Keyword: climb

The American top climber Daniel Woods flashes the Boulders Compass North (8B+) in Fionnay. It is only the third ascent of the line after Clément Lechaptois and Aidan Roberts and one of his most difficult flash ascents for Daniel Woods.

After falling at The Crux years ago and narrowly avoiding a fall, Hazel Findlay faces her fears and returns to the infamous Impact Day (E8, 6c) trad route in the Lake District.

Yannick Flohé and Jakob Schubert are both among the world's best climbers. To find out which of them has more taste, they met in northern Germany for a boulder block battle.

As free as it gets, 63-year-old Mark Hudon tries to climb the Big Wall route Freerider on El Capitan. A life goal, for the realization of which the 25-year-old Jordan Cannon dedicates a whole year of his time. Free as can be documents the great undertaking and the even greater friendship behind it.

Front lever cycling is a simpler form of slope balance. With this exercise you train your body tension very intensively. This is particularly useful when climbing steep and overhanging routes.

La Sportiva has revised one of their most popular climbing shoes, the Katana Laces. The 2022 models are no longer strictly based on gender, but primarily on the weight of the climber. The yellow full sole model is stiffer, the white split sole model is softer.

Jimmy Webb tore multiple ankle ligaments in a fall this spring. The strong American seems to have survived the forced break resulting from this. He recently repeated Drew Ruana's test piece Insomniac (8C+) in Lincoln Lake and is definitely back in the game.

Fortunately, excavators that have been ground in and fixed for a short or longer period of time have so far only rarely led to accidents. But when a rope breaks, the effects are often devastating. We spoke to Daniel Benz, club president of EastBolt, about a danger in sport climbing that is known to many but still doesn't get the attention it deserves.