The Boardman Tasker, Shortlisted Authors event at this year’s Kendal Mountain Festival was once again a great success, with a sell-out audience, where the winner was announced.
Billy Ridal battles massive falls and snapping micro nuts to make a rare repeat of Rhapsody (E11 7a) at Dumbarton.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/billy-ridal-makes-eighth-ascent-of-rhapsody/
Watch an award-winning film about the legendary Australian climber who started climbing in his 50s
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Janja Garnbret has made a rare repeat of Za staro kolo (F8c+), a historic route originally climbed by Tadej Slabe in 1992.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/janja-garnbret-makes-rare-repeat-of-historic-za-staro-kolo-f8c/
It was first climbed by Wolfgang Güllich in the mid-1980s
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Matilda Söderlund has climbed Peace, a classic 5.13d on Medlicott Dome in Tuolumne Meadows. It was first climbed by Ron […]
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