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Best Gifts for Climbers UK – Christmas 2019
The BEST gifts for Climbers in the UK. Read our perfect picks for the top gift ideas for UK based climbers – Sport, Trad, Bouldering – It’s all covered
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Best Gifts For Climbers – Christmas 2019
Over 90 of the best gifts for climbers – Brilliant climbing gift ideas from under $25. Great bouldering gift ideas and quirky fun gifts – Read now!
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Best Beginner Climbing Harness 2019 – How to Choose Your First Rock Climbing Harness
Buying your first climbing harness can be overwhelming! We’ve narrowed it down to tell you the exact things you need to know with our top picks for Best Beginner Climbing Harness 2019 – The ONLY guide you’ll need
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12-Year-Old Max Bertone climbs 8c+ “Chykungunya”, downgrades to 8c
Max Bertone is a young prodigy and part of a family of hard climbers. The route “Chykungunya” was an 8c+ variation along the right of another route “Pari” at their local “Ouaki” crag.
Current Men’s Speed Climbing World Record Holder – Reza Alipour Shenazandifard Profile
The biggest name in Speed Climbing is Iranian Reza Alipour Shenazandifard – or Reza Alipour. Known variously as the “Asiatic Cheetah”, “Iranian Spiderman”, the “Usain Bolt of Speed Climbing”, and the self-titled “Fastest Vertical Man in the World”. Reza has been the Men’s Speed Climbing World Record holder for two years now and even has a move named after him.
Aries Susanti Rahayu Breaks Female Speed Climbing World Record – 6.995 seconds
The Speed Climbing “Spider Woman” Aries Susanti Rahayu of Indonesia has just set a new Female Speed Climbing World Record with 6.995 seconds in an incredible speed climbing final
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Jorge Díaz-Rullo Sends 9a+/b and 9a in one day
Spanish competition climber Jorge Díaz-Rullo has just sent a 9a+/b and a 9a in the same day. The route “Following the leader” 9a+/b is in Cuenca, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
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Lead Climbing Results From Kranj 2019 – IFSC Climbing World Cup
This weekend the IFSC Climbing World Cup season continued in Kranj, Slovenia. Featuring a return to form from a crowd favorite and high expectations for a hometown hero. Read on for a full report and the Kranj IFSC 2019 results in full.
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Emma Twyford First British Woman To Climb 9a “The Big Bang”
Emma Twyford has just sent her long term project “The Big Bang” 9a in Lower Pen Trwyn, Wales. She becomes the first British woman to climb a 9a. The route was originally found by Neil Carson and was the first 9a route in the UK.
Free Solo Wins SEVEN Emmys
Following on from winning an Oscar earlier this year Free Solo has won an incredible seven Emmys. At the Creative Arts Emmys on Saturday the film – directed by Jimmy Chin and Chai Vasarhelyi – won every category it was nominated for.