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It’s been more than three years since this happened. Stoked that it didn’t end my climbing days, or didn’t end my days in general. https://www.outsideonline.com/outdoor-adventure/climbing/free-solo-climber-fall-survivor/Cardigan St, 28/5.13 on the black and orange soaked wall of immaculateness that is Taipan. @hoholz going for the send on his last day in the Grampians ...Taipan. Nothing else to add.Archimedes Principle (25/7b/12b) on Eureka Wall in the Grampians, Australia, is a steep crimp-fest that follows a black streak up this amazing, tiger-striped wall of sandstone. Here is Ian Bryant, fighting the dreaded pump that cones for us all ...@jackmasel focusing on the epic moves of Groove Train (33/8c) on Taipan Wall. Grampians, AustraliaRecommended Climbing
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Chasing The High
Chasing The High, published in The Climber, July 2018 Words and photos by Derek Cheng Do you remember the life-affirming buzz of clipping the chains on your first lead? That time the uncrackable boulder problem flowered into a harmony of movement? Or when … Continue reading