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 Sport Climbing in Alberta
Photos by Nick Croken / www.redlinephoto.ca - Nick Croken is a photographer based out of Edmonton, Alberta. Although most of his work is commercial and automotive based he is out climbing every weekend and often finds himself shooting from above at the people below. This gallery is a small selection of what Alberta has to offer at areas near Calgary, Jasper,and Canmore. Stay tuned for future galleries to come featuring more beautiful Alberta rock.  2009 Mammut Bouldering Championships
Photos by David E. Anderson / www.dave-anderson.com - Daniel Woods and Alex Johnson won the Mammut Bouldering Championship in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 20-21. Woods dominated the men's final, flashing three of the four problems and topping out on the remaining problem on his second attempt. Alex Johnson battled with Alex Puccio for the women's crown, with each woman flashing the first three problems. The Mammut Bouldering Championships, held atop a hotel parking garage in downtown Salt Lake City in conjunction with the Outdoor Retailer summer trade show, drew several thousand spectators during the course of the evening final. For full results visit: Boulderingcomps.com  Men's Final - 2009 Mammut Bouldering Championships
Photos by Justin Roth - Daniel Woods won the Mammut Bouldering Championship in Salt Lake City, Utah on July 21st. Woods dominated the men's final, flashing three of the four problems and topping out on the remaining problem on his second attempt. Only one other climber, Paul Robinson, flashed any of the final problems; Julian Bautista topped out on all four problems in a total of 10 attempts, good enough to grab second place.The Mammut Bouldering Championships, held atop a hotel parking garage in downtown SLC in conjunction with the Outdoor Retailer summer trade show, drew several thousand spectators during the course of the evening final. For full results visit: Boulderingcomps.com  Photography by Tyler Roemer
Tyler Roemer is an adventure sports, portrait, and lifestyle photographer based in Bend, Oregon. In these photos he's selected climbs from three climbing areas. Featured in this gallery are: White Line Fever, Prey for Me, Redtail and CrotchBound at the City of Rocks in Idaho; the Mandala, Center Direct, Evillution and Stain Glass at the Buttermilks and Solarium at the Sad Boulders near Bishop California; plus an odd formation near Tumalo, in Central Oregon. Roemer's portfolio, blogs, and news can be found on TylerRoemer.com & TylerRoemer.blogspot.com  2009 World Cup Boulder - Eindhoven, Netherlands
Photos by Jörg Paschke / joergpaschke.de - On June 12-14, 2009, the World Cup Bouldering came to Eindhoven in the Netherlands. With an audience of more than 1000 enthusiastic fans and a professional organization team, the scene of the games – a former factory building – turned into a place full of suspense until the last minute. The route setting crew gave their best efforts to reveal champions: Austrian Kilian Fischhuber succeeded to take the winner's position over Russian Rustam Gelmanov, who held the lead since the beginning of the season, and Akiyo Noguchi from Japan won the gold in the women's final. The Boulder World Cup 2009 in Eindhoven has shown that bouldering should in fact be part of the Olympic sport disciplines as declared by Erica Terpstra, chairman of the Dutch Olympic Committee, at the end of the finals. Click here for more info and final results.  Sunset Rock Trail Day
Photos by Luke Laeser - On June 6th, 2009, forty volunteers participated in a National Trails Day work session above Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Lookout Mountain at on of the Southeast's most historic and treasured climbing areas — Sunset Rock. Organized by Chuck Weber from PMI Ropes, Luis Rodrigez from the TBA Gym and in conjunction with the Southeastern Climbers Coalition (SCC) plus efforts from TeamWorks (the Access Fund’s youth initiative) work crews moved several tons of mulch and rock to control errosion on the Buff Trail. The very first SCC trail day occured at Sunst Rock back in 1993 to help keep the climbing spot in good shape and strengthen the relationship between the National Park Service and climbers.  TEVA Mountain Games - Day 1, 2009
Photos by Justin Roth - The American’s have been doing well, general consensus is that the setting in the qualifiers was way better than last year, and the weather seems to be a holding: cloudy, cool, and no rain yet, knock on wood. The 8th annual Teva Mountain Games is the nation’s premiere outdoor adventure event (June 4 – 7, 2009) held in Vail, Colorado. In addition to amateur climbing competitions, the IFSC Bouldering World Cup is once again at TEVA. Visit: tevamountaingames.com for more info  The 2009 Gravity Brawl
Photos by NE2C / Leland Marshall - This year's Gravity Brawl (May 29-30, 2009, at the New Jersey Rock Gym in Fairfield, NJ) presented by Native Eyewear and proudced by NE2C, to summarize, was legendary. And, in case you haven't heard, the Mammut Bouldering Championships' Gravity Brawl is one of the best comps of the year — maybe ever! With bright lights and an awesome stage the top 10 men and women crushed it on Saturday night for a $5,000 cash purse. Finals problems 1 and 4 were sponsored by ETCH, and 2 and 3 by Climb-It. Full results and more info at: boulderingchampionships.com  Lucky #7 - 2009 New River Rendezvous
