The M6 AI5 was established in the Mont Blanc massif in a quick time up and down
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Will Bosi has made the second ascent of Stefano Ghisolfi's Excalibur, 9b+, at Drena, near Arco, Italy.
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The event is now being held with four climbers racing against one and other
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This weekend had first trad climbing experience outside of mountaineering routesThe rock was technically easy to climb, but a bit scary. Positive slope means falling to the last anchor will hurt a lotTurns out I didn't know some essential things about building anchors (like the correct way to clip into self-equalizing anchor). Also lack of practice since the spring made me work way slower than I used toBut thanks to the great mountaineer leading our group we learned a lot in a single day, even practised with 6-8 types of anchors..at the very end I chipped away a corn kernel sized piece of fingernail while hammering out some pitons in the dark ^~^#climbing
