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Laura Rogora Climbs 9a “La Bongada” in Margalef
18 year old Laura Rogora has climbed the 9a “La Bongada” in Margalef. Just the day before she onsighted an 8b+ route, and a few months ago got three Gold Medals in Youth Worlds, plus an invite to the 2020 Olympics!
News Recap – Emily Harrington Yosemite Fall Video
Emily Harrington took a massive fall in Yosemite and lived to tell the tale. Alex Honnold was belaying while simul climbing and caught the live side of the rope to make the fall shorter. Check out the new video, grisly photos, and explanation of what happened
Kevin Jorgeson Frees New Yosemite Big Wall – Blue Collar – Video
Kevin Jorgeson – of Dawn Wall fame – has freed a new route in Yosemite and named it “Blue Collar” 5.13. The 1,200 foot ascent was made back in October 2018 but a great video of the full climb is out now
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Best Christmas Climbing Gear Deals
It’s the last week for shopping for the holidays so here are our best Christmas Climbing Gear deals from around the web. Many big manufacturers are offering big Christmas sales for climbing gear and outdoors stuff
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Russian Climbers Banned From Olympics – May Still Be Able To Compete
Breaking News – The World Anti-Doping Agency has banned Russia from competing at all major sporting events – including the 2020 Olympics – for four years. Russian Speed climber Iuliia Kaplina is the only Russian with an Olympic invite though still may be able to attend
IFSC Combined Qualifier Toulouse 2019 – Women’s Final Results
After the IFSC Toulouse Qualifying round on Friday, most of the remaining Olympic invites had been settled. Only one place from this event was still to be given – and the battle was between two teammates. The battle for the last Olympic invite would be between two Slovenian climbers – Mia Krampl and Lučka Rakovec. […]
IFSC Combined Qualifier Toulouse 2019 – Men’s Final Results
The Toulouse Combined Finals for the Men today were almost a welcome relief for many climbers. The qualifiers yesterday gave us all of the Olympic invites without any need for better results. The pressure was off but the competition was still on. Adam Ondra Ill – Still Performs Star of the show Adam Ondra was […]
Ai Mori First – Slovenian Showdown – IFSC Combined Qualifier Results
In a nail biting event, Ai Mori of Japan took first place in the IFSC Combined Qualifiers in Toulouse today. This event is massively important as the top six in the rankings overall will receive invites to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Though Ai Mori took first, as Japan have already filled their invite quota she […]
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IFSC Combined Qualifier Toulouse 2019 – Watch Live Qualifications and Finals
You can watch all of the IFSC Combined Qualifier Toulouse 2019 events live from this page or on Youtube. See the schedule below. Read the Men’s IFSC Combined Qualifier Toulouse 2019 Qualification Results article here. Thursday 28th November11:00 – Male Speed Qualification – Complete13.00 – Male Boulder Qualification – Complete 16.45 – Male Lead Qualification […]
Adam Ondra Gets Olympic Invite – Toulouse IFSC Combined Qualifier Results
Adam Ondra has qualified for the 2020 Olympics! In an excellent display Adam Ondra took 1st in the Men’s qualification round in Toulouse and secured his invitation to Tokyo in 2020. In the World Championships Ondra was penalised for allegedly stepping on a bolt and had his result dropped, meaning he didn’t finish with an […]