'On the Reticent, Brandon had done all of the hard climbing, but here our blocks seemed similarly tricky. I had 10 pitches of runouts, dubious rock, and fear to contend with, and before long it would get dark'.
The highly accomplished climber has shared a video of himself on the hard American climb
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Just learned about https://openbeta.io/Neat climbing community and map where folks can describe the routes.Even has a fediverse instance https://community.openbeta.io/#climbing #OpenStreetMap #OSM #fediverse
Robbie Phillips has repeated James Taylor's 2021 route Prisoners of the Sun on Painted Wall at Rhoscolyn. James initially suggested E10 7a, but a repeat in a day by Jim Pope - led to a revision at E9 6c.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=774276
Janja Garnbret, Sorato Anraku, and Jakob Schubert are clear crowd favorites. But there are plenty of others who could snag gold.
https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/underdogs-sport-climbing-paris-olympics/
While it's the hardest drytool route ever, the grade of D15 requires a lot of strength and stamina
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