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.
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Tool tethers prevent the gigantic problem of dropping an ice tool on a long alpine route. The commercial ones work fine; however they can be a bit expensive. Here's a way to make your own.
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Mirrored 5.14c/d is the newest hard route in one of North America's steepest sport crags
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It was first climbed by Wolfgang Güllich in the mid-1980s
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