The 5 Biggest Stories In Climbing This Week - 15-21/08/2015
At first glance, it might not seem like the last week was the biggest in terms of climbing news. Scratch the surface however and you'll see that there was actually a lot going on with everything from short 9a sport routes to Norwegian big walls being ticked by the great and the good of the climbing world.
4. Digiulian and Traversi Prepped For Their Eiger Push
Sasha Digiulian and Carlo Traversi have spent the last few weeks in Switzerland preparing for an attempt on 'Paciencia' (8a/5.13b), a bolted route on the Eiger's North Face. The weather has unfortunately not playing ball, but in a short weather window before rain is due to set in again on Sunday, the pair are preparing to make their attempt.
For the latest from the wall, check out Sasha's Twitter account for regular updates.
3. 'Meru' Got A Very Warm Reception
After its extremely successful showing at Sundance earlier this year, 'Meru' starring Renan Ozturk, Jimmy Chin and Conrad Anker has been one of the most hotly anticipated climbing film releases of the year. It premiered last week and since then there has been a veritable deluge of coverage for the film. 'Real' climbing films don't always strike a chord with a more general audience, but it looks like 'Meru' is very much the exception with everyone from CBS to the Huffington Post lining up to cover it. San Fancisco's SF Gate went as far as describing it as: "The rare doc that demands to be seen on the big screen.” If you're lucky enough to live in the US and would like to do just that, you can check out a list of the film's showings here.
