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Here is the event video for the 21st Annual Hueco Rock Rodeo! It was a truly awesome event this year, held to benefit the Hueco Tanks State Historic Site, outside of El Paso, TX.

"For the past three years I have helped run the Hueco Rock Rodeo, and after each event I have had the privilege of saying it was the best Hueco Rock Rodeo yet. Once again the 21st Hueco Rock Rodeo gave me the opportunity to say it was the largest and most excellent rodeo to date. Without my predecessors, sponsors and volunteers it would be impossible. Thanks everyone especially 5.10, Adidas, the AAC and HTSHP. "

Melissa Le Neve has climbed Wolfgang Gullich’s classic 8c, Wallstreet, which was the first route in the World of that grade when it was climbed in 1987.

Check out M?lissa Le Nev? completing the world famous "Wallstreet" 8c in Franconian Switzerland, Germany. She is the first woman climbing to the top, 27 years after the first
ascent by Wolfgang G?llich. Wallstreet was the
first 8c in the world. The area "Frankenjura" is filled with fairytale-like sculptures of rock distributed throughout the forests.

Aleksandra Taistra on Mind Control - route in Oliana, Spain.
Video by : Micha? Le?niewski

Martina Mali sticks it out in Hueco Tanks way past the seasons end to finish off one of Hueco's coolest roof climbs-Rumble in the Jungle. Check out her recent article in Dead Point Mag to hear the rest of her story.

Klemen and Anja Be?an, Mina Markovi? and Luka Fonda spent some time in December and January climbing and bolting new routes in Jordan. They visited Wadi Rum on the south where they were repeating hardest routes and trying to find new lines. They found them so now you can enjoy there even harder routes. They also visited areas in the north where they helped local climbers to develop new climbing area near Ajloun. They made 16 new routes and one of them is now the hardest route in Jordan - Same same but different, 8c.

Thrills : 2012 repeated " Heli " Kotter climbing route " Sansara " , an alpine gem in the heart of Lofer. The extreme climber has repeatedly tours such as "Bella Vista " and " Pan Aroma " on the western pinnacle and has since been on the hunt for new alpine adventures. Too Sansara is not only physically but also mentally challenging.

The Pou brothers take on the first free ascent of La Tarrag? (8b+/240m) on Montserrat, Spain. On a cold November day last year, Spanish climbers and mountaineers Eneko and Iker Pou added a new chapter to the history of climbing. The beautiful, otherworldly towers of Montserrat, Spain saw the first free ascent of the six-pitch route, La Tarrag?.

Ashima Shiraishi bouldering in the Gunks for a DPM exclusive where she shares her outlook on climbing and how it has changed since she first began the sport. Ashima is one of the strongest climbers of her generation, but she is years beyond her physical age. Her maturity both as a climber and as a person will be explored in this episode.

With the government shutdown this past October, climbers were kicked out of Yosemite National Park. With few surrounding options, Tommy Caldwell and friends went to check out the granite at Shuteye Ridge. Fellow Patagonia climbing ambassador Sonnie Trotter filmed Tommy making the first ascent of an open project that turned out to be an incredible 5.13+ sport climb. Sonnie made the second ascent of the route soon afterwards and confirms its impeccable quality.

"Coma Sant Pere is a 50 meter route in a big wall close to Era Bella in Margalef. There are 3 sections with long moves. The first one is a boulder with a jump and the others are more resistance". ~Alizee Dufraisse, prAna Ambassador