Jonas Schild, climbing with Thomas Schmid, has made a free ascent of Joy Division (F8b, 800m), Val di Mello, Italy.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/schild-makes-free-ascent-of-joy-division-in-val-di-mello/
The classic route was first climbed more than 60 years ago. Watch a new video about an ascent that just dropped below
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https://gripped.com/video/climbing-yosemites-easiest-big-wall/
Bit of a miserable day of #climbing in #Beez, #belgium yesterday. Got spooked while leading the first easy climb. Continued on top-rope and couldn't finish any of the subsequent routes without hangdogging. Frustrating...It's a style of climbing that's not really my favorite though. Slightly overhanging with lots of pockets and you can't really see which are the good ones until you move to them. So lots of trying, retreating, etc. Which requires more strength than I have available.
Dear Kurt, This is a letter I don’t want to write. Writing is often difficult to get started, but this one is nearly impossible because you are gone, at least in the physical. It was in the evening of my birthday when I learned that you were presumed dead on Mt. Cook in New Zealand. …
https://climbingzine.com/a-letter-to-kurt-blair-by-luke-mehall/
Seb Bouin recently made the third ascent of X Integral (F9a+) in Gottreux, Switzerland.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/seb-bouin-repeats-x-intergal-f9a/
Peace is a 45-metre technical route found in Yosemite National Park. It was first climbed nearly 30 years ago
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https://gripped.com/video/anna-hazelnutt-climbing-a-famous-5-13d-slab/
