Adam Ondra has made the fourth ascent of Simon Lorenzi's 9A boulder The Big Island (assis)/Soudain Seul, in Fontainebleau, France.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=778693
This became one of the hardest boulders ever climbed when opened last month
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It would have been almost unheard of to have all three of these ascents to go down in the same week in 2016
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A familiar face on the IFSC scene, moving forward the top Serbian climber is going to focus her efforts on the rock
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Hot news from Yosemite is that Belgian climber, Seb Berthe, has just made the fourth ascent of the Dawn Wall on El Cap.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/seb-berthe-makes-fourth-ascent-of-the-dawn-wall/
The normal way of cutting and melting a rope doesn't work too well with a rope with an aramid core, because it’s fireproof! Here's a simple and unconventional way to get a perfectly sealed cut on an aramid rope.
https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog//how-to-cut-a-kevlar-core-rope
A new video of Marine Thevenet climbing V15 just dropped, watch it below
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Watch several of Jon Krakauer's videos about the 1996 disaster on Mount Everest below
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He adds another hard sport climbing first-go send to his tick list
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The Strong Mind master discusses risk and her advice for moms and dads who climb
https://www.climbing.com/people/hazel-findlay-pregnant-postpartum-climbing/
In this short film, Jim Pope makes the first ascent of Lupin (8B/V13). It may be small but it packs a punch. Lupin that is.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=778601
Sébastien Berthe has made the fourth free ascent of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan
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