Bronwyn Hodgins, Jiona Layton, Cat Geras and Alexa Flower travelled to the Ak-Su Valley of Kyrgyzstan earlier this year
The post Women’s Expedition to Legendary Granite Spires for 5.13 Big Wall appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/womens-expedition-to-legendary-granite-spires-for-5-13-big-wall/
We talk with Coleman to learn more about his first ascent of No One Mourns the Wicked, arguably the most aesthetic V17 in the world
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https://gripped.com/profiles/nathaniel-coleman-on-establishing-the-usas-newest-v17/
Onsight 12a lead, two onsight 12b top ropes, and got my 12d top rope project down to one take this morning. I’m feeling so good about my #climbing lately.
Matt Heliker has extended a V11 to the top of a cliff up some run-out terrain in the U.K.
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https://gripped.com/news/new-spicy-trad-starts-up-hard-boulder/
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/
