Trees can make great rappel anchors, but there are definitely some best practices and things you want to avoid. Have a look at Part 2 of my detailed series on tree anchors.
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This is the first known solo ascent of the famous alpine climb, which has less than 20 ascents since the 1980s
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Half boulder problem, half trad route, Black Mamba is a wild climb on the White Rim
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Babsi Zangerl just became the first person to free climb a route on El Capitan on her first try, without a fall. Her ascent closes a 30-year chapter of attempts.
https://www.climbing.com/news/history-of-el-capitan-flash-attempts/
A National Geographic team led by Free Solo director Jimmy Chin believe they have discovered the remains of British mountaineer Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine, the youngest member of the 1924 expedition who disappeared aged 22 one-hundred years ago along with his climbing partner George Mallory. An exclusive article reports that filmmaker and ...
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