With the battle for Olympic Gold now a distant memory, this past weekend saw the return of the IFSC World Cup, with Koper, Slovenia, playing host to the penultimate lead climbing competition of the season.
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 teenage Federale slings his machine gun over his shoulder and bends toward my bag. Cocaine? he asks. Marijuana? I have a stash of weed stuffed in an ibuprofen container in the outside zipper of my backpack. No, I say. Josh stands behind me. He doesn’t know about the stash. This? the youth asks. He…
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The Adam Ondra route was the world's first 5.15c, but it gets a 5.15b/c grade with the use of kneepads
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https://gripped.com/news/jorge-diaz-rullo-climbing-change-5-15b-c/
Here's a breakdown of what constitutes an onsight, flash, redpoint, pinkpoint, and headpoint in route climbing
The post Onsight, Flash, and Redpoint – Defined appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/profiles/onsight-flash-and-redpoint-defined/
Miho Nonaka, one of the top female competition climbers in the world, is set on competing in the 2024 Olympic Games. The Japanese-born athlete is no stranger to the high-level world of competitive climbing. In 2021 at the Tokyo Games, Nonaka won Olympic Silver.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=772138
