For the second time in its history, Sport Climbing hits the spotlight at the Olympic Games in Paris with a packed six-day programme starting a week from today on Monday August 5th.
It would have been almost unheard of to have all three of these ascents to go down in the same week in 2016
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We got in touch with Babsi shortly after her ascent to ask about how the flash ascent came about, why she wore three shoes during the Monster Offwidth, and which moments had her feeling the pressure:
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=776926
New send footage was just released of the striking Little Cottonwood Canyon bloc
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Climbing is hard enough as it is; don't stunt your progression if you can help it. Here are 7 easy-to-fix mistakes as you ease into the sport.
https://www.climbing.com/skills/7-beginner-climber-mistakes/
Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher have made the second and third repeats of the 220m long Seventh Direction (F8c) in Rätikon, Switzerland.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/babsi-zangerl-and-jacopo-larcher-repeat-220m-long-seventh-direction-f8c/
“Just because you are the belayer,” notes this week’s whippee, “doesn’t mean you can’t get hurt.”
https://www.climbing.com/videos/climber-takes-big-fall-from-roof-crack/
