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Route name. While rock and modern ice climbing routes can have any name, offensive names are removed from databases and guidebooks. In countries such as France the person who created the route names it, whereas in others such as the US and UK, the first person to ascend the route names it (e.g. the
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created the "Climb United" initiative to bring magazine editors, guidebook publishers and database managers, and other climbing community leaders together to create principles for naming routes that would "Build the best publishing practices to avoid harm caused by discriminatory or oppressive route
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Traditionally, in many countries, the person who made the first ascent of a route was allowed to name it (in France, the naming rights go to whoever first bolted the route); this concept of "naming ownership" by the first ascensionist led to inertia with regard to the changing of problematic names
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showed climbers were largely against manufacturing routes on natural outdoor rock on public lands, but were less negative on private lands (or on routes in quarries); they were willing to allow "cleaning" of routes (which some consider manufacturing), and also the repairing of routes (e.g. gluing
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Popularity and other feedback. Modern guidebooks will also include some manner of popularity rating for individual routes in a climbing area (e.g. awarding 3-stars to the most popular/best-regarded routes, which are often called "classics"). They may also include additional climber feedback (or
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routes), a more detailed "topo" (short for topographic) illustration will include symbols for key obstacles (e.g. roofs, overhangs, aretes) and key features (e.g. corners, cracks) encountered on the route; and information on the
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in alpine climbing, and thus not avoiding the difficult obstacles that the original route went around (e.g. a roof or an overhang, or a section with minimal holds). Boulder climbers might add a harder
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a route (i.e. the route becomes a "project"). When a climber does climb the route on their first attempt without any falls and without any prior knowledge of how to climb the route (which is called
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Climbers will also seek to improve the "style" in which a route is climbed. A route that uses a lot of aid climbing will be reclimbed with less and less aid until it is eventually "
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Some climbers have physically altered the natural rock surface to "construct" a route (or make a route more climbable), by cutting or expanding handholds, which is also known as
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names". Many climbing guidebook publishers and route databases introduced policies to redact inappropriate route names, including the largest online databases,
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of traditional climbing routes, which is the conversion into safer sport climbing routes, but that also fundamentally alters the nature of the route challenge.
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that "routes belong to us all. That should include their names" in regard to changing problematic names. At the same time, Duane
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of the route. Most guidebooks will include a photograph or drawing showing the line of the route. For more complicated routes (and for longer
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WI6 M8 R, which started the mixed climbing revolution; this was followed by early consensus M10-12 routes in Europe and North
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is graded well above the standing start version). Alpine and big wall climbers often seek to link established routes together in a larger
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launched "The
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3316:"Degrees of Freedom: From dry tooling to figure fours, M-climbing in the mountains is redefining the vision of what's a climbable line"
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including route names that were vulgar or had racial, sexual, colonial, discriminatory or other, slurs, tropes or stereotyping.
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controversy). Alpine routes tend to have names based on the peak or the first ascender and the geological feature, such as the
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be reached in a given time to achieve the overall route timetable and to complete the route safely with sufficient provisions.
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2665:"Rock climbing's new-found popularity uncovers dark past of unsavoury route names, sparking its #MeToo moment"
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in France, the world's first-ever D14 (and with no mixed/ice component). The
Tomorrow's World Cave in the
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of technical difficulty and risk. Routes are graded for their technical difficulty – particularly for the
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whose aid ascent at 5.9 A2 was a major milestone in climbing, as was its eventual freeing at 5.14a.
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Andrew
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3160:"An exploration of the world's most impossible sport climbs and the new standards that they set"
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The
Mountain Encyclopedia: An A to Z Compendium of Over 2,250 Terms, Concepts, Ideas, and People
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Bisharat (6 October 2009). "Chapter 9: Onsighting: Strategies for Success on Routes".
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2525:"Naming and shaming: How climbers are wrestling with the sport's tradition of naming routes"
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systems have additional grades for the level of commitment and seriousness of the route.
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Ogden, Jared (2005). "Chapter 1: Wall
Climbing Fundamentals - Style & Ethics".
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Gresham, Neil; Parnell, Ian (January 2009). "Evolution of sport mixed climbing".
