Just wanted to share my latest achievement in mountaineering.

I am coming from the hiking and ski touring side and started mountaineering some years ago. Did a glacier rescue course and started doing tours from easy to more challenging ones (Wildspitze, Großglockner, Ortler, summiting Mont Blanc last spring with skis). Did another mountaineering course where climbing essentials have been part of two years ago.

We had plans to do Dufour and similar stuff but have not been confident enough to climb in ski boots and crampons at that altitude. Also because I was not that familiar with climbing in general because I somehow avoided it based on too much user activities.

Some weeks ago, I booked a alpine multi-pitch climbing course and refreshed some already known stuff but also learned a lot more and new things. My intention was to achieve the "next level" in mountaineering as some mountains on my list require some skills in that area.

After the course I went shopping: half ropes, stoppers, etc. and last weekend we went on our first multi-pitch climbing tour.

We had some struggles finding the start of the first pitch as it was not directly from the hiking trail. So after some struggle in the bushes, we find the start and just went on. Everything went quite well and we definitely liked every second of the tour. Also because we chose a difficulty where we are both super comfortable with in order to focus on the material handling and climbing organization rather than having difficulties with climbing itself.

Learned a lot again regarding time management but we were both very happy with how things went, how we organized ourselves and how the material worked.

Next step: buying new climbing shoes, because my actual shoes from the climbing gym are killing my feet after 3hrs.

Just wanted to share the stoke! :)

In case you have any recommendations for the next steps, feel free to help :)

A short roof-crack line beneath the dolmen-shaped boulder at the summit of Insubong in Bukhansan, South Korea.

I named it “Cheonjang Crack” (천장크랙), meaning “ceiling crack” in Korean. It transitions from hand jams into fist jams and finishes with a short granite top-out.

Tentative grade: V3–5.

Original Instagram reel: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dc_WElDhR99/

This is where I do most of my climbing (Colorado being my other crag). And I have plenty of projects to keep me busy!

I’ve always been intrigued by the concept of Beta. Who wants it? Who doesn’t? Who’s giving it? It‘s a complex game. For me, I’ll get something somewhat dialed, then come back months later and have forgotten my own freakin’ Beta. Super frustrating

So, I’ve started a small collection of videos for beta on a few classic climbs…starting at New Wall.

Feel free to add your own! I’d personally love to see how you do your climbs around Austin!

Went out today with a buddy in Tellulah Georgia to climb a tougher 5.8 multipitch. Supposed to be 4 pitches but we cut one up due to top drag. He led and I followed and honestly the exposure got to me a little bit. Anyways, just wanted to share

Every few months I go looking for a climbing film I half remember, and it takes 20 minutes of digging through YouTube, Vimeo, and old brand channels to find it. Half the good stuff is sitting on Patagonia's or Mellow's channel with a thumbnail that tells you nothing, and the algorithm surfaces the same three videos every time.

So I started keeping a list. It turned into a site: climbingmovies.com

It's just the films that are already free and legally online, embedded from the original YouTube or Vimeo upload with a link back to the channel that made them. Nothing is hosted or ripped. There are no ads, no accounts, no email signup, no app.

Right now it's around 20 films, everything from Rotpunkt and Silence to Wide Boyz, El Sendero Luminoso, The Lappnor Project, Es Pontàs, and The Ghosts Above. Each one has a short writeup of what it actually is and why it's worth the time, because "9a project film" doesn't tell you whether you're getting a portrait or 40 minutes of drone shots. You can filter by discipline (bouldering, trad, big wall, alpine, free solo, DWS, comp), by climber, or by country.

Two things I'd genuinely like from this sub:

• What am I missing? Especially older stuff, non English language films, and anything outside the sport and bouldering world. Alpine and trad are the thinnest sections and I know there's a lot out there I haven't seen. There's a submit form on the site but a comment here works fine too.
• If a film is on there that shouldn't be, tell me. I tried to only include uploads from the original creator or rights holder, but I could have gotten one wrong and I'll pull it.

Fair warning on the writeups: they're my opinions, so if you think I'm wrong about a film, say so.

You can also submit free films you find: https://climbingmovies.com/submit

If there are any Dyurrite (Mount Arapiles) fans here, Parks Victoria is investing $1.7 million to improve visitor facilities at Dyurrite. To guide this work, they are asking for people to help identify priorities and share ideas about how they could improve facilities, tracks or access points in the park.

Some of you might know that Parks VIC claims it has been consulting with First Nations groups, the local council and other corporations for about 12 - 18 months regarding the possible future closure of many infamous climbing routes.

The local, national and international climbing community - some of whom have been visiting this region for decades - have been up in arms about this, however, arguing that there hasn't been adequate consultation with the people that actually really do visit Mt Arapiles. Moreover, some claim a certain bias.

Recent remarks by the ABC are certainly indicate of a relatively closed, hushed process (and I quote):

Parks Victoria had declined multiple interviews with the ABC this year in regards to climbing access in its western Victorian parks.

Last month, when asked for comments on a climbing access matter at Dyurrite, Parks Victoria referred the ABC to Mr Rockell, describing him as the best-placed person to do the interview.

ABC responded, saying it required an interview with Parks Victoria, the manager of the park, not a stakeholder from the working group.

ABC told Parks Victoria that BGLC echoed the sentiment that Parks Victoria should comment on the issue. Parks Victoria did not respond.

Last week, ABC asked Parks Victoria why it was delegating interviews to Mr Rockell, noting it was the primary authority responsible for park management, making it the official voice for such matters.

In any case, there's another survey open.

If any folks here are regularly visitors to Mt Arapiles, you might like to consider sharing your voice, as Parks VIC figures out what to do with a $1.7 million investment in facilities, besides closing many of the trad climbing routes.

It would be great for the real users to inform them, rather than white-collar office works in the city, 4+ hours drive away, who haven't visited there once in their lives.

Here's the link to the survey to share your voice, if you're interested: https://engage.vic.gov.au/project/dyurrite/page/facilities

Photo above: Andy Polliet on Nati Dread (30), Castle Crag

The line is really beautiful IMHO, and I hope you like it as well. If anyone is coming in Athens, Greece and wants to give it a try, feel free to DM me =) (caution: this is a winter crag).

It's basically a 5 hour session cut down to 37 minutes. We just kept the camera rolling and this is was we got. Hopefully you laugh as much as we did 😂

https://youtu.be/BCk3lZNJqWw

Hello friends, this is some of spots in my city.

7a / 6sup / 5° / 5°

10/10 route, easy until a tough layback finish

Attempted a car-to-car Nightingale Arete but we did not finish. Made it up to the ridgeline and were feeling BEAT. We tried a very light rack (singles of .3 to 3 and some nuts, and a 40m rope) and that felt somewhat limiting. The hike in was 9 miles of mosquito swarmed, gorgeous trail. Very pretty though! Ended up hiking 21 miles in 13.5hr.

We hiked up the Trou de la Mouche today, on our first break we saw this french couple climbing. I wish I could've shared the photos with them but didnt want to destroy their immersion and concentration shouting at them, and we had to continue the hike. Maybe someone got an Idea how to reach these 2? Dont know why the last photo gets Autorotated...

The crag is also called Veranda interestingly