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Laura Rogora has redpointed Ali Hulk Sit Start Extension Total (5.15b) in Rodellar, Spain, placing her on a short list of elite climbers who have climbed the grade.

The Great American Outdoors Act has passed Congress with bipartisan support. It is a landmark bill to protect public lands in the United States.

Destivelle becomes the first woman to receive the award since it began in 2009.

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A team of Italian alpinists has completed a new 290-meter alpine rock route on the Red Pillar of Brouillard.

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CopenHill, a futuristic energy plant, doubles as an urban recreation center for Copenhagen’s citizens.

Series A funding allows Pocket Outdoor Media to expand its active lifestyle business to over 20 new media businesses including Yoga Journal, SKI, Climbing, BACKPACKER, and Warren Miller Entertainment

Following a hiatus due to COVID-19, the International Federation of Sport Climbing announced that a World Cup climbing competition will be held in late August.

The Yosemite Climbing Association Museum and Gallery was set to open this spring, featuring artifacts and photographs from Yosemite’s climbing history, but was delayed due to the pandemic. Here’s how you can help preserve these artifacts.

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Local route developers have renamed several routes on Ten Sleep Canyon’s controversial “Slavery Wall.”

Unlike more traditional sports, which advantage men, climbing is a relatively level playing field. Which is all the more reason to get out and get after it.

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Kirill Belotserkovskiy and Grigory Chshukin opened a new line on Trud Peak, completing a round-trip of the 1,200 meter line in 23 hours.

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The French climber sent Souvenirs du pic (8c, 5.14b) in less than 10 sessions. At 10-years-old, he is the youngest person to ever climb the grade.

An apparent slip while approaching a cliff led to a fatal fall for the young French climber.

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Enormous swaths of public land around Moab have been nominated for leasing to oil and gas companies, encompassing classic desert climbing areas. Public comment is open for the next 30 days to prevent leasing the land.

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The 19-year-old Italian becomes the fifth woman to climb 5.15, making a quick ascent of Pure Dreaming Plus just two weeks after outdoor climbing resumed in Italy.

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The French climber becomes the first woman to send the classic route, which is generally considered to be the world’s first 5.14d.

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Respected Italian alpinist Matteo Bernasconi—known for difficult ascents in Patagonia—died in an avalanche while ski mountaineering in Northern Italy.

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As the COVID-19 curve flattens in certain regions, restrictions are loosening and climbing areas are opening once again, though it’s not a free-for-all.

Climbing gyms and other businesses have begun to reopen in Georgia, though some experts have suggested that it's too soon amid the COVID-19 crisis.

The 27-year-old elite Italian climber has shifted his focus from high-level outdoor projects to high-level at-home projects.

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Sílvia Vidal made a big-wall first ascent on Cerro Chileno Grande over the course of 33 days, solo and without communication to the outside world.

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The Climbing Wall Association petitions Congress for climbing gym inclusion in the coronavirus relief stimulus package. Eldo Walls offers donations to your local gym.

We asked climbers to stop climbing. They did.

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The coronavirus shutdown is hard for everyone—and that includes your local climbing gym or gear shop. Here's how you can help.

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The 23-year-old French climber has become the fourth woman to climb 5.15.

Tim Emmett and Klemen Premrl made the first ascent of the new Helmcken Falls line, proposing WI13—making it the first route of the grade.

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Smythe fell 1,500 feet after a ledge collapsed and severed his rope.

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Siegrist nails down the first ascents of two of the hardest routes in Clear Light Cave

Despite bad weather (even by Patagonian standards), Honnold and Haley still completed big objectives

A team of Brette Harrington, Quinten Roberts, and Horacio Gratton made the first ascent of Marc-André’s Visión, a line that Marc-André Leclerc first spotted two years before his death.

Advice from Tommy Caldwell and Angela Hawse on the best ways to protect our planet

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