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Hooks are crucial gear for aid climbing, but they are a bit unusual: most require you to add a sling. Here are a few tricks and best practices for slinging your hooks.
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Climbers' paradise in the "Saxon Switzerland", Germany.

#mountains #climbing #rockclimbing

Avalanche Canada is warning about possible avalanches throughout the mountains in western B.C.
The post Earthquake in Western Canada as Avalanche Danger Goes High appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

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Switzerland has been the sceneof a number of top-end bouldering ascents, withJames Pearson, Yannick Floh, and Elias Iagnemma all making hard repeats of rarely climbed boulders in the region of 8C - 8C+.

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Alex Luger has spent five years developing a desperate multi-pitch named 'Seventh Direction', his hardest climb. As he nears the completion of his psychotherapy studies, he reflects on his priorities and questions his motivations for pu...

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Mixed climbing was growing in popularity around the world when this route was first climbed in 2001
The post Historic M11 Mission Impossible Rebolted and Climbed Again appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

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(2/2) Hoy una divertida vía de aventura en el valle de Benasque. "Consume Apocalipsis" (200 m V+).
https://mastodon.social/@Enriquegil/114043327188555485
https://youtu.be/gqalwr1xybA
#escalada #climbing #benasque #pirineo #huesca #paisaje #landscape

(1/2) Hoy una divertida vía de aventura en el valle de Benasque. "Consume Apocalipsis" (200 m V+).
https://mastodon.social/@Enriquegil/114043340900611644
https://youtu.be/gqalwr1xybA
#escalada #climbing #benasque #pirineo #huesca #paisaje #landscape

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Stefano Ghisolfi has made the third ascent of Margalef test piece - The Full Journey, 9b.The Full Journey starts up The Journey, 9a/+, which was both bolted and climbed by Tom Bolger in 2022. Later that the year Alex Megos came along to climb ...

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From Mysterious Gulch and English Columbia to Coyote's Brace, Givler's Edge and Atlantic Wrath, here are some A.I. spots sent to us by a bot
The post A.I. Created Canadian Climbing Areas and Submitted a Story appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

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Janja Garnbret has on-sighted her third F8c doing Popolni mrk at Mišja peč.

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A 5.14d redpoint and 5.14b onsight are highlights of her recent short trip to Oliana
The post More Big Sends for Laura Rogora appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

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The V17 boulderer adds another hard problem to his tick list
The post Ephyra V16 for Elias Iagnemma appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

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Mystic River V15 has to be one of the most stunning boulders anywhere
The post James Pearson Completes Long-Term Bouldering Project appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

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Young Peak District based crusher Jacob Amos has closed out his efforts on Duel (Font 8A), the famous Fontainebleau testpiece.

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He just released raw send footage of his first ascent of the hard Spanish climb
The post Chris Sharma Climbing Sleeping Lion appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

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