For over 20 years, he was one of the world's best big wall climbers The post Piolet d’Or 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award for Alexander Odintsov appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/piolet-dor-2025-lifetime-achievement-award-for-alexander-odintsov/

Thirty Below: The Harrowing and Heroic Story of the First All-Women's Ascent of Denali by Cassidy Randall takes home grand prize at Banff Book Festival The post First All-Women’s Ascent of Denali Wins Book Award appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/first-all-womens-ascent-of-denali-wins-book-award/

The night was cold, and where the moon and stars shone around patches of clouds, they were incredibly bright. There was no ambient light out here. I was standing on a half-finished patio attached to a half-finished house in an otherwise empty summer-herding village. It was early March, months before the village would be occupied.… https://climbingzine.com/going-come-home-stacy-bare/

He adds the Kentucky route to his long list of first-go ascents The post Alex Megos Onsights 5.14b at the Red River Gorge appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/alex-megos-onsights-5-14b-at-the-red-river-gorge/

He announced the send with a new video that you can watch below The post Adam Ondra Flashes 5.14a Trad with Greenspit appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/adam-ondra-flashes-5-14a-trad-with-greenspit/

Chaehyun Seo has had a stront start to her trip to Oliana with some big sends The post Chaehyun Seo Climbs Her Second 5.15a with Papichulo appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/chaehyun-seo-climbs-her-second-5-15a-with-papichulo/

Old Man Lightning took home the top prize in the climbing category The post John Sherman Film Won Award at Banff Mountain Fest appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/john-sherman-film-won-award-at-banff-mountain-fest/

Secrets, Shepherds, Sex and Serendipity is a new M7 AI5 A2+ established by two young alpinists The post New Technical 3,000-metre Alpine Climb in Karakoram appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/new-technical-3000-metre-alpine-climb-in-karakoram/

The Italian has had one of the most impressive years of any climber in recent memory The post Laura Rogora Onsights Two 5.14b Sport Climbs in a Day appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/laura-rogora-onsights-two-5-14b-sport-climbs-in-a-day/

She just started her trip to Ticino, sending the ultra-classic Dreamtime V15 and two V13s on her first day The post Janja Garnbret Climbs Her Second V15 appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/janja-garnbret-climbs-her-second-v15/

The comp climbing star flashed El Gran Blau 5.14a/b on her 22nd birthday The post Chaehyun Seo Flashes 5.14a/b in Oliana appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/chaehyun-seo-flashes-5-14a-b-in-oliana/

His recent ascent of Le Braille 5.14d means he has ascended over 25 routes 5.14d or harder. The post Jules Marchaland Climbs 5.14d in Grenoble appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/jules-marchaland-climbs-5-14d-in-grenoble/

Bronwyn Hodgins, Jiona Layton, Cat Geras and Alexa Flower travelled to the Ak-Su Valley of Kyrgyzstan earlier this year The post Women’s Expedition to Legendary Granite Spires for 5.13 Big Wall appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/womens-expedition-to-legendary-granite-spires-for-5-13-big-wall/

A new video of the epic 2025 ski was just released, watch below The post Andrzej Bargiel’s Historic Ski Descent of Mount Everest appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/andrzej-bargiels-historic-ski-descent-of-mount-everest/

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first route at Cave Wall, a story read by Luke Mehall Our sponsors for Season 7:  Kilter: http://settercloset.com (email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information) Osprey: https://www.osprey.com/ Scarpa. Use this link to shop Scarpa products, and The Zine will get a portion of the sale: https://alnk.to/3ye6GT2 Subscribe/ score some books/clothes/stickers: https://shop.climbingzine.com/ Photo… https://climbingzine.com/help-on-the-way-at-cave-wall-west/

Ondra ticked a V15 and then the following day arguably flashed two V14s The post “Some of the best days of my life in bouldering” – An Incredible Two Days for Adam Ondra appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/some-of-the-best-days-of-my-life-in-bouldering-an-incredible-two-days-for-adam-ondra/

My father taught me how to climb, just as he taught me how to play guitar and ski—badly, I could say. But that isn’t quite right. Perhaps impatiently or unevenly. As a teacher, he managed to combine a sense of high expectations with a stunning lack of actual instruction. I would follow his skin track… https://climbingzine.com/suicide-pirates-andrew-allport/

Access Fund, in partnership with the American Alpine Club, is pleased to award $10,000 in Anchor Replacement Fund grants to six local climbing organizations. https://www.accessfund.org/latest-news/access-fund-awards-2025-anchor-replacement-grants

At the AAC, we believe in the power of climbing to change lives. We are driven by the potential to support our members deeply, to use the AAC’s expertise and legacy to deliver resources that climbers can lean on, and that’s why we are so proud of this Impact Report. Each grant recipient we inspired, each lodging guest we launched into adventure, each climber who has learned how to climb a little more safely through our publications—this is what drives our work. How does it all break down? Here’s how we’ve met the needs of the AAC community this year. Donate today and support the AAC’s work. Just like putting in the work on your climbing project, or that long hike to an obscure alpine adventure, we all know that it takes dedication to progress in climbing. It is the dedication of donors and supporters like you that helps the AAC progress in our work—so thank you! https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2025/10/21/aacs-2025-impact-report

Next year will see Boulder, Lead, and Speed events in the United States, China, Chile and Europe The post Here’s Where the IFSC World Cup Is Going in 2026 appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/indoor-climbing/heres-where-the-ifsc-world-cup-is-going-in-2026/