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Justin Casquejo (born October 24, 1997), also known online as LiveJN, [1] is an American rooftopper, free solo climber and stunt performer of Filipino descent. [2] He has scaled several skyscrapers in Manhattan, New York City, as well as a water tower in his hometown, Weehawken, New Jersey, and has been arrested, charged, and convicted for some of his activities.
Janja Garnbret (born 12 March 1999) is a Slovenian professional rock climber who specializes in sport climbing and competition climbing.She has won multiple competition lead climbing and competition bouldering events, two Olympic gold medals, and is widely regarded as the greatest competition climber of all time.
Duffy won his first IFSC gold medal at the 2022 IFSC Climbing World Cup, finishing first in the competition bouldering event at the Innsbruck leg. Two days later, Duffy won his second gold by finishing first in the men's competition lead climbing event. He is the first male athlete to win both bouldering and lead climbing in the same IFSC World ...
Italy's supreme court on Monday overturned the acquittal of 23 people over allegations they took bribes from late prime minister Silvio Berlusconi to lie in an underage prostitution case that had ...
After retiring from bouldering and taking time off in 2009 to allow her back to recover, Zangerl began to focus on easier sport climbing routes. [3] While single pitch sport climbing never became a core focus for Zangerl, by 2018 she was climbing at the grade of 9a (5.14d) when the highest achieved female sport climbing grade was just two notches higher at 9b (5.15b). [5]
Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s three-time prime minister, has died in Milan, aged 86.. A conservative media impresario, AC Milan owner and sometime cruise ship crooner, Berlusconi dominated Italian ...
Woods climbing Thor's Hammer (9a+ 5.15a) in the Hanshelleren Caves, Flatanger Municipality, Norway in 2019 In 2003, Woods climbed his first bouldering problem rated 8A (V11), Fuck You Finger . The following year, at the age of 15, he made the first ascent of Echale , grading it 8B+ (V14).
In later years, Trotter became known for his traditional climbing routes, and his first free ascent of the Cobra Crack in Squamish, British Columbia. In 2006, Trotter and climbing partner Matt Segal, connected The Shadow (5.13b), The Grand Wall (5.13b), and The Black Dyke (5.13b), on the Stawamus Chief in Squamish, in a single 12-hour push.