Once you decide to go 'pegless' you are kind of committed, you can't exactly grab a peg if you get tired, and with just cams on your rack it's gonna be a fiddly effort if you fluff a placement to try and clip a peg instead!
Despite not the best conditions, Jenny Abegg set the fastest known time round-trip up Cerro Solo
The post American Jenny Abegg Sets Patagonia Record appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/profiles/american-jenny-abegg-sets-patagonia-record/
Watch the story of the first ascent of Mother Earth, one of Australia's hardest gear routes
The post Gripping 5.13d Trad First Ascent in Australia appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/profiles/gripping-5-13d-trad-first-ascent-in-australia/
Sean Bailey has made the sixth ascent of Shawn Raboutou’s bouldering testpiece Alphane in Switzerland
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/sean-bailey-adds-alphane-font-9a-to-cv/
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/
Janja Garnbret has advanced to Boulder semis at one of the biggest World Cup events of the year
The post Olympians Advance at Innsbruck World Cup appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/olympians-advance-at-innsbruck-world-cup/
