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  • GrippedG

    Noah Wheeler Climbs a V15 in the Gunks

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    This is the second ascent of The Big Bad Wolf, the first climbed at the grade in New York The post Noah Wheeler Climbs a V15 in the Gunks appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/noah-wheeler-climbs-a-v15-in-the-gunks/
  • UK ClimbingU

    Will Bosi flashes Dune, 8B+

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    Will Bosi has made a flash ascent of Jana vecov's Dune, 8B+, atStaechovck Lom, Czech Republic. https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=776009
  • devnullD

    September Forums Update

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    Hello and welcome to the OpenBeta Forums' September update! It's been a pretty wild couple months here as @bean and I try to set things up here. To give you a bit of history, before these forums were re-branded under the OpenBeta banner, it served as a news aggregator for climbing news publications. I was finding that I was missing certain important events (related to the 2024 Olympic qualifier series, mostly) and wanted one single place to check for climbing news. To achieve that, I turned to my old friend RSS (remember that?) in order to proactively pull in content from all sorts of publications, @Gripped, @climbing, @HowNOT2, etc... All of that still remains, and can be viewed in the @news and @videos categories. By August I teamed up with @viet and @bean to re-brand the forums to expand OpenBeta's social reach. The idea of running a forum paired very nicely with OpenBeta's mission to advocate for a free exchange of beta and ideas, as well as an underlying current of maintaining freedom of content ownership. We want the OpenBeta forums to be your one-stop shop for climbing-related news and discussion. Help us make it happen by joining the conversation today! A couple new items this month to introduce: You don't need to actually visit the site to be kept up-to-date. You can register your for push notifications and receive updates straight to your device. This works in-tandem with the in-app notifications, and email notifications/digests. We updated the main homepage to a more "feed-style" concept, which highlights content more than a traditional category/topic layout. There are obviously many opinions on whether this is preferable or not, but in the meantime, the original category listing layout can be found at /categories. N.B. The NodeBB team has generously provided hosting for OpenBeta, and in exchange, we get to test our brand-new functionality before it is released, win-win!
  • devnullD

    DMM Pivot for lowering to ground via top belay?

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    Last weekend I took a couple friends to the local crag for their first time out. Since I was the only one able to clean, others led and set the anchor, but on occasion if the leader were unable to reach the anchors, I would set the anchor and belayed the others up from the top using a grigri. That worked pretty well, though I'm aware that Petzl doesn't recommend using the grigri in such a manner (a redirected belay is preferred.) I did notice that the DMM Pivot set up in guide/auto-blocking mode had a dedicated method for lowering — using a second biner to adjust the angle of the device. Are there concerns with doing so for lowering a second climber all the way to the ground? Whenever lowering is mentioned, it's always in the context is lowering the second "a few feet" or so.
  • climbingC

    The 10 Best Beachside Climbing Destinations

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    Looking to blend climbing and leisure? You can't go wrong at one of these beachside climbing areas. https://www.climbing.com/places/the-10-best-beachside-climbing-destinations/
  • HowNOT2H

    Is this redundant? #climbinggear #climbing

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfFgD57Mkws
  • climbingC

    Nims Purja Faces Sexual Assault Allegations. The Community Is Weighing In.

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    https://www.climbing.com/news/nims-purja-sexual-abuse-allegations/
  • American Alpine ClubA

    NEWS FROM NEW ZEALAND A SPECTACULAR SPIRE IN BRAZIL AN ALPINE BIG WALL IN THE TIEN SHAN THERE’S MUCH MORE ONLINE… The Line is Su...

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    https://publications.americanalpineclub.org/articles/13201216201