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  • 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
  • mootparadox@fosstodon.orgM

    Ooo!!

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    mootparadox@fosstodon.orgM
    Ooo!! New shoe day!! Well- I say "new" but I'm now onto my fourth pair of La Sportiva Mythos! #Climbing #IndoorClimbing
  • 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

    Roger Murray Steps Down as BMC Chair

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    British Mountaineering Council (BMC) Chair Roger Murray has announced that he will not seek re-election following the conclusion of his term at the end of November 2024. https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=774668
  • GrippedG

    Anna Hazelnutt Adds 5.14 Extension to Peace on Medlicott Dome in Tuolumne

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    “I had no doubts that I could do it. It was just a matter of when.” The post Anna Hazelnutt Adds 5.14 Extension to Peace on Medlicott Dome in Tuolumne appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/anna-hazelnutt-adds-5-14-extension-to-peace-on-medlicott-dome-in-tuolumne/
  • HowNOT2H

    Two carabiners and a dream #climbinggear #breaktest

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArXT536lSog
  • ClimbingZineC

    Holding On By Letting Go by Shara Zaia (full story)

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    Four fingers grip an empty cup. “Go back to your country, terrorist!” a stranger spits, tossing his beer on me as his eyes survey my Middle Eastern features in disgust.  Budweiser drips down my cheeks and onto my American flag T-shirt as cars race the Indy 500 track in circles on a hot summer day… https://climbingzine.com/holding-on-by-letting-go-by-shara-zaia-volume-24-excerpt/
  • ClimbingZineC

    Climbing En Plein Air by Birch Malotky

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    The dance of renewal, the dance that made the world,  was always danced here at the edge of things…   —Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of The World   My first sense of it is auditory. I am walking toward the rim, eyes straining to see over an edge I can’t yet… https://climbingzine.com/climbing-en-plein-air-by-birch-malotky/