Aaron Pardy

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Brooke Raboutou Releases Statement About World Cup Participation

1 day ago | gripped.com | Aaron Pardy

Aaron Pardy April 23, 2025 Share on X (Twitter)Share on FacebookShare on EmailShare on SMS The women’s World Cup is missing several of its biggest stars for much of the 2025 season. Team USA’s Natalia Grossman is currently out recovering from knee surgery. Janja Garnbret recently announced that she’s only attending three events this year: the Lead and Boulder World Cups in Innsbruck, the Lead World Cup in Koper, and the World Championships in Seoul.
Jules Marchaland Climbs His First 5.15b

1 day ago | gripped.com | Aaron Pardy

Aaron Pardy April 23, 2025 Share on X (Twitter)Share on FacebookShare on EmailShare on SMS Yesterday, French climber Jules Marchaland made the first ascent of Le bruit de l’acid 5.15b (9b) in Claret, France. The route is his first of the grade. Le bruit de l’acid is an endurance test. After an 5.13a intro, a poor rest follows before launching into two stacked boulder problems. The first clocks in at around V13, the second around V10, with no rest in between.
Boulder World Cup Gold for Sorato Anraku

3 days ago | gripped.com | Aaron Pardy

Aaron Pardy April 21, 2025 Share on X (Twitter)Share on FacebookShare on EmailShare on SMS Paris Olympic silver medalist Sorato Anraku has earned his first gold medal of the 2025 World Cup season. It’s the 18-year-old Japanese climber’s first time standing atop a Boulder World Cup podium since Salt Lake City in May last year. At yesterday’s men’s Boulder final in Keqiao, China, Anraku topped all four problems with relative ease, earning himself the victory.
Team USA's Annie Sanders Wins First World Cup of the Year

5 days ago | gripped.com | Aaron Pardy

Aaron Pardy April 19, 2025 Share on X (Twitter)Share on FacebookShare on EmailShare on SMS Annie Sanders starts the 2025 season just as she ended the 2024 season – with gold. The 17-year-old American came out on top today at the first women’s Boulder World Cup of the 2025 in Keqiao, China. She was joined on the podium by Oriane Bertone of France in second and Great Britain’s Erin McNeice in third.
Janja Garnbret Releases Statement About World Cup Participation

5 days ago | gripped.com | Aaron Pardy

Aaron Pardy April 19, 2025 Share on X (Twitter)Share on FacebookShare on EmailShare on SMS The IFSC World Cup series in 2025 is going to be little different this year, particularly for the women’s Boulder and Lead comps. In the aftermath of last summer’s Paris Olympics, Janja Garnbret and Brooke Raboutou, two of the sports biggest stars and toughest competitors, are deciding to sit out much of the 2025 season.
The 2025 World Cup Begins This Weekend

1 week ago | gripped.com | Aaron Pardy

Aaron Pardy April 17, 2025 Share on X (Twitter)Share on FacebookShare on EmailShare on SMS The first World Cup of the 2025 season begins today in Keqiao, China. The Boulder comp will see athletes from around the world compete in qualification, semi-final, and final rounds. The qualification round is taking place on Friday local time. The women’s semi-finals and finals will run on Saturday local time, with the rest of the men’s comp happening on Sunday local time.
Long Beach Will Be Home of Climbing at 2028 LA Olympics

1 week ago | gripped.com | Aaron Pardy

Aaron Pardy April 15, 2025 Share on X (Twitter)Share on FacebookShare on EmailShare on SMS The International Olympic Committee (IOC) just announced that the world-famous Long Beach area of Los Angeles will be the venue for boulder, lead, and speed climbing at the 2028 LA Summer Olympic Games.
Five Squamish Crags to Improve Your Slab Climbing

1 week ago | gripped.com | Aaron Pardy

The Apron in Squamish is packed with amazing multi-pitch climbs where friction slab skills are essential. Routes like Banana Peel 5.7, Slab Alley 5.8, Diedre 5.8, Over the Rainbow 5.9, Born Again 5.10b, One Scoop with Delicious Dimples 5.10c and Unfinished Symphony 