The past week has rare repeats of two E9 trad routes, with Saul Calvert and Rory Cummings making the first and second repeat of Ricky Bell's 2015 Fair Head slab solo Long Runs the Fox (E9 6c), and Mat Wright making the first repeat of Dave MacLeod's 2002 The Fugue (E9 6c) at Glen Croe.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=780506
Last weekend saw the 2025 edition of the Climbing Works International Festival take place, with local, national, and international competitors testing their mettle on top tier boulders.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=779885
A climber got their gear back after police arrested the thieves who tried to sell it
The post People Arrested for Trying to Sell Police Stolen Climbing Gear appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/people-arrested-for-trying-to-sell-police-stolen-climbing-gear/
Michaela Kiersch tops her amazing summer boulder spree with the first female ascent of Dreamtime at Cresciano in Ticino (Switzerland), the first ever Font 8C.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/michaela-kiersch-makes-first-female-ascent-of-first-font-8c-dreamtime/
Pro climber Brent Barghahn has some impressive free climbing ascents of El Capitan, and definitely knows a thing or two about what to bring on a big wall. Here's a link to his checklist from a helpful blog article he wrote.
https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/whats-in-my-pack-big-wall-gear-by-brent-barghahn
