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Will Gadd rates hollywood ice climbing

Will Gadd Rates Hollywood Ice-Climbing Scenes

How is it possible that Vertical Limit gets a...
An exposed ice section on the Barre des Ecrins.

Benjamin Vedrines Opens Treacherous Gully Up the Barre des Écrins

Benjamin Vedrines has completed another remarkable feat just hours...
seb bouin

Seb Bouin Climbs Some Of Portugal’s Toughest Routes — Then Sends Harder FA

Judging from the latest videos from Seb Bouin's time...
alex honnold antarctica climbing

Alex Honnold Tags Another Major Antarctic Peak

It's hard to knock Alex Honnold’s psych for Antarctic...
portrait of two deceased Ukrainian climbers

After a Life of Climbing Together, Two Ukrainians Die Side By Side in Russian Attack

Two Ukrainian climbers died this weekend in the country's...
adam ondra macocha cave

Adam Ondra Climbs A Giant Sinkhole

After a few photos teasing this epic send, Adam...
augmentium

Weekend Warm-Up: ‘Squib’ Dreams Up a Trippy Tasmanian Trad Climb

After watching just one minute of this Tasmanian climbing...
Patagonia's Fitz Roy's group in a blue day, with some snow on the faces.

Fatal Avalanche on Fitz Roy Hits Two Climbers

Basque climbers Amaia Agirre and Iker Bilbao are missing...
lochnagar scotland

Greg Boswell Fights For Scotland’s Hardest Winter Climb

The ceiling of difficulty in Scottish winter climbing just...
Climber on a vertical dihedral on Paragonian granite.

Torres del Paine’s South African Route, Free-Climbed Again

Yesterday, American Tyler Karow was texting on a bus...
tasmania

Linking Tasmania’s Abel Mountains — All 158 Of Them

British climber and cyclist Anna Taylor has set her...

Lionel Messi Inspires Two New Climbs in Patagonia

Two separate teams have opened spectacular new routes on...
australia gigantor trad climb

Sending ‘Gigantor’: The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Route

After zero people in 15 years were capable of...
alexander nordvall

‘Intense Hours’: Frigid Big-Wall Solo North Of Arctic Circle

Just a few days into the new year, Finnish...
the big bang

Weekend Warm-Up: The Big Bang & Emma Twyford

The stakes quickly become clear in this in-depth look...
alex honnold el padre first ascent

Alex Honnold Solos ‘Silly’ New Route On Nevada’s El Padre

Alex Honnold’s latest route probably won’t go down as...
Rocky spires topped by snow

Two Climbers Die in Patagonia in Separate Incidents Over the Holidays

The Patagonian climbing  season has not started well. Two...
Past alpine portrait of Colin Haley

Top 10 Expeditions of 2022, #2: First Winter Solo of Fitz Roy’s ‘Supercanaleta’

Colin Haley’s September expedition to Patagonia to solo the...
chaehyun seo la rambla video

Watch Chaehyun Seo Cruise ‘La Rambla,’ the Hardest Climb of Her Life

While I sat back and watched on my computer...
snowpatch spire rockfall

Bugaboos Rockfall Destroys Classic Climbs

Climbers' social media feeds crackled to life Thursday afternoon,...
cuba climbing

A Guide to Climbing in Cuba

For travelers, Cuba offers world-famous musicians, unique cuisine, and...
greg boswell

The Weather Outside Is Frightful: A New Winter Route In Scotland

Scotland in winter isn't exactly at the top of...

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