Oliver Tippett has climbed new ground to make the first ascent of Cardiac Arrest
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The route, his third at 9a+ in 2024 alone, was first climbed by Alex Megos in 2016, but is best known for its second ascent, when Adam Ondra became the first person ever to flash a route at 9a+.
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At the end of October, Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl made the sixth ascent β the second by a female - of Magic Line (5.14c/F8c+) in Yosemite Valley, California.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/babsi-zangerl-makes-sixth-ascent-of-magic-line-5-14c-f8c-yosemite/