James McHaffie has just completed his summer mission in the Ogwen Valley making the first ascent of what he believes is now north Wales’ hardest trad route - Yma O Hyd (E10 7a).
The big alpine route was established by Matteo De Zaiacomo, Chiara Gusmeroli, and Davide Nesa in the summer
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Italian climbers Camilla Moroni and Pietro Vidi have repeated Histoire sans Fin (8b+ 200m) on Petit Clocher du Portalet, Switzerland, with Moroni making the first female free ascent
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This is the newest big climb to be added to the granite walls on Baffin Island
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Multi-pitch climbing requires good planning, a strong team, route-finding, rescue skills and a way down
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In this week's Friday Night Video, fresh from his ascent of the 9A Soudain Seul, Adam Ondra heads out with the aim of flashing some hard boulder problems. We get an insight into the preparation before these attempts and also a little look at a potential 9A/+ project...
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This is a win for the National Park Service, park staff and conservationists
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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...
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