Belgian climber Anak Verhoeven released a video of her #climbing La Planta de Shiva in Spain. It's a 9b route, the hardest grade climbed by women so far. She's the fourth woman to climb 9b.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooE3iRuT1mY
A new park has opened that uses the holds and pads that were used in climbing's inaugural Olympics
The post Climbing Holds from Tokyo Olympics Back in Use appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/climbing-holds-from-tokyo-olympics-back-in-use/
Aidan Roberts has made the first repeat of Solly Kemball-Dorey's 'magnum opus', Poseidon's Wrath (f8C), at Trewethet Cliff (North), in Cornwall.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=775610
After spending a few days over 6,000 metres, Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak are off the mountain
The post Experienced Alpinists Rescued in Himalaya appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/experienced-alpinists-rescued-in-himalaya/
A new series where we look at the complete history of climbing, starting long before it became a sport
The post The History of Why We Climb, Part One appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/profiles/the-history-of-why-we-climb-part-one/
Orrin Coley has completed his project at Forest Rock, naming the line The Wizard King and suggesting a grade of 9a. The steep cave route is the culmination of multiple extended boulder problems, finishing up a new section of bolted climbing.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=774254
