“Just because you are the belayer,” notes this week’s whippee, “doesn’t mean you can’t get hurt.”
https://www.climbing.com/videos/climber-takes-big-fall-from-roof-crack/
Tonight's Friday Night Video is an 'Unfiltered' interview with reigning Olympic Sport Climbing champion Janja Garnbret. The Slovenian athlete is an eight-time world champion, three-time European champion, 45-time World Cup winner and ten-time overall World Cup winner. Today, she also shared some thoughts with the Olympic Information S...
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Plans for new phone masts in wild and scenic parts of the Highlands are proliferating, with potentially hundreds on the cards. To help keep track of it all, and make it easier for members of the public to register their comments, Mountaineering...
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=773466
First climbed in 2008, left ungraded after the first ascent, and unrepeated for more than sixteen years, Echo Wall is a route that has always had an air of mystery about it.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=773467
UKC will be on the ground reporting from the Paris 2024 Sport Climbing competition in what is our second Games as an accredited media outlet following a successful debut for the event in Tokyo 2020.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=773456
“Hey, wake up. Wake up!” Brian whispered harshly. “There’s someone out there.” I half opened an eye and begrudgingly listened to the deafening silence. “I don’t hear anything man, I’m sure it’s nothing.” “SHHHHH!!!!” Brian’s face was pressed against the mesh fabric of the tent, as he peered out into the darkness. I thought of…
https://climbingzine.com/mt-kenya-jason-haas/
James Pearson has just released news from high on the North East Buttress of Ben Nevis that he has made the second ascent of Dave MacLeod’s 2008 seminal mountain trad route, Echo Wall.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/newsflash-echo-wall-repeated-by-james-pearson/
Olympic athletes can’t afford a single foot slip in the Lead and Speed events, where a fall disqualifies you immediately. So they're very particular about which shoes they use.
https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/11-climbing-shoes-paris-olympics/
Gear that will keep up with even the most competitive sport climbers
The post Sport Climbing Essentials for Better Cragging appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/gear/buyers-guide/sport-climbing-essentials-for-better-cragging/
5.13 big wall climber Benjamin Vedrines has set a crazy fast new time up the world's second highest mountain
The post Climber Smashes Speed Record on K2 appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/climber-smashes-speed-record-on-k2/
The film follows a group of big wall climbers on an expedition to Baffin Island
The post The Best Climbing Film Trailer Ever? appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/video/the-best-climbing-film-trailer-ever/
An ambitious alpine ascent on the West Face has ended in disaster. Elsewhere on the mountain, its speed record is cut in half.
https://www.climbing.com/news/climbers-feared-dead-on-k2/
The men’s boulders, for instance, are as hard as V14. We caught up with Paris’s head Boulder setter to learn what strengths and skills a climber needs to grab gold.
https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/how-hard-is-olympic-sport-climbing/
It's the American climber's sixth route 5.14d and above this year
The post Jonathan Siegrist Sends The Ritual 5.14d in Ten Sleep appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/jonathan-siegrist-sends-the-ritual-5-14d-in-ten-sleep/
Some climbers who didn't qualify for the Olympics may be heartbroken. But others redirected their goals. This has made at least one pundit (me) quite happy.
https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/who-is-not-qualified-for-paris-olympics/
Shortly after winning the Briançon Lead World Cup, Mei Kotake topped New Base Line V14
The post World Cup Champ Sends Her First V14 appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/world-cup-champ-sends-her-first-v14/
Bernadette McDonald has spent her career celebrating communities the Western world has trained itself to ignore. Now, at 72, she’s tackled the most complex story of her life.
https://www.climbing.com/people/bernadette-mcdonald-book-alpine-rising-review/
It's going to be a big year of Boulder, Lead, and Speed comps across the country
The post Canadian Comp Climbing Season Schedule Announced appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/indoor-climbing/canadian-comp-climbing-season-schedule-announced/
If you’re new either to climbing (the sport) or Sport Climbing (the Olympic event), you may be baffled by all the jargon. These are the terms the announcers are using.
https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/40-climbing-terms-olympics/
