from UKClimbing.com News
In this, the final video in the Mountain Equipment series, we talk to Dave MacLeod, perhaps currently the UK's top all round climber.
Dave talks about his climbing achievements, his super-route Echo Wall , how he tries to balance his obsession with big routes with a 'normal life' and his intimate relationship with Ben Nevis.
published: 8 months ago
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from Mountains and Water
Recently I posted an article from Gripped Magazine on my Facebook Mountains and Water page . About a year earlier, Gripped ran a similar story , focusing on male climbers, but with the same angle, that older climbers can still get up hard routes. Thoughts of this sort even circulated a bit in the media after Chris Sharma's stunning ascent of two 5.15s just after turning 30. On the one hand, I want to agree with the yea-sayers who assert that age is mostly an imaginary barrier, one much more easily overcome
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from The Alpinist - newswire
I talian alpinist Fabio Giacomelli died in an avalanche January 1 at the base of Cerro Torre. Giacomelli and partner Elio Orlandi, both extraordinary climbers and Patagonia veterans, were descending that day after attempting a new route on the east face. Giacomelli reached the bottom of the rappels first and headed for their snow cave to melt water and prepare food. On his return, at approximately 9 p.m. when Orlandi was still on the face, an avalanche buried Giacomelli. Alone, Orlandi searched three days
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from James Pearson
The last few weeks have been a bit of a blur, with a lot going on in a relatively short period of time. I left Innsbruck for a hectic week of sponsor related activities, but not before having one final day trying my project in the Zillertal. Armed with a hand-warmer in my chalkbag, I hoped that I might be able to find just enough to get me through the top crux. Unfortunately the rock was colder than I had ever felt before, and even the comforting heat from my chalk bag failed to hold off the unbeatable ...
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