V16 climber Pietro Vidi has repeated the 19-pitch 5.13c a quarter of a century after Tommy Caldwell and Beth Rodden made the first free ascent
The post Lurking Fear on El Cap Freed After 25 Years appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/lurking-fear-on-el-cap-freed-after-25-years/
Hamish McArthur has made the second ascent of Nathaniel Coleman's V17/9A boulder No One Mourns the Wicked, the sit start to Defying Gravity V15/8C, in Thunder Ridge, Colorado, USA.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=781055
With her send of Parallel World, Katie McKinstry became the first woman to climb D15+
The post Katie McKinstry Makes History with Hardest Female Drytooling Ascent appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/profiles/katie-mckinstry-makes-history-with-hardest-female-drytooling-ascent/
Make good decisions when planning your weekend objective as the backcountry north and south of Squamish will be sketchy
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https://gripped.com/news/avalanche-hazard-goes-to-high-on-west-coast/
In crevasse rescue, you often build one anchor and transfer the load to it. Then (if needed) you may build a second anchor and try to equalize #1 and #2. Here are three methods to dial in this equalization.
https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/three-ways-to-equalize-crevasse-rescue-anchors
