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Dec 30, 2025 · A minimum of two testers tried each PAS for at least five climbing sessions, both indoors and outdoors. The team took PASs from the gym to crags in Colorado, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, and …

Aug 7, 2025 · Aside from a single rainy night, the weather was sublime, and nothing objectively bad happened (there was no near-miss with rockfall, no one took any falls), but it was still nine days of …

Nov 5, 2025 · An East Coast climber reveals how he went from a snowboarder who hated the cold, to a WI5 ice climber and guide in this story of climbing progression.

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Oct 17, 2024 · “The day this clip was taken, it was my fourth day on the route and my first day trying to lead it,” he told Climbing. “Oh my third day, I sent the route clean on TR.

Jan 15, 2025 · “I remember arriving at Yosemite Lodge being somewhat overwhelmed and lost but making my way to Camp 4.” Chapman learned the ropes under visionaries like Jim Bridwell, Mark …