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).
"Probably the most nasty kind of crack is Offwidth.
It's a size which is too big for a fist, but too narrow for the whole body to go deep inside the crack." Adam Ondra
Watch Adam Ondra send Belly Full of Bad Berries (8a/5.13b) an off-width crack in Indian Creek, Utah. For those into off-width climbing, this tutorial may provide you insight for your next onsight. For more Adam Ondra videos please visit his profile page.
TRAD CLIMBING NEWS:
TRAD CLIMBING
SOUTH KOREA
teams up with Colette McInerney to climb one of South Korea's most beautiful and challenging lines.
For more videos please visit HAZEL FINDLAY
VERTIGO 32/8b+
TRAD CLIMBING
DAN FISHER sends the long-standing Vertigo Project at Namadgi National Park in Australia.
TRAD CLIMBING
THE DIAMOND
After 4 more than 50 days of effort, Chris Weidner and Bruce Miller established a new route on The Diamond
For more videos please visit Chris Weidner
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
For more videos please visit Heather Weidner
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
Watch More Mayan Smith-Gobat Videos
TRAD PRINCESS
MARY EDEN
WATCH he Tradprincess, Mary Eden climbing Supreme Manliness 5.13- in Moab, Utah.
TRAD CLIMBING
THE NOSE - ALL FREE
Lynn Hill recounts her historic first All Free Ascent of the Nose on El Capitan.
GOLDEN GATE 5.13c VI
TRAD CLIMBING
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.
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