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I spent 40 days working on Freerider before freeing it in a 16-hour push. Here's what I wish I knew at the start of that process.

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The wildly dynamic problem features one of the single hardest starting moves in the world
The post Olympian Colin Duffy Sends Defying Gravity V15 in One Session appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

Olympian Colin Duffy Sends Defying Gravity V15 in One Session - Gripped Magazine

The wildly dynamic problem features one of the single hardest starting moves in the world

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Access Fund was founded in 1991 to protect America’s climbing. We’ve made so much progress on that front—from passing bills in Congress to buying threatened climbing areas to building sustainable trails—but our work is not done. In fact, it’s just as important as ever.

Big News: Black Diamond is matching all donations to protect America's climbing! — Access Fund

Access Fund was founded in 1991 to protect America’s climbing. We’ve made so much progress on that front—from passing bills in Congress to buying threatened climbing areas to building sustainable trails—but our work is not done. In fact, it’s just as important as ever.

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On November 11, 2021, my climbing partner and I weathered two avalanches while on an alpine climb in Canada. We were simul soloing and dumb luck kept us alive.

https://www.climbing.com/people/solo-ice-climbers-hit-by-avalanche/

Her first ascent of Supertussi Low V14 is her hardest send of the year
The post Jana Švecová FAs a V14 and repeats a V13/14 appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

Jana Švecová FAs a V14 and repeats a V13/14 - Gripped Magazine

Her first ascent of Supertussi Low V14 is her hardest send of the year

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I’m here writing this morning because it’s my birthday. For many years, starting in my late 20s, I used to write every morning when I wasn’t out climbing.  That practice came out of the general writing advice that if you want to be a writer, you should write every day. But climbers, well, we’re different.…

We Did It: The Zine is Alive! (and other musings on my 46th birthday) by Luke Mehall

I’m here writing this morning because it’s my birthday. For many years, starting in my late 20s, I used to write every morning when I wasn’t out climbing.

The Climbing Zine (climbingzine.com)

Note: this poem is published in Volume 25. Photo of Anna climbing “Peace” in Tuolumne Meadows, California by Mary Eden.  Climbing draws us to these moments. Where flowing water harmonizes with every exhale; Where bare toes find solace in mud And bare skin befriends sunlight’s golden rays. Where our wild hearts stir with blooming friendships…

Peace by Anna Hazlett (a poem)

Note: this poem is published in Volume 25. Photo of Anna climbing “Peace” in Tuolumne Meadows, California by Mary Eden. Climbing draws us to these moments.

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This is the second ascent of The Big Bad Wolf, the first climbed at the grade in New York
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Noah Wheeler Climbs a V15 in the Gunks - Gripped Magazine

This is the second ascent of The Big Bad Wolf, the first climbed at the grade in New York

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As temps drop around North America, ice climbers are getting ready for the season ahead
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Ice Climbing Films to Get You Excited for Winter - Gripped Magazine

As temps drop around North America, ice climbers are getting ready for the season ahead

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A new extension to the famous Belly Full of Bad Berries was also climbed
The post New 5.12 Trad Climbed to Retrieve Stuck Rope appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

New 5.12 Trad Climbed to Retrieve Stuck Rope - Gripped Magazine

A new extension to the famous Belly Full of Bad Berries was also climbed

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Cyber Monday deals on climbing gear are here and you don't even need to leave your couch to find them
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Cyber Monday deals on Black Diamond gear - Gripped Magazine

Cyber Monday deals on climbing gear are here and you don't even need to leave your couch to find them

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The giant Buttermilks line Direct North is her hardest boulder to date
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Team USA's Melina Costanza Tops V14 Highball - Gripped Magazine

The giant Buttermilks line Direct North is her hardest boulder to date

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I. Trapped Kaiser Santa Clara Hospital, June 2018 The haul bag sits, a stuffed pig in the trunk. Cams, nuts, and two foil-wrapped burritos vibrate with expectant energy. But the car is parked in the red haze of the emergency room parking lot sign, and it won’t be going anywhere tonight. Inside the hospital, her…

Elegant and Brutal by Cristina Marcalow

Cristina Marcalow’s piece for Volume 15 called Elegant and Brutal. In this piece she writes about the brutal beauty of life, and caregiving for her Mother.

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Stefano Ghisolfi and Gio Placci teamed up to open one of the hardest routes in Arco, Italy
The post Shared First Ascent for New 5.14d in Arco appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

Shared First Ascent for New 5.14d in Arco - Gripped Magazine

Stefano Ghisolfi and Gio Placci teamed up to open one of the hardest routes in Arco, Italy

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Josh Wharton is the most accomplished alpinist you've never heard of. But while he's been quietly crushing ambitious objectives to little or no fanfare, fatherhood, and warming weather have begun to reshape the world he knew. When Wharton and his climbing partner Vince Anderson attempt to take the 2003 Italian route to the summit of J...

UKC Forums - FRI NIGHT VID: Jirishanca: Josh Wharton & Vince Anderson Climb a New Route in Peru

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Illusionist 5.14d was one of many of the grade Ghisolfi completed this summer in Norway
The post Stefano Ghisolfi Climbing a Flatanger 5.14d appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

Stefano Ghisolfi Climbing a Flatanger 5.14d - Gripped Magazine

Illusionist 5.14d was one of many of the grade Ghisolfi completed this summer in Norway

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Watch climbers repeat the test-piece alpine climb on its 20t anniversary below
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Beyond Good and Evil is Getting Climbed - Gripped Magazine

Watch climbers repeat the test-piece alpine climb on its 20t anniversary below

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Full marks to the belayer for not taking their hand off the rope.

https://www.climbing.com/videos/weird-accident-climbing-gym/

Jamie Stone, MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, has met the Minister of State for Data Protection and Telecoms, to ask him to suspend the geographical target for the Shared Rural Network. It's something that conservationists and loca...

UKC Forums - NEWS: Highland MP Calls for Rural 4G Network Rethink

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