James Pearson makes an early repeat of Crac yr Meistri (Masters Crack) in Nant Peris Quarry.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/james-pearson-repeats-masters-crack-e9-7a/
The ascent is the hardest trad flash of all time, and took place with no prior inspection of the holds.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=781459
Both of her sends at the grade have been repeats of Adam Ondra first ascents
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https://gripped.com/uncategorized/angelika-rainer-climbs-her-second-5-14c/
As ice climbing season winds down, it becomes more important to consider environmental conditions as potential hazards. Here are five of them. Guest post from IFMGA Guide Kel Rossiter.
https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/ice-climbing-environmental-red-flags
A four-person team battled heinous runouts, hard free moves, and thin hooking to complete the 3,300-foot route on Greenland's famed Mirror Wall.
https://www.climbing.com/news/dangerous-new-big-wall-climbed-in-remote-greenland/
A British team consisting of Simon Smith, Tim Miller and Callum Johnson along with Slovakian Mika Izakoviov have returned from a successful expedition to Torssukatak Fjord in the Cape Farewell region of south Greenland.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=775227
When we fail on large moves, most of us tend to think we just need to pull more and pull harder—and our training reflects this bias toward the upper body.
https://www.climbing.com/skills/hips-climbing-training/