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Read for an in depth discussion about fire in our landscape.

https://www.seclimbers.org/2025/05/02/embracing-fires-duality-a-look-at-the-effects-of-fire/

The tables are turned on our host, Luke Mehall, as we share this episode of his appearance on The Struggle Climbing Show, hosted by Ryan Devlin. Our sponsors for Season 7:  Kilter: http://settercloset.com (email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information) Scarpa: www.scarpa.com Osprey: https://www.osprey.com/ Subscribe/ score some books/clothes/stickers: https://shop.climbingzine.com/

https://climbingzine.com/life-is-a-beautiful-struggle-ryan-devlin-and-luke-mehall/

A basic guideline for anchor building: narrow angles are good, wide angles are bad. While that’s generally true, it turns out in some cases, a very narrow angle is not so good for load sharing. Check out a recent article and video by Over the Edge Rescue on this. (Warning: anchor nerds only.)
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Is a small anchor angle better? Maybe not — Alpinesavvy

A basic guideline for anchor building: narrow angles are good, wide angles are bad. While that’s generally true, it turns out in some cases, a very narrow angle is not so good for load sharing. Check out a recent article and video by Over the Edge Rescue on this. (Warning: anchor nerds only.)

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Watch newly released send footage of the American's second V17 ascent
The post Noah Wheeler Climbing Shaolin V17 appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

https://gripped.com/video/noah-wheeler-climbing-shaolin-v17/

Here's how and when you can watch the Lead comp on Saturday and Sunday
The post Don’t Miss the First-Ever World Cup in Bali This Weekend appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

https://gripped.com/indoor-climbing/dont-miss-the-first-ever-world-cup-in-bali-this-weekend/

In this week's Friday Night Video, we get front row seats to Babsi Zangerl's historic flash of Freerider on El Capitan.Setting off on a ground-up attempt this past November, Babsi and her partner Jacopo spent three days battling polished slabs, offwidths, and cryptic sequences. In the end, Babsi topped out as the first person to flash El Cap...

https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=780947

He nearly died, was rescued and then returned for a lost cellphone only to nearly die again
The post A Mountain Climber Was Rescued Twice in One Week appeared first on Gripped Magazine.

A Mountain Climber Was Rescued Twice in One Week - Gripped Magazine

He nearly died, was rescued and then returned for a lost cellphone only to nearly die again

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Mudstrosity Yes, it wobbled. Three feet high, one foot wide, a foot deep, probably outweighing me, the block sat at arm’s reach above my head. No way to avoid tangling with it—I was standing in aiders, hanging from a piton. I should bolt around it… by Steve “Crusher” Bartlett (Note: this is an excerpt from…

What We Talk About When We Talk About Choss by Steve “Crusher” Bartlett

What Crusher talks about when he talks about choss. A journey into the world of off the beaten track towers and rock quality that keeps everyone else away.

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Top American boulder Katie Lamb has taken the top standard of women’s bouldering to Font 8C+ with the fourth ascent of The Dark Side in Yosemite.

https://www.climber.co.uk/news/katie-lamb-makes-history-again-repeating-the-dark-side-font-8c-v16/

Katie Lamb has made the fourth ascent, and first female ascent, ofThe Dark Side (V16), atCamp 4 Boulders, Yosemite, USA.

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Journal entry from 10/15/2014 Zion is the word. Despite all of our differences, to so many people the meaning of Zion remains the same: a place of refuge, a utopian ideal of peace, unity, and freedom. We may not be religious pilgrims, but even as travelers, as climbers, as humans, when anyone asks where we’re…

https://climbingzine.com/approach-pilgrimage-tim-rogers/

Rob Matheson has recently repeated The Bells, The Bells! (E7 6b) on Gogarth at the ripe old age of 74!

https://www.climber.co.uk/news/rob-matheson-repeats-the-bells-the-bells-e7-6b-at-age-74/