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Big new climb on Mirror Wall in Greenland by Julia Cassou, Sean Warren, Pete Whittaker, Sean Villanueva
25/09/2024 - Climbing
Big new climb on Mirror Wall in Greenland by Julia Cassou, Sean Warren, Pete Whittaker, Sean Villanueva
This summer Julia Cassou, Sean Warren, Pete Whittaker and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll established a new climb up the centre of the Mirror Wall in Greenland. The 1000m big wall is graded 8b/R/A2+ and has been called 'Ryu-shin', in memory of...
Seb Berthe makes 3rd ascent of Bon Voyage (E12) at Annot in France
26/03/2024 - Climbing
Seb Berthe makes 3rd ascent of Bon Voyage (E12) at Annot in France
Sébastien Berthe has repeated 'Bon Voyage', the E12 at Annot in France established by James Pearson in February 2023. The route was repeated for the first time by Adam Ondra in February 2023, and Berthe's is now the third ascent....
James Pearson makes first repeat of Franco Cookson's bold trad climb Immortal
29/01/2024 - Climbing
James Pearson makes first repeat of franco cookson's bold trad climb Immortal
British climber James Pearson has made the first repeat of the trad climb 'Immortal' at Maiden's Bluff, Yorkshire, UK
Franco Cookson makes first ascent of The Dewin Stone, 9a+ slab at Twll Mawr in North Wales
01/11/2023 - Climbing
franco cookson makes first ascent of The Dewin Stone, 9a+ slab at Twll Mawr in North Wales
British climber franco cookson has made the first ascent of The Dewin Stone, a 9a+ slab at Twll Mawr in the Dinorwig slate quarries above Llanberis in North Wales.
Greenland 2023: ambitious Mirror Wall attempt abandoned by Cookson, Ditto, Favresse, Villanueva
14/09/2023 - Alpinism
Greenland 2023: ambitious Mirror Wall attempt abandoned by Cookson, Ditto, Favresse, Villanueva
franco cookson, Ben Ditto, Nico Favresse and Sean Villanueva have attempted to forge a new big wall climb on the Mirror Wall in Greenland. As usual the group sailed from Scotland to Greenland. Favresse reports
Siebe Vanhee's gritstone climbing with his Friends Of The Grit
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,...
Franco Cookson magical on The Sandman at Nesscliffe
12/04/2022 - Climbing
franco cookson magical on The Sandman at Nesscliffe
At Nesscliffe, England, franco cookson has made the first ascent of The Sandman E10 7a. During the previous weeks the British rock climber has repeated The Meltdown 9a in the Dinorwig slate quarries at Llanberis in Wales, as well as...
Anna Taylor solos E8 at Danby Crag in UK
28/01/2022 - Climbing
Anna Taylor solos E8 at Danby Crag in UK
23-year-old British climber Anna Taylor has made a free solo ascent of Psykovsky’s Sequins E8 at Danby Crag, England.
Franco Cookson adds Immortal E11 7b to Maiden's Bluff, UK
23/12/2021 - Climbing
franco cookson adds Immortal E11 7b to Maiden's Bluff, UK
In April British rock climber franco cookson made the first ascent of Immortal at Maiden's Bluff, Yorkshire, UK. Graded E11 7b, it currently stands as one of the most difficult and dangerous in the country.
Steve McClure grabs second ascent of Lexicon, E11 trad climb at Pavey Ark
29/09/2021 - Climbing
Steve McClure grabs second ascent of Lexicon, E11 trad climb at Pavey Ark
British rock climber Steve McClure has made the second ascent of Lexicon, the E11 trad climb established only recently at Pavey Ark in England by Neil Gresham.
Tom Pearce (15) repeats Divine Moments of Truth, difficult trad climb in England
16/04/2021 - Climbing
Tom Pearce (15) repeats Divine Moments of Truth, difficult trad climb in England
15-year-old climber Tom Pearce has repeated Divine Moments of Truth, a both difficult and dangerous trad climb located at Key Nest in England.
Franco Cookson discovers Nothing Lasts at Sandy Crag
16/04/2017 - Climbing
franco cookson discovers Nothing Lasts at Sandy Crag
British climber franco cookson has made what is likely to be one of the most difficult and dangerous trad climbs in the UK with his first ascent of Nothing Lasts at Sandy Crag in Northumberland.
Franco Cookson and his Divine Moments of Truth at Kay Nest
19/06/2015 - Climbing
franco cookson and his Divine Moments of Truth at Kay Nest
At Kay Nest in Yorkshire, England, franco cookson made the first ascent of Divine Moments of Truth. The British climber has graded the climb H10, making it one of the most difficult trad climbs in the country.