Ueli Steck’s Partner for Everest Traverse Returns

April 20th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Mountain, News, Profiles | No Comments »

Sherpa Tenji is going for the Everest/Lhotse Traverse that he was meant to join Ueli Steck on in 2017. Tenji suffered frostbite before he and Steck attempted the traverse and had to descend. Steck […]

Story of Mega Route on Wild Split Mountain in B.C.

April 20th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Profiles, Routes, West Coast | No Comments »

The following story was written by Grant Stewart about his first ascent of Split Mountain in B.C. Two and a half years ago, I received a message from my friend Tim Russell with a […]

Indoor Weekly: Watch 2018 IFSC Moscow World Cup

April 20th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Competition, Comps, Events, News, Profiles | No Comments »

The second IFSC Boulder and first Speed World Cup will be taking place in Moscow this weekend and Canada is ready. Despite not having their best performances, many of Team Canada have shaken the […]

Brits Climb ‘Fun or Fear’ New Alaska Alpine on Jezebel

April 19th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Mountain, News, Profiles | No Comments »

British alpine climbers Uisdean Hawthorn and Tom Livingstone have made the first ascent of a long alpine route on Mount Jezebel. Their new route is called Fun or Fear and it climbs the east […]

Watch Steve McClure Send U.K.’s Hardest Route

April 18th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in News, Profiles, Rock, Video | No Comments »

In 2017, top sport climber Steve McClure finally climbed his seven-year mega-project at Malham, Rainman, to give the U.K. its first-ever 5.15b. The route, at Malham Cove in Yorkshire, climbs up the classic Raindogs […]

Project Crown Land is Film on New Ontario Walls

April 18th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Events, Events, News, Profiles, Rock | No Comments »

Arc’teryx and Ontario Climbing present the world premiere of Project Crown Land, a film by Hannes Katze. The film explores the challenges involved in developing one of Ontario’s newest, largest and most isolated climbing […]

Reminder to Rope Up After Athabasca Crevasse Fall

April 18th, 2018 by gripped | Posted in Mountain, News, Profiles | No Comments »

On April 15, Parks Canada responded to a crevasse fall on the Athabasca Glacier when an un-roped party of two on snowshoes fell into a hole. This is a great reminder to always rope […]