4+ day, 19+ 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…...

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…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (396+ words) Pepa Šindel Sends His Longest-Standing Project After Breaking Fingers on Crux Gripped Climbing Magazine Pepa Šindel recently sent Ratatouille 5.14d (9a) in Slovakia. It is his 21st climb of the grade – he also has four 5.15a’s and one 5.15b on his resume). But this…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (599+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine British climber Rachel Pearce has climbed one of Britain’s most famous hard trad routes with Indian Face at Clogwyn Du’r Arddu in North Wales. First climbed by Johnny Dawes in 1986, the route up the Great Slab has…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (316+ words) Brad Gobright’s Historic Free Solo of a Colorado 5.12 Gripped Climbing Magazine In October 2015, Brad Gobright made the first free solo of Hairstyles and Attitudes (5.12b/c) in Eldorado Canyon, Colorado. Cedar Wright has just shared raw footage of the send, capturing…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (316+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Nina Arthaud recently sent Hazel Grace V14 at Gotthard Pass in Switzerland. The problem has become a classic over the years, with many ascents from top boulderers. The line has almost 40 ascents on 8a.nu – with nearly a dozen…...

3+ week, 4+ 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…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (112+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Ainhize Belar Barrutia, who climbed her first 5.15a at the age of 18 two years ago, has just sent Zelenputza 5.15a in Egino, La Leze, for her second route at the grade. “The first time I looked at it, linking…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (215+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Laura Rogora, 25, who just became the third woman to climb 5.15c with her send of Bibliographie in Céüse, just repeated the nearby test-piece Pornographie 5.14d in three attempts. She also climbed L’arcademicien des crépis 5.14b and flashed Le chirurgien du…...