A preview of our upcoming two part episode with Sonnie Trotter. Plus a poem “Climbing Romeo and Juliet” by Cliff Cash. Photo of Sonnie on Cobra Crack, Squamish by Paul Bride
https://climbingzine.com/preview-of-our-sonnie-trotter-conversation-with-cliff-cash-poetry/
German climber Lara Neumeier has climbed End of Silence (F8b+) in the German Alps, completing her ascent on Tuesday, the 26th of August, after 7 days of work.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/lara-neumeier-repeats-end-of-silence-11-pitches-360m-f8b/
Over 80 backcountry users have already died in the Italian Alps this summer
The post Staggering Number of Deaths in Italian Alps appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/staggering-number-of-deaths-in-italian-alps/
22-year-old American climber Noah Wheeler has made the third ascent of Daniel Woods' Return of the Sleepwalker 9Ain Black Velvet Canyon, Red Rocks, Nevada.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/news/2025/01/third_ascent_of_return_of_the_sleepwalker_9a_by_noah_wheeler-73875
First out of the traps for 2025 is mellowclimbing with a film of Nathaniel Coleman making the first ascent of No One Mourns the Wicked (V17/Font 9A) at Thunder Ridge, Colorado.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/coleman-makes-first-ascent-of-no-one-mourns-the-wicked-v17-font-9a/
Some of our most iconic climbing areas are located on private land. And while climbers may gaze at these spots in wonder, they could have ended up as pedestals for trophy homes instead of beloved crags without intentional community action.
https://www.accessfund.org/latest-news/nine-iconic-sport-crags-purchased-and-protected-by-climbers
