"The Pinch has found a home in my pack, a beloved addition that I appreciate for its light weight, reliable belay orientation, and fluency with skinny cords."
https://www.climbing.com/gear/review-edelrid-pinch-belay-device/
Important information about the dos and don'ts on THE most important knot in #climbing and some myth busting.And here I thought it was all tested and proven about the humble figure eight.I've never used that yosemite finish, and I don't think I'll ever will. The stopper knot in the tail is enough and it doesn't really bother me particularly.I actually do like tails but that a whole different conversation https://youtu.be/nUCR_W-xCqY?si=3-A-1FABJ_4LWmht
Spots of Time is one of two long-term V17 projects Roberts completed this winter
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First climbed by Jacopo Larcher, James Pearson has completed the first redpoint repeat
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Sport Climbing's second Olympic showing kicked off today at Le Bourget in the northeastern suburbs of Paris. The men's Boulder semi-final filled the 6,000-capacity stand and many athletes had their first taste of competing on the world's biggest sporting stage. Japan's Sorato Anraku topped the leaderboard after a dominant two-top perf...
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After getting dropped off by plane in a narrow, threatened valley, the “easiest” way back to civilization was up the giant East Face of Mount Hunter.
https://www.climbing.com/news/new-climbing-route-mount-hunter-alaska-one-way-out/
Innsbruck closed with Janja Garnbret with double Golds whilst Sohta Amagasa and Jakob Schubert get the Gold in Men’s Boulder and Lead and Toby Roberts gets Bronze in Lead and 4th in Boulder
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/innsbruck-double-gold-for-garnbret-whilst-roberts-podiums-with-a-bronze-in-lead/