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Winter climbing essentials: gear we’re loving this snowy season

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  • EpicTVE

    How To Use An Ice Axe

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDaPNt0w1Nw
  • lumi@c.imL

    This weekend tried ice climbing for the first time.

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    This weekend tried ice climbing for the first time. With small drytooling experience, soft-ish ice and slightly positive slope it was surprisingly easy. Once did 5 climbs with no breaks, and only stopped because of queueAlso tried different ice tools: my new Trango Raptor, Petzl Sum'tec and two variations of non striking tools. Non striking are physically easy to to use when ice is not flat, but are harder to trust. Raptors are holding best, but the striking motion is harder to master because of the blade angle. Sum'tecs are just the easiest for beginnersAnd this was an actual frozen waterfall!(more like a frozen shell around still flowing waterfall, and the ice in the middle was quite thin and not attached to the rock)#climbing #mountains #ice
  • devnullD

    The OpenBeta early access app is now open to the public!

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    So excited to announce that the OpenBeta mobile app for android is available to download on the google play store! A huge thanks to our many volunteers who worked on this important part of Our project We are still in beta testing mode looking for app feedback- provide any improvements via the play store or DM us! [image: 1737130053550-1000006940.png] [image: 1737130053758-1000006938.png] [image: 1737130053975-1000006937.png] [image: 1737130054088-1000006939.png]
  • EpicTVE

    The Future Of Climbing: Pepa Šindel

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwU9XrxQNvw
  • UK ClimbingU

    First Ascent of Wolf Kingdom 9b+ by Seb Bouin

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    French climber Sbastien Bouin has made the first ascent of Wolf Kingdom at Pic Saint-Loup in Languedoc-Roussillon, southern France and proposed 9b+. The route is his sixth of the grade and - in his opinion - his second-hardest to date after DNA 9c. Wolf Kingdom combines sections of two existing hard lines first climbed by Bouin, Beyo... https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=776564
  • ClimbingZineC

    Bat Hang (a poem) by Lex Abbruscato

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    open jug filled by authentic rubber and stretched leather laces of Velcro rooted in gravity toward the edge of rock then toward inverted air the body of a bat hangs weightless cemented in time where wingspan takes flight, autopilot into nocturnal sleep for seconds as blood rushes to the start of a dream and your… https://climbingzine.com/bat-hang-a-poem-by-lex-abbruscato/
  • UK ClimbingU

    Interview Rachel Pearce climbs Olwen, E9 6c

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    Rachel Pearce has made the sixth ascent, and third female ascent, of Olwen, E9 6c, at Painted Wall, Rhoscolyn, Wales. https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=774705
  • Access FundA

    Meet Your 2024 Climbing Conservation Teams

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    https://www.accessfund.org/latest-news/meet-your-2024-climbing-conservation-teams