For years, Sam Weir was one of Colorado’s most prolific boulderers, sending dozens of boulders graded V14 and V15 while also holding a full time job. When he moved to Europe, he largely dropped off social media. But he’s only gotten better.
I made myself a very simple rope bag for #climbingI kind of yolo’ed the design using scraps and leftovers. It’s made from only two, rectangular pieces of fabric. A lightweight ripstop nylon makes an inner bag, and a heavy backpack fabric wraps around to protect the lightweight inner bag during transport. The white belts are sewn as webbing so it can be attached to other bags for carrying, though right now I just put a piece of ribbon on as a handle.#sewing
Trade blizzards for bolt clipping on steep limestone walls far from the freezing temps in North America
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Pietro Vidi has made the second free ascent of Lurking Fear, 5.13c, El Capitan, twenty-five years after it was first freed by Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodden, in 200.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=781533
American Sean Bailey has made the first ascent of Shaolin (Font 9A) at Red Rock, Las Vegas.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/sean-bailey-joins-font-9a-v17-gang-with-first-ascent-of-shaolin/
Italian lead specialist Laura Rogora continues her sending spree with two more F9a+’s including a repeat of Gabri Moroni’s Trofeo dell’ Adriatico in Arco.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/laura-rogora-repeats-trofeo-dell-adriatico-f9a/
The news coming out of Australia is that vast sections of climbing at the Arapiles / Dyurrite - including the world’s first F8b+, Punks in the Gym – are to be closed under a proposed ban.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/vast-climbing-areas-in-arapiles-dyurrite-facing-ban/
I love being challenged by the nature that has been sculpting the rock faces of our planet for many centuries. Nature is the most superior routesetter, and I believe that even for contemporary routesetters in the climbing gyms, nature is the source of their primary inspiration. But just like routesetters in the gym, nature doesn’t…
https://climbingzine.com/to-chip-or-not-to-chip-by-adam-ondra/
