The shortlist for the 2024 Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature has been announced. In the competition's forty-first year, there were 32 entries by authors from Great Britain, Ireland, USA, Australia, Canada, India, Pakistan, B...
Six months after Babsi Zangerl made the historic first flash ascent of El Capitan, William Moss has made the second flash ascent of El Capitan, also of Freerider, 5.13a, but this time in just a single day.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=781551
After a winter imbibed with injuries and frustrations Robbie Phillips has bust out with a new E9 on Skye.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/robbie-phillips-adds-away-with-the-faeries-e9-6c-on-skye/
“I am glad / For every thought that puts my memory / On my past time.” —Michelangelo This piece is published in Volume 19 of The Climbing Zine. Banner photo of Layton Kor by Paul Mayrose Nothing slowed Layton Kor. April, 1962, he drove to Yosemite with Jack Turner and wrote me a…
https://climbingzine.com/not-for-me-to-wonder-why-an-early-ascent-of-the-naked-edge-with-layton-kor-by-pat-ament/
We just came across an unexpected find in the Zine storage: a small box of Volume 13s. Now posted up for sale. Score one if you can! RARE ZINE The Climbing Zine Volume 13
https://climbingzine.com/rare-zine-volume-13-just-posted-up-for-sale/
Sweeping bans to rock climbing to come into effect in the new year
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https://gripped.com/profiles/arapiles-closures-suck-for-rock-climbers/
A lifer reflects on risks taken (and fates avoided) thanks to the unexpected friendships forged along the way.
https://www.climbing.com/people/avoiding-tragedy-while-climbing/