Photography by Chuck Kozora / chuckkozora.com - On May 14-17, 2009, climbers from all over the country, a few dogs, and even a duck descended upon the bullet sandstone of the New River Gorge to raise funds for New River Alliance of Climbers. Perfect, sunny weather held for several days of great climbing and even when Saturday night's rain did come, the crowd's enthusiasm and high spirits were not to be subdued. Shown in this gallery is climbing action at the Kaymoor and Bridge crags, as well as festivities at the Burnwood campground: slack-lines, dyno competition, tug-o-war, and hula-hoop. For more information visit: newriverrendezvous.com  The Wonders of Hampi, India
Photos by Steve Walters / walterscreative.com - When I first got off the train in the neighboring town of Hospet, I couldn't imagine that this was the world class bouldering area. There wasn't a boulder in sight, just fields and cocoanut trees. After 10 minutes on the bus, though I could see my mistake. The boulders seemed to rise up out of the ground, a more prolific crop than any the farmers were growing. Adding to the magic are the 650 year old temples , forts and remnants of a city larger than Rome at its peak. Now, the population of around 3000 has established a very friendly town catering to tourists and climbers. Between the boulders, temples and the friendly people, Hampi really is a climbers dream come true.  Photos from the European Tour and the Making of PURE
Photos by Chuck Fryberger / chuckfryberger.com - Shown in this gallery are photos from the making of Fryberger's new bouldering movie — PURE — with photos from the European PURE Tour; Rocklands, South Africa; Sonoma County, California; Fountainebleau, France; Innsbruck, Austria plus Colorado, Arco, Italy; La Vallei, Magic Wood and Brione Switzerland. PURE is about 19 extraordinary climbers (Nalle Hukkataival, Kevin Jorgeson, Kilian Fischhuber, Anna Stoehr, Fred Nicole, Cody Roth ... just to name a few) in six countries on three continents, with no ropes. Click here to watch the PURE trailer. Click here to order the PURE DVD from Bouldering.com!  Mid-Atlantic Rock
Photos by Spenser Li - Mid-Atlantic climbing, in the Eastern US, isn't the most spectacular destination. In general, it's short and greasy, but it does offer good variety. The Shawangunks' steep, horizontal slots create a sport crag for trad climbers. If you turn the Gunks on its side, you get the towering flake of quartzite that is Seneca Rocks in West Virginia, complete with a seven foot by 30 foot wide summit ridge. The sandstone of the New River Gorge in West Virginia has a plethora of single pitch sport and trad lines. And finally, Old Rag Mountain in the Shenandoahs of Virginia, has some gorgeous granite and classic cracks.  Perfect Blocks in Ticino, Switzerland
Photos by Frank Kretschmann / funst.de - Every year hundreds of boulderers travel to Southern Switzerland to climb on the perfect granite boulders surrounding the small villages of Cresciano and Chironico in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. This year I joined up with Red Chili team members Dani and Phil Hrozek and the two youngsters Sammuel Adolph and Lukas Bolesch. For me it was not the first time, but for somebody who normally shoulders his rope, it was a first to be watching people hanging around in freezing temperatures and being happy about it. After a few days I began to understand why — because of the grip of course! Read More. For more information visit: redchili.de.  Melloblocco 2009 - Photo Gallery
Photos by Claudio Piscina and Diego Neonati / PlanetMountain.com - On May 7-10, (Thursday through Sunday), 2009, over 2100 registered climbers and more than 5000 visitors gathered for the sixth annual Melloblocco, or "bouldering game", at the most famous international bouldering meeting in the world, Val di Mello (Val Masino - Sondrio), Italy. The event, organized by Comune di Val Masino (comune.valmasino.so.it), attracted everyone from champion climbers, to passionate boulderers, to children and beginners, all there to enjoy Val di Mello at it's finest, to climb and respect nature, without using cars (only the shuttle bus). Read more.  Escape from New York - Part 4 - Photo Gallery
Photos by Meredith Rike and Kevin Riley - Our first stop in Arizona was Jack's Canyon. Jack's lies east of Flagstaff by about an hour, and features hundreds of well-protected sport routes on clean, white limestone. The canyon itself is ideal, since it doesn’t seem to get used by anyone but climbers and is fairly far off the main roads. Once you get down to the bottom, the trail winds past various walls with routes that range from the super steep to moderate, with everything in between. Another bonus, there are tons of free campsites right at the head of the trail into the canyon, which are secluded feeling thanks to scrubby tree growth throughout. Read Part 1, Read Part 2, Read Part 3, Read Part 4 |
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