Adam Ondra Onsighting “Just Do It” (5.14c), Smith Rock, OR
To look at Just Do (5.14c), with its cryptic sequences spread over 18 bolts and think, maybe, that you can send it first try? That is a realm occupied by just one climber: Adam Ondra.
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Everybody is Sending in the Red River Gorge!
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Melissa Le Nevé Has A “Golden Ticket” (5.14c)
At the end of November, on the tail-end of her trip to the U.S. , the 29-year-old French climber Melissa Le Nevé sent Golden Ticket, a 5.14c in the Red River Gorge, Kentucky.
Ondra Just Onsighted “Just Do It” (5.14c), Smith Rock, OR
For half of the 1990s, it was the hardest line in the United States, and one of the hardest in the world.
Carlo Traversi Repeats “Meltdown” (5.14c?), Hardest Crack in Yosemite (and the World?)
After several years of effort, Traversi bagged the highly coveted second ascent of the famously difficult crack.
Dru Mack: Making “Pure Imagination” a Reality
Dru Mack has been climbing at the Red River Gorge for years at this point, but with his send of Pure Imagination, his proudest to date, he realizes he might be just getting started.
Daniel Jung Scores First Repeat of “The Recovery Drink” (5.14c?), Possibly the World’s Hardest Crack Climb
Big news out of Jossingford, Norway!
Michaela Kiersch: Setting Goals
I had a big, massive, huge goal for 2018. Here's how I made sure it didn't overwhelm me while still working toward it.
Heli Kotter Climbs “Silberrücken” (5.14c)
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