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Let’s take the fast way down: Climbing star Steph Davis takes a short jump off a big cliff

9.28.08

A ruthless half-hour climb getting up, a deadly half-minute plummet getting down. It's hard to decide which sounds least appealing, but this is how American climber Steph Davis spends her days – climbing fiendish mountain faces, pausing to enjoy the view, then base-jumping back to the ground. Fresh from the world's first ascent-and-leap from the 400ft Castleton Tower in (read more)

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Adventuring Vicariously: Reel Rock Film Tour

9.4.08 | by stantoncompany

Source: JAUNTED As you know, there's not much we like more than movies and adventure travel, so when we heard about the Reel Rock Film Tour, we were naturally pretty excited. A traveling film festival devoted to flicks about rock climbing and other adventure sports, Reel Rock is screening movies about bouldering in South Africa, rafting through the Grand Canyon (read more)

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‘Spiderwoman’ mountaineer uses iPod for support

8.12.08 | by stantoncompany

Source: METRO.CO.UK   Her face a picture of calm focus, this lone climber carefully considers her next move. And so she should – Steph Davis has no rope, safety harness or parachute and is 430m (1,400ft) above a very hard landing. But, after all that effort clambering up the north face of Castleton Tower, she is rewarded (read more)

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Steph Davis Interviewed by The Sporting Life

4.27.08 | by stantoncompany

Steph Davis was recently interviewed by The Sporting Life magazine.  In the interview Steph discusses her background, climbing career, and even a bit about her everyday personal life too.  Click here to read the interview.

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Davis Sends Moab Testpiece

4.22.08 | by stantoncompany

On April 6, Steph Davis made the first female ascent and third ascent of Concepcion (ungraded, 220') in Day Canyon, near Moab, Utah. Established in 2003 by Davis's husband, Dean Potter, Concepcion was the first free ascent and link-up of the two-pitch aid route Acromaniac (5.10 A0). Concepcion received its second ascent earlier this year by Alex Honnold. (read more)

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