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Some history about boulder climbing grades

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  • GrippedG

    Polar Circus: The Ice Climb That Took Eight Days on the First Ascent

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    Four ice climbers spent New Years 1975 in a cave on the side of Cirrus Mountain in the Canadian Rockies The post Polar Circus: The Ice Climb That Took Eight Days on the First Ascent appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/polar-circus-the-ice-climb-that-took-eight-days-on-the-first-ascent/
  • EpicTVE

    Claudia's squeezing into them Instinct LE's

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kloKcq774tA
  • GrippedG

    Bold New Difficult Trad Line Climbed in North Wales

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    The test-piece line goes at 5.13+ with a hard boulder problem by Osian Parry The post Bold New Difficult Trad Line Climbed in North Wales appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/bold-new-difficult-trad-line-climbed-in-north-wales/
  • IFSCI

    Sohta Amagasa 🇯🇵 flies through men's final Boulder two #shorts

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi3ylh7mld8
  • Andrew HelwerA

    Regrettably accepting that I will not be sincerely good at rock climbing (climb 5.12+) unless I legitimately lose 30 lbs.

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    Regrettably accepting that I will not be sincerely good at rock climbing (climb 5.12+) unless I legitimately lose 30 lbs. I'm about 205 lbs now on a 6'2 frame, which puts me at a BMI of 26.3. I've become pretty large muscle-wise after switching from climbing to BJJ, since the sport facilitates & also advantages that. Even before switching from climbing to BJJ I noticed I had to use *way* more force to hang onto certain holds than other people I climbed with, just because I weighed more. Losing 30 lbs would get me to 175 lbs, 22.5 BMI, which (limited) data suggests is around where you want to be to be decent at climbing (ideally even lower).There's also a safety aspect to this. Past 200 lbs, ropes will shred more easily when running over sharp edges after taking a fall. More force just means less safety.At age 34 though losing 30 lbs is like a fantasy. I have no idea how I would even do that. Climb Mt Si 3x/week with a 40 lb pack maybe? Spouse points out that I eat quite a lot of bread per week, so maybe will start with substituting that for something else.#climbing
  • UK ClimbingU

    Interview Jacob Cook on his free ascent of Golden Gate, El Capitan, in a day

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    Just over a month ago, Jacob Cook became only the seventh person, and the first British climber, to free climb the entirety ofGolden Gatein just a single day. https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=778247
  • GrippedG

    No Bolts Used on New Dolomites M8+ WI5+

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    Few routes of this calibre are repeated so quickly, but this is destined to become a classic The post No Bolts Used on New Dolomites M8+ WI5+ appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/no-bolts-used-on-new-dolomites-m8-wi5/
  • American Alpine ClubA

    CONNECT: Summiting Denali, Living the Dream

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    In this episode, we had Live Your Dream grant recipient John Thompson on the pod to tell us all about his trip to Denali! Our Live Your Dream grant is our most popular grant, and it’s powered by The North Face. John’s LYD story is about feeling a sense of urgency–how now is the time to explore and pursue big adventures. A strong sense of carpe diem. After nearly a decade away from Denali, John returned, only to get caught up in helping with a rescue, and not getting to pursue his goal route because of weather conditions. We sat down with John to hear about his grant experience, the rescue he helped with, his journey falling away from climbing and coming back to it, how guiding shaped his climbing, and why it meant so much to be standing on the top of Denali once again. https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2024/9/25/connect-summiting-denali-living-the-dream