Ondra has now climbed the hardest grade in every climbing discipline except bouldering (he has yet to do a V17).
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Ondra has now climbed the hardest grade in every climbing discipline except bouldering (he has yet to do a V17).
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Danny Gerhart, 24, passed away on August 5 after his rope cut during a fall at Seneca Rocks.
Spencer Dawes, 25, died on September 17 while rappelling the Methow Inspiration Route (5.9) on Goat Wall in Okanogan, Washington.
Andrew Munds, 29, died on September 2 at Officer’s Gulch in Frisco while rope soloing.
Russian alpinist Nadya Oleneva, 38, died after a fall on Nepal’s Dhaulagiri I (8,167m/26,795ft) on October 14.
Polish alpinist Kacper Tekieli died on May 17, after being hit by an avalanche while descending from a solo on Jungfrau (13,642ft) in the Bernese Alps.
Irish mountaineer and endurance athlete Noel Hanna, 56, died April 17 after summiting Annapurna (26,545ft).
Scottish climbing legend Jimmy Marshall passed away on March 2, aged 94. Marshall, “The King of the Ben,” was among the UK’s leading climbers in the 1950s and 60s.
Argentinian climber Marcos “He-Man” Gorostiaga, 28, died on January 31. He was hit by rockfall while climbing in the Cerro Torre massif.
Meg O’Neill died on April 2, while saving a friend during an ice climbing outing.
British rock climbing pioneer Ron James, 90, died on March 1 from natural causes.
Basque climber Amaia Agirre died in an avalanche while descending from the Patagonian spire Fitz Roy/Cerro Chaltén (11,171ft), along with her climbing partner Iker Bilbao.
Basque climber Iker Bilbao died in an avalanche on January 19, 2023, along with his climbing partner Amaia Agirre as the pair descended from Fitz Roy/Cerro Chaltén in Patagonia.
Our annual tribute to community members we've lost in the past year.
The new Netflix documentary highlights the “rivalry” between solo alpinists Dani Arnold and the late Ueli Steck.
Hörst spoke with Climbing the day after his ascent on downgrading, kneepads, and keeping grades with the times.
After her fall, Whitney Clark crawled for 2.5 hours down talus and scree to reach a rescue helicopter, but ultimately suffered only minor injuries.
With 'Round Trip Ticket' (M7 AI5+ A0), Alan Rousseau, Jackson Marvell, and Matt Cornell have established one of the most impressive Himalayan routes in recent memory.
No shoes, no problem. The barefoot Frenchman is back with another potential V17, 'L’Ombre du Voyageur.'
