I won’t say that I’m afraid of heights, but to be standing on the edge of anything looking down more than 50 feet or so gives me a funny feeling in the abdomen from just below the sternum all the way down to where the feeling translates into a moderate concern about bladder control. It’s…
https://climbingzine.com/holding-the-rock-together/
Aid climbing requires lots of fixed rope ascending. The traditional way to do this is using your ”lead” ladders. However, an adjustable, comfortable and lightweight stirrup is a superior tool.
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https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/stirrups-for-rope-ascending
The 500-metre climb took three days with the first ascent team climbing pitches in the M8 range
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https://gripped.com/news/hard-new-16-pitch-alpine-route-near-chamonix/
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/
Some of the hardest bouldering sends of the year
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https://gripped.com/profiles/five-v16-sends-in-2024-so-far/
