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Climbing clothing comes and goes. Lost forever, wedged in a crack, dropped off mountain tops, torn, ripped and generally destroyed. For us, climbing clothestendto be only fleetingly owned. I was...
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EpicTV athlete Adam Ondra updates on his Dawn Wall progress: Another day in the office ;-) We hauled up and set up the portaledge up on the Dawn Wall yesterday. I got to the top of pitch 16, and...
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In October 2016, Pete Whittaker andTom Randall made the first ascent of Millennium Arch (5.14), a colossal roof crack on Utahs White Rim. The line took the pair over two hours each to climb and, du...
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Nalle Hukkataival took to social media on Monday with the news that hes finally sent the Lappnor project.Naming it Burden of Dreams, Nalle gives it a grade of 9A, potentially the worlds first.
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As Black Friday sales craze sweeps the globe, we decided to jump on the band wagon and have our own Black Friday sale. We have loads of discounted products from top brands, and for one weekend only...
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If you havent heard the news, EpicTV athlete Adam Ondra is in Yosemite Valley working theharder pitches on Tommy Caldwall and Kevin Jorgesons massively blank Dawn Wall for an eventual ground up att...
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Theres a huge range of climbing trousers out there but are Prana Continuum Pants a cut above the rest? Initial Impressions Prana are renowned for their attention to detail and sustain...
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It always seems to happen so suddenly in Chamonix; the endless summer days and warm evenings disappear without warning and are replaced by frosty mornings and walking to the pub in a down jacket. I...
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Autumn is undeniably here and slowly but surely, winter is on its way. Some curl up on their sofas and wrap up in blankets, with a mugful of tea to warm their hands, while others get out there, bra...
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Can a shoe really be comfortable and high performance?And does no edge technology really stand up to its claims? Initial Impressions As I pulled on the Genius for the first time, the thing I ...
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One does not simply walk into Mordor. However, it turns out that you can get there via a series of rusty ladders, low tunnels and loose chains. This way is known as Snakes, Ladders and Tunnels. ...
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A few months ago I started testing the new Scarpa Vapour lace. I wrote an articleabout my first impressions of the shoe. Since then I have had the opportunity to use the shoe on a variety of differ...
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