[Muenchener]

A Grimology question: When you wrote that article about different types of climber and one was called the "Bumbly", was that your coining of the term?

"Bumbly" was common usage when I started climbing in the early 80s.

[Oldmanmatt]

Yep, I had a cartoon poster of "the bumbly climber" on my wall as a kid in the very early '80s...

[slackline]

But in case anyone hasn't seen this, this is mindblowing

http://fiveten.com/community/blog-detail/13017-conquering-the-unknown-factors-david-graham

New post from the warped mind of Dave Graham who's been out in The Grampians with Nalle Hukkkkkktatviealalal for a month or so now.

[slackline]

Usually some good stuff to read in the American Alpine Journal

Peru & Bolivia new routes 2010/2011 is a free PDF download as is the 2011 AAJ.

Various articles on the website too.

[nai]

Not read all this yet but looks potentially interesting

http://bjsm.bmj.com/content/41/12/852.full?ijkey=Fk0DYOppDwi5Q&keytype=ref&siteid=bmjjournals&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=3293&utm_content=BJSM%253A%2520celebrate%2520our%2520new%2520Impact%2520Factor%2520and%2520read%2520our%2520most%2520cited%2520articles&utm_term=Physiological%2520responses%2520to%2520rock%2520climbing%2520in%2520young%2520climbers&utm_source=Adestra_BMJ%2520Journals

[SA Chris]

I liked this

http://thestonemind.com/2012/07/17/its-not-cool-to-care/

[SA Chris]

http://www.planetmountain.com/english/News/shownews1.lasso?l=2&keyid=39887

Not necessarily good writing, but an interview with Fred Nicole is always interesting reading

[slackline]

Its bouldering not chuffing but...

Excerpts from my adventure through the Southern hemisphere - David Graham

[Pitcairn]

I liked this

http://thestonemind.com/2012/07/17/its-not-cool-to-care/

Yeah, very nice.  I like the expression "lying like a shag carpet"

[slackline]

Andy Kirkpatrick is aiming to climb El Cap with his 12 year old daughter Ella who is blogging daily about her adventure

[SA Chris]

Reminds me of this nice bit of writing http://vocr.sri.com/herson/climbing/tr/halfdome-kara.html

Only way that might happen for me is if the kids get good enough to drag me up!

[slackline]

Reminds me of this nice bit of writing http://vocr.sri.com/herson/climbing/tr/halfdome-kara.html

Aye, thats a great read.

[jwi]

Tommy Caldwell on Rätikon/Wändestock.  I wonder what the reactions will be when they find out about Montrebei?

[slackline]

Read that earlier and was going to post it here, great read, sounds tres scary.

[jwi]

“The free ascent is a way of harmonising the sport with the beautiful surroundings in which it is practised. It has become a subtle game where the climber climb without cheating, and the people who see the beauty of the mountains can also appreciate the beauty of movement in hight-standard free climbing. In advocating this pure standard of free climbing, PA   was a founding father. Only once in his climbs did Allain use aid, on the Doigt de l'Etala on July 18, 1938, with Jean Leininger.

From “Everyone knows his name - Pierre Allain” by Yves Ballu

[Ti_pin_man]

Andy Kirkpatrick is aiming to climb El Cap with his 12 year old daughter Ella who is blogging daily about her adventure

Really liked this, my daughter is 8 so might show her this one.

[SA Chris]

Show her the website I put a link to just after that as well.

[slackline]

Saving time, wasting time and explaining climbing on the Internet

Amusing in a few places, should probably be stickied to the front page of FUKC

[MJC]

I liked this

http://thestonemind.com/2012/07/17/its-not-cool-to-care/

That was a good read. No idea who wrote it but it's good.

[galpinos]

Saving time, wasting time and explaining climbing on the Internet

Amusing in a few places, should probably be stickied to the front page of FUKC

Just noticed this. Good stuff, the best of the Dirtbag Diaries so far.

[Paul B]

Change it from 'Magazine' to 'Classic'

http://blog.bethrodden.com/?view=classic

[slackline]

From here...

[petejh]

Brilliant 

The sort of article which , if it were written today about some other topic, I could imagine getting dismissed as unrealistic idealism.

[slackline]

An interesting piece on cheating by Mark Twight on cheaters (which is slightly tangential to the No Longer taboot to ask for proof? thread , but lying about things you've not done could be considered a form of cheating).

[nai]

Not so much an article but on R4 at 4pm today:

'Bolt Wars': Lisa Bogardus spent 16 months researching and observing the rock climbing world. She describes a battle for the cliffs in which climbers clash about the need to reduce risk and danger.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q8qq5

http://jce.sagepub.com/content/41/3/283.abstract

No doubt be available on iplayer thereafter.