In awe of this level of climbing. I've done some Yose big wall #climbing but this is orders of magnitude beyond. Love that she has 2k+ of air under her heels. From YCA: "Lots of weather in Yosemite this week and last: snow, rain, and sustained cool temps. I’ve been in touch with Sasha DiGiulian and Elliot Faber as they’ve hunkered down on El Cap—and have now been on the wall for more than two weeks—working the Direct Line (aka the Platinum Line), a 39-pitch 5.13d/14a that parallels the Nose."
At least on paper, the German climber just achieved the hardest bouldering flash of all time
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Eighteen years after establishing The Nose, Warren Harding completed one of his final routes—ordering his team to chop bolts and rivets as they climbed
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Many a metaphoric parallel can be drawn between climbing and motherhood, and it’s plain to see neither activity makes the other any easier. by Mallory Logan, originally published in The Climbing Zine, Volume 6 (out of print) Countless others who have already made the journey will offer their beta and guidance in kindhearted earnest, but…
https://climbingzine.com/mom-crux-mallory-logan/
The men’s boulders, for instance, are as hard as V14. We caught up with Paris’s head Boulder setter to learn what strengths and skills a climber needs to grab gold.
https://www.climbing.com/competition/olympics/how-hard-is-olympic-sport-climbing/
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