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   (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…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (620+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine The skills required to be a good setter are many. It’s important to be a good climber, and it is perhaps even more important to be conscientious and detail-oriented, as climbing involves complex movement and setters are…...

3+ week, 15+ hour ago   (211+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine German mountain guide Michael Wohlleben made the first free ascent of the five-pitch Bodhichitta on the smooth Westliche Dreifaltigkeit slab in Switzerland in 2022. He was belayed by Nemuel Feurle and filmed by Roman Berner. Wohlleben found the…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (623+ words) Mary Eden and Sam MacIlwaine Climb Tom Randall’s 60-Metre Urban Roof Crack Gripped Climbing Magazine Mary Eden and Sam MacIlwaine have both just sent Autobahn 5.14 in Germany. The route follows a splitter 60-metre crack on the underside of an elevated…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (351+ words) Seb Bouin Makes First Ascent of “one of the most stylish” 5.14d’s Gripped Climbing Magazine Seb Bouin has just made the first ascent of a super athletic 5.14d in Saint-Auban, France – he has called it Nova. It features wild, dynamic throws…...