Desde las montañas

7/9/10 - Recently, Madaleine Sorkin and Kate Rutherford completed the first female-team free ascent of Free Rider (VI 5.12d, 37 pitches), a four-pitch variation to the Salathé Wall that is the most popular free line on the main face of El Cap.

7/9/10 - A little over a week ago, Jacinda Hunter, 31, nabbed the FA of her project Fantasy Island, a 5.14b in Utah’s American Fork Canyon.

7/9/10 - In mid-June, Colin Haley and Bjørn-Eivind Årtun teamed up and established a new mixed route on the Southeast Face of Mount Foraker in Alaska.

News link: Alex Honnold, most recently in the media for his speedy solo link-up of the Regular Northwest Face and the Nose, returned to El Cap with Sean Leary to do a triple link-up of the Nose, Salathé Wall, and Lurking Fear in a single day.

7/6/10 - The second-to-last Bouldering World Cup of 2010 transpired this past weekend in Sheffield, England, where a crowd of more than 20,000 amassed to watch the world's highest-ranked climbers battle it out.

6/17/10 - Ryan Hokanson and Samuel Johnson have climbed one major new route and one new line without a summit in the Hayes group of the eastern Alaska Range.

6/9/10 - In an Alaska season when many teams have struggled to climb anything but moderate classics, a trio of Japan’s Giri Giri Boys have climbed two new routes in the Ruth Gorge and a major repeat on Denali.

6/5/10 - Daniel Woods and Chloe Graftiaux of Belgium took top honors at 2010's third Bouldering World Cup in Vail, Colorado.

6/3/10 - Stuart McAleese, Mark Thomas, and Mike “Twid” Turner have climbed an enormous granite prow in Baffin Island’s super-remote Stewart Valley.

6/2/10 - The Vail Valley Foundation has announced the full lineup and daily schedule of adventure sports, outdoor entertainment and arts for the 9th annual Teva Mountain Games this weekend, June 3 - 6 in Vail, Colorado.