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Silence (climb)
''Silence'' (also ''Project Hard''), is a severely overhang (climbing), overhanging sport climbing route in the granite Hanshelleren Cave in Flatanger Municipality, Norway. When Czech climber Adam Ondra made the first free ascent on 3 September 2017, it became the List of first ascents (sport climbing)#Redpointed by men, first rock climb in the world to have a proposed climbing grade of , and it is an important route in history of rock climbing#2010s, rock climbing history. To complete the route, Ondra undertook specialist physical and mental training to overcome its severely overhanging terrain. , ''Silence'' remains unrepeated. History Ondra bolted the route in 2012–2013while he climbed ' at Flatanger, the world's first 9b+but dropped the project for a period saying: "I could sort of imagine doing the individual moves, but I could see that linking the whole sequence, with its 8C boulder, all the way from the ground just looked way too ridiculous". After retrying it in 2015 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hanshelleren Cave
Flatanger is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Namdalen Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is Lauvsnes. Other villages include Jøssund, Flatanger, Jøssund, Hasvåg, and Vik, Trøndelag, Vik. The municipality is the 216th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Flatanger is the 326th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 1,116. The municipality's population density is and its population has decreased by 0.4% over the previous 10-year period. Flatanger is also known for having some of the most difficult sport climbing routes in the world. General Flatanger was established as a municipality in the old Nord-Trøndelag county on 1 January 1871 when it was separated from the large Fosnes Municipality. Initially, Flatanger Municipality had 1,472 residents. It is one of the few municipalities in Norway whose boundaries have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Guardian
''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Guardian Media Group, owned by the Scott Trust Limited. The trust was created in 1936 to "secure the financial and editorial independence of ''The Guardian'' in perpetuity and to safeguard the journalistic freedom and liberal values of ''The Guardian'' free from commercial or political interference". The trust was converted into a limited company in 2008, with a constitution written so as to maintain for ''The Guardian'' the same protections as were built into the structure of the Scott Trust by its creators. Profits are reinvested in its journalism rather than distributed to owners or shareholders. It is considered a newspaper of record in the UK. The editor-in-chief Katharine Viner succeeded Alan Rusbridger in 2015. S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Rock Climbing
In the history of rock climbing, the three main sub-disciplines – bouldering, Pitch (climbing), single-pitch climbing, and big wall climbing, big wall (and multi-pitch climbing, multi-pitch) climbing – can trace their origins to late 19th-century Europe. Bouldering started in Fontainebleau rock climbing, Fontainebleau, and was advanced by Pierre Allain in the 1930s, and John Gill (climber), John Gill in the 1950s. Big wall climbing, mostly free climbing but with some sections of aid pitons, started in the Dolomites, and was spread across the Alps in the 1930s by climbers such as Emilio Comici and Riccardo Cassin, and in the 1950s by Walter Bonatti, before reaching Yosemite where it was led in the 1950s to 1970s by climbers such as Royal Robbins. Single-pitch climbing started pre-1900 in both the Lake District and in Saxon Switzerland climbing region, Saxony, and by the late-1970s had spread widely with climbers such as Ron Fawcett (Britain), Bernd Arnold (Germany), Patrick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Outdoor Film Tour
The European Outdoor Film Tour (EOFT) is the largest outdoor film tour in Europe, showing films on the themes of extreme sports, outdoors and adventure. Every year, the festival is held in hundreds of venues in about dozen countries. Number of participating countries varies slightly from year to year. History In 2001, the European Outdoor Film Tour, founded by Joachim Hellinger and Thomas Witt, began movie screenings in 16 cities. For about two hours, various short films on extreme sports are shown in documentary form. The composition of the films changes from year to year. They are shown in theaters, universities and special event locations in the respective cities. Over the years, the number of cities where the films are shown has increased. In the 2014-2015 tour, the festival reached over 300 screenings in 163 cities and 14 countries. In the process, the EOFT attracted more than 200,000 viewers. In the past, at least one stage of the film festival has been held at BMW Welt Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefano Ghisolfi
Stefano Ghisolfi (born February 18, 1993) is an Italian professional rock climber, who specializes in competition climbing, sport climbing, and bouldering. In competition climbing, he completes in competition lead climbing, competition bouldering, and competition speed climbing, with lead being his strongest discipline. As a sport climber, he has redpointed sport climbing routes of grade , onsighted routes of , and solved boulder problems at grade . In December 2018, after climbing ''Perfecto Mundo'', he became the fourth climber in history to redpoint a route. Climbing career Competition climbing In 2007, Ghisolfi participated in his first international competition: the IFSC European Youth Cup. Both in 2010 and 2011, he won the bronze medal in Lead climbing at the IFSC World Youth Championships. In the same years, he also participated in the IFSC World Championships as a senior competitor, for all disciplines (lead, bouldering, and speed) and placed tenth in the overal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pete Whittaker
