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.
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-takero-nakajima/
Sébastien Bouin recently made the first ascent of Wolf Kingdom F9b+, at Pic Saint Loup, France believing it to be his second hardest route ever.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/seb-bouin-makes-first-ascent-of-wolf-kingdom-f9b/
The Boardman Tasker this year goes to Headstrap: Legends and Lore from the Climbing Sherpas of Darjeeling
The post Book About Sherpas Wins Esteemed Award appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/profiles/book-about-sherpas-wins-esteemed-award/
The Adam Ondra route was the world's first 5.15c, but it gets a 5.15b/c grade with the use of kneepads
The post Jorge Díaz-Rullo Climbing Change 5.15b/c appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/jorge-diaz-rullo-climbing-change-5-15b-c/
