Austrian climber, Nicolia Uznik, has made the first ascent of Mount Doom (Font 9A) in Maltatal, Austria.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/nicolai-uznik-gets-first-ascent-of-mount-doom-font-9a/
A film crew followed the two veteran big wall climbers around on some test-piece gear line and The Nose
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We talk with Tristan Baills, a Squamish local who climbed Dreamcatcher 5.14d and Black Magic V13 all in one day. Both were first of the grades for him.
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Anak Verhoeven and Neil Gresham spent less than 24 hours linking some test-piece climbs
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“We work on multiple fronts to protect climbing areas, with acquisitions a key component of that strategy,” Thorne says. “We buy land because sometimes that’s what we have to do to save America’s climbing.”
https://www.accessfund.org/latest-news/sometimes-buying-a-threatened-crag-is-the-only-way-to-save-it