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/

Petzl's new Neox is a sleek assisted-braking belay device. How does it stack up to the Grigri? We put it to the test. https://www.climbing.com/gear/review-petzl-neox-belay-device/

For GP81, the city's only remaining independent climbing gym, surviving in expensive Brooklyn has meant leaning on its community. https://www.climbing.com/places/gp81-nyc-independent-gym/

For the second time in its history, Sport Climbing hits the spotlight at the Olympic Games in Paris with a packed six-day programme starting a week from today on Monday August 5th. https://www.climber.co.uk/news/paris-olympics-part-1-background-and-timeline/

She's one of the best climbers in the world right now when it comes to big wall free climbing The post Trad Pro Amity Warme Talks Trying Hard appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/trad-pro-amity-warme-talks-trying-hard/

The group competing in Paris aren't just the best on plastic, they're also some of the best on rock The post How Hard Have Paris Olympians Climbed on Rock? appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/how-hard-have-paris-olympians-climbed-on-rock/

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Both climbers, Kazuya Hiraide and Kenro Nakajima, have received the Piolet d'Or for previous ascents The post Two Alpine Climbers Have Fallen Down K2 appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/two-alpine-climbers-have-fallen-down-k2/

Milton had overgrowth knots, the greasy kind, matting his beard to his wooly secondhand pullover, which sagged without shape over his sulking frame. As he sat in the passenger seat beside me, looking a bit like Schulz’s Pig-Pen, I almost admired it. His was a special form of dereliction. Speckled as much by bourbon as… https://climbingzine.com/angels-alight-by-lucas-roman/

She's well-known for sendy bouldering and sport climbing trips abroad The post Michaela Kiersch Is Crushing in Rocklands appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/michaela-kiersch-is-crushing-in-rocklands/

Jasper National Park officials have given an update on how much of the town of Jasper was destroyed by the fire The post 18-Year-Old Led 16 Hikers to Safety in Wildfire appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/18-year-old-led-16-hikers-to-safety-in-wildfire/

This week's Friday Night Video is an in-depth look at the evolution of indoor bouldering walls by YouTuber Hannah Morris. As the discipline soars in popularity, we are in a golden age for indoor bouldering. There are a staggering 20,000+ climbing gyms worldwide and 38 bouldering gyms in London alone - with new facil... https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=773253

Oliver Tippett has released some footage from his recent visit to Yosemite Valley The post Here’s What Soloing a Yosemite Big Wall is Like appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/heres-what-soloing-a-yosemite-big-wall-is-like/