The full list of book finalists for the 50th Banff Mountain Film Festival is below
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We rounded the bend and there were half a dozen people lining up at the base of the route. Rock climbing pioneers had valued the virtue of good clothing: well ironed shirts, collared and tucked. We paused momentarily—not because of the crowds but because of the publicity—before stripping down to our birthday suits and soaring…
https://climbingzine.com/rambling-in-the-bugaboos-by-david-fay/
James Pearson makes an early repeat of Crac yr Meistri (Masters Crack) in Nant Peris Quarry.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/james-pearson-repeats-masters-crack-e9-7a/
In this week's Friday Night Video, Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall head to Switzerland to attempt Jonas Schild's route Hanuman, an 8b/+ trad route with the potential for some big falls...
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A film on accomplished climber Ashima Shiraishi took home a prize for best feature length
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Mick Fowler and Victor Saunders secure (yet another) first ascent in the Karakoram some 40 years after their first visit.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/fowler-and-saunders-make-first-ascent-of-yawash-sar-karakoram/