Two climbers became trapped in a storm on Huascaran, only one was rescued
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https://gripped.com/news/climber-dies-on-perus-highest-mountain/
V16 climber Pietro Vidi has repeated the 19-pitch 5.13c a quarter of a century after Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodden made the first free ascent
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https://gripped.com/news/lurking-fear-on-el-cap-freed-after-25-years/
We talk with Herson to learn more about his ascent of the notoriously difficult Mason Earle line, which took him just two days of effort
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https://gripped.com/profiles/connor-herson-completes-stranger-than-fiction-5-14-trad-in-record-time/
Italian climber, Elias Iagnemma, has made the first ascent of Italy’s first Font 9A, The Big Slamm.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/elias-iagnemma-makes-first-ascent-of-the-big-slamm-font-9a/
We look at some of the most legendary Chinese alpinists as Arc'teryx prepares to launch a new line of made-for-alpinists apparel
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https://gripped.com/profiles/the-future-is-now-the-evolution-of-alpine-climbing-in-china/
Babsi Zangerl, climbing with her partner Jacopo Larcher, has made an historic flash of El Cap over a three-day push via Freerider (5.13a).
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/babsi-zangerl-flashes-freerider-5-13a-f7c/