Retired army-veteran-turned-mountaineer stands atop Antarctica’s Mount Vinson to complete his years-long quest
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Note: this poem is published in Volume 20 of The Zine. Photo by the author. we take climbing as medicine: you insist, but your pill bottles shrink four… three… two and you’re gone lost as the gear we bailed on during solemn retreat after groveling, questing up & up & up until our callused hands…
https://climbingzine.com/we-take-climbing-as-medicine-by-fallon-rowe-2/
Siebe Vanhee has made the first flash ascent of 'Muy Caliente!' (E10 6c), at Stennis Ford, in Pembroke, Wales.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=784042
Well here we are, old bolt; let me just say this before I remove you. You should be proud because great care was taken when you were placed. Questions were asked, such as: Was this the best spot for you? Was there any place for passive pro? Would you be chopped? Would the coming onslaught…
https://climbingzine.com/giving-bolt-ode-bolt-jimmy-keithley/
Emma Twyford has made the ninth ascent, and second female ascent, of Mission Impossible, at Gallt Yr Ogof, in Gwynedd, Wales.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=772548
Grades were meant to guide climbers to appropriate challenges—but a new anti-grade sentiment seems to be gaining steam.
https://www.climbing.com/people/do-climbing-grades-matter/
