From big wall free ascents to toppled boulders, here are some stories that made headlines
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The new route caps a strong year where he climbed two 5.14d sport routes
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Babsi Zangerl just became the first person to free climb a route on El Capitan on her first try, without a fall. Her ascent closes a 30-year chapter of attempts.
https://www.climbing.com/news/history-of-el-capitan-flash-attempts/
The National Park Service issued a press statement with details about the accident
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There are two major differences between the Olympic Sport Climbing event (singular) that debuted in Tokyo and the Sport Climbing events (plural) that we’re watching in Paris this week.
https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/sport-climbing-paris-2024-opinion/