Cenotaph Corner is an Extreme graded climb (E1) on Dinas Cromlech in the Llanberis Pass, Snowdonia. It's first ascent was made famous in 1952 by the legendary climber Joe Brown (who sadly passed away in 2020).To celebrate the anniversary of it...
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Retired army-veteran-turned-mountaineer stands atop Antarctica’s Mount Vinson to complete his years-long quest
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This futuristic project for the next generation might one day be the world's hardest sport climb
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Orrin Coley has completed his project at Forest Rock, naming the line The Wizard King and suggesting a grade of 9a. The steep cave route is the culmination of multiple extended boulder problems, finishing up a new section of bolted climbing.
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Janja Garnbret, Sorato Anraku, and Jakob Schubert are clear crowd favorites. But there are plenty of others who could snag gold.
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First climbed in 2008, left ungraded after the first ascent, and unrepeated for more than sixteen years, Echo Wall is a route that has always had an air of mystery about it.
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