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  2. History of rock climbing - Wikipedia

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    Falkenstein, in Saxon Switzerland where routes above grade 6a (5.10a) were first climbed in 1906. [11]1848: Sebastian Abratzky [], a local chimney sweep, enters the hill-top Königstein Fortress by climbing a chimney in the sandstone plateau to avoid the entrance fee; this is now considered the first free climb in the Saxon Switzerland climbing region, and is today a climbing route called ...

  3. Sport climbing - Wikipedia

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    Climber leading the sport climbing route Hulkosaure 8b (5.13d). Quickdraws have already been attached to the line of pre-drilled bolts that mark the route.. Sport climbing is a form of free climbing (i.e. no artificial or mechanical device can be used to aid progression, unlike with aid climbing), performed in pairs, where the lead climber clips into pre-drilled permanently fixed bolts for ...

  4. Category : Climbing and mountaineering magazines and journals

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    Pages in category "Climbing and mountaineering magazines and journals" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .

  5. Summit (magazine) - Wikipedia

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    Summit was founded in November, 1955 by Jene Crenshaw and Helen Kilness in Big Bear City, California.Under the leadership of Crenshaw and Kilness the magazine became very influential in US climbing circles and ran until 1989. [2]

  6. American Alpine Journal - Wikipedia

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    Other journals of record for climbing include the Alpine Journal published by the UK Alpine Club, the Canadian Alpine Journal published by the Alpine Club of Canada, the Himalayan Journal, and Iwa To Yuki, a Japanese magazine. All of these magazines are often used by climbers planning expeditions, especially those who wish to verify that a ...

  7. List of grade milestones in rock climbing - Wikipedia

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    First-free-ascents that set new grade milestones are important events in rock climbing history, and are listed below. While sport climbing has dominated absolute-grade milestones since the mid-1980s (i.e. are now the highest grades), milestones for modern traditional climbing, free solo climbing, onsighted, and flashed ascents, are also listed.

  8. Climbing (magazine) - Wikipedia

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    Climbing is a major US-based rock climbing magazine first published in 1970. [1] In 2007, it was bought by Skram Media, the publisher of Urban Climber Magazine. [1] The headquarters of the magazine is in Boulder, Colorado. [1] [2] It is published nine times a year. [3] Climbing was purchased by Outside in 2021. [4]

  9. Rock & Ice - Wikipedia

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    Rock & Ice is a magazine published by Outside focusing on rock and ice climbing.The first issue came out in March 1984. [1] The first publisher was Neal Kaptain. George Bracksieck worked for him, beginning in January 1984, and the two became equal partners in September of that year.