Pete Whittaker (born 1991) is a British professional rock climber. He is one half of the duo known as the Wide Boyz, along with his climbing partner Tom Randall. Whittaker came to notability from crack climbing, including the first ascent of the world's hardest off-width climb, the '' Century Crack''. Climbing career In 2011, Whittaker and Randall made a visit to the United States, where he was the first to flash ''Belly Full of Bad Berries'' (5.13b), a highly regarded off-width in Indian Creek. Continuing the trip, Whittaker and Randall made the first ascent of the '' Century Crack'' (5.14b), the world's hardest off-width climb. After initially sending the route with pre-placed gear, both subsequently repeated the climb while placing their own gear. They won the 2016 ''Climbing'' Golden Piton Vision Award for this feat. In 2014, Whittaker became the first to flash ''Freerider'' (5.12d) on El Capitan El Capitan (; ) is a vertical Rock formations in the United States, ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Realization (climb)
''Realization'', also called ''Biographie'', is a circa sport climbing route on an overhang (climbing), overhanging limestone cliff on the southern face of Céüse mountain, near Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Gap and Sigoyer, Hautes-Alpes, Sigoyer, in France. After it was first climbed in 2001 by American climber Chris Sharma, it became the List of first ascents (sport climbing)#Redpointed by men, first rock climb in the world to have a consensus grade of . It is considered an history of rock climbing#2000s, historic and important route in rock climbing, and one of the most attempted climbs at its grade. History In 1989, French climber Jean-Christophe Lafaille bolted the entire circa 35 metre Pitch (climbing), pitch, and named it ''Biographie'' (he was not able to climb it). ''Biographie'' remained a long-standing open project, and in 1996, French climber freed the lower half of the route, added an anchor at his high-point and graded it at . Petit estimated that the remaining unclimbed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Action Directe (climb)
''Action Directe'' () is a short overhanging sport climb at the limestone Waldkopf crag in Frankenjura, Germany. When it was first climbed by German climber Wolfgang Güllich in 1991, it became the first climb in the world to have a consensus grade. ''Action Directe'' is considered an important route in rock climbing history, and is one of the most attempted climbs at its grade, where it is considered the "benchmark" for the level of 9a. The plyometric training techniques and customized equipment that Güllich used to prepare for the unique physical demands of ''Action Directe'' also revolutionized climbing and what could be achieved. History A close friend of Güllich, German climber Milan Sykora introduced him to the route that he had been working on at a large limestone prow at the Waldkopf crag, which was akin to an enormous boulder. Sykora was one of the leading German climbers at the time and had created several new routes UIAA grade X. In the 1980s, Sykora had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grade (bouldering)
Many climbing routes have grades for the technical difficulty, and in some cases for the risks, of the route. The first ascensionist can suggest a grade but it will be amended for the ''consensus view'' of subsequent ascents. While many countries with a tradition of climbing developed their own grading systems, a small number of grading systems have become internationally dominant for each type of climbing, and which has led to the standardization of grading worldwide. Over the years, grades have consistently risen in all forms of climbing, helped by improvements in climbing technique and equipment. In free climbing (i.e. climbing rock routes with no aid), the most popular grading systems are the French numerical or sport system (e.g. f7c+), the American YDS system (e.g. 5.13a), and latterly the UIAA scale (e.g. IX+). These systems grade technical difficulty being the main focus of the lower-risk activity of sport climbing. The American system adds an R/X suffix to tra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bouldering
Bouldering is a form of rock climbing that is performed on small rock formations or Climbing wall, artificial rock walls without the use of ropes or Climbing harness, harnesses. While bouldering can be done without any equipment, most climbers use climbing shoes to help secure footholds, Magnesium carbonate, chalk to keep their hands dry and to provide a firmer grip, and bouldering mats to prevent injuries from falls. Unlike free solo climbing, which is also performed without ropes, bouldering problems (the sequence of moves that a climber performs to complete the climb) are usually less than tall. Traverses, which are a form of boulder problem, require the climber to climb horizontally from one end to another. Indoor climbing, Artificial climbing walls allow boulderers to climb indoors in areas without natural boulders. Competition climbing, Bouldering competitions take place in both indoor and outdoor settings. The sport was originally a method of training for roped climbs a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crux (climbing)
Glossary of climbing terms relates to rock climbing (including aid climbing, lead climbing, bouldering, and competition climbing), mountaineering, and to ice climbing. ebook: The terms used can vary between different English-speaking countries; many of the phrases described here are particular to the United States and the United Kingdom. A B C D E F G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
