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"Sometimes the best days are the ones you don’t expect at all," Hammellmüeller reminds us after another one of her sending sprees The post Eva Hammelmüller Sends Her Fifth 5.14d appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/eva-hammelmuller-sends-her-fifth-5-14d/

Ontarians Matthew Rodriguez and Evangelina Briggs won gold at the Boulder National Championships yesterday in Calgary The post Here Are This Year’s Canadian Boulder National Champions appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/indoor-climbing/here-are-this-years-canadian-boulder-national-champions/

The wait is over! This spring, the 4th edition of one of the most loved scrambling guidebooks makes its debut The post Scrambling, the Canadian Way: Alan Kane Redefines a Rockies Tradition (again) in His Essential New Guidebook appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/scrambling-the-canadian-way-alan-kane-redefines-a-rockies-tradition-again-in-his-essential-new-guidebook/

Stefano Ghisolfi has made just the sixth ascent of the famed problem first climbed in 2008 The post Stefano Ghisolfi Repeats Christian Core’s Gioia, Confirms V16 Grade appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/stefano-ghisolfi-repeats-christian-cores-gioia-confirms-v16-grade/

Two-time Olympic athletes Raboutou and Duffy earn their first USA Lead Climbing Championships gold The post Brooke Raboutou and Colin Duffy Win USA Lead Climbing National Championship appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/indoor-climbing/brooke-raboutou-and-colin-duffy-win-usa-lead-climbing-national-championship/

Drifter's Escape is among the hardest gear climbs in the world, if not the hardest The post Connor Herson Climbs New 5.15a Trad Route in Squamish appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/connor-herson-climbs-new-5-15a-trad-route-in-squamish/

Here's how and when to watch the Canadian and USA National Championships this week The post It’s a Huge Week for Comp Climbing in North America appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/indoor-climbing/its-a-huge-week-for-comp-climbing-in-north-america/

Greg Cameron made several historic free solos, including one that also served as the first free ascent of a Squamish classic The post Greg Cameron, Master of Free Solos and Offwidths, Dies appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/greg-cameron-master-of-free-solos-and-offwidths-dies/

A 2008 interview with one of the most prolific rock climbers of all time The post From the Archives: A Conversation with Yosemite Legend John Bachar appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/from-the-archives-a-conversation-with-yosemite-legend-john-bachar/

Steve Sutton and Hugh Burton made the first ascent of Uncle Ben’s on the Chief in 1970 The post “Like Hauling a Tank”: The Making of a Famous Squamish Rock Climb appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/like-hauling-a-tank-the-making-of-a-famous-squamish-rock-climb/

With nothing but trail runners on, Matthew Clark of Victoria, B.C., solo’d up to rescue a hang glider who’d taken a fall The post Climber Free Solos to Save Life of Unconscious Hang Glider  appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/climber-free-solos-to-save-life-of-unconscious-hang-glider/

Schubert made quick work of Sean Bailey's Shaolin V17 in Red Rock The post Jakob Schubert Climbs His Third V17 appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/jakob-schubert-climbs-his-third-v17/

The V17 climber makes the third ascent of the notoriously difficult Buttermilks problem The post “Hardest move I’ve done?” – Zach Galla Climbs Devilution V16 appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/hardest-move-ive-done-zach-galla-climbs-devilution-v16/

The climber who went viral for doing a boulder problem on flying plane has given an old route some new life The post Domen Škofic Upgrades “Forgotten Gem” to a Harder 5.14 appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/66703domen-skofic-upgrades-forgotten-gem-to-a-harder-5-14/

Dean Smith tried to make the first solo of the North Face and then completed the second solo of the Kain Face The post The Mount Robson Ice Face Free Solos Lost to Time appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/profiles/the-mount-robson-ice-face-free-solos-lost-to-time/

Three of the world's best big mountain skiers have completed the first descent of a line on Mount Deltaform in the Canadian Rockies The post Climbers Rappelled into Hanging Glacier to Make First Ski Descent appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/climbers-rappelled-into-hanging-glacier-to-make-first-ski-descent/

We counted his moves on Netflix’s Skyscraper Live and calculated them against the reported $500K payout. We figured out numbers for each dragon, each ruyi, the rings and the janky ladder. The post Alex Honnold might’ve made $237 for every move on Taipei 101 appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/alex-honnold-mightve-made-237-for-every-move-on-taipei-101/

The 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games will see 76 climbers across three separate disciplines – Boulder, Lead, and Speed The post Here’s How Climbers Can Qualify for the Next Olympics appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/indoor-climbing/heres-how-climbers-can-qualify-for-the-next-olympics/

The granite bloc is one of the most technical problems in the world The post Keenan Takahashi Overcoming The Dark Side V16 in Yosemite appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/keenan-takahashi-overcoming-the-dark-side-v16-in-yosemite/

The pair made the first ascent of a 135-metre M7+ A0 called Elles Aussi over a few days in January The post New Mixed Climb in Alps by Fay Manners and Melanie Grünwald appeared first on Gripped Magazine. https://gripped.com/news/new-mixed-climb-in-alps-by-fay-manners-and-melanie-grunwald/