Keely Dickes

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Illya Bakhmet-Smolensky became the youngest person to climb 5.14d when he sent Chromosome X a couple years ago. Who is this young Ukrainian phenom?

"What makes Coral Cliffs unique or different is that the prism through which we share climbing is a bit more soulful," says Abby Dione, owner of the Florida-based gym.

A new round-up of hard sends from the past couple weeks. John Ebers, 23, takes down the Diamond's proudest line, and Laura Rogora continues her phenomenal year.

Partner up, collect climbing gear, avoid bad weather, and be the first of your friends to climb a 5.15!

Jesse Dufton previously climbed the Old Man of Hoy sea stack, also on lead.

With La Zébrée, Emilie Pellerin joins a small group of women to have climbed 5.14 on gear.

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When Chicks With Picks---the first iteration of Chicks Climbing and Skiing---was founded, a team of all-women ice-climbing instructors was a novel thing in a sport that was predominantly led by men. Chicks With Picks changed the status quo.

"A lot of us are conditioned not to enter spaces that are predominantly white or where we're not represented in the community," Lightner told Rock and Ice. With Climbing for Change, he aims to challenge that.

Nepal announced that it will begin issuing climbing permits for the fall. While some expedition operators seem intent on running expeditions, others are likely to hold off on restarting trips.