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Jorge DĂaz-Rullo Achieves His Most Difficult Flash Ever
The ascent comes on the back of his season once again trying to send his mega-project, Café Colombia
The post Jorge DĂaz-Rullo Achieves His Most Difficult Flash Ever appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Jorge DĂaz-Rullo Achieves His Most Difficult Flash Ever - Gripped Magazine
The ascent comes on the back of his season once again trying to send his mega-project, Café Colombia
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
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Adam Ondra Returns to World Cup This Weekend
Here's how and when you can watch the boulder comps live on Saturday and Sunday
The post Adam Ondra Returns to World Cup This Weekend appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Adam Ondra Returns to World Cup This Weekend - Gripped Magazine
Here's how and when you can watch the boulder comps live on Saturday and Sunday
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
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50% off paperback book sale
Score 50% off any of our paperback titles. Use the link below. Discount is applied at checkout. Applies to all of our Climbing Zine Books and Luke Mehall’s titles. https://shop.climbingzine.com/discount/NEWSLETTER50BOOKS
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Flirting with The Nose In A Day in The Valley of Stone by Drew Thayer
“Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” Goerte I grew up in the traditions of western science and puritan pragmatism. Success is earned through work, luck is the sum of preparation, a penny saved is a penny earned. Claims that the universe provides if…
The Nose In A Day by Drew Thayer
The Nose in a Day, The Rostrum, Astroman
The Climbing Zine (climbingzine.com)
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Katie Lamb on The Rookery V14
She made the first female ascent of the hard Yosemite problem late last year
The post Katie Lamb on The Rookery V14 appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Katie Lamb on The Rookery V14 - Gripped Magazine
She made the first female ascent of the hard Yosemite problem late last year
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
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Federal Judge to Consider Requests to Slow Down the Oak Flat Land Giveaway
Federal Judge to Consider Requests to Slow Down the Oak Flat Land Giveaway — Access Fund
A Phoenix, Arizona federal judge will hear arguments Friday, June 6th, on two motions for a preliminary injunction that each seek to stop the Oak Flat land exchange pending further consideration of the lawsuits’ merits. One lawsuit was filed by the San Carlos Apache Tribe, and the other by a coaliti
Access Fund (www.accessfund.org)
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Climbing Yosemite’s Easiest Big Wall
The classic route was first climbed more than 60 years ago. Watch a new video about an ascent that just dropped below
The post Climbing Yosemite’s Easiest Big Wall appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Climbing Yosemite's Easiest Big Wall - Gripped Magazine
The classic route was first climbed more than 60 years ago. Watch a new video about an ascent that just dropped below
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
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Using the “T method” to calculate mechanical advantage
It's easy to get crosseyed looking at a pulley system and trying to figure out the mechanical advantage. Fortunately, there's an easy way to calculate it, requiring the math skills of a third grader. (Yes, you can do this.) Let’s learn the “T method.”
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Using the “T method” to calculate mechanical advantage — Alpinesavvy
It's easy to get crosseyed looking at a pulley system and trying to figure out the mechanical advantage. Fortunately, there's an easy way to calculate it, requiring the math skills of a third grader. (Yes, you can do this.) Let’s learn the “T method.”
Alpinesavvy (www.alpinesavvy.com)
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Skier Missing on Denali, Search Underway
A press release from the National Park Service said bad weather has delayed the search and rescue operation
The post Skier Missing on Denali, Search Underway appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
Skier Missing on Denali, Search Underway - Gripped Magazine
A press release from the National Park Service said bad weather has delayed the search and rescue operation
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
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New to Sport Climbing? Here Are the Gear Essentials
This checklist outlines all of the kit you will need for outdoor sport climbing with some tips you might not have considered
The post New to Sport Climbing? Here Are the Gear Essentials appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
New to Sport Climbing? Here Are the Gear Essentials - Gripped Magazine
This checklist outlines all of the kit you need for outdoor sport climbing with some tips you might not have considered
Gripped Magazine (gripped.com)
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