The local access group has shared the news that the Zoo is closed indefinitely
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https://gripped.com/news/famous-red-river-gorge-crag-now-closed/
Pietro Vidi has repeated Tribe, one of Europe's hardest all-gear pitches
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https://gripped.com/news/v16-climber-sends-first-5-14-trad-route/
In our first Friday Night Video of 2025, we follow Nathaniel Coleman as he takes on the long-standing project that is the low start to Daniel Woods' Defying Gravity, V15/8C.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=777559
Childhood Dreams was his final hard boulder problem of 2024
The post Adam Ondra Tops a V14/15 in Austria appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/adam-ondra-tops-a-v14-15-in-austria/
It’s rare to be told by an editor that you can write whatever you want, but that’s how this essay got started. Since the seed was planted, the publication with said editor didn’t come to fruition, but I wrote out this piece, and I want to share it. by Luke Mehall, publisher of The Climbing…
https://climbingzine.com/4-20-99-to-infinity-by-luke-mehall/
A drama exploring traditional climbing ethics on the sea cliffs of Gogarth, North Wales aired on BBC Radio 4 yesterday.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=777546
If you have a fixed rope (either for a rappel or anchor) and it's loaded over an edge, you risk damaging it. Here's one method to easily move the load onto a sling and away from your rope.
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https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/protect-your-fixed-rope-from-edge-abrasion
A couple days before Christmas, he made the third ascent of the Buttermilks line
The post Lee Sungsu Completes The Process V16 appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/lee-sungsu-completes-the-process-v16/
Norwegian climber Mari Augusta Salvesen has made the first female ascent of The Zone (E9 6c) at Curbar in the Peak District. First climbed by John Arran in 1998, the 15-metre blank and bold line to the left of the classic The Peapod (HVS 5b) has attracted only 10 ascents in 27 years and relies on skyhooks for protect...
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=777527
22-year-old American climber Noah Wheeler has made the third ascent of Daniel Woods' Return of the Sleepwalker 9Ain Black Velvet Canyon, Red Rocks, Nevada.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2025/01/third_ascent_of_return_of_the_sleepwalker_9a_by_noah_wheeler-73875
We talk with Coleman to learn more about his first ascent of No One Mourns the Wicked, arguably the most aesthetic V17 in the world
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https://gripped.com/profiles/nathaniel-coleman-on-establishing-the-usas-newest-v17/
The teenage Federale slings his machine gun over his shoulder and bends toward my bag. Cocaine? he asks. Marijuana? I have a stash of weed stuffed in an ibuprofen container in the outside zipper of my backpack. No, I say. Josh stands behind me. He doesn’t know about the stash. This? the youth asks. He…
https://climbingzine.com/basaseachi-matt-spohn/
This is the third ascent of the problem after Daniel Woods and Will Bosi
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https://gripped.com/news/noah-wheeler-climbs-return-of-the-sleepwalker-v17/
First out of the traps for 2025 is mellowclimbing with a film of Nathaniel Coleman making the first ascent of No One Mourns the Wicked (V17/Font 9A) at Thunder Ridge, Colorado.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/coleman-makes-first-ascent-of-no-one-mourns-the-wicked-v17-font-9a/
Since late September, she's sent seven routes 5.14d and above
The post Laura Rogora Ends 2024 With Yet Another 5.14d appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/laura-rogora-ends-2024-with-yet-another-5-14d/
The accomplished gear climber finished 2024 strong
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https://gripped.com/news/mari-salvesen-climbs-hard-skyhook-trad/
An accident took place on Dec. 26, but few details have been made public
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https://gripped.com/news/climbing-fatality-in-the-canadian-rockies/
There are now three V17s in the U.S.A. including two that were recently opened
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https://gripped.com/profiles/the-11-hardest-boulders-in-the-world-in-2025/
Mari Salvesen has ended the year with a bang, a pretty rare repeat of The Zone (E9 6c) on Curbar
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/mari-salvesen-gets-into-the-zone-e9-to-end-2024/
