Miho Nonaka, one of the top female competition climbers in the world, is set on competing in the 2024 Olympic Games. The Japanese-born athlete is no stranger to the high-level world of competitive climbing. In 2021 at the Tokyo Games, Nonaka won Olympic Silver.
The route, his third at 9a+ in 2024 alone, was first climbed by Alex Megos in 2016, but is best known for its second ascent, when Adam Ondra became the first person ever to flash a route at 9a+.
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Forty years after making the first ascent, Ben Moon is back on Statement of Youth, aroute that not only represented the cutting edge in terms of difficulty at the time of its first ascent, but also marked the dawn of a new approach to the discipline of climbing in the UK as a whole.
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This week's Friday Night Video follows Sean Bailey on his journey to establishing the world's ninth 9A/V17 boulder - Shaolin, in Red Rocks, Nevada.
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From establishing one of the world's hardest routes to designing famous portaledges, Middendorf had a monumental impact on big wall climbing
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