David Fitzgerald has made the first ascent of the low start to Randy Puro's classic Yosemite testpiece, The Shield, 8A/V11. He has named the low start Last Line of Defense, and has proposed a grade of 8C+/V16.
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As we head into spring, it's a good time to touch base with your local access group to find out if you can volunteer to help replace aging bolts
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Tre Mou Polacche 5.14d is shared first ascent from Italians Stefano Ghisolfi and Gio Placci
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Sean Bailey and Yuta Imaizumi have both repeated Ryuichi Murai's dynamic masterpiece, Floatin, 8C+, in Mizugaki, Japan.
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She completed the 14 8,000-metre peaks with an ascent of Shishapangma last week
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