It’s that time of year again! Our call for photo submissions for the 2026 OAC Ontario Crags Calendar is now OPEN!! The Ontario Crags Calendar aims to celebrate and highlight...
From speed records and first free ascents to new routes and history-making solos, it was another memorable year in the Valley
The post Yosemite in 2025: Dawn Wall and 15 Other Remarkable Climbs appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/profiles/yosemite-valley-continues-to-be-one-of-the-worlds-most-popular-places-for-climbers-to-test-themselves-on-hard-granite-like-the-past-several-years-2025-saw-an-impressive-number-of-difficult/
Four Germans made a team free ascent of the high-altitude 5.13 granite alpine route
The post Karakoram’s Eternal Flame Freed by Team appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/eternal-flame-on-trango-tower-fkkarakorams-eternal-flame-freed-by-teamarakorams-eternal-flame-freed-by-team-of-fourreed-by-team-of-four/
Access Fund was founded in 1991 to protect America’s climbing. We’ve made so much progress on that front—from passing bills in Congress to buying threatened climbing areas to building sustainable trails—but our work is not done. In fact, it’s just as important as ever.
https://www.accessfund.org/latest-news/big-news-black-diamond-is-matching-all-donations-to-protect-americas-climbing
Some rivalries are just as career-defining as the actual accolades athletes earn on the wall.
https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/7-greatest-comp-climbing-rivalries-ever/
Tara Hayes has made the first female ascent of Pete Robins' 8B boulder Isles of Wonder, at Carreg Mianog Boulders, Gwynedd, Wales.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=773184
