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One Wrong Move Could Be Fatal. So Why Are These Climbers Competing at Free Soloing?

In Colorado's Flatirons, climbers race against the clock to complete routes without ropes. We went to Boulder to learn what ...
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Italian Pietro Vidi Becomes Second to Climb ‘Drifter’s Escape,’ the World’s Hardest Trad Climb

The impossible is becoming possible. Last week, Italian climber Pietro Vidi announced that he had made the second ascent of ...
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Are Climbers Allowed to Scale the Spires in the New Chiricahua National Park?

Hundreds of volcanic spires fill the nation’s newest national park. While Chiricahua bans climbing inside the park, hidden ...
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Three Climbers Establish Giant Himalayan Route in Enviable On-the-Clock “Training”

Move out of the way, mountain guides, fry cooks, and roofers. These three have the best job a climber can have.
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Justin Salas Becomes the First Visually Impaired Athlete to Climb 5.13c

Justin Salas is on fire. On Friday, October 9, the 33-year-old sport climber and boulderer made the hardest known ascent by a visually impaired athlete, ticking America’s Most Wanted (5.13c) at Mount ...
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Adam Ondra Just Downgraded the World’s First Proposed V18. We Should Have Seen This Coming.

Czech climber Adam Ondra has made the first repeat of ‘Exodia,’ the world’s first proposed V18, and called it V17. Here’s ...