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    Rogora joins Adam Ondra and Alex Megos as the third climber in history to onsight two or more climbs 5.14c or harder The post Laura Rogora Makes History with Second 5.14c Onsight appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/laura-rogora-makes-history-with-second-5-14c-onsight/
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    In climbing Watermark Extension, Roxy becomes just the second Scottish woman to have climbed a route at 8b - and the first in thirteen years - after Natalie Berry climbed SatanX (8b) at Gorges du Loup in 2012. https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=780448
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    Katie Lamb has made the first female ascent of Fallen Angel, 8C/V15. https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=776512
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    Today I was supposed to host an informal skills clinic with a climber new to the outdoors, and teach them the basics of anchor cleaning. They ended up rescheduling, so I had some time to waste. We're usually taught to clip draws with the gate facing away from the direction of the next bolt/pro, but if you're clipping a hanger (as opposed to a glue-in), could the biner rotate, and have the gate opened by the bolt itself? I tried with an extendable draw I had, and it took some doing, but it was definitely possible. Rope movement can make a draw do funny things, and extendable draws in particular love to flip orientation. Lots of seemingly impossible things have happened to unattended protection! This doesn't really apply to local crags here since bolts here are glue-ins, with exception of the anchor, but food for thought. All the same it seems the advice to clip with the gate facing away from direction of travel still seems to supercede this niche edge case. [image: 1726449887485-pxl_20240916_011132217-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449891860-pxl_20240916_011143499-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449898882-pxl_20240916_011243263.mp-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449903000-pxl_20240916_011433464_exported_1433.jpg]
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    "Once upon a time, I was a rope gun. Now I’ve become a belay anchor." https://www.climbing.com/people/russ-clune-aging-climber/
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    Plus: Pablo Hammack repeats a savage Fred Nicole testpiece & Dylan Chuat overcomes a finger injury to FA a V15. https://www.climbing.com/news/weekly-roundup-kiersch-rocklands-k2-11-hours/
  • The 7 Greatest Comp Climbing Rivalries of All Time

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    Some rivalries are just as career-defining as the actual accolades athletes earn on the wall. https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/7-greatest-comp-climbing-rivalries-ever/
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    A Czech team took six days to climb Muchu Chhish, the highest unclimbed peak in the world. The post One of World’s Tallest Unclimbed Mountains is Climbed appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/one-of-worlds-tallest-unclimbed-mountains-is-climbed/