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Protecting Yosemite’s Vertical Wilderness: The YCA Climber’s Credo

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    Sunguramy :nb_lily:S
    It's always fun taking people to their first vertical cave.#caves #caving #photography #nature #climbing #karst #geology
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    GrippedG
    Lightning strikes behind a climber taking a fall in a cave in Spain The post Wild Video of Climber Falling with Lightning appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/video/wild-video-of-climber-falling-with-lightning/
  • Veteran Alpinist Injures Leg in Fall on Eiger

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    Three of the best big mountain climbers of Europe have been trying to complete a new route on the famous north face for the past few years The post Veteran Alpinist Injures Leg in Fall on Eiger appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/veteran-alpinist-injures-leg-in-fall-on-eiger/
  • 10 Tips to Climb Through the February Blues

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    From healthy food to getting outside, here are some ways to stay stoked during the final month of winter The post 10 Tips to Climb Through the February Blues appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/10-tips-to-climb-through-the-february-blues/
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    EpicTVE
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    devnullD
    Today I was supposed to host an informal skills clinic with a climber new to the outdoors, and teach them the basics of anchor cleaning. They ended up rescheduling, so I had some time to waste. We're usually taught to clip draws with the gate facing away from the direction of the next bolt/pro, but if you're clipping a hanger (as opposed to a glue-in), could the biner rotate, and have the gate opened by the bolt itself? I tried with an extendable draw I had, and it took some doing, but it was definitely possible. Rope movement can make a draw do funny things, and extendable draws in particular love to flip orientation. Lots of seemingly impossible things have happened to unattended protection! This doesn't really apply to local crags here since bolts here are glue-ins, with exception of the anchor, but food for thought. All the same it seems the advice to clip with the gate facing away from direction of travel still seems to supercede this niche edge case. [image: 1726449887485-pxl_20240916_011132217-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449891860-pxl_20240916_011143499-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449898882-pxl_20240916_011243263.mp-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449903000-pxl_20240916_011433464_exported_1433.jpg]
  • 60-Year-Old Solos New 320-Metre A2 in Greece

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    https://gripped.com/news/60-year-old-solos-new-320-metre-a2-in-greece/