Rock Climbing News October 2007

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TUESDAY, 30 OCTOBER 2007
	Climbing Yogi Uses Slackline to Practice Yoga
	Climbing yogi, Jason Magness, 30, has found slacklining as a new yoga prop. Slacklining is an activity for rock climbers and thrill seekers in which they try to walk on a makeshift tight rope raised off the ground. Magness discovered that using slacklining while practicing yoga made him more centered. He said slacklinng can improve many things such as focus, breathing, balance, control of the Read Full Story
	EVEREST 2: BEYOND THE LIMIT Premieres Oct. 30
	(Silver Spring, Md.) – Discovery Channel sends its most advanced high-altitude cameras once again to the world’s tallest mountain to document an epic climb where ambition overrides agony, exhaustion -- and the chances of survival. EVEREST 2: BEYOND THE LIMIT, the second season of Discovery Channel’s acclaimed series, documents the grueling April/May 2007 summit attempt by an international gro Read Full Story
	Gritstone Season Begins with E7 Ascents
	The week-long Gritstone Season started with E7 ascents from Lucinda Hughes’s Deathwatch (E7 6b) climb in Ilkley, Yorkshire to Pete Robbins and James Chaffee’s Masters Edge (E7 6c) climbs in Millstone. Starting the season on Thursday, Hughes’s ascent was excellent. Come Friday, Lucy Creamer made a trio of ascents at Millstone in the Peak District with a Toploader (E7 6c). Meanwhile, Read Full Story
WEDNESDAY, 24 OCTOBER 2007
	La Sportiva “Solution” Team Tour 07 Still Ongoing
	La Sportiva North America launched 2007 Sportiva “Solution” Team Tour, scheduled from October 12 to November 5. The one-month, 20-event tour is a promotional campaign which includes Sportiva-sponsored athletes who will go to retail locations, commercial climbing gyms and local outdoor climbing areas. The whole purpose of the tour is to promote Sportiva’s new award-winning, state-of-the-a Read Full Story
	Over $32,000 Raised to Preserve Climbing Access
	Clearfield, Utah – Last weekend, Petzl America and the Red River Gorge Climber’s Coalition (RRGCC) made history with an unprecedented effort to preserve climbing and recreational access in eastern Kentucky. By joining forces for this year’s annual Rocktoberfest fundraiser and climber’s festival, Petzl and the RRGCC raised over $32,000, more than tripling the initial goal of raising up to $10,0 Read Full Story