3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (303+ words) New for Spring 2027: ‘Behind the Ranges’ Rethinks Canadian Mountaineering Gripped Climbing Magazine New for Spring 2027, Behind the Ranges, published by UBC Press, and written by Zac Robinson and Stephen Slemon offers a new history of mountaineering in the Canadian West,…...

3+ day, 20+ hour ago   (294+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Teenage crusher Bayes Wilder has just climbed Diarrhea Mouth 5.14d (9a) in Rifle, Colorado. It’s a Joe Kinder route from 2018 and has seen several repetitions since, including a second ascent from Jon Cardwell and repeats from Tyler Thompson and…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (588+ words) Laura Rogora Makes Third Ascent of Adam Ondra’s Big Twin 5.15a gripped.com Laura Rogora has just made the third ascent of Big Twin 5.15a (9a+) in Laggio Nord in the Italian Dolomites. Since the ascent of her hardest climb yet, Bibliographie 5.15c, the…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (702+ words) High above the Valais valley in Switzerland, the 2,985m Petit Clocher du Portalet rises as a steep granite spire into the Alps. Histoire sans Fin (8b+, 200m) is one of the hardest free-climbing routes on the spire and a major test of hard…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (286+ words) The following Instagram quote from Cea about his ascent has been translated from Spanish to English using Google Translate: After giving it a few attempts on that first trip, I went back to the Frankenjura, where I did a lot…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (477+ words) The spotlight was on Janja Garnbret, as it always is in Koper, and once again the Slovenian star delivered, overcoming a late slip to fight her way to victory on the women’s final route. The victory marks Garnbret’s 33rd gold medal…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (454+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Adam Ondra went out for a bouldering session in Toit d’Orsay in France. He had his sights set on a V14 flash, but ended up making a V14/15 (8B+/C) first ascent instead. He called the problem Little Boy du…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (488+ words) An team of strong climbers has established an 800-metre new route on Pedra Baiana in Brazil, climbing a line they have named Sintonia (5.13 C1, 800 m, 22 pitches). The route was opened by Brazilian climbers Gisely Ferraz and Danielle Pinto, French climber Laura…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (17+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Jason Bryant by Paul Phillips, Stone Mountain...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (379+ words) Jorge Díaz-Rullo Flashes V13 in Spain Gripped Climbing Magazine Jorge Díaz-Rullo has just flashed Jaro V13 (8B) in Cercedilla, Spain. It’s the Spanish climber’s second flash of the grade – he flashed his first V13 earlier this year. “Making the most of the cool morning…...