Gripped – August 2019

BD FORGED DENIM THE NEXT STEP IN CLIMBING DENIM’S EVOLUTION Focused for climbing, this pant is burly, thanks to its Cordura™ fib ...

Alpine Boots, Harnesses + Ropes HAZEL FINDLAY’S TOP CLIMBING TIPS Å NEW ALASKAN ALPINE SPLITTER 10 YEARS OF B.C. BOULDERING GRIP ...

EMILY HARRINGTON + MATT SEGAL ATHLE TE TESTED. EXPEDITION PROVEN. ™ PHOTO: TIM KEMPLE ...

Features Departments Tony McLane on Daily Universe 5.12 on the Sheriff’s Badge in Squamish August/September 2019 Photo Keiran Br ...

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Black Diamond Z4 Cam $TBD Black Diamond’s new Z 4 cams will replace the C 3 and X 4 models in 2020. The stem will stay rigid in- ...

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Alastair McDowell is a member of the New Zealand Alpine Team, a group of climbers who regularly visit Canada and other alpine de ...

On the first ascent of King Cobra on Mount Barrill in Alaska 7 How did the systems work and the climbing go? We started working ...

Minihapa is a New Banff 5.6 Multi-Pitch In spring, Brandon Pullan and Alyssa Acchione established Minihapa, a four- pitch 5. 6 t ...

Gravity’s Rainbow Niall Hamill and Cory Rogans made the first free ascent of Gravity’s Rainbow 5.12R 285 m on Mount Wilson on Ca ...

Sean McColl Celebrates 150 Sean McColl made it to finals at the Vail world cup in June and finished sixth. It was his 15 0th wor ...

Janja Garnbret Janja Garnbret became the first climber ever, man or woman, to win all six bouldering world cups in one season. I ...

Pineapple Express Sonnie Trotter made the first ascent of Pineapple Express VI 5. 13 b/c on El Capitan in the fall of 2018 and t ...

PURE FOCUS TAKES YOU TO GREAT HEIGHTS. Shop Sterling climbing ropes, like the 9.8 mm VR TM , at your local climb shop. The right ...

Historic Rattlesnake Re-equip The Ontario Alliance of Climbers (oac) organized The Rattlesnake Project in part- nership with Con ...

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REMOTE Quebec Rock Adventure Climbing the Classic Bing Bang 5.11b, 400 m off the wall ...

Top local climber Stephane Lapierre described it as one of the most beautiful multi-pitch routes in Quebec, so I rounded up some ...