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which is an almost straight vertical line between the Harlin and Japanese routes.
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manufactures a completely new route for each stage of the competition. In 2017,
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Sport Climbing: From Toprope to Redpoint, Techniques for Climbing Success
2745:"Harmful vs. Offensive: The Troublesome Debate Over Climbing Route Names"
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Sport Climbing: From Toprope to Redpoint, Techniques for Climbing Success
1943:"The Guidebook Odyssey – Unearthing the epic task of writing a guidebook"
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is done on completely artificially manufactured sport climbing routes on
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2294:"Free Solo Rock Climbing and the Climbers Who Have Defined the Sport"
2155:"Nepalese team makes first successful winter ascent of a route on K2"
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2997:"Opinion: Not Retro-Bolting Is Irresponsible. A Doctor Sounds Off"
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3079:"Rock Stars: 10 of the Most Famous Boulder Problems in the World"
2636:"Austrian climbers at odds over far-right dogwhistle route names"
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3185:"The World's Hardest Traditional Climbing Routes by Winter 2021"
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2581:"Between the Lines: It's Time To Change Offensive Route Names"
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3271:"New Ice Climb Gets Elusive WI7, Here's Some Grade History"
2802:"Where's the Line Between Chipping and Cleaning on Routes?"
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in Britain). Routes that set important milestones include
1452:. Two of the most famous bouldering routes in history are
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2553:"Rated R: Should Obscene or Offensive Routes Be Renamed?"
1868:. The most famous expedition climbing routes involve the
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2771:"Leslie Gulch's Controversial Route-Building Laboratory"
1842:. As alpine climbing spread outside of the Alps, famous
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in Italy produced the world's first-ever consensus D15 (
3297:"Repentance Super, the most coveted ice climb in Cogne"
2210:"Heiko Queitsch greenpoint climbing in the Frankenjura"
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is over 880-metres long, and breaks up into 31-pitches.
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3373:"Generation Dry, discovering the world of Dry Tooling"
3212:"The 25 Greatest Moments in Yosemite Climbing History"
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Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada
3134:"The Hard 100: The Hardest Sport Climbs in the World"
3025:"Should We Really Retro-bolt That Dangerous Classic?"
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has several other famous aid/big wall routes such as
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International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation
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Fédération française de la montagne et de l'escalade
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Hartemann, Frederic; Hauptman, Robert (2005-06-15).
2188:(1st ed.). Mountaineers Books. pp. 87–91.
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Union of International Mountain Leader Associations
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Mixed climbing § Evolution of grade milestones
2692:"Climb United: A Modern Rethinking of Route Names"
2052:"Margo Hayes Sends Biographie/Realization (5.15a)"
1260:(who had redacted 6,000 names in the first year).
2858:"Kaleb Thomas and the Next Step for Routesetting"
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2719:"Offensive Rock Climb Names in Squamish Changed"
2236:"Chasin the Trane greenpoint in the Frankenjura"
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2381:"The Weird Origins Of Bouldering's Sit Start"
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2887:"Is This the World's Hardest Indoor Route?"
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2499:"The Perfect Line: Naming and Claiming"
1940:
1523:in France, the world's first consensus
1171:(or "link-up") route (e.g. the notable
1114:
4923:
3265:
3263:
3236:
3234:
3157:
3106:Oviglia, Maurizio (23 December 2012).
3096:
2994:
2961:
2959:
2917:
2915:
2913:
2911:
2909:
2884:
2880:
2878:
2855:
2795:
2793:
2768:
2716:
2496:
2407:McDonald, Dougald (18 February 2014).
2050:Carpenter, Hayden (25 December 2017).
2045:
2043:
705:route on the South West Pillar of the
3417:
3242:"100 Years of Big-Wall Free Climbing"
3131:
2965:
2742:
2717:Pullan, Brandon (23 September 2020).
2550:
2464:
2462:
2460:
2458:
2291:
2183:
2179:
2177:
1990:Ryan, Mick; James, Alan (July 2002).
1985:
1936:
1934:
4891:
3307:
3044:
2885:Miller, Delaney (12 November 2021).
2827:
2799:
2662:
2490:
2379:Copeland, Victor (15 October 2022).
