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![James Pearson suggests E12 for his Bon Voyage at Annot in France](/uploads/img/3/124637.jpg)
15/12/2023 - Climbing
James Pearson suggests E12 for his Bon Voyage at Annot in France After the first ascent in February 2023, British climber James Pearson has now proposed the grade E12 for Bon Voyage at Annot in France. Currently there is no other trad route of this grade. In this great introspective piece the...
![Caroline Ciavaldini repeats Olwen (E9), James Pearson repeats Prisoners of the sun (E10) at Rhoscolyn, Wales](/uploads/img/3/89124.jpg)
18/08/2023 - Climbing
Caroline Ciavaldini repeats Olwen (E9), James Pearson repeats Prisoners of the sun (E10) at Rhoscolyn, Wales At Rhoscolyn on the island of Anglesey in North Wales Caroline Ciavaldini has repeated the E9 trad climb 'Olwen' while her husband James Pearson has repeated the E10 'Prisoners of the sun'.
![James Pearson repeats Lexicon in England in smooth style](/uploads/img/3/77543.jpg)
30/06/2022 - Climbing
James Pearson repeats Lexicon in England in smooth style British rock climber James Pearson has made a swift repeat of Lexicon, the E11 at Pavey Ark first ascended by Neil Gresham in 2021. After making a bold 'flash' attempt, Pearson worked the route ground-up before repeating one of Britain’s...
![Siebe Vanhee's gritstone climbing with his Friends Of The Grit](/uploads/img/3/76154.jpg)
14/04/2022 - Climbing
Siebe Vanhee's gritstone climbing with his Friends Of The Grit Watch Belgian rock climber Siebe Vanhee as his explores the trad climbing on the gritstone crags in the UK, where he manages to to meet up with British climbing legends such as John Dunne, Pete Whittaker, Sam Whittaker, Jim Pope,...
![Watch James Pearson climb Harder, Faster at Black Rocks, England](/uploads/img/3/68915.jpg)
13/12/2021 - Climbing
Watch James Pearson climb Harder, Faster at Black Rocks, England The second video of British rock climber James Pearson repeating Harder Faster at Black Rocks in the Peak District, UK.
![Siebe Vanhee repeats Parthian Shot and other UK gritstone trad extremes](/uploads/img/3/73980.jpg)
07/12/2021 - Climbing
Siebe Vanhee repeats Parthian Shot and other UK gritstone trad extremes During a climbing trip to the UK, Belgium’s Siebe Vanhee repeated a flurry of hard gritstone trad climbs including Parthian Shot E9, End of the Affair E8 and gaia E8.
![Watch Caroline Ciavaldini climb Gaia and James Pearson on Harder, Faster at Black Rocks](/uploads/img/3/73881.jpg)
01/12/2021 - Climbing
Watch Caroline Ciavaldini climb gaia and James Pearson on Harder, Faster at Black Rocks The video of Caroline Ciavaldini climbing gaia and James Pearson repeating Harder, Faster at Black Rocks in the UK.
![James Pearson & Caroline Ciavaldini: the Black Rocks Hard Grit interview](/uploads/img/3/68926.jpg)
29/12/2020 - Interviews
James Pearson & Caroline Ciavaldini: the Black Rocks Hard Grit interview Interview with James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini after their respective repeats of Harder Faster and gaia at Black Rocks in England. These hard grit testpieces were first ascended by Charlie Woodburn and Johnny Dawes and while Pearson’s is only the...
![James Pearson repeats Harder, Faster while Caroline Ciavaldini repeats Gaia at Black Rocks](/uploads/img/3/68915.jpg)
27/12/2020 - Climbing
James Pearson repeats Harder, Faster while Caroline Ciavaldini repeats gaia at Black Rocks At Black Rocks in England James Pearson has repeated the extremely dangerous gritstone testpiece Harder, Faster while his wife Caroline Ciavaldini has repeated gaia. Pearson’s is only the third ascent in 20 years, while Ciavaldini claims the third female ascent.
![Big Balls & Ground Falls: difficult and dangerous Peak District gritstone climbs](/uploads/img/3/64984.jpg)
06/05/2020 - Climbing
Big Balls & Ground Falls: difficult and dangerous Peak District gritstone climbs The video Big Balls & Ground Falls featuring a selection of some of most famous trad climbs on the gritstone crags in England’s Peak District.
![Luis Penín, David López Sáenz unearth Gaia at Ehrwald in Austria](/uploads/img/3/64149.jpg)
25/03/2020 - Alpinism
Luis Penín, David López Sáenz unearth gaia at Ehrwald in Austria At the end of February and start of March Spanish mountaineers Luis Penín and David López Sáenz made the first ascent of the mixed climb gaia (175m, M12?, WI6+) at Ehrwald in Austria.
![Jernej Kruder climbs childhood dream, Dreamtime at Cresciano](/uploads/img/3/25852.jpg)
21/11/2019 - Climbing
Jernej Kruder climbs childhood dream, Dreamtime at Cresciano 28-year-old Slovenian climber Jernej Kruder has repeated Dreamtime at Cresciano in Switzerland, the frist boulder probelm in the world to be graded 8C, established by Fred Nicole in 2000.
![Charlie Woodburn’s gritstone masterpiece Harder, Faster at Black Rocks](/uploads/img/3/58559.jpg)
11/05/2019 - Climbing
Charlie Woodburn’s gritstone masterpiece Harder, Faster at Black Rocks In November 2000 Charlie Woodburn made the first ascent of Harder, Faster at Black Rocks in England. Almost 20 years later, this remains one of the most dangerous and least repeated trad climbs in Great Britain.
![Col Nudo, Tito Arosio and Luca Vallata score first repeat of Miotto-Saviane-Corona](/uploads/img/3/38406.jpg)
19/07/2016 - Alpinism
Col Nudo, Tito Arosio and Luca Vallata score first repeat of Miotto-Saviane-Corona On 7 July 7 2016 Tito Arosio and Luca Vallata carried out the first repeat of Via Miotto-Saviane-Corona up the north face of Col Nudo (Col Brie), first climbed from 5 - 7 June 1982 by Franco Miotto, Benito Saviane...
![Jacopo Larcher repeats Rhapsody in Scotland](/uploads/img/3/36993.jpg)
16/05/2016 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher repeats Rhapsody in Scotland Interview with South Tyrolean climber Jacopo Larcher who repeated Rhapsody, one of the hardest trad climbs in the world, on 7 May 2016 at Dumbarton Rock in Scotland.
![Video: Sean McColl climbing Gaia at Black Rocks](/uploads/img/3/35868.jpg)
17/03/2016 - Climbing
Video: Sean McColl climbing gaia at Black Rocks Canadian climber Sean McColl repeating the trad climb gaia E8 6c, established by Johnny Dawes at Black Rocks in England.
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