Hooks are crucial gear for aid climbing, but they are a bit unusual: most require you to add a sling. Here are a few tricks and best practices for slinging your hooks.
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https://www.alpinesavvy.com/blog/how-to-sling-hooks-wwRJG
Each January we post a farewell tribute to those members of our community lost in the year just past. Some of the people you may have heard of, some not. All are part of our community.
https://www.climbing.com/people/a-climber-we-lost-alvaro-peiro/
Published Nov. 21, limited copies are going fast
The post Interview with Alastair Lee on His Coffee Table Book Exposed – Leo Houlding appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/profiles/interview-with-alastair-lee-on-his-coffee-table-book-exposed-leo-houlding/
Climbers found good conditions on a new line in the Mont Blanc massif
The post New Moderate Mixed Route Above Chamonix appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/uncategorized/new-moderate-mixed-route-above-chamonix/
Aidan Roberts has made the first repeat of Solly Kemball-Dorey's 'magnum opus', Poseidon's Wrath (f8C), at Trewethet Cliff (North), in Cornwall.
https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=775610
Three years ago, Jesse Grupper was climbing outside and working full time. He wasn't sure he wanted that to change. Here's how it did.
https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/jesse-grupper-olympian-profile/
A new video has dropped featuring the first record-breaking climb up Salathe Wall earlier this year
The post Climber Sets Yosemite Record, Then Alex Honnold Stole It appeared first on Gripped Magazine.
https://gripped.com/news/climber-sets-yosemite-record-then-alex-honnold-stole-it/
