The UK’s top university climbers gathered at The University of Warwick last weekend for the National Universities Lead and Speed Climbing Championships (NULSCC) 2025.
Rogora joins Adam Ondra and Alex Megos as the third climber in history to onsight two or more climbs 5.14c or harder
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https://gripped.com/news/laura-rogora-makes-history-with-second-5-14c-onsight/
Oliver Tippett has climbed new ground to make the first ascent of Cardiac Arrest
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https://gripped.com/news/new-20-pitch-climb-on-el-capitan-in-yosemite/
Part of a continuing series of looking at strength of anchors, gear, and knots. How strong is a belay loop? How about a rope after you stomp on it with a crampon? Can I trust that rappel anchor made with old, sun bleached webbing? Learn the answers to these and more.
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Italian Lead ace, Laura Rogora, takes women’s onsight climbing to a new level with Ultimate Sacrifice, a renowned long and pumpy F8c+ in Gorge du Loup, France.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/laura-rogora-drives-up-women-s-onsight-level-with-ultimate-sacrifice-f8c/
The two veteran hard-trad climbers both free-climbed the Heart Route, a 31-pitch 5.13b over three days
The post Tommy Caldwell and Connor Herson Team Up for El Capitan appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/tommy-caldwell-and-connor-herson-team-up-for-el-capitan/
Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher have made the second and third repeats of the 220m long Seventh Direction (F8c) in Rätikon, Switzerland.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/babsi-zangerl-and-jacopo-larcher-repeat-220m-long-seventh-direction-f8c/
