"The Pinch has found a home in my pack, a beloved addition that I appreciate for its light weight, reliable belay orientation, and fluency with skinny cords."
https://www.climbing.com/gear/review-edelrid-pinch-belay-device/
Here's a collection of just some of the most inspiring and headline-making all-gear ascents this past year
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https://gripped.com/profiles/five-memorable-hard-trad-climbs-of-2024/
A new film featuring an historical Alps ascent was just released for free
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https://gripped.com/profiles/winter-ascent-of-grandes-jorasses-north-face/
The news coming out of Australia is that vast sections of climbing at the Arapiles / Dyurrite - including the world’s first F8b+, Punks in the Gym – are to be closed under a proposed ban.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/vast-climbing-areas-in-arapiles-dyurrite-facing-ban/
Spots of Time is one of two long-term V17 projects Roberts completed this winter
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https://gripped.com/news/aidan-roberts-climbing-britains-first-v17/
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/
Her send is the the ninth ascent of Mission Impossible (E9 7a) at Gallt Yr Ogof in Gwynedd, Wales
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https://gripped.com/news/emma-twyford-climbs-spicy-5-13d-trad/