2319:
2110:
2108:
2106:
2104:
2102:
2016:
2014:
1983:
1981:
1979:
1977:
1975:
1973:
1971:
1969:
1967:
1965:
1941:Adamson, Michael (6 February 2009).
1872:, which are the 14 mountains in the
1682:), and on the southwest face of the
1288:), but at other times has not (e.g.
647:or other supports such as oxygen or
604:gear) needed to complete the route.
4903:
3365:
3260:
3231:
3077:Kuelthau, Willis (28 August 2021).
2956:
2906:
2875:
2790:
2497:Dobner, Sarah-Jane (19 June 2019).
2285:
2153:Beaumont, Peter (16 January 2021).
2040:
1533:in Nevada, the world's first-ever
1513:in Germany, the world's first-ever
1497:in Finland, the world's first-ever
1223:
1133:(blue-line #2), contrasts with the
1083:with no supplemental oxygen or any
994:
757:". Notable climbing areas include:
13:
2821:
2609:"The Racism of the Great Outdoors"
2469:Tabachnik, Sam (17 January 2021).
2455:
2186:Big Wall Climbing: Elite Technique
2174:
1931:
1635:routes. The most famous route is
1543:in Norway, the world's first-ever
14:
4947:
4800:South African Climbing Federation
3395:
2830:"The Other Side of Fred Rouhling"
2769:Heller, Brad (27 December 2016).
2579:Bisharat, Andrew (25 June 2020).
2099:
2011:
1962:
1820:Alpine climbing § Milestones
1813:
1487:in Italy, the world's first-ever
1428:
1264:Manufactured or artificial routes
1143:(pink-line #6). Not shown is the
849:, etc.). Some routes may require
4902:
4890:
4879:
4878:
4866:
3772:IFSC World Championships winners
2523:Anderssen, Erin (27 June 2019).
2080:"Guidebooks Are Still a Problem"
2078:Robinson, Doug (23 March 2023).
1433:
53:
3340:
3289:
3151:
3125:
3070:
3023:Bordeau, Steve (18 July 2023).
3016:
2995:Miller, Sam (26 October 2022).
2988:
2849:
2762:
2736:
2710:
2684:
2656:
2628:
2600:
2572:
2551:Buhay, Corey (25 August 2020).
2544:
2516:
2428:
2400:
2372:
2346:
2313:
2258:
2228:
1694:
1537: (5.15b) sport route, and
724:, a climbing journal (e.g. the
4770:British Mountaineering Council
3158:Walker, Noah (27 March 2023).
2966:Franz, Derek (10 March 2023).
2663:Marx, David (11 August 2020).
2202:
2146:
2071:
1491: (8C+) graded route, and
1101:). Some big wall climbers set
983:
1:
2968:"Between safety and boldness"
2800:Dawn, Stefani (6 June 2022).
2743:Samet, Matt (30 March 2023).
2607:Kandula, Ikya (19 May 2021).
2292:Osius, Alison (4 June 2022).
1924:
1920:, database of climbing routes
1840:great north faces of the Alps
3443:
1993:How to write ... a MiniGuide
1413:The Murder of the Impossible
1411:wrote a famous essay called
26:routes on the north face of
7:
3314:Slawinski, Raphael (2002).
2856:Walker, Noah (3 May 2021).
2441:. Taylor Trade Publishing.
2320:Moye, Jayme (6 June 2018).
1896:
1755:. The most famous route is
10:
4952:
1908:Glossary of climbing terms
1817:
1698:
1547: (5.15d) sport route.
1437:
1218:
1141:1969 Japanese Direttissima
990:Glossary of climbing terms
987:
685:
4862:
4823:
4760:Appalachian Mountain Club
4730:
4723:
4567:
4517:
4436:
4429:
4312:
4191:
4102:
3862:
3853:
3846:
3744:
3669:
3598:
3563:
3467:
3458:
3451:
3210:Editorial (1 June 2016).
1793:. Notable routes include
1517: (5.14d) route, and
1145:2006 Russian Direttissima
1071:to ascend the route as a
833:is already in-situ (i.e.
