Climbing at Leda today! Ellie is officially a crag dog!! Had a short day, so only really did 3 climbs (Gigantic, Treehugger, Footloose). Always a good day when you touch rock though
With her partner ill in base camp, Fay Manners climbed on and completed two moderate ridges
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A 1:1 haul is the big wall standard for moving up your vertical camping supplies. But when it starts to be close (or even a bit more) than your bodyweight, it can be very hard to lift. Here’s a #CraftyRopeTrick that let’s you haul extra-heavy bags 1:1.
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A tricky or scary clip can ruin a send. You're missing out if you aren’t continuing to hone this crucial skill
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This is the newest big climb to be added to the granite walls on Baffin Island
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A basic guideline for anchor building: narrow angles are good, wide angles are bad. While that’s generally true, it turns out in some cases, a very narrow angle is not so good for load sharing. Check out a recent article and video by Over the Edge Rescue on this. (Warning: anchor nerds only.)
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Don't miss the Boulder World Cup in Keqiao, China on Saturday and Sunday. Here's how and when you can watch the comp.
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https://gripped.com/indoor-climbing/the-2025-world-cup-begins-this-weekend/
Luckily the rockfall happened at night and nobody was below the North Walls. There's a link to the rockfall below
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