Quick Sends - 11/28/07
November 28, 2007
It’s been kinda a slow week. At least in the U.S., climbers must have had too much turkey…
Patxi Usobiaga climbs two 9a routes in a day (via joost.climbing.nl)
French team climbs new route in Nepal on previously unclimbed subpeak of Ganesh V
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Trailer for Spray climbing film
November 26, 2007
Brian Solano’s new film, Spray, will be released on February 1, 2008. Starring Joe Kinder and Chris Linder, Spray is the fourth climbing film from BS Productions.
From the Spray synopsis,
Filmmaker Brian Solano followed Joe Kinder and Chris Lindner on their most recent journey documenting every moment in crystal clear High Definition video. The team set out to explore the treasures of California’s northern coastline. They ventured through the delicate beaches of Arcata, the stunning limestone of the Trinity Aretes, the historical shores of Mickey’s Beach, and the alpine stone of Donner Summit.
Watching the trailer and judging from Brian’s previous work, Spray should be a winner.
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Using Jiglu for intelligent tagging
November 26, 2007
I started using a service a few weeks ago called Jiglu. Their slogan is “tags that think”. Basically the service scours All Climbing and then creates new links to content within the site. So if I write a post and don’t explicitly link to an external site, Jiglu may create a link to content within All Climbing.
So far I can see that numerous readers are clicking on the links and finding new content within the All Climbing blog. But that what I think (or hope) is happening. It occurred to me that these new links for internal content may actually be duping readers into clicking on a link that they otherwise would not, expecting to visit a new web site.
Does anyone have any opinions on this? Keep ‘em or ditch ‘em?
UPDATE: As if it knew I was talking about it, the links from Jiglu got worse over the past couple of days making posts almost unreadable with so many links. Jiglu has now been removed.
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Climbing Video: Bouldering in North Carolina
November 23, 2007
After my trip to Boone earlier this year, I’ve been itching to get back down there this Fall. Here’s an video posted on rockclimbing.com that shows a sampling of bouldering in North Carolina.
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Climbing Video: Andy Earl Repeats Highball V13 High Fidelity
November 22, 2007
Andy Earl has repeated High Fidelity (V13) at Caley in West Yorkshire reports UKclimbing.com.
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Quick Sends - 11/22/07
November 22, 2007
I’m a day late, but here’s a Thanksgiving Day edition of All Climbing’s quick sends:
The Adventure Blog discusses the ultrarunner’s diet. Possible climber applications?
Gripped reports the probable first Canadian woman to climb 5.13 trad as Jasmin Caton redpointed the classic 5.13a crack line, Fallen Arches near Salt Lake City, Utah
The Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007 was passed by the US House of Representatives possibly offering climbing areas protection from mining. Alpinist reports climbing areas potentially impacted by planned mining activity include Lost Horse Canyon, Montana, Rock Canyon, Utah, and Oak Flat, Arizona.
Rockclimbing.com has a review of the Osprey Talon 33 pack
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12th Annual Mountainfest in the Adirondacks
November 22, 2007
Taking place in New York’s Adirondacks, the 12th annual Mountainfest will take place this winter January 11-13, 2008.
A full schedule of classes include beginning through advanced ice climbing, snowshoe mountaineering, and avalanche fundamentals.
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Pictures of a Sloper Problem at Bozoo
November 18, 2007
Last weekend I managed to take some decent shots of an unnamed (I think) sloper problem at Bozoo, WV. The problem is roughly V2/V3 and is located in front of the warm up boulders at Bozoo (on the left side as one heads up to the Iceberg and the cliff line).
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Climbing Video: Leo Houlding slacklines Lost Arrow Spire, Yosemite
November 15, 2007
Not a new video, but sweet nonetheless. Leo Houlding slacklines across the Lost Arrow Spire in Yosemite in July 2006.
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Quick Sends - 11/14/07
November 14, 2007
Teva Mountain Games will host the first IFSC Bouldering World Cup in 20 years next June
Dani Andrada climbs possible 9b (5.15b) in Spain
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How to stop climbers from using bolt holes as mono pockets
November 14, 2007
Routesetter.com teaches how to stop climbers from using the bolt hole as a mono in the gym. At first I thought this was humorous, then I remembered how many times I’ve seen climbers try using them as pockets (especially those with tiny fingers).
1. Take a two-foot (or so) long piece of standard issue setting tape.
2. Loosely bundle the piece of tape into a cylinder-shaped ball that is longer than it is wide.
3. Stuff it. Shove that ball of tape into the offending bolthole. Be careful not to pack it in unless you never plan on moving the hold again.You may have to put more tape in the hole to fill it up. But using one single long piece will make it much easier when its time to get it out. Try to make the tape flush to the holds as best you can.
Check out the article for pictures on their steps. There’s also a nice follow-up discussion in the comments.
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New comments system added
November 10, 2007
I added a new comment system for this blog today by Intense Debate. I’ve been following their innovative commenting system across a few different sites now and I’ve been really impressed with how it works.
Here are a few of the new benefits readers of All Climbing will now see:
- The Intense Debate comment system enables conversations within the commenting section. Replies to other comments are indented at different levels to make it easier to follow the various conversations.
- Commenters can have profiles and avatars that are stored on a central server at Intense Debate. This profile can then be used across other blogs.
- Each user also has a reputation attached to their identity that is displayed whenever they make a comment. This is similar to what you see on sites like Digg.
Comment on this post below and tell me what you think.
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