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Laura Rogora Makes Third Ascent of Adam Ondra's Big Twin 5.15a
4+ day, 16+ 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…...
Solveig Korherr on Her Climb of Histoire sans Fin, a 200-metre 5.14a
4+ day, 16+ 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…...
Adam Ondra Makes First Ascent of V14/15 in Fontainebleau
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…...
Laura Rogora Sends More Than 50 Routes 5.14d or Harder
2+ week, 9+ hour ago (409+ words) Gripped Climbing Magazine Laura Rogora made history a couple of weeks ago when she climbed 5.15c faster than anyone ever has with her ascent of Bibliographie in Céüse, France. She also set another record – she became the first woman to climb…...
Pepa??indel Sends His Longest-Standing Project After Breaking Fingers on Crux
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…...
Rachel Pearce Becomes Only the 10th Climber to Send This 5.12+X Trad Route in 40 Years
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…...
Brad Gobright's Historic Free Solo of a Colorado 5.12
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…...
Nina Arthaud Climbs V14 in Switzerland
3+ week, 2+ 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…...
Ainhize Belar Barrutia Climbs Her Second 5.15a
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…...
Laura Rogora Climbs Pornographie 5.14d on Third Attempt
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…...