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The jury unanimously said The Corridor by Iain Peters deserves this year's top prize
The post The Corridor Wins 2025 Boardman Tasker Book Award appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/the-corridor-wins-2025-boardman-tasker-book-award/
Climbers have been fighting to have access to Howard Knob since the 1990s
The post Famous American Bouldering Area Saved After 30 Years appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Climbers have been fighting to have access to Howard Knob since the 1990s
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
Carolina Climbers Coalition and the Access Fund have purchased and protected Lower Ghost Town
The post Climbers Purchase Climbing Area in North Carolina appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Carolina Climbers Coalition and the Access Fund have purchased and protected Lower Ghost Town
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
start from Dösner See to Säuleck, via ferrata in mid October - little ice, good conditions, crampons on route down helpful
#mountain #climbing #photography #austria
Sasha DiGiulian has completed a long-term goal of sending Platinum Wall
The post Sasha DiGiulian Climbs 39-Pitch 5.13d on El Capitan appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Sasha DiGiulian has completed a long-term goal of sending Platinum Wall
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
The climb in La Bisbal Cave, Spain ascends a very unique rock face that's half boulder problem, half sport route
The post Jorge Díaz-Rullo Sending an Alex Megos 5.15a appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/jorge-diaz-rullo-sending-an-alex-megos-5-15a/
Powered by the AAC’s Catalyst grant, Jessica Anaruk and Micah Tedeschi took on to the big walls of the Mendenhall Towers, seven granite towers that rise high above the surrounding Mendenhall Glacier in southeast Alaska.
American Alpine Club (americanalpineclub.org)
Pete Whittaker attempts a big urban crack in Germany
The post Pete Whittaker’s “Soft Deck Out” Close Call appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Pete Whittaker attempts a big urban crack in Germany
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
Several classic moderate ice climbs in Orient Bay and Kama Bay have been climbed
The post Ice Climbing is Game On in Northern Ontario appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/ice-climbing-is-game-on-in-northern-ontario/
A surprising number of backcountry users surveyed were unaware of the avalanche dangers they were heading into
The post The Avalanche Danger Snowshoers Overlook appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/gripped-outdoors/the-avalanche-danger-snowshoers-overlook/
The horizontal crack has only been climbed a handful of times since the first ascent in 2011
The post Wild 5.14 Roof Crack Necronomicon Climbed Again appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
The horizontal crack has only been climbed a handful of times since the first ascent in 2011
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
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.
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.
Access Fund (www.accessfund.org)
Giornata di arrampicata stupenda, ieri a Sperlonga. Lontano dalla folla, abbiamo scelto una via lunga di cinque tiri su una roccia magnifica. Dobbiamo ricordarci di portare attrezzi per pulire la via dalla vegetazione, la prossima volta. Soprattutto alcune pianticelle con piccoli spini decisamente scomodi se poi devi usare le dita per infilarle in buchi e fessure.
Temperature da bagno.
#climbing #freedom
I made myself a very simple rope bag for #climbing
I kind of yolo’ed the design using scraps and leftovers. It’s made from only two, rectangular pieces of fabric. A lightweight ripstop nylon makes an inner bag, and a heavy backpack fabric wraps around to protect the lightweight inner bag during transport. The white belts are sewn as webbing so it can be attached to other bags for carrying, though right now I just put a piece of ribbon on as a handle.
Bosi repeats Copperline V14 in the UK and suggests that it may be harder than its initial assessment
The post Will Bosi Makes Second Ascent of an Aidan Roberts V14 appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Bosi repeats Copperline V14 in the UK and suggests that it may be harder than its initial assessment
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
This year, Costanza received her first World Championship medal, climbed her second V14, and now adds another V13 to her list
The post Melina Costanza Climbs V13 in Utah appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
This year, Costanza received her first World Championship medal, climbed her second V14, and now adds another V13 to her list
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
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