We are very psyched up to announce that Ben Harnden has done the Low Start to Room Service (v14). With the good weather and good vibes, Ben was able to finally take down the compression problem located below Dreamcatcher after working it for most of the fall season! Congratulations Ben!

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Did the low to room service last week. Amped I am . Solid crew and lots of sessions to nail this one done. Lots of help from lots of good friends TD @gabnamurti @paul_nadler @artbylanyao #lasportiva #metoliusclimbing

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Jacopo Larcher and Barbara Zangerl on Eiger’s North Face.

First try on the Salathe Wall.

David Lama solo First Ascent of Lunag Ri.

With the long season at Horn Lake, climbers have been flocking back to new and old projects alike.

We are pleased to announce that Amanda Berezowski has made an ascent of A Stressful Day At The Office aka ASDATO (5.14c) marking the hardest ascent of a Canadian Women and completing the process of working the route over the last year.

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Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose~ Getting as close as I could to this feeling of being FREE mentally is EXACTLY what I had to do in order to finish this route. Trying something that I view currently as being at my limit has been extremely demanding both physically & mentally. Which in turn has taken me on a wild journey & made me face so much within myself. This is a bigger achievement in my perspective than a grade. A muertes! 😈💪🏼👑 ————————————— Thank-you to all of you for putting up with my pre-send burn, increasingly getting worse, OCD 🤦🏼‍♀️ _____________________________ ASDATO (A Stressful Day At The Office), 14c ✔️ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 📸 @wessidegreentree #liveyourdreams #believe #freeyourmindandclimb #climbyourimpossible

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Starting at 1 pm Eastern, is the 2018 La Sportiva Legends Only featuring Chris Sharma, Alex Megos Jongwon Chon, Jernej Kruder, Alex Rubtsov and Rei Sugimoto.

We are pleased to announce that Miles Adamson has potentially climbed the first ascent of Rootin Tootin Cowboy Shootin (V13) in Red Rocks, NV.

The line, #98 in the First Creek area is listed as a highball with no other first ascents to be found online. Looks amazing!

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Rootin Tootin Cowboy Shootin – V13. This is climb 98 in the First Creek area. It is listed as a highball project so this is probably a first ascent! I couldn't find any online content from Nalle or others on the climb. The sequence is strangely similar to the crux of Disbelief at Acephale. I've been training this exact move for months. Lock off to a high left handed gaston, then do a move that makes no sense. I stabbed to another gaston up high with only my thumb, and mashed my pointer finger in it once I stuck it. Getting the foot up was also brutal. The top out from there is still about V6. While I think it's one of the hardest boulders I've done, I also sent it really fast. So I'm not sure about the V13 grade but I think it's right. Video @k_i_l_l_a_b_e_e

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Sport climber Aleksandra ‘Ola’ Taistra reflects on her climbing in Oliana.

Adam Ondra attempts the Salethe Wall in Yosemite, CA.

The 2018 November Sessions hosted by Climb Base 5 in Coquitlam, BC took place this weekend.

With the route setting team, led by Simon Parton, nailing the differentiation between climbers, spectators were able to see the strength of each climber in the finals. On the women’s side, Mika Hosoi beat out the field taking first while Ethan Hoffman took first in the Men’s Open category. Great to see Maria Celkova back in the mix as well as Matthew Wellington, both of who have struggled with injury over the past few years!

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