The award goes to Slovenians Anja Petek and Patricija Verdev for their first ascent of Lalung I via the east ridge
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Over the course of one and a half days, Siebe Vanhee has made the first rope solo ascent of the 450 metre Voie Petit (8b) at Mont Blanc du Tacul in the French Alps.
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Alizée Blass and Ga-eun Kwon have redpointed test-piece sport routes in Europe this winter
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I’m here writing this morning because it’s my birthday. For many years, starting in my late 20s, I used to write every morning when I wasn’t out climbing. That practice came out of the general writing advice that if you want to be a writer, you should write every day. But climbers, well, we’re different.…
https://climbingzine.com/we-did-it-the-zine-is-alive-and-other-musings-on-my-46th-birthday-by-luke-mehall/