Leo Houlding on Napes Needle’s Wasdale Crack and Wasdale Roof in England’s Lake District [5:05]

June 19, 2013
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Famed English climber Leo Houlding climbs two classic routes up the Lake District’s iconic Napes Needle.

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Arnaud Petit Climbs Céüse’s Steep Black Bean (8b/5.13b) on Questionable Gear [11:00]

June 16, 2013
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In one of the more unique trad videos around, French climber Arnaud Petit places dodgy cams and sketchy nuts on one of Céüse’s famous steep limestone routes. Oh, and the single-pitch route is 65 meters (213 feet) long.

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Hardcore Trad Climber Rob Pizem Talks About Being a Weekend Warrior [3:36]

June 15, 2013
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American science teacher and hardcore trad climber Rob Pizem talks about making the most of your climbing time, and this video shows him climbing some very impressive lines.

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Sonnie Trotter Takes Us Through the First Ascent of The Path (5.14 R) at Lake Louise, Canada [9:07]

June 13, 2013
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In this video, superstar Canadian climber Sonnie Trotter makes the first ascent of The Path (5.14 R) at Alberta’s Lake Louise. 

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Michele Caminati on The New Statesman (E8 7a), a Dangerous Gritstone Trad Climb [3:19]

June 12, 2013
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Italian climber Michele Caminati tests his mettle on a desperate gritstone trad route at Ilkley in the UK.

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Check Out Tom Randall’s Ultimate Crack Climbing Training Machine [3:27]

June 9, 2013
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What do you do if you want to climb a variety of hard splitter cracks but don’t have too many of them around to train on? You build a crack climbing training circuit in your basement, of course. 

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Mike Libecki and Ethan Pringle on the First Ascent of a Huge New Climb in Greenland [4:26]

June 8, 2013
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It would be the trip of a lifetime for most of us but just another adventure for Mike Libecki. He teams up with expedition rookie Ethan Pringle to tackle a beautiful line on a stunning mountain in Greenland.

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Cody Roth Climbs an Insanely Difficult Crack in Albuquerque’s Sandia Mountains [4:00]

June 7, 2013
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Albuquerque native Cody Roth climbs one of the area’s hardest trad lines.

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What Makes Master Offwidth Climber Pamela Pack Tick? [3:31]

June 6, 2013
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Here’s another vid of Pamela “Shanti” Pack—arguably one of the best offwidth climbers in the world—doing her thing near Moab, Utah.

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Pamela Pack on the First Ascent of The Forever War, a 5.13+ R Offwidth at Vedauwoo, Wyoming [4:03]

June 5, 2013
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American climber Pamela “Shanti” Pack goes upside down on the first ascent of the hardest offwidth at Vedauwoo, an overhanging 5.13c/d beast called The Forever War.

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