With Netflix’s Skyscraper Live, urban soloing is having its watershed moment. Who gets to decide this climbing genre’s greatest achievement?
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Established ground-up over several days, Hugo Parmentier and Symon Welfringer have completed one of the most stunning walls in the country
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German Alpinist David Göttler has successfully completed an ‘Alpine style’ ascent of Nanga Parbat (8126m) via the infamous Rupal Face and has descended the mountain by paraglider.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/historic-nanga-parbat-climb-and-fly-for-david-gottler/
This is for folks visiting Yosemite who don't know about the rule, which isn't new
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Katie Lamb has made the fourth ascent, and first female ascent, ofThe Dark Side (V16), atCamp 4 Boulders, Yosemite, USA.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=780936
The change in landscape has forced Switzerland and Italy to redraw their border
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https://gripped.com/profiles/switzerland-lost-10-of-glaciers-in-two-years/