4675:Mountain Safety Research
4670:Mountain Equipment Co-op
3351:. Rockfax. p. 176.
3132:Laird, Sam (June 2023).
1999:. RockFax. pp. 1–15
1888:and the "Magic Line" on
1501: (9A) graded route.
1139:(pink-line #3), and the
1136:1966 Harlin Direttissima
1105:records on routes (e.g.
1023:was climbed in winter).
961:first female free ascent
707:Aiguille des Deux Aigles
629:first female free ascent
4805:South Tyrol Alpine Club
4600:Eastern Mountain Sports
4466:Canadian Alpine Journal
4459:American Alpine Journal
3722:Roof and tunnel hacking
3321:American Alpine Journal
2271:Encyclopedia Britannica
1741:in Italy. Since 2010,
1335:Black Diamond Equipment
727:American Alpine Journal
659:the route. Others set
548:) is a path by which a
4625:Holubar Mountaineering
4437:Magazines and journals
3767:IFSC World Cup winners
1918:The Himalayan Database
1805:), and consensus D16 (
1520:Realization/Biographie
1378:
1212:
1199:
1148:
1056:
1027:Style of route ascents
796:Realization/Biographie
717:
716:(500-metres, grade TD)
596:of the route, and the
545:
31:
4750:Alpine Club of Canada
4660:Marmot Mountain Works
4615:GERRY Mountain Sports
2022:"Route naming policy"
1391:sport climbing routes
1364:
1307:). A 2022 survey by
1305:La Rose et la Vampire
1215:) in mountaineering.
1122:
1034:
1011:), it is known as an
860:Length and number of
693:
552:reaches the top of a
22:
4780:Club Alpino Italiano
4765:Austrian Alpine Club
4755:American Alpine Club
2641:Agence France-Presse
2125:. pp. 192–200.
1803:A Line Above the Sky
1663:Tre Cime di Lavaredo
1551:Traditional climbing
1327:competition climbing
1314:back broken holds).
1290:Antoine Le Menestrel
1247:American Alpine Club
1190:is often called the
1115:Variations of routes
839:traditional climbing
771:traditional climbing
570:traditional climbing
4775:Club Alpin Français
4149:Mountaineering boot
3762:Piolet d'Or winners
2828:Ward, Pete (2004).
2614:The Washington Post
2360:. 18 September 2009
2327:National Geographic
1866:Expedition climbing
1831:1938 Heckmair Route
1773:Empire Strikes Back
1767:in Vail, Colorado,
1257:MountainProject.com
1177:Cerro Chaltén Group
1130:1938 Heckmair Route
969:first winter ascent
831:climbing protection
743:MountainProject.com
663:records on routes.
602:climbing protection
76:Piolet d'Or winners
4795:German Alpine Club
3112:PlanetMountain.com
2932:. pp. 31–34.
2930:Mountaineers Books
2530:The Globe and Mail
2123:Mountaineers Books
1611:Blackbeard’s Tears
1595:, early consensus
1461: (7B/7B+) in
1455:Midnight Lightning
1379:
1149:
1123:North face of the
1093:Free solo climbers
1057:
926:traditional grades
767:Clogwyn Du'r Arddu
722:climbing guidebook
718:
598:climbing equipment
580:route, etc.), the
558:climbing guidebook
32:
4918:
4917:
4858:
4857:
4810:Swiss Alpine Club
4563:
4562:
4518:Non-fiction films
4494:Planinski Vestnik
4487:Himalayan Journal
4425:
4424:
4187:
4186:
3816:Historical events
3787:Eight-thousanders
3740:
3739:
3594:
3593:
3191:. 1 February 2021
2644:. 9 November 2022
2242:. 7 November 2011
1870:eight-thousanders
1625:Big wall climbing
1173:Moonwalk Traverse
957:first free ascent
870:big wall climbing
763:big wall climbing
733:Himalayan Journal
625:first free ascent
584:of the route–and
529:
528:
110:Eight-thousanders
100:Historical events
4943:
4906:
4905:
4894:
4893:
4882:
4881:
4870:
4728:
4727:
4680:Outdoor Research
4434:
4433:
3860:
3859:
3851:
3850:
3821:Grade milestones
3630:Expedition style
3465:
3464:
3456:
3455:
3438:
3431:
3424:
3415:
3414:
3389:
3388:
3386:
3384:
3379:. 4 January 2019
3369:
3363:
3362:
3349:Winter CLIMBING+
3344:
3338:
3337:
3335:
3333:
3311:
3305:
3304:
3293:
3287:
3286:
3284:
3282:
3275:Gripped Magazine
3267:
3258:
3257:
3255:
3253:
3248:. 4 January 2015
3246:Gripped Magazine
3238:
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3226:
3224:
3207:
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3189:Gripped Magazine
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3164:Gripped Magazine
