The granite escarpments of Castle Crags silhouetted the western skyway, massive gargoyles hunched and staring. I thought of my mother’s words: “Don’t do that. You’ll get hurt. Be safe. You’re going to die.” Sentences that salted every conversation I had with her. I revved the engine and accelerated. I’d intended to get on the road…
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The pumpy endurance line is the V17 climber's second of the grade
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The reflection targets my disfigurement. If only the borders of this mirror could protect the rest of the world from my hideousness. My life’s insignificance rampages through my thoughts like an atrociously loud party that never ends. Nothing I do is good enough. I want to expunge my existence on a daily basis. Not even…
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'It was the lack of obvious areas for development that made it engaging'- Billy Ridal talks about climbing his longest project to date, The Big Island, 8C.
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Sean Bailey has made the sixth ascent of Shawn Raboutou’s bouldering testpiece Alphane.
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A British team consisting of Simon Smith, Tim Miller and Callum Johnson along with Slovakian Mika Izakoviov have returned from a successful expedition to Torssukatak Fjord in the Cape Farewell region of south Greenland.
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