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  • stibS

    Finally managed to get organised for some #climbing outdoors today, at the You Yangs.

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    Finally managed to get organised for some #climbing outdoors today, at the You Yangs. This is one of the closest crags to #naarm / Melbourne, only an hour away, and it offers a wide variety of climbing if you only want to climb slabby blank rock. All the climbs involve hanging onto tiny crystal nubbins by your fingernails while balancing on the texture with your feet.Picture isn't me, but the topo image from A Question Of Ethics from thecrag.com
  • GrippedG

    Epic Highline is One of Most Complex Ever

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    La Ligne Géant isn't the highest or longest, but it's one of the most complicated highlines to date The post Epic Highline is One of Most Complex Ever appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/epic-highline-is-one-of-most-complex-ever/
  • UK ClimbingU

    Nature Charity Buys Huge Highland Estate

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    The Scottish Wildlife Trust has bought the Inverbroom Estate, following an anonymous donation of 17.5 Million. The nature charity aims to convert the 7,618-hectare estate into a model for rewilding in Northwest Scotland - one of the biggest su... https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=779269
  • ClimbingZineC

    The Last Pitch, from Volume 25

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    Jimmie Dunn is perhaps the first person who envisioned single-pitch climbing in Indian Creek. In the mid-1970s, he walked up to an unclimbed Supercrack and thought, This place is going to be great for training someday. I was first introduced to Jimmie by Stewart Green, who is seen in this photo bouldering in the Fringe… https://climbingzine.com/the-last-pitch-from-volume-25/
  • Yann CamusY

    WARNING! Tommy Caldwell and HowNOT2 - Pinch with 6mm

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAio6bjo3Lw
  • GrippedG

    Adam Ondra Tops a V14/15 in Austria

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    Childhood Dreams was his final hard boulder problem of 2024 The post Adam Ondra Tops a V14/15 in Austria appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/adam-ondra-tops-a-v14-15-in-austria/
  • GrippedG

    Climbers Send V15 and V14s in South Africa

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    A new video just dropped documenting over a dozen sends of hard problems by veteran boulderers The post Climbers Send V15 and V14s in South Africa appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/climbers-send-v15-and-v14s-in-south-africa/
  • climbingC

    Two Italian Climbers Killed Simul-Climbing in the Dolomites

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    Francesco Favilli and Filippo Zanin died on September 3, after an off-route fall on Marmolada (10,968ft). https://www.climbing.com/news/climbers-killed-simul-climbing-dolomites/