Canada's Wild Thing Gets Free Ascent
12/01/08 - Jon Simms and Jon Walsh have completed a rare ascent of The Wild Thing on the east face of Mt. Chephren in the Canadian Rockies, making the probable first free ascent of the route.

Kinder: 5.14c New Route in Kentucky
11/26/08 - Joe Kinder has completed a 5.14c first ascent at the Red River Gorge in Kentucky. Kinder bolted Southern Smoke, a direct start to Ultra-Perm (5.13d) at the Bob Marley Crag, and redpointed the line after six days of work.

Americans Rampage on British Grit
11/25/08 - Americans Alex Honnold and Kevin Jorgeson have astonished British climbers with rapid repeats of some of the testiest routes on “God’s own rock,” the English gritstone.

Much-Eyed Face on Kamet Finally Climbed
11/24/08 - Japanese climbers Kazuya Hiraide and Kei Taniguchi have completed the first ascent of the 6,000-foot southeast face of Kamet (7,756m/25,446') in northern India.

Desert's Steepest Tower Goes Free
11/21/08 - Rob Pizem and Pete Vintoniv have free-climbed the wildly overhanging northeast arete of the Shark's Fin in Utah's Monument Basin at 5.12 R.