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2868:
2862:Gripped Magazine
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2825:
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2797:
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2785:
2783:
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2755:
2740:
2734:
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2731:
2729:
2723:Gripped Magazine
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2696:Gripped Magazine
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2365:
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2343:
2341:
2339:
2334:on June 23, 2021
2330:. Archived from
2317:
2311:
2310:
2308:
2306:
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2280:
2278:
2262:
2256:
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2112:
2097:
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2047:
2038:
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2033:
2018:
2009:
2008:
2006:
2004:
1998:
1987:
1960:
1959:
1957:
1955:
1938:
1735:Repentance Super
1731:Canadian Rockies
1686:in France (e.g.
1680:
1494:Burden of Dreams
1485:
1418:Compressor Route
1409:Reinhold Messner
1347:Stefano Ghisolfi
1298:
1224:Naming of routes
1207:
1077:expedition style
995:Ascent of routes
715:
582:difficulty grade
540:
521:
514:
507:
266:Expedition style
105:Grade milestones
57:
34:
33:
4951:
4950:
4946:
4945:
4944:
4942:
4941:
4940:
4931:Climbing routes
4921:
4920:
4919:
4914:
4854:
4819:
4719:
4585:Cascade Designs
4559:
4513:
4421:
4308:
4183:
4117:Abalakov thread
4098:
3842:
3736:
3665:
3590:
3559:
3543:Deep-water solo
3447:
3442:
3408:MountainProject
3398:
3393:
3392:
3382:
3380:
3371:
3370:
3366:
3359:
3345:
3341:
3331:
3329:
3312:
3308:
3295:
3294:
3290:
3280:
3278:
3277:. 15 April 2022
3269:
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2549:
2545:
2535:
2533:
2521:
2517:
2507:
2505:
2495:
2491:
2481:
2479:
2476:The Denver Post
2467:
2456:
2449:
2433:
2429:
2419:
2417:
2405:
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2389:
2377:
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2216:. 3 August 2012
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1988:
1963:
1953:
1951:
1939:
1932:
1927:
1899:
1826:Alpine climbing
1822:
1816:
1747:Mission to Mars
1711:
1699:Main articles:
1697:
1684:Aiguille du Dru
1674:
1617:in the US, and
1575: (5.13b),
1479:
1446:
1438:Main articles:
1436:
1431:
1369:clipped into a
1359:
1319:indoor climbing
1292:
1266:
1226:
1221:
1203:
1127:: The original
1117:
1029:
997:
992:
986:
874:alpine climbing
709:
703:alpine climbing
688:
578:alpine climbing
536:
525:
496:
434:
374:
296:
222:
206:Deep-water solo
121:
24:Alpine climbing
17:
12:
11:
5:
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4707:
4705:The North Face
4702:
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4687:
4682:
4677:
4672:
4667:
4662:
4657:
4652:
4647:
4642:
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4635:Sierra Designs
4632:
4627:
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4610:Frostline Kits
4607:
4602:
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4501:Rock & Ice
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4462:
4455:
4448:
4445:Alpine Journal
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4335:Climbing route
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4310:
4309:
4307:
4306:
4305:
4304:
4294:
4289:
4288:
4287:
4280:Simul-climbing
4277:
4272:
4271:
4270:
4265:
4255:
4254:
4253:
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4243:
4233:
4228:
4223:
4221:Front pointing
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4157:Avalanche cord
4151:
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4124:
4122:Bottled oxygen
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3777:IFSC victories
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3600:Mountaineering
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