Here is a new list with music we recommend for enriching your climbing experience. Put on your Ipod, phone or over the PA system in your climbing gym and get inspired while sending. The list is from artists like Eliot Lipp, Aether, Crystal Castles and Ratatat.

Check out the ClimHard.com February 2010 list here!

We have put the songs we have recommended through our “daily climbing music” thing  into a list for you to enjoy. Put on your Ipod, phone or over the PA system in your climbing gym and get inspired while sending. The list contains a few songs from the films made by BigUp Productions, some from Röyksopp and many other great artists. If you don’t have Spotify send a mail. Sadly this is just for the European readers cause I don’t think Spotify is available in the USA?

Check out the ClimHard.com Fall ‘09 list here!

Let’s find out what type of climbing is most popular right now! Vote the poll in the sidebar. We also want to find the best climbing music and have a huge poll. But we need you to contribute with song suggestions. Please comment this post and tell us what you think is the best climbing-song!

Fontainebleau, the bouldering Mecca. How does Fontainebleau look like? Why is it such a great place to climb? Came across this nice gallery showing some really great pictures of the area. Take a look and enjoy! Thanks to Joost climbing.

You can watch the gallery here.

Here is something we have been looking for a long time! Basic exercises to beat tendonitis. “TENDONITIS — LIKE IT OR NOT, if you’re an avid climber, at some point you’ll feel that deep, dull ache in your elbows or shoulders, a sign of inflamed tendons.“(www.climbing.com)

You can read the rest of the article here.

Another climbing movie is out. From the same producers of E11 and Committed 1 & 2, bamboo chicken presents: Welsh Connections. “A coctail of diverse climbing: from hard trad onsights and first ascents, to intense limestone sport, slate, bouldering and deep water soloing.”

Watch the trailer here.

In the spring 2006 Tormod Granheim and Tomas Olsson set off to the greatest mountain of them all; Everest, in an attempt to be the first ever to ski down the north side. Sadly only Tormod returned home. Tomas disappeared 500 meters below the summit. The documentary made by Sherpafilm Norway shows in depth what happened in the record attempt. It’s a great movie, but sadly in Norwegian, so it’s a treat for our local readers. But if your interested in more information about the expedition check these links.

Article from Mounteverest.net

Update after the tragic accident from Everestnews.com

Watch the entire film at NRK.no

Dave MacLeod has put up a very interesting video of John Cunningham soloing on the Ben back in the seventies. Ben Navis or “Ben”, is the highest mountainon the British Isles and stands 1,344 metres (4,409 ft) above sea level. The Ben is one of the principal locations in the UK for ice climbing. Click to read what Dave has to say and watch the video!

Watch it at Dave MacLeod’s Blog

BMC (British Mountaineering Council)  has decided to back climbing becoming an Olympic sport at its meeting of 12 September 09. The debate has been on for quite some time if climbing should be a part the games. There’s no doubt that climbing is just as much a sport as for example Bobsledding, but the question is probably more if the climbers  want it to be part of it? Click here to read an article from august where Climbhard.com discusses the pros and cons of climbing being a part of the Olympics.

Click here for today’s story at UKClimbing.com

CATS climbing gym in Colorado looks like the next level of indoor climbing. V14 or 8B+ boulder problems inside is a token of proof on the development of the sport and the climbers. We keep getting better and better! Paul Robinson newest blog post can be read here. CATS climbing gym homepage can be visited here. And the video of Paul Robinson climbing a indoor V14 or 8B+ boulder problem can be watched here, or on the sidebar.

Multipitch climbing is often time consuming. This isn s´t directy a bad thing, as many of us use this time to rewind, relax away from work and other hassles. On the other side of the story, you want to be climbing as much as possible, and you definitively want your climbing to be efficient. Climbing Magazine gives you the Tech Tip, 7 tricks for speedy swaps at multi-pitch belays.

Read the article here.

Focus of today is elbow pain. This is something almost every climber has to struggle with on some occasion in their career (or is this a myth created online?). It’s painful, you can’t climb, your friends leaves you behind at the warm-up routes, while they push up their longtime projects. Eventually you stop climbing and start a climbingsite online instead.  Check out the BLOG-post above and discuss: Is bouldering more damaging to the tendons than ropeclimbing? Check out these links as well with information and treatment tips. Stay healthy everyone!

Climbinginjuries.com Types of elbowinjuries

Nicros Climb Article on treatment

Dave MacLeod Is poor footwork the reason?