Adam Ondra Repeats Sharma’s Stoking the Fire (5.15b)
Last day, last try and in the last light of the day, Adam Ondra clipped the chains of Chris Sharma’s Stoking the Fire (5.15b) at the Santa Linya cave, Catalunya, Spain—claiming the route’s second ascent. This was his eleventh 5.15b send, according to 8a.nu. “There is like a seven move crux with a bunch of …
Alex Puccio, Slashface ~8B
Alex Puccio has made the first female ascent of Slashface, ~8B, first climbed by Fred Nicole in January 1998 and considered 8B+ at the time. Read more… Source: ukclimbing.com IMAGE: Alex Puccio on Crown of Aragorn, ~8B, Hueco Tanks, Texas © Joel Zerr
Chris Sharma interviewed by Jeff Ayliffe
Check the video below of Sharma on Witness the fitness – 8c [vsw id=”J8Qgyzg1y4E” source=”youtube” width=”600″ height=”450″ autoplay=”no”]
Black Diamond Tradathon 2016
What: 5th annual Black Diamond Tradathon – a festival of TRAD When: 16 April 2016 Where: The Ledge, Table Mountain Dinner and social after at the Swiss Social & Sports Club, Greenpoint It’s free to enter. Once again there will be something for everyone at this year’s Black Diamond Tradathon: Experienced trad climbers: pull in …
Tom Ballard Establishes World’s Hardest Dry Tooling Route
British climber and alpinist Tom Ballard has made the first ascent of what appears to be the hardest dry-tool line to date: A Line Above the Sky at Tomorrow’s World, which he has graded D15. The route leads through an impressive roof on the flank of the highest peak in the Dolomites, Marmolada and is a new gem …
March–May 2016
Read the editorial and check out the contents of the latest issue. With up-to-date news coverage, training articles, gear reviews, celebrity profiles, technical tips covering a wide variety of subjects, event reports, big glossy pics and enthralling articles. FEATURES AFRICA LEDGE Triple Solo. by Matt Bush VOYAGER (8b+), PEAK DISTRICT The first repeat of Ben …
Africa Ledge – Triple Solo
by Matt Bush Matt Bush is one of South Africa’s most talented climbers. His climbing conquests are numerous, with a long list of hard and impressive routes to his name. He is also one of the few climbers on the planet that have entered into the world of extreme free soloing. Matt has free soloed …
Voyager (8B+), Peak District
by Niccolò Ceria The first repeat of Ben Moon’s classic. More than five years had passed since my first visit to the UK. Then, together with Marco, Gabri and Miki we had the pleasure of taking part in the CWIF, one of the biggest and most well-organised competitions ever. We were nothing but a bunch …
What Goes Around, Comes Around
by Rob Powell South Africans climb the classic Don Quixote on the Marmolada south face, Dolomites. The Dolomites in Italy should be on every climber’s bucket list. The area has something for everyone, from hard single-pitch sport routes to long easy multi-pitch trad climbs, and everything in between. The mountains are littered with interesting historical …