Watch this it rules you drools I need to make a fish-eyed lense video of me pulling a 5.6 move and screaming like a horse set to some punk rock to send to my mum so I can finally proove how ...

New Austin wall opening soon (ish) at Reimer’s Ranch

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in climbing | No Comments »

Check this out: Oh and there's more. Want to help develop it? Want to be a first ascensionist ? Check out Central Texas Mountaineers and join their upcoming trail building days to check this place out, as public access is still ...

Probably the best commentary on climbing ethics I have ever seen

Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 Posted in climbing | No Comments »

matt lloyd from Nelson Carayannis on Vimeo.

Soloing in Stolby, Russia

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 Posted in climbing | 1 Comment »

There's an incredible video on SendAustin! about a national park in Stolby, where the locals have been soloing for over a hundred years. Not just your stereotypical climbers either, this is fun for the whole family. And they keep dying. I'd ...

In a land of polish, one man stands up (on limestone slopers that feel like grit)

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 Posted in climbing | 2 Comments »

Ha! I bet most of you don't even know what millstone grit is. "God's own rock" as they call it in the UK, for the dubious reason that it is the hardest, and roughest rock anyone has ever climbed on. Few ...

Old school Reimers topos

Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in climbing | No Comments »

Good news, someone had kept copies of the old PDF topos that used to exist on the now dead texasclimbers.com, right here: SendAustin! An excellent austin climbing blog on it's own right, but I'm embarrassed to say that their header logo ...

I want your crag photos

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in climbing | No Comments »

Do you have any BIG crag photos you wouldn't mind me using on this website as a source for topos? Partial wall, climbers, bad weather are all fine, I can piece together walls from 20 individual photos no problem. I'll give you ...

I want topos and I want them now and I don’t want them enough to pay for them OK

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in climbing | 1 Comment »

I thought austin was supposed to be famous for all the tech people, and if there's one thing techy people love apart from neck beards & world of warcraft it's free information. So where are the free topos people? Current topos ...

first poast

Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in climbing | 1 Comment »

unf cutting loose on diving for rocks, seismic wall, greenbelt