Keyword: runout

Siebe Vanhee is currently showing nerves of steel in the Swedish climbing area Bohuslän. On his first day in the area, the Belgian secured only the third repetition of the infamous Savage Horse (9-R/X) line, which was one of the most difficult routes in Scandinavia when it was first climbed in 1999.

In the northwest of the Czech Republic, Adam Ondra swaps the highest levels of difficulty for daring climbing with long runouts and strict ethics. Together with the sandstone legend Tomáš "Tomajda" Sobotka he succeeds in the ground-up first ascent of Falling into Presence (8b).

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.

In the summer of 2021, Hazel Findlay repeated the hard trad route Muy Caliente (E9, 6c) in Pembroke, Wales. A daring line with huge runouts that requires a strong lead climbing morale. Now there is the video for the solid ascent of the 33-year-old.

Barbara Zangerl has been hanging around in more northern regions for a few days and reports the ascent of the runout-heavy route Muy Caliente (E10 6c) at Stennis Ford,...