Between March 6th and 9th Roger Schäli, Filippo Sala and Silvan Schüpbach made the first ascent of an impressive line up the centre of the north face the Punta Pioda in the Alps.
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Renowned French climbers Léo Billon and Enzo Oddo have made the first free ascent of the Voie Lafaille on the West Face the Drus.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/leo-billon-and-enzo-oddo-free-voie-lafaille-on-les-dru/
An all-round climber hauled his instrument to the top of a granite spire and played Bach's Cello Suite No. 1 in G major
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In an rare result Erin McNeice and Chaehyun Seo were both awarded Gold in the first IFSC Lead competition of the season in Wujiang over the weekend; Sorato Anruka took Gold in men’s event.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/gold-s-for-mcneice-seo-and-anraku-in-wujiang/
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So this happened today.
I fell off a route, rested a bit, and made my way back up. The rope was still under tension, and as I moved up and over, my belay loop brushed past the draw and clipped into it
Sounded like someone else clipping a draw so I didn't think twice about it, until I became stuck on the wall
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