IFSC Climbing Comp - This Weekend

Yet another Competition, this time from the International Federation of Sport Climbing.

This Saturday, 67 of climbing's best athletes from 14 countries will descend on Movement Climbing + Fitness in Boulder, Colorado, in one of the last Lead World Cups to be held in 2011. (There will be four more after this weekend, two in France, one in Slovenia, and one in Spain.) - Climbing.com

The proceedings will be live-streamed on IFSC.TV.

Here's the plan for the competition (MDT times):

Saturday

• 11:30 am – Qualifiers

Sunday

• 12:00 pm – Semi-finals
• 7:00 pm – Finals

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Thanks for reading,
-UR

Alex Honnold - 60 Minutes Interview

Yet another video request! Special thanks to Paul for sending me the link to this CBS Interview with Alex Honnold. ClimbingNarc also made a post about this, check it out here : ClimbingNarc's Post. If you wish to send me a video that you would like to see on this blog send it at : theupperrock@gmail.com

This video blew me away. It's achievements like this that makes you proud to considerer yourself a rock climber.

Feel free to visit this link to see the CBS Overtime with Alex.

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-UR

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UBC Pro Tour Highlights

It's been a couple days since I'v posted on this blog so here's a little treat for all those of you who missed out on the UBC Pro Tour Finals.



Special thanks to Jake for sending it to me by e-mail ! If you wish to send me a video that you would like to see on this blog send it at : theupperrock@gmail.com

I am still trying to get in touch with an athlete from UBC but they're all so busy... I'll keep at it but no guarantees. Don't forget to add me on Twitter or Facebook for some cool stuff like videos and articles.

Thanks for reading,
-UR

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