Gripped Week in Review: A Month of Big Highlights
This is a monthly summary of top climbing stories from June 2 to July 2.
The Nose Fast
This past month of big sends all started with Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell’s sub-two-hour climb of The Nose.
Brette Harrington
Brette Harrington climbed a number of big, new alpine routes in Alaska in June.
Gripped Outdoors and Indoor Climbing
At gripped.com we have launched two new pages: Gripped Outdoors and Indoor Climbing. You can find both at the top of gripped.com in the navigation bar.
Gripped Outdoors will focus on skiing and snow sports, camping and hiking, backpacking and trekking and paddling and water sports, plus all of the gear that goes with them.
Indoor Climbing will focus on competitions, training, gyms, athletes, Olympics, teams, gym-specific gear and more.
Annie Chouinard
The Quebec local adds another 5.13 hard send to her impressive list.
Cassin Ridge Fast
Colin Haley climbed the Cassin Ridge on Denali in a record time by himself.
Banff Climber Death
Banff climber Matt Snell tragically died on Tunnel Mountain in a rappelling accident.
Three Yosemite Walls
Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds link three big Yosemite walls in a day.
The Goat
New 19-pitch 5.9 sport climb in Marble Canyon will be popular.
New DMM Cams
DMM releases information on their new micro-cams for 2019.
New B.C. 5.12 Trad
A big boulder near Field, B.C., is climbed and Dirty Magic 5.12 is born.
Bridge River Buttress
Big granite wall above Bridge River in B.C. is climbed in 15 pitches at 5.7.
Grassi Lakes Closed for Summer
The popular climbing area Grassi Lakes near Canmore is closed all summer.
Adam Ondra in Canmore
Adam Ondra is in Canmore working on projects and onsighted Existence Mundane 5.14b.
New Black Diamond C4 Cams
First looks at the new Black Diamond C4 cams for 2019.
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