Weekend Whipper: Ripping Holds Off of 5.14 Trad
“I knew the crimp was a bit suspect, but it made the first crux flow better, so I just went for it.”
Carlo Traversi
Jonathan Siegrist Repeats ‘Flex Luthor,’ Skeptical of 5.15b Upgrade.
Siegrist has an encyclopedic familiarity with America’s hardest routes; he’s skeptical about the recent upgrade to 5.15b.
Watch Carlo Traversi Send Magic Line, 5.14 Trad, in Yosemite
This is pure climbing footage; there is no story, no interview, and no posing. And it's beautiful.
Carlo Traversi Repeats Magic Line (5.14c), One of World’s Hardest Trad Routes
The 33-year-old made the fourth ascent of Magic Line after first trying it in 2016.
Carlo Traversi Makes Third Ascent of Flex Luthor, 5.15b
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VIDEO: See Connor Herson, 17, Style Empath, 5.15a: Jamming Cruxes in Combo Trad-Sport Techniques
Herson, with a background in the Valley as well as sport and comp climbing, is "really psyched to try more hard sport climbs!"
Jimmy Webb and Carlo Traversi Establish Yosemite’s Hardest Boulder Problem
Tierrany is the Yosemite National Park's first boulder problem to be graded V14—though it may not be the first V14.
By the Numbers (Spring 2021 Edition)
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Watch Carlo Traversi Make the First Ascent of Empath (5.15a)
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Why We’re Afraid To Dyno
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Carlo Traversi Makes the Second Ascent of Meltdown (5.14c)
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Yosemite News: Two Free Nose Ascents, Magic Line Redpoint, Meltdown Repeat, and Much More
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Carlo Traversi Takes on the RMNP Triple 14 Challenge
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Photo Gallery: 5.14 in RMNP, Zimbabwe Bouldering, and a Tribute
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