TRAD CLIMBING
HISTORY: Trad Climbing is a form of rock climbing that requires climbers to place protective gear (wire stoppers and spring-loaded camming devices) into cracks of various sizes in the event of a fall. Traditional climbing dates back to the late 1880s in Wales of Great Britain and the Dolomites. By 1958, Warren Harding, Wayne Merry, and George Whitmore scaled the Nose of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley in 47 days using "siege" tactics with fixed ropes. On June 6, 2018, Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell climbed the Nose in under 2 hours (1:58:07).
After more than 50 days of effort, Chris Weidner and Bruce Miller established a new trad climbing route on The Diamond on Longs Peak (14,255'), Colorado.
BEST TRAD CLIMBING VIDEOS
TRAD CLIMBING
FEDERICA MINGOLLA
ADAM ONDRA
TRAD CLIMBING
WATCH Adam Ondra send this crazy hard off-width crack in Indian Creek, Utah.
TRAD CLIMBING
SOUTH KOREA
teams up with Colette McInerney to climb one of South Korea's most beautiful and challenging lines.
VERTIGO 32/8b+
TRAD CLIMBING
DAN FISHER sends the long-standing Vertigo Project at Namadgi National Park in Australia.
TRAD CLIMBING
THE TROUSERS
WATCH Kyle Addy and Alex Mougenot take on Brown Corduroy Trousers (28, 5.12d, 7c) at Frogs Buttress, in Queensland, Australia.
TRAD CLIMBING
HEUBACH, GERMANY
'Progress' is a new trad route in Heubach, Germany. It combines the existing trad route 'Prozess' and the sportclimb 'Geduld Stephan' via a bouldery traverse section
TRAD CLIMBING
SONNIE TROTTER
Watch Sonnie Trotter a.k.a. Captain Canada," trad climb a dicey 5.13 R called "Lake of Fire" in Squamish, Canada, with sidekick Alex Honnold.
TRAD CLIMBING
CHINA DOLL 5.14a-R
Heather Weidner battles her demons as she sends China Doll, a 5.14-R trad route in Upper Dream Canyon, Colorado
TRAD CLIMBING
SALATHE HEADWALL
WATCH Mayan Smith-Gobat climb the Salathe Headwall
TRAD CLIMBING
COBRA CRACK 5.14b
Watch Mason Earle send the most legendary crack in the world: The Cobra Crack in .Squamish, BC
TRAD PRINCESS
MARY EDEN
WATCH the Trad Princess, Mary Eden climbing Supreme Manliness 5.13- in Moab, Utah.
TRAD CLIMBING
LYNN HILL
Lynn Hill recounts her historic first All Free Ascent of the Nose on El Capitan.
TRAD CLIMBING
GOLDEN GATE 5.13c VI
WATCH Emily Harrington climb El Capitan’s ‘Golden Gate’ (5.13 VI).
TRAD CLIMBING
CENTURY CRACK 5.14b
Watch Pete Whittaker & Tom Randall capture the first ascent of the world's longest roof crack.
TRAD CLIMBING
THE GUNKS
WATCH Russ Clune and Sam Elias on the hardest route in the Gunks: Brozone (5.14b).
TRAD CLIMBING
DARK IS RISING 5.12d
WATCH Jeff Snyder capture the 4th ascent of Dark Is Rising 5.12d at the Grazing Allotment Crag in Red Feather Lakes, Colorado.
TRAD CLIMBING
ZODIAC 5.13d on EL CAP
Babsi Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher went to battle on one of El Cap’s most formidable free routes
TRAD CLIMBING
THE DIHEDRAL VI 5.14a
WATCH Jorg Verhoeven attempt the 2nd free ascent of "The Dihedral Wall" (VI 5.14a) on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, California.
TRAD CLIMBING
CHANGING CORNERS
WATCH Jorg Verhoeven free climb The Nose on El Capitan, arguably one of the world's most famous climbs. Changing Corners on pitch 27, rated 5.14a/b.
TRAD CLIMBING
THE TOTEM
WATCH Sonnie Trotter send the Totem Pole an iconic sea stack that rises up from Fortescue Bay in Tasman National Park, Tasmania
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