Anak Verhoeven on Sending 5.15b—Twice!
The Belgian shared her experience on recent project La Planta de Shiva (5.15b) and what it’s like to be one of only four women to send the grade.
The Belgian shared her experience on recent project La Planta de Shiva (5.15b) and what it’s like to be one of only four women to send the grade.
Hörst spoke with Climbing the day after his ascent on downgrading, kneepads, and keeping grades with the times.
Sharma has been working the line for the past four years
It was a first of the grade for the Louisiana native
Barks is one of the few American climbers to have sent both V16 and 5.15. He needed just eight sessions to clip the chains.
Siegrist has an encyclopedic familiarity with America’s hardest routes; he’s skeptical about the recent upgrade to 5.15b.
In 2021, Verhoeven announced her retirement from competition climbing. She wanted to return to her outdoor roots, which she’s done with wild success.
Rohr, who recently sent the first pitch of “Change” (5.15a/b), has felt beckoned to Flatanger season after season.
It’s Siegrist’s fifth 5.15 in 2022.
In 2017, Anak Verhoeven became the second woman in history to climb 5.15. Since then, she has ticked off four more of the grade.
Last week, Nolwen Berthier joined a short list of women to have sent 5.15. In doing so, she skipped a grade.
Yuji Hiramaya was the first person to onsight 5.14b. He had the best onsight effort on The Salathé on El Cap for over 20 years. He also won World Cups in 1998 and 2000, did 5.15 first ascents, and now owns Base Camp Gym in Hidaka, Japan.
Climbing caught up with Jonathan Siegrist to talk about his sends, his training tips, and the importance of downgrading.
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The 20-year-old has done some 50 5.14s. See him climb the route that was a whole "next level" in difficulty.
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Guggenhell is over 50 meters long. The first part is a severely steep roof with powerful sequences, the most difficult revolving around two mono pockets—a style in which Iker Pou is among the best in the world.
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Erebor is now the most difficult route in Italy.
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After sending her first 5.15a in March, the French climber has now sent 5.15b.
Bouin rediscovered his local crag and made FAs of two new hard lines.
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 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 23-year-old French climber has become the fourth woman to climb 5.15.
Siegrist nails down the first ascents of two of the hardest routes in Clear Light Cave
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With his ascent of Me I Eat Dust in February 2017, Roth joined the ranks as one of the few Americans to climb 5.15a. So why is he under the radar?
This summer Ondra single-handedly tripled Canada’s tally of 5.15s
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Czech superstar makes history again.
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As new media allows us to see more of climbers’ daily routines, our expectations are becoming conversely more outlandish.
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Finding—much less sending—the hardest crack in the world isn’t easy. Then add in the hazards of spiders, scorpions, and snakes.
American woman ticks her second 5.15 in a year
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Let's get ready to Rambla!
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Adam Ondra, Czech Republic
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Margo Hayes, Boulder, Colorado and Matty Hong, Boulder, Colorado
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Breaking barriers: What Jonathan Siegrist learned from sending Biographie
FEBRUARY 22, 2016 EDITION