Keyword: Trad route

Unstoppable: Connor Herson solves trad testpiece Magic Line (8c+) in Yosemite

Connor Herson secures the fifth ascent of the legendary Magic Line (8c+) in Yosemite Valley. The 35-meter crack, first climbed by Ron Kauk, is in the...

16 years after first ascent: James Pearson repeats infamous trad route Echo Wall

Nerves of steel: James Pearson secures the first repeat of the infamous Echo Wall line.

Rare ascent of Zangerl's Trad-Testpiece Into the Sun (8c+)

The first time Trad and then Into the Sun (8c+): Andreas Hofherr repeats the Zangerl test piece in the Murgtal.

Seb Berthe repeats Trad masterpiece Bon Voyage (9a)

Seb Berthe secures the third ascent of Bon Voyage in Annot, probably the most difficult trad route in the world.

Learn to trad climb: A crash course in 6 parts

In this crash course you'll learn everything you need to know to go from indoor climbing to trad multi-pitch lead climbing.

Pete Whittaker frees tough Trad line with Eigerdosis (8c).

The crack specialist Pete Whittaker succeeds in the Norwegian Jossingfjord the first free ascent of Eigerdosis (8c) in trad style.

Risky trad ascents on family vacations

James Person and Caroline Ciavaldini commit several infamous and dangerous trad lines while on family holiday in North Wales.

Jonas Schild on the gap between sport and trad climbing

Jonas Schild on the gap between sport and trad climbing and the futility of drilling traditional routes.

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