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    Two of the world's best backcountry skiers have opened a new line on one of North America's most famous mountains The post South Face of Canada’s Mount Robson is Skied for First Time appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/south-face-of-canadas-mount-robson-is-skied-for-first-time/
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    Subiendo a la cima del Posets (3369 m) por la cresta oeste tras rapelar la brecha Carrivé. En el PN Posets Maladeta (HUESCA). Ruta larga y poco frecuentada de gran belleza. #pirineo #escalada #climbing #benasque #paisaje #landscape #posetsmaladeta #posets
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    Today I was supposed to host an informal skills clinic with a climber new to the outdoors, and teach them the basics of anchor cleaning. They ended up rescheduling, so I had some time to waste. We're usually taught to clip draws with the gate facing away from the direction of the next bolt/pro, but if you're clipping a hanger (as opposed to a glue-in), could the biner rotate, and have the gate opened by the bolt itself? I tried with an extendable draw I had, and it took some doing, but it was definitely possible. Rope movement can make a draw do funny things, and extendable draws in particular love to flip orientation. Lots of seemingly impossible things have happened to unattended protection! This doesn't really apply to local crags here since bolts here are glue-ins, with exception of the anchor, but food for thought. All the same it seems the advice to clip with the gate facing away from direction of travel still seems to supercede this niche edge case. [image: 1726449887485-pxl_20240916_011132217-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449891860-pxl_20240916_011143499-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449898882-pxl_20240916_011243263.mp-resized.jpg] [image: 1726449903000-pxl_20240916_011433464_exported_1433.jpg]
  • James Pearson Climbs Bold Trad Echo Wall

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    He is the first to repeat the spicy gear climb since the first ascent by Dave MacLeod The post James Pearson Climbs Bold Trad Echo Wall appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/james-pearson-climbs-bold-trad-echo-wall/
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    Sir Chris Bonington, Britain's most famous mountaineer, is marking his 90th birthday by vowing to fulfil a promise for a friend. Now unable to climb in the great ranges of the world, he will instead support a project that is aiming to preserve ... https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=773554
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    Petzl's new Neox is a sleek assisted-braking belay device. How does it stack up to the Grigri? We put it to the test. https://www.climbing.com/gear/review-petzl-neox-belay-device/
  • Reflections in The Black by Vic Zeilman

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    The black-and-white photograph is small and square, half a century old, showing my grandmother posing in front of the dark, mysterious walls of the Black Canyon. As I study the image, I quickly realize that she is witnessing a time period in 1961 when there is not a single documented rock climb of any significance… https://climbingzine.com/reflections-in-the-black-by-vic-zeilman/
  • 2023 Climbing Advocacy Report

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    https://www.accessfund.org/latest-news/2023-climbing-advocacy-report