Finally managed to get organised for some #climbing outdoors today, at the You Yangs. This is one of the closest crags to #naarm / Melbourne, only an hour away, and it offers a wide variety of climbing if you only want to climb slabby blank rock. All the climbs involve hanging onto tiny crystal nubbins by your fingernails while balancing on the texture with your feet.Picture isn't me, but the topo image from A Question Of Ethics from thecrag.com
Yannick Flohé recently made history with his first-go ascent of Foundation's Edge V15
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Over 1.5 days, on the 24th and 25th of June 2025, Belgian climber Siebe Vanhee successfully made the first rope solo ascent of Voie Petit (450m, F8b), on Grand Capucin (3838m), Mont Blanc.
https://www.climber.co.uk/news/siebe-vanhee-in-first-rope-solo-ascent-of-voie-petit-450m-f8b/
The Sound will be released in late June, watch the trailer below
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The women's and men's speed records on Grand Mulets were recently set by two French climbers
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