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Bronwyn Hodgins, Jiona Layton, Cat Geras and Alexa Flower travelled to the Ak-Su Valley of Kyrgyzstan earlier this year The post Women’s Expedition to Legendary Granite Spires for 5.13 Big Wall appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/womens-expedition-to-legendary-granite-spires-for-5-13-big-wall/

A new video of the epic 2025 ski was just released, watch below The post Andrzej Bargiel’s Historic Ski Descent of Mount Everest appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/andrzej-bargiels-historic-ski-descent-of-mount-everest/

Guess I'm on #crack now...Went lead #climbing and saw this new feaure for crack climbing and gave it a go. Lots of fun with fist jams, hand jams, and finger jams! Definitely doing more of this!

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the first route at Cave Wall, a story read by Luke Mehall Our sponsors for Season 7:  Kilter: http://settercloset.com (email holds@kiltergrips.com for more information) Osprey: https://www.osprey.com/ Scarpa. Use this link to shop Scarpa products, and The Zine will get a portion of the sale: https://alnk.to/3ye6GT2 Subscribe/ score some books/clothes/stickers: https://shop.climbingzine.com/ Photo… https://climbingzine.com/help-on-the-way-at-cave-wall-west/

Is there any app that lets you use the separate BT earpieces (like AirPods etc) to communicate directly from one to the other?You connect them to one phone, as normal, but then two people have each one in one ear and can talk to each other?I was with a friend to a climbing hall, and even though it was a "quiet" time, it was still hard to talk when one person is far up on the wall and the other was securing you on the floor. Thought this could be a perfect solution.#StealThisIdea #climbing

Ondra ticked a V15 and then the following day arguably flashed two V14s The post “Some of the best days of my life in bouldering” – An Incredible Two Days for Adam Ondra appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/some-of-the-best-days-of-my-life-in-bouldering-an-incredible-two-days-for-adam-ondra/

My father taught me how to climb, just as he taught me how to play guitar and ski—badly, I could say. But that isn’t quite right. Perhaps impatiently or unevenly. As a teacher, he managed to combine a sense of high expectations with a stunning lack of actual instruction. I would follow his skin track… https://climbingzine.com/suicide-pirates-andrew-allport/

Access Fund, in partnership with the American Alpine Club, is pleased to award $10,000 in Anchor Replacement Fund grants to six local climbing organizations. https://www.accessfund.org/latest-news/access-fund-awards-2025-anchor-replacement-grants

Honing a technique#climbing

At the AAC, we believe in the power of climbing to change lives. We are driven by the potential to support our members deeply, to use the AAC’s expertise and legacy to deliver resources that climbers can lean on, and that’s why we are so proud of this Impact Report. Each grant recipient we inspired, each lodging guest we launched into adventure, each climber who has learned how to climb a little more safely through our publications—this is what drives our work. How does it all break down? Here’s how we’ve met the needs of the AAC community this year. Donate today and support the AAC’s work. Just like putting in the work on your climbing project, or that long hike to an obscure alpine adventure, we all know that it takes dedication to progress in climbing. It is the dedication of donors and supporters like you that helps the AAC progress in our work—so thank you! https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2025/10/21/aacs-2025-impact-report

Next year will see Boulder, Lead, and Speed events in the United States, China, Chile and Europe The post Here’s Where the IFSC World Cup Is Going in 2026 appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/indoor-climbing/heres-where-the-ifsc-world-cup-is-going-in-2026/

In this episode of the podcast, we have adventure writer Owen Clarke on the pod to talk about rage bait, and how it’s showing up in climbing media and culture. Owen Clarke is a prolific writer, who regularly contributes to Summit Journal and Climbing.com, as well as many other media outlets. Recently, he covered rage bait for an article on Climbing.com, where he dove into a case study of the free soloist Lincoln Knowles. Rage bait is content that is intentionally created to elicit strong reactions from people—it’s trolling with intention, in order to drive clicks, comments, and other forms of engagement. Dive in to this episode to hear from this expert about why rage creates engagement, how shock-factor in traditional action sports media lends itself to evolving into rage bait, the unique elements of climbing rage bait, and why its specific to short-from media. Learn More About Owen Clarke Read More About Rage Bait in Climbing Culture https://americanalpineclub.org/news/2025/11/6/understanding-the-climbing-rage-bait-trend-with-owen-clarke

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The big alpine route was established by Matteo De Zaiacomo, Chiara Gusmeroli, and Davide Nesa in the summer The post “Less is More” is a New Climb up a Himalayan Face appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/less-is-more-is-a-new-climb-up-a-himalayan-face/

A new short film was just dropped featuring the American sending the route nearly a decade ago The post Jon Cardwell Climbing the Iconic Biographie 5.15a appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/jon-cardwell-climbing-the-iconic-biographie-5-15a/

No success today... but some good tries on a really bouldery beautiful route! #boulder #freeclimbing #sportclimbing #climbing #Sport #rockclimbing

Arriving at an bolt anchor with a small stance? Clip a quick draw to the bolt, and then either clip or clove hitch yourself to the draw. This secures you while you build the rest of the anchor. Use the top carabiner of the quick draw as part of the anchor. See a step-by-step and photo sequence for both multi pitch and top rope. Premium Article available https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/start-your-anchor-with-a-quickdraw

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