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Climber Sets Yosemite Record, Then Alex Honnold Stole It

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    Went climbing today for the first time in ages.

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    Went climbing today for the first time in ages. The extra weight I put on at Christmas was definitely having an effect on how well my arms were working at hauling my lump up the wall. (And I already suffer with a disproportionate body weight to muscle strength ratio!) I did a lot better than I anticipated, and stayed for longer, so wins all around.#climbing #bouldering
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    Gietl, Huber and Arnold open a new route on the east face of Jirishanca in Peru

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    Alexander Huber, Simon Gietl and Dani Arnold completed a first ascent on the east face of Jirishanca in Peru, which is said to be one of the most striking and steepest walls in the Andes. https://www.climber.co.uk/news/gietl-huber-and-arnold-open-a-new-route-on-the-east-face-of-jirishanca-in-peru/
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    Devils Tower was First Climbed on Independence Day in 1893

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    Two ranchers with no climbing experience spent weeks hamming wood into a crack to climb The post Devils Tower was First Climbed on Independence Day in 1893 appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/devils-tower-was-first-climbed-on-independence-day-in-1893/
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    Speed qualifications | NEOM 2024

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGBLF0naQW4
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    Paris 2024 Sport Climbing - Women's Speed Qualification: New Olympic and World Record of 6.06s

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    Following the men's Boulder semi-final, the women took to the Speed wall for the qualification rounds of the first ever individual Olympic medal event in the discipline. The Olympic record was broken four times, the World Record broken twice and four new continental records set. Tokyo 2020 Olympian Aleksandra Miroslaw eventually set a... https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=773570