These are the most difficult boulders sent by the end of November 2025 The post The Hardest Boulder Problems in the World appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/the-hardest-boulder-problems-in-the-world/

The Boardman Tasker Award continues to enhance its international reputation. This year, it attracted 28 entries from ten different countries. https://www.climber.co.uk/news/2025-boardman-tasker-award-for-mountain-literature-shortlist-announced/

In this week's Friday Night video, Didier Berthod returns to complete a soaking wet first ascent of Squamish's longest roof crack boulder, Gold Rush. https://www.ukclimbing.com/forums/t.php?n=783848

The general public is often confused about many aspects of our sport, and apparently, so is AI The post ChatGPT Image Generator vs. Comp Climbing appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/chatgpt-image-generator-vs-comp-climbing/

If you're looking for an exciting place to check out in 2025, put this island in Spain on your list The post Mallorca Has World-Class Deep Water Soloing You Should Try appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/mallorca-has-world-class-deep-water-soloing-you-should-try/

While it can take effort to stay psyched when our mammalian inclination is to hibernate when it's cold, there’s something to be said for winter road trips and goals. https://www.climbing.com/places/10-best-winter-climbing-destinations/

This weekend had first trad climbing experience outside of mountaineering routesThe rock was technically easy to climb, but a bit scary. Positive slope means falling to the last anchor will hurt a lotTurns out I didn't know some essential things about building anchors (like the correct way to clip into self-equalizing anchor). Also lack of practice since the spring made me work way slower than I used toBut thanks to the great mountaineer leading our group we learned a lot in a single day, even practised with 6-8 types of anchors..at the very end I chipped away a corn kernel sized piece of fingernail while hammering out some pitons in the dark ^~^#climbing

She has one last chance to make the Summer Games – this weekend's Olympic Qualifier Series in Budapest The post Miho Nonaka’s Road to the Paris Olympics appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/miho-nonakas-road-to-the-paris-olympics/