After considerable effort and trauma, Eliot Stephens closes the deal making the first ascent of another South Wales boulder test-piece.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/eliot-stephen-makes-first-ascent-of-the-malleus-maleficarum-font-8c/
The road from El Portal into the Valley, Route 140, is closed for the foreseeable future
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Maksym Petrenko was one of Ukraine’s strongest sport climbers in the early aughts. He was just killed in combat near Toretsk.
https://www.climbing.com/news/former-ukrainian-climbing-star-maksym-petrenko-killed-in-battle/
Along with her partner Jacopo Larcher, they made the first repeats of a stout new route
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A novel abseiling litter pick is planned to take place on Yr Wyddfa (Snowdon) on 20th September to clear decades of debris that has built up in the Trinity Gullies, the popular winter climbing venue below the summit.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=774639
He worked the Dylan Chuat line in Switzerland in between training sessions
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The Berlin bridge project is likely the most difficult concrete crack he's attempted yet
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