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Follow the french guys at the Red River Gorge, Kentucky - USA.

Daniel Dulac linking his new route "El Encuentro" (8a - 5.13b).
Mickaël Fuselier sending the first ascent of "50 words for pump" (8c+ - 5.14c), and

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Mickael Fuselier's balance on the RocTrip in Red River Gorge :

Red River Gorge is obviously the North American hot spot when it comes to sport climbing. This little corner of paradise is located in eastern Kentucky, about two ho

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The weather is bad, i've got injuries, but i'm happy. I'm climbing with friends, the place is just amazing.
We have done a long travel with strange fuel to come. I'm in front of my computer and i look for the web-climbing-news in the world.
I


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After 2 days of resting my leg and hoping for it to heal a little bit it was time to climb. But not only that, it was also the main day of the event -first the "flash rally" and then the big party!

I managed to walk up to the "Motherload" and


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Organizing an electronic music party is not an easy thing here in Kentucky... Even though I had sent a full technical file with the list of necessary equipment, a few issues appeared when I decided to check all on Thursday evening. According to Morgan,

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The Saturday morning flash rally at the Motherlode pushed the RocTrip/Roctoberfest event to new realms. It was perhaps the biggest outdoor climbing event in the U.S. I’ve ever seen, says Chuck Odette, Petzl Event and Sponsorship Coordinator.

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After several tries during two days, Mickael Fuselier made the first ascent of "Fifty words for pumped" in Red River Gorge, for the Petzl RocTrip.

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A video by Erwan Lelann.
Music by Captain Kverne.

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We are climbing, we focus on our performance but we would be nothing without the job of those guys...

Thanks a lot to everybody.

Keith Ladzinki

Laurent "Lafouche"

Jim "Wayne Bob" with Lynn Hill on the eyes

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Daila Ojeda tried Ultra perm :

Espectacular sector ! El estilo de escalada, el color de la roca y la calidad de las vias es increible. Sin duda, de los mejores lugares que he visto nunca para escalar.

La via de

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Dani Andrada and Tony Lamiche worked hard yesterday to find a new beta that let them clip the fourth quickdraw in Fifty words for pumped.

Dany:

Despues de Mikey Fuselier encadena la via de RocTrip, yo investigo

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On friday, Mickael Fuselier did the first ascent of Fifty words for pumped in Bob Marley. He proposes 8c+ :

The friction was missing for the previous run, but yesterday I had screaming barfies, and I think it was the

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It's done! I did the first ascent of “El encuentro” on Friday 12th October, just five minute before Mickey Fuselier did the first free climb of "Fifty Words for pumped".

Finally I propose 5.13b/8a to grade this route. So cool the holds are


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While many of the athletes rested to get ready for Saturday’s flash rally at the Motherlode, Michael Fuselier took advantage of the short lines at Bob Marley to polish off the first of the men’s Ultimate Routes. Fifty Words for Pump, a route

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No redemption for the climbers ?

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Couldn't expected a so huge and great place for climbing !
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