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  • A Climber We Lost: Tony Sartin

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    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-tony-sartin/
  • Outdoor Groups Support a New Welsh National Park

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    Outdoor and environmental groups have welcomed the Welsh Government's proposal to establish a new National Park in north-east Wales, but would like aspects of the plan to go further. A consultation on the park, which centres on the Clwydian Hil... https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=777288
  • The Salajeet Collectors by Amanda Forrest

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    This story starts and ends with a chicken. On a bright morning in a high valley of the Hindu Kush, the doomed bird lay pinned atop a low stone wall that had been built by local goat herders. One sharp birdie eye looked up into the cloudless sky, the heavens a pale blue, the air… https://climbingzine.com/the-salajeet-collectors-by-amanda-forrest/
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    Today I was supposed to host an informal skills clinic with a climber new to the outdoors, and teach them the basics of anchor cleaning. They ended up rescheduling, so I had some time to waste. We're usually taught to clip draws with the gate facing away from the direction of the next bolt/pro, but if you're clipping a hanger (as opposed to a glue-in), could the biner rotate, and have the gate opened by the bolt itself? I tried with an extendable draw I had, and it took some doing, but it was definitely possible. Rope movement can make a draw do funny things, and extendable draws in particular love to flip orientation. Lots of seemingly impossible things have happened to unattended protection! This doesn't really apply to local crags here since bolts here are glue-ins, with exception of the anchor, but food for thought. All the same it seems the advice to clip with the gate facing away from direction of travel still seems to supercede this niche edge case. [image: 1726449887485-pxl_20240916_011132217-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449891860-pxl_20240916_011143499-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449898882-pxl_20240916_011243263.mp-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449903000-pxl_20240916_011433464_exported_1433.jpg]
  • Paris 2024 Olympics - Men’s Bouldering Semi-final

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    Anraku, Naraski and Roberts are the top three finishers in the men’s Boulder semi-final on climbing's opening day at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. https://www.climber.co.uk/news/paris-2024-olympics-men-s-bouldering-semi-final/
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    “We’re not sponsoring The Climbing Zine, because we’re only doing digital ads this year,” my contact at Patagonia told me.  This was a setback I’d been anticipating — Patagonia has pulled back from a few different long term sponsorships — but to hear these words directly, from my long term business colleague who represents the… https://climbingzine.com/keeping-the-zine-alive-after-losing-patagonia/
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    Para Climbing has been confirmed as a new sport for inclusion in the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games.The LA28 Organising Committee is the first ever to propose a new sport to the Paralympic program. TheInternational Paralympic Committee's Governing Board voted in the proposal on 26 June. https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=772337
  • Pietro Vidi Repeats a Shawn Raboutou V16

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    https://gripped.com/news/pietro-vidi-repeats-a-shawn-raboutou-v16/