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Carlo Traversi finally found an actual “problem” in The Story of Two Worlds (V15). And the “problem” was that he couldn’t send it as quickly or with the relative ease that he has grown accustomed to while trying the world's hardest boulder problems.
Sasha DiGiulian Sends Two 5.14bs in One Day

Sasha DiGiulian is back at it again sending some of the hardest sport routes in the world. On Friday, March 22, DiGiulian climbed Fish Eye and Los Humildes pa Casa during one day at Oliana, Spain. Both are 5.14b.
World's First 5.14d Onsight!

Alex Megos has climbed Estado Critico at Siurana, Spain, on his first try, making what is possibly the world's first 5.14d onsight.
Chris Sharma Sends La Dura Dura (5.15c)

Today, Chris Sharma vanquished his long-term project by clipping the chains of La Dura Dura (5.15c).
George Lowe, Member of Everest '53 Team, Dead at 89

George Lowe, part of the Everest summit team with Edmund Hillary in 1953, died on Wednesday. He was the last surviving member of the team.

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TNB: The Only Blasphemy

John Bachar laces up his boots and cinches the sling on his chalk bag. “Ready?” Only then do I realize he means to climb all two thousand feet solo, without a rope. To save face, I agree, thinking: Well, if he suggests something too crazy, I’ll just draw the line. I was the first to start soloing out at Josh anyhow.

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TNB: The Only Blasphemy
John Bachar laces up his boots and cinches the sling on his chalk bag. “Ready?” Only then do I realize he means to climb all two thousand feet solo, without a rope. To save face, I agree, thinking: Well, if he suggests something too crazy, I’ll just draw the line. I was the first to start soloing out at Josh anyhow.

Kenton Cool and Dorje Gylgen Sherpa Summit Nuptse, Everest and Lhotse
British mountaineer Kenton Cool and his longtime climbing partner Dorje Gylgen Sherpa enchained the three peaks of Nuptse (7,861m), Everest (8,848m) and Lhotse (8,516m) in three days.

Updated: Death on El Cap
A fatal accident occurred on El Capitan in Yosemite, California, on May 19. Yosemite park officials have now confirmed that died in a 230-foot fall while trying to climb the Muir Wall.

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Rock and Ice Issue #209

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Chopping Block

21-May-2010

Winter-weary climbers flock to the horizontally fractured, quartzite cliffs of New York's Shawangunks each spring eager to dust off racks and practice trad climbing on the many steep classics of every grade. On March 20, a Saturday, the popular Trapps area was in prime condition and climbers were trying a variety of routes....

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Gallery images by Dean Fidelman.

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The Prophet

07-Mar-2011

In 2001, Leo Houlding and Jason Pickles made an audacious ground-up, no-drill, on-sight attempt to free climb a new route on El Cap. Nine years later, The Prophet finally spoke....