Jonathan Siegrist is #1 in the Top-100 ranking game having sent almost 100 routes 8a and harder, including 32 onsights up to 8b+, over the last 12 months. Marti…
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Jonathan Siegrist is #1 in the Top-100 ranking game having sent almost 100 routes 8a and harder, including 32 onsights up to 8b+, over the last 12 months. Marti…
Advertorial: The shoe for your next project! Where you seek solid support, Sigma will give it to you. This shoe was designed for the hardest rock climbs. Its un…
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Zach Galla did the second ascent of Daniel Woods' The Process (8C+) in March, after projecting it for some ten sessions during three trips. "I saw Daniel do the FA in real rock when I was 14 and the boulder has been in my mind as one of the most mega things out there. Feels crazy that it’s remained …
Andreas Hofherr has made the third ascent of Bernd Zangerl's trad line Into the Sun (8c+) in Mugtal. For the 20-year-old full-time competition climber, it was the first time he placed gear and his redpoint took only two sessions. Bernd has described the difficulties as, "It starts with a six move 8A…
Aidan Roberts, who has taken a four-month break from social media, has just posted about the FA of Spots of Time on Instagram. Aidan has also done the FA of The Midnight Project in Chironico without suggesting a grade. For both these boulders, media have speculated that they are 9A, as it took him m…
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Charles Albert stopped using climbing shoes at age 16 and four years later, in 2016, he did the FA of La Révolutionnaire (8C+). Charles has now completed a doze…
Ethan Pringle is probably most known for having done the first repeat of Chris Sharma's Jumbo Love (9b) back in 2016. In total, the silver medalist in Youth Worlds in 2000, when he also did his first 8b+, has sent more than a dozen 9a's and beyond.
We've reached our first milestone on the Vertical-Life Climb to Paris Challenge powered by Mammut! Collectively, the climbing community has climb…
Advertorial: In 2015, the doctor in mathematics Asier Mugertza broke a pulley while rehearsing one of his projects in Etxauri. As a result of that injury, an id…
Europe’s original outdoor bouldering competition and gathering, held just north of Milan in the Val di Mello and Val Masino valleys, has returned. Over 200…