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That is, 7.92 units of distance are equivalent to 1 unit of climb. For convenience an 8 to 1 rule can be used. So, for example, if a route is 20 kilometres (12 mi) with 1600 metres of climb (as is the case on leg 1 of the Bob Graham Round, Keswick to Threlkeld), the equivalent flat distance of this route is 20+(1.6×8)=32.8 kilometres (20.4 mi ...
John Gill, performing a dynamic move at Pennyrile Forest, KY in the mid-1960s.. John Gill began mountain and rock climbing in 1953 as a traditional climber.By the mid-1950s he had begun to specialize in very short, acrobatic routes on outcrops and boulders, establishing problems in the 1950s and early 1960s considerably harder than those existing at the time.
The Nose (870-metres, 31-pitches) – El Capitan, Yosemite (USA) – 1993 – Second multi-pitch at 5.14a (8b+), [194] by Lynn Hill (partnered by Brooke Sandahl); the big-wall free climb is considered as one of the most important ascents in rock climbing history, and also a major milestone in female rock climbing; in 1994, Hill repeated it in ...
The seven-year veteran suffered a ruptured Achilles injury in the Browns' Week 7 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals and is out for the remainder of the 2024-25 season. He is expected to recover and be ...
4. Περὶ ὑπακοῆς (On blessed and ever-memorable obedience (in addition to episodes involving many individuals)) 5–7: Penitence and affliction (πένθος) as paths to true joy 5. Περὶ μετανοίας (On painstaking and true repentance, which constitutes the life of the holy convicts, and about the Prison) 6.
DAMASCUS − Israel denied its forces had penetrated Syrian territory beyond a northern buffer zone after Syrian sources said the incursion had extended to within 15 miles of the capital Damascus.
A 38-year-old man has been jailed in France for raping his teenage daughter for years and inviting other men, many of them much older, to join in the abuse.
The Durrance Route is a climbing route on Devils Tower in Wyoming, United States.First pioneered by Jack Durrance and Harrison Butterworth in September 1938, it was the second free ascent of Devils Tower, following the first ascent led by Fritz Wiessner in 1937.