After spending a whole week on The Nose (8b+) of El Capitan in Yosemite, Alex Waterhouse and Billy Ridal made a world first, being the first British team to free climb this historic wall. Both climbers sent every pitch and took turns leading the crux pitches of the Great Roof and Changing Corners. Their historic …

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In the last weekend of October, more precisely on the 28th, Tyrolian powerhouse Babsi Zangerl made the fourth repeat and in the same time, the second female ascent of Meltdown (8c+), one of Yosemite’s hardest single-pitch trad lines. Established in 2008 by Beth Rodden, Meltdown is a 19-meter route involving intense crack skills and crazy …

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Just a few days ago, on October 10, Nich Ehman, a Search and Rescue Ranger from Yosemite Valley, smashed Alex Honnold’s record for climbing the Nose. Established in 2010 by Honnold, the Nose-in-a-Day solo record, also known as NIAD, was 5 hours and 50 minutes. Now, Ehman managed to send, the challenge in 4 hours …

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This late August, Pete Whittaker, the notorious crack specialist, and OG Wide Boy, achieved the first free ascent of “Eigerdosis,” a 5.14b trad climb located in Norway.  This climb had been in Pete’s mind for some time, and he finally conquered it after projecting it since April. “Eigerdosis” is a monster climb located on the …

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