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Jo climbed Full Tilt back in 2023 on her fourth redpoint attempt, and began looking at True North shortly after. However, the journey to True North was bumpier than expected.

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Laura Rogora has made the first female onsight of an 8c+ route, with her ascent of Ultimate Sacrifice (8c+) at Gorges du Loup in Southeastern France.

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This July, we look back at an accident in 2019. A climber took a serious lead fall while clipping the third bolt on a popular sport route in North Carolina called Chicken Bone (5.8). This climber made a fairly common error when his rope crossed behind his leg while climbing. This oversight resulted in serious injury from what should have been a routine fall.    
During the afternoon of May 6, Ranger J. Anderson received a call reporting a fallen climber. When Anderson found the patient, Matthew Starkey, he was walking out, holding a shirt on the right side of his head and covered in blood. However, he was conscious and alert. After ensuring the patient’s condition did not worsen, Anderson accompanied him on the hike. Medical assessment revealed a two-to three-inch laceration on the right side of his skull and light rope burns on his leg.
Starkey explained to rescuers that he had been lead climbing outdoors for his first time on the route Chicken Bone (5.8 sport). As he was nearing the third bolt, he lost his grip on a hold and fell. His rope was behind his leg, and this caused him to flip upside down and hit his head on a ledge below. Starkey said he was unsure, but felt like he had “blacked out.” He was not wearing a helmet.

(Source: Incident Report from Pilot Mountain State Park.)

Many of us have fallen and had the rope catch behind our leg. Usually, we get nothing more than a bad rope burn. Unfortunately, there can be severe consequences if we get a hard catch, flip upside down, and strike our head.
Pete Takeda, Editor of Accidents in North American Climbing, is back with some advice on how to fall correctly.

Pete Takeda, Editor of Accidents in North American Climbing; Katie Ferguson, Executive Assistant; Producers: Shane Johnson and Sierra McGivney; Videographer: Foster Denney; Editor: Sierra McGivney. Location: Canal Zone, Clear Creek Canyon, CO.

Avoid getting your feet and legs between the rock and the rope. A fall in this position may result in the leg snagging the rope and flipping the climber upside down.
While many sport leaders pass on wearing a helmet, this accident is a good example of its usefulness. Leading easier climbs can increase the risk for injury, as they often tend to be lower angle and/or have ledges that a falling climber could hit. (Source: The Editors.)
Editor’s Note: This was Starkey’s first outdoor climbing lead, and his lack of experience perhaps contributed to the accident.
Lead climbing carries inherent dangers regardless of the grade and amount of protection. Popular moderates might be more perilous than notoriously dangerous routes, as climbers can be more easily caught unawares on “easy” and well-protected terrain.

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This July, we look back at an accident in 2019. A climber took a serious lead fall while clipping the third bolt on a popular sport route in North Carolina called Chicken Bone (5.8). This climber made a fairly common error when his rope crossed behind his leg while climbing. This oversight resulte

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Laura Dahlmeier was climbing Laila Peak in the Karakorum when she was struck by rockfall
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Laura Dahlmeier was climbing Laila Peak in the Karakorum when she was struck by rockfall

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Search and rescue efforts will resume tomorrow for Laura Dahlmeier
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Search and rescue efforts will resume tomorrow for Laura Dahlmeier

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Italian Lead ace, Laura Rogora, takes women’s on-sight climbing to new level with Ultimate Sacrifice, a renowned long and pumpy F8c+ in Gorge du Loup, France.

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He's completed the fastest known all-free rope-solo ascent of Atlantis, which was first climbed 45 years ago
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He's completed the fastest known all-free rope-solo ascent of Atlantis, which was first climbed 45 years ago

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"Without a doubt, my best climbing day ever!" said Rogora about her historic ascent
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"Without a doubt, my best climbing day ever!" said Rogora about her historic ascent

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Their photos on Instagram will surely inspire other alpine rock climbers to plan a trip to the area
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Climbers Free New Sierra Line at 5.13 - Gripped Magazine

Their photos on Instagram will surely inspire other alpine rock climbers to plan a trip to the area

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It's one of the best moderate slab climbs close to the town of Squamish
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Slab Alley is a Classic Squamish Slab Route - Gripped Magazine

It's one of the best moderate slab climbs close to the town of Squamish

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