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• Free Ascent of Nubivagant (360 VR!)
  The Climbing Objective   The climbing objective was to make the first free ascent of Nubivagant (Wandering in the Clouds), a 15 pitch, 455-meter route up Pico Cão Grande graded 5.13d A0. [caption id="attachment_27952" align="alignright" width="300"] Remy Franklin leading up the headwall of pitch 4 (5.13a) on Nubivagant. Photo: Jacob Kupferman.[/caption] Pico Cão Grande is […]
• Coming Back From Injury
    Ping! You tried that problem 12 times; tweaked your finger, pulled a pulley. You rest for a month, Google it, ice it and stretch it, put in the occasional very light climbing session. The critical stage comes when most of the pain hasgone but the injury still feels weak and vulnerable. You’re desperate to […]
• Sean Villanueva Tests a Human Stack and Places Knots in The Czech Republic
  Also Read   The Hardest Line in the Hardest Place: Robert Leistner Establishes New 5.14b in the Elbsandstein   Also Watch   VIDEO: WIDE BOYZ - Spradventure (Full Film)See the rest of the story at rockandice.com
• Ten Sleep: Forest Service Institutes Bolting Moratorium Following Controversy
    The controversy surrounding manufactured routes and route-development ethics in Ten Sleep Canyon—newly reinvigorated following actions taken by 18 climbers to remove some manufactured routes on July 1 and 2—has resulted in swift action from U.S. Forest Service: Effective immediately, there is a moratorium on the development of all new routes in Ten Sleep Canyon. […]