Forty years after making the first ascent, Ben Moon is back on Statement of Youth, aroute that not only represented the cutting edge in terms of difficulty at the time of its first ascent, but also marked the dawn of a new approach to the discipline of climbing in the UK as a whole.
The Goretta Pillar is one of Patagonia's most famous big routes, thanks in part to the storied first ascent
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Josef Šindel climbed Action Directe 5.14d and Wallstreet 5.14c over the weekend
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The Paris Olympic champion has been having a tough year on the World Cup circuit
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One of the routes featured the hardest clip of his life
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'Folk will always make comparisons, but the main comparison should be in quality, and in this, they are all amazing!'
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Jorge Díaz-Rullo spent two months in Flatanger this summer and sent Adam Ondra's "Change" and "Move." He says they were equally difficult.
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