It's been a busy few weeks in the world of summer long rock and alpine climbing
The post New Big Rock and Alpine Routes Opened appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/new-big-rock-and-alpine-routes-opened/
At some point in my early to midtwenties, I came to the conclusion that life is not about rock climbing. There’s just too much other crazy shit happening every day on this beautiful clump of space dust. The older I get, however, the more I realize that climbing is most certainly about life. At the…
https://climbingzine.com/going-alone-vic-zeilman/
Will Bosi has made the first ascents of two new hard boulders in Switzerland, Brain Rot, 8C+, in Magic Wood, and Kyanite, 8C, in Val Bavona.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=781340
This is one of our favourite new helmets going into summer 2025
The post Metolius Hardtop, a Light, Affordable, Durable Helmet appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/profiles/metolius-hardtop-a-light-affordable-durable-helmet/
Words are from the traditional song “Wild Mountain Thyme.” The basis of this trip was simple: climb rocks and drink scotch. The weather, being highly Scottish, even in the so-called drier month of May, lent itself more to the latter than the former. But hey, we still managed nine days of climbing out of twenty;…
https://climbingzine.com/scotch-on-the-rocks-by-greg-petliski/