"Anyone visiting the area, even up until the early 1980s, would have struggled to imagine it becoming a globally recognised climbing destination..."
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Air quality warnings have been issued, but it doesn't mean that you can't get out for some climbing
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Will Bosi has made the first ascents of two new hard boulders in Switzerland, Brain Rot, 8C+, in Magic Wood, and Kyanite, 8C, in Val Bavona.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=781340
Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community.
https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-javier-botella-de-maglia/
In addition to freeing The Nose via the 5.13 V9 Schnoz variation—marking a first for the route—Puman also ticked off a laundry list of hard lines, from boulders to big walls
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The “Swiss cheese” model is a metaphor for how risk can be reduced through overlapping and redundant safety systems.
https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/the-swiss-cheese-model-of-risk-mitigation
Team Japan climbers dominated yet again at the Lead World Cup in Briançon
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