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Giving Tuesday: The SCC story & why your membership matters! In the early days of Southeastern climbing, there were no formal trail days, no access funds, no playbook for how to protect a cliff. There were just climbers who loved the sandstone shelves above the Tennessee River and wanted to keep returning to the places […] https://www.seclimbers.org/2025/12/02/giving-tuesday/

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The splitter crack eats #5s and requires 60 meters of horizontal offwidth technique The post Pete Whittaker and Mari Salvesen Flash the World’s Hardest Urban Crack appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/pete-whittaker-and-mari-salvesen-flash-the-worlds-hardest-urban-crack/

The jury unanimously said The Corridor by Iain Peters deserves this year's top prize The post The Corridor Wins 2025 Boardman Tasker Book Award appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/the-corridor-wins-2025-boardman-tasker-book-award/

Climbers have been fighting to have access to Howard Knob since the 1990s The post Famous American Bouldering Area Saved After 30 Years appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/famous-american-bouldering-area-saved-after-30-years/

Carolina Climbers Coalition and the Access Fund have purchased and protected Lower Ghost Town The post Climbers Purchase Climbing Area in North Carolina appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/climbers-purchase-climbing-area-in-north-carolina/

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start from Dösner See to Säuleck, via ferrata in mid October - little ice, good conditions, crampons on route down helpful#mountain #climbing #photography #austria

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Sasha DiGiulian has completed a long-term goal of sending Platinum Wall The post Sasha DiGiulian Climbs 39-Pitch 5.13d on El Capitan appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/sasha-digiulian-climbs-39-pitch-5-13d-on-el-capitan/

The climb in La Bisbal Cave, Spain ascends a very unique rock face that's half boulder problem, half sport route The post Jorge Díaz-Rullo Sending an Alex Megos 5.15a appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/jorge-diaz-rullo-sending-an-alex-megos-5-15a/

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Pete Whittaker attempts a big urban crack in Germany The post Pete Whittaker’s “Soft Deck Out” Close Call appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/pete-whittakers-soft-deck-out-close-call/

Several classic moderate ice climbs in Orient Bay and Kama Bay have been climbed The post Ice Climbing is Game On in Northern Ontario appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/ice-climbing-is-game-on-in-northern-ontario/

A surprising number of backcountry users surveyed were unaware of the avalanche dangers they were heading into The post The Avalanche Danger Snowshoers Overlook appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/gripped-outdoors/the-avalanche-danger-snowshoers-overlook/

The horizontal crack has only been climbed a handful of times since the first ascent in 2011 The post Wild 5.14 Roof Crack Necronomicon Climbed Again appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/wild-5-14-roof-crack-necronomicon-climbed-again/

Access Fund was founded in 1991 to protect America’s climbing. We’ve made so much progress on that front—from passing bills in Congress to buying threatened climbing areas to building sustainable trails—but our work is not done. In fact, it’s just as important as ever. https://www.accessfund.org/latest-news/breaking-black-diamond-is-matching-all-donations-to-secure-climbings-future