Keyword: Rope solo style
“Falls during rope soloing are static and intense – not the best experience.”
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Siebe Vanhee climbs two difficult multi-pitch routes rope solo in the Verdon Gorge, the 8b Une Jolie Fleur even almost onsight.
Before work, a rope solo first ascent in the ice
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Budding mountain guide Juho Knuutila is known for his daring ascents in the demanding ice and mixed terrain of the far north. In December he climbed Rånkeipen with Alexander Nordvall Arctic Circus (M6, WI6). A few days ago he returned to the wall near Narvik early in the morning to climb another wild mixed line before work - single-handedly.
Appointment with Death: Filip Babicz climbs one of the most dangerous gritstone routes rope solo
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Appointment with Death (E9, 6c) is one of the boldest routes in English gritstone. Filip Babicz recently secured the fifth repetition of the line. Unlike the other climbers before him, he brought neither a crash pad nor a climbing partner.