Fourteen climbers, ten problems, six first ascents – this year V17 sends were more common than ever before
The post Can You Guess How Many V17s Sends There Were in 2025? Hint: It Was the Most Ever appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/profiles/can-you-guess-how-many-v17s-sends-there-were-in-2025-hint-it-was-the-most-ever/
'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'.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=783632
Will Bosi has made the first ascents of two new hard boulders in Switzerland, Brain Rot, 8C+, in Magic Wood, and Kyanite, 8C, in Val Bavona.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=781340
Escalando en la preciosa Aguja de Perramó, en el valle de Estós, PN Posets Maladeta (HUESCA)https://youtu.be/tJkNI_0wsuY#pirineo #escalada #climbing #benasque
After months of work (and more than a 100,000 vertical feet of hiking) Chase Leary and Andy Puhvel finally freed ‘Keel Haul’ (5.13c; 2,000ft). The crux is pitch is above 14,000 feet.
https://www.climbing.com/places/keel-haul-high-sierra-14000-feet/
