Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has repeated Bombardino (F9a+) in Arco, Italy. This marks Babsi’s first route at this grade.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/babsi-zangerl-repeats-bombardino-f9a/
It’s so much fun doing this rescuing climbing techniques course. I learned last time how to do a safe abseil with my “unconscious” climbing partner hanging below me.
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Movies about some of U.S.A.'s best climbers kind of lied about stuff this year, but we still loved the films
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https://gripped.com/profiles/two-american-climbing-films-stretched-the-truth-this-year/
by Pat Ament (note the full version of this piece was published in Volume 17, which is now available in print.) Banner photo by the author. Ascetic solitude is difficult. You withdraw from the world to get a clearer glimpse of who you are, what you are doing, and where life is taking you. The…
https://climbingzine.com/chuck-pratt-liquid-sunshine-by-pat-ament-part-1/
Just a few weeks after her ascent of Mission Impossible, Emma Twyford has made the fifth ascent of Olwen, E9 6c, at Painted Wall, Rhoscolyn, Anglesey.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=773008