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  • American Alpine ClubA

    Understanding the Climbing Rage Bait Trend, with Owen Clarke

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    American Alpine ClubA
    In this episode of the podcast, we have adventure writer Owen Clarke on the pod to talk about rage bait, and how it’s showing up in climbing media and culture. Owen Clarke is a prolific writer, who regularly contributes to Summit Journal and Climbing.com, as well as many other media outlets. Recently, he covered rage bait for an article on Climbing.com, where he dove into a case study of the free soloist Lincoln Knowles. Rage bait is content that is intentionally created to elicit strong reactions from people—it’s trolling with intention, in order to drive clicks, comments, and other forms of engagement. Dive in to this episode to hear from this expert about why rage creates engagement, how shock-factor in traditional action sports media lends itself to evolving into rage bait, the unique elements of climbing rage bait, and why its specific to short-from media. Learn More About Owen Clarke Read More About Rage Bait in Climbing Culture https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2025/11/6/understanding-the-climbing-rage-bait-trend-with-owen-clarke
  • UK ClimbingU

    Boulder UK Youth Plywood Masters, 2 3 August 2025

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    Over 150 athletes travelled the lengths of the UK and beyond to compete at the weekend. The qualification rounds and finals for Under 13s and Under 17s took place on Saturday, followed by the qualification rounds and finals for Under 15s and U... https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/press/boulder_uk_youth_plywood_masters_2__3_august_2025-16505
  • ClimbingZineC

    Flirting with The Nose In A Day in The Valley of Stone by Drew Thayer

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    ClimbingZineC
    “Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” Goerte I grew up in the traditions of western science and puritan pragmatism. Success is earned through work, luck is the sum of preparation, a penny saved is a penny earned. Claims that the universe provides if… https://climbingzine.com/flirting-with-the-nose-in-a-day-in-the-valley-of-stone/
  • GrippedG

    November 2024: Herson and Caldwell Free El Cap’s Heart Route

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    Over November 5 to 7, the duo climbed this iconic and rarely repeated route. We spoke with Connor Herson to learn more The post November 2024: Herson and Caldwell Free El Cap’s Heart Route appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/november-2024-herson-and-caldwell-free-el-caps-heart-route/
  • ischrisI

    It's so satisfying sending a route at the end of a session when I'm ready to go home but decide to give the project one last go.

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    It's so satisfying sending a route at the end of a session when I'm ready to go home but decide to give the project one last go. Today I was working a long traversing problem (v5ish) that has a fun mix of heel hooks, throws and fancy footwork while locked off on marginal slopers. Last time I was in the gym (before holiday travel) I finally linked all the sections and today I was consistently getting past the crux but just didn't have the energy for the easy-ish but dynamic move that followed. Was ready to pack it in but decided one more go to to dial in the first 2/3rds of the route wouldn't hurt... And everything clicked. Just floated through all the hard moves and hit the final dynamic move with that satisfying stick that tells you your hand is **not** coming off and then easily reached the top. Maybe resigning myself to waiting a few more days to send freed up enough mental energy to give me that little boost I needed.#bouldering #climbing #climber
  • GrippedG

    Jorge Díaz-Rullo Climbing Change 5.15b/c

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    The Adam Ondra route was the world's first 5.15c, but it gets a 5.15b/c grade with the use of kneepads The post Jorge Díaz-Rullo Climbing Change 5.15b/c appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/jorge-diaz-rullo-climbing-change-5-15b-c/
  • GrippedG

    Canada Has a New Proposed 5.14d/15a

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    Evan Hau has completed one of the longest standing projects in Echo Canyon The post Canada Has a New Proposed 5.14d/15a appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/canada-has-a-new-proposed-5-14d-15a/
  • climbingC

    Weekend Whipper: Head-First Trad Fall on “The Burliest 5.8 in the Gunks”

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    https://www.climbing.com/videos/upside-down-trad-fall-classic-ny-rock-climb/