Pietro Vidi has made the second free ascent of Lurking Fear, 5.13c, El Capitan, twenty-five years after it was first freed by Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodden, in 200.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=781533
(2/2) Hoy una divertida vía de aventura en el valle de Benasque. "Consume Apocalipsis" (200 m V+). https://mastodon.social/@Enriquegil/114043327188555485https://youtu.be/gqalwr1xybA#escalada #climbing #benasque #pirineo #huesca #paisaje #landscape
Johnny Goicoechea—a.k.a. Johnny G—was a prolific bouldering developer in Colorado and Washington in the 2000s and 2010s.
https://www.climbing.com/people/remembering-johnny-goicoechea/
Starting in 1948, the American Alpine Club has published an annual report of climbing related accidents in the US and Canada. What other countries do the same? Here is a summary. If you can add to it, let me know!
https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/worldwide-climbing-accident-reports
Four fingers grip an empty cup. “Go back to your country, terrorist!” a stranger spits, tossing his beer on me as his eyes survey my Middle Eastern features in disgust. Budweiser drips down my cheeks and onto my American flag T-shirt as cars race the Indy 500 track in circles on a hot summer day…
https://climbingzine.com/holding-on-by-letting-go-by-shara-zaia-volume-24-excerpt/