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A tricky or scary clip can ruin a send. You're missing out if you aren’t continuing to hone this crucial skill
The post 10 Tips to Improve Your Clipping appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
A tricky or scary clip can ruin a send. You're missing out if you aren’t continuing to hone this crucial skill
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
Is climbing as innate as sharing, copulating, greed, or even walking? Many evolutionary biologists would offer that the essence of climbing can be found in our DNA. It is hardwired into us, this desire to be in the vertical world. And beyond that desire, our bodies are built for the physical challenges of climbing. by…
Is climbing as innate as sharing, copulating, greed, or even walking? Many evolutionary biologists would offer that the essence of climbing can be found in our…
The Climbing Zine (climbingzine.com)
Here’s how and when you can stream the Chamonix Lead comp live on Sunday
The post Brooke Raboutou Returns to World Cup This Weekend appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Here’s how and when you can stream the Chamonix Lead comp live on Sunday
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The V17 climber is making quick work of some area classics
The post Nicolai Užnik Crushing in Rocklands appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
The V17 climber is making quick work of some area classics
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Shawn Raboutou, Angie Scarth-Johnson and more take a trip south in a new video that just dropped
The post Climbers You Know Sending in Bariloche appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Shawn Raboutou, Angie Scarth-Johnson and more take a trip south in a new video that just dropped
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Several large blocks came tumbling down Aiguille du Midi above Chamonix
The post Big Rockfall on Famous Peak in the Alps appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Several large blocks came tumbling down Aiguille du Midi above Chamonix
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The impressive new line was opened by Himalayan veteran Denis Urubko and Maria Cardell
The post New Route on Nanga Parbat’s Diamir Face appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
The impressive new line was opened by Himalayan veteran Denis Urubko and Maria Cardell
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
Expert American alpinist Colin Haley is known for a few things: an expertise for routes in Patagonia, and a tremendous obsession with climbing gear. Check out this great video interview where he offers a free ranging commentary on equipment he’s designed, customized, and uses regularly.
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Expert American alpinist Colin Haley is known for a few things: an expertise for routes in Patagonia, and a tremendous obsession with climbing gear. Check out this great video interview where he offers a free ranging commentary on equipment he’s designed, customized, and uses regularly.
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Jim Pope lives and breathes climbing. This video gives a glimpse into how he makes a living in the sport while staying fully immersed in his passion, from route setting and training to getting outside climbing at every opportunity and representing as a sponsored climber.
A young 9 year-old Hong Kong climber, Veronica Chik, has just repointed Fish Eye (F8c), Oliana in Spain.
Ahead of competing at the Chamonix Lead World Cup, German climber Yannick Flohé has flashed Dave Graham’s 2013, Fionnay test-piece, Foundations Edge (Font 8C).
German climber Yannick Floh has made the world's first flash of a Font 8C/V15 boulder problem with an ascent of Dave Graham'sFoundation's Edgein Fionnay, Switzerland.
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