Neil Hart is back with another installment of "hidden" gems in the forest of Font, with Out of Sight II.Like the first film, Neil has been kind enough to put…
Welcome back dear reader, to our second installment of the history of V16. Last time we took you through the consolidation of the V15 grade, setting the stage for someone boldly…
Fontainebleau is Mecca for boulderers. Don't believe me? Bleau.info has a log of 245 sectors and almost 30,000 boulder problems listed for Font. Speaking of famous forest, Neil Hart has made…
What makes a "perfect" boulder?Is it the tangibles like moves, the texture, the location, the difficulty? Is it the intangibles like the history, the weather, who you were with at…
Grades.With every new grade, comes new debate. Which problem was the first? How much harder than the benchmark does something need to be before it deserves a new number? It's…
If you're a collector of climbing films, there are some that pop up on your radar constantly. These are films that despite being two decades old, there are still plenty…
Southern California... So Cal, or Soul Cal?From Paul Dusatko, who brought us skate-film-esque films like Inertia, and thoughtful profile pieces like A Day in the Life: 5 Women Who Climb, comes Soul…
How to Safely Return to Climbing after LockdownWho's ready?Two months ago, gyms across the world shut down. Major outdoor destinations were asking for visitors and tourists to go home. Access…
There's climbing in Ireland?Yes, there's plenty of climbing in Ireland, and Underdeveloped captures it at a very relateable level. It's a relatively "low budget" film compared to some other offerings,…
Rotpunkt. If you don't speak German, it means Redpoint. Believe it or not, the transition from aid climbing being "climbing" to free climbing being "climbing" is only four-ish decades in the…