Month: May 2024

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6 Tips for Climbing Safe, from French Free Soloist Alain Robert

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, French climber Alain Robert etched his name in our sport’s history by tackling some of the most challenging rock routes yet free soloed. His solo of Compilation (5.13d) in Omblèze, France, in 1991 marked the first time a route of that grade had been climbed without a rope. …

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