 X-treme Rock Climbing - Miami, FL
Over 30 feet tall with 14,000 sq. ft of climbing surface, 40% available for lead, large boulder wall, 175 sq. ft. boulder cave, 39 top ropes, over 120+ routes, two birthday party/meeting rooms, 2000 sq. ft. fitness area including two weight machines, free weights, treadmills, elipticals, stairmasters, lifecycles and treadwall. 1200 sq. ft. yoga studio offering Yoga six days a week. Visit: X-tremerock.com
 Mountain Weather
Updated 11/18/09 by Michael Fagin - Weekly updates on mountain weather for a different location each week and updated every Thursday. We will cover the following: Alps, Cascades, Sierra, Aconcagua, and more will be added. Lead forecaster Michael Fagin has been providing mountain weather forecasts since the 1970's.
 The Longest Climb
This is an attempt to set a new world record. An attempt to raise £10,000 for three charities: Amnesty International, Heart UK, Mountain Rescue England and Wales. This is two guys, Tom Lancaster and Jonathan Briggs, attempting to climb the height of Mount Everest, 8,848 meters (or 29,029 feet), in one stretch, on an indoor climbing wall. This equates to 738 times up the 12 meter wall.
 CONTENTS #34 > NOVEMBER 2009
FEATURES IN THIS ISSUE: Future Gyms - Today’s next-gen gyms are changing the face of our sport . . . indoors and out; Font vs. Annot - Hueco Tanks guidebook author and pro climber Matt Wilder heads to France to settle the score; Filling My Vortex - A tale of mysticism, close calls, and winterclimbing bliss in Arizona; DEPARTMENTS: 411 - Ear Candy: Lord Scrummage; Daniel Woods in Europe; climbing nutritionology; Drive - Lauren Lee (is back!) and (the other) Alex Johnson; Workshop - Setting outside the box; SLO-Op; San Luis Obispo, California
 COIN #34 - THE STUFF OF MYTH
HERA’S PARTNERS IN ACTION PACKAGE // Hera was more than just an ancient
Greek goddess — she was the ancient
Greek goddess. She was strong,
confident, and didn’t take any
crap, even from her husband, Zeus. Our
friends at HERA (herafoundation.org) named
their non-profit org after this powerful character
because of her strength and her role as
a protector of women.
 ENTOURAGE - #34 > NOVEMBER 2009
ROB PIZEM - "If I see something beautiful, I want to figure it out and climb it, whatever it takes," says Rob "The Piz" Pizem, 33, about aesthetic routes. Pizem, originally from Kirtland, Ohio, began climbing 15 years ago on a toprope outside Cleveland and, as the saying goes, was immediately hooked. MATT WILDER - As an upstanding member of the climbing community, the 30-year-old Matt Wilder - a Weston, Connecticut, native - has authored a bouldering guidebook to Hueco Tanks, Texas, and nabbed FAs in Boulder Canyon, super-highballs in Bishop, and the big first free ascents in Yosemite.
 The 2009 Triple Crown Bouldering Series
The biggest and most bodacious outdoor boulder series is back again - for the 7th time with two of the three events now in the books: Hound Ears in Boone, NC and Horse Pens-40 in Steele, AL. The grand finale will conclude the series at the Stone Fort near Chattanooga, TN on December 5th. The Triple Crown is dedicated to maintaining climbing access by supporting the Southeastern Climbers' Coalition and The Carolina Climbers' Coalition. Visit: TripleCrownBouldering.org for more information.
 2010 Red Rock Rendezvous - Las Vegas, Nevada
Registration has officially opened for the seventh annual “Mountain Gear Presents: Red Rock Rendezvous” (RRR) rock climbing festival, title sponsored by The North Face. RRR will return to the Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near Las Vegas on March 19-21, 2010, to benefit The Access Fund.
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YOUTH CHARITY LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE and DESERT EXPEDITION to the EMPTY QUARTER
11/24/09 - Young people with a lust for adventure and a passion for environmental science are urged to apply for The British Schools Exploring Society’s desert expedition to Oman’s Empty Quarter in spring 2011.
HAPPIEST BRAND ON EARTH TO SELL AT HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH
11/23/09 - Sanuk (they’re not shoes, they’re sandals) takes out a rubber chicken, smiles, and announces the grand opening of the Sanuk signature store at the world famous Downtown Disney.
GIRL ON THE ROCKS - Winner of a 2009 National Outdoor Book Award
11/23/09 - Globe Pequot Press and FalconGuides are proud to announce GIRL ON THE ROCKS: A Woman's Guide to Climbing with Strength, Grace, and Courage by Katie Brown, as the winner of the 2009 National Outdoor Book Awards in the Instructional Category.
Jaeger-LeCoultre forges a new extreme path The conquest of a virgin peak: Antoine LeCoultre's Peak
11/23/09 - Under the patronage of the Grande Maison in the Vallée de Joux, the team of three mountaineers – Swiss guide Stéphane Schaffter, renowned Apa Sherpa and Little Karim Balti – have successfully scaled virgin summit in Himalaya, christened Antoine LeCoultre’s Peak.
Eastern Mountain Sports - Gear 4 A Year Video Contest
11/16/09 - A 2-minute video could win you a year’s worth of gear! The only thing we like better than getting outside ourselves is hearing from our customers about how much fun they’ve had, and that’s what Gear 4 A Year is all about!
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 Natalija Gros - Le Tango Vertical
Video by Film IT and New Partisan Cinema - Slovenian World Cup superstar Natalija Gros is elegantly shown barefoot deep water soloing in Croatia in this short video. The Ljubljana based 25 year old has been climbing since age 6, redpointed 5.14c (Histerija at Misja Pec) and onsighted 5.13b. The goal of the video was emphasize to her seemingly effortless technique, dubbed to Latin rhythms, thus the name "Le Tango Vertical". Need we say more? I think not. Enjoy!
 The Sends - Full Trailer
A film by Shawn Boye / Tielma Productions - From the Director of Swedish Meatballs comes the story of a two year Odyssey through a land covered in Granite. The adventure begins deep in the Forest of the Steepest Boulders where Peter Bosma encounters a real life Monster, Stefan Rasmussen, reincarnate of ancient Vikings. Narrowly escaping a Duel to the Death, Peter heads West in search of First Ascents high above frigid, Medusa filled, waters. But there is another, the Fearless Rasta, Stefan Wulf, willing to do Combat for Ultimate Glory. The cries of battle culminate in the awakening of the God of the Underworld, Björn Strömberg, struggling in his attempt to escape the confines of the Never Ending Cave.
 ALEX JOHNSON
You may have heard the name Alex Johnson before, but chances are you’re only getting half the story. In the town of Downer’s Grove, Illinois, there’s a hardcrankin’ high school senior who heaps still more credit on the already well-repped “Alex Johnson” name. This Alex Johnson, however, competes on the male side of the circuit. After discovering climbing at a YMCA in 2002, Johnson moved quickly onto the competition scene.
 LAUREN LEE
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Lauren Lee, 29, has been in the climbing game for over a decade. In that time, she’s graced the covers of many a climbing mag, and appeared in several vids, including Big Game and Herakleia. Today, Lee lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her boyfriend, the photographer Keith Ladzinski. Outside of climbing, she says she likes “pretty much anything that consists of having fun.”
 YOU CLIMB WHAT YOU EAT
Nate Warren of Boone, North Carolina, is your typical obsessed climber: he selected a university (Appalachian State) based on proximity to rock; he bemoans the fact that school gets in the way of his climbing; and he stays fit so he can climb his hardest. But it’s Warren’s obsession with diet (in a healthy way . . . maybe) that sets him apart.
 NEW SCHOOL IN THE OLD WORLD
In case you haven’t noticed, many of America’s pro climbers have been making their way to Europe lately, often for months at a time. Some bawllas, including Jon Cardwell, Dave Graham (who in late September ticked Abyss, one of three 9a’s [5.14d] at France’s Gorges du Loup), Joe Kinder, and Daniel Woods (who recently climbed his hardest route to-date, KinematiX, another of Gorges du Loup’s 9a’s) are touring French rock hot spots.
 LORD SCRUMMAGE
The Detroit-based band Lord Scrummage is more than just a musical act — it’s an experience. UCMag experienced that experience fi rsthand during this year’s Teva Mountain Games in Vail, Colorado — you see, Lord Scrummage crashed with us in our swank suite at the Vail Mountain Lodge. Like any good band, the Scrum Dog Millionaires spent a lot of time drinking, smoking cigarettes, and copping free Internet.
 STARTING HOLD - #34 > NOVEMBER 2009
CINEMA PARADISO - RE-DISCOVERING CLIMBING AND COMMUNITY IN THE DARK // Mid September, I went to the nationwide
premier of the Reel Rock Film Tour at the
Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado. It
came as no surprise that the theater was
packed — Boulder is, after all, one of the most
climber-dense regions in the country. It was so jammed,
in fact, I feared for my safety.
 IMS Bouldercup - Brixen, Italy
Photos by Franz Walter / www.nanuuq.net - On November 3-8, 2009, the International Mountain Summit kicked off a week activities and presentations dedicated to everything about mountains and alpine sports in the Italian town of Bressanone/Brixen in the South Tyrol. Mountaineering legends like Reinhold Messner and Chris Bonington, plus a number of other world famous climbing celebrities attended the summit like: Steve House, Ines Papert, Peter Habeler, Hans Kammerlander, Stephan Siegrist, Simone Moro and Stefan Glowacz. Next to top-notch presentations a bouldering competition also took place complete with world cup competitors Kilian Fischhuber, Anna Stöhr, Jonas Baumann and Daniel Woods. For more info visit: www.ims.bz
 DWS: The Mallorca Experience
Photos by Chris Weidner - Over three weeks in September, five North Face team members (Emily Harrington, Alex Honnold, James Pearson, Matt Segal and Cedar Wright), two photographers (Tim Kemple and Patrick Bagley), and eight other climbers (Sam Elias, Emily Brazenall, Beck Kloss, Matt Bird, George Taylor, Cerian Lewis, Emma Coombes and myself) rallied to the Spanish island of Mallorca that sits just east of the mainland in the Mediterranean Sea. On any given day there were between seven and twelve of us sharing a house, partying, and trying not to fall. The 20 to 60-foot limestone sea cliffs were our boulders, and the Med was our crash pad. Every climbing day involved salty air, humid rock, spoogy shoes, and extra chalk — plus an extraordinary dose of fear. Read more at DailyCamera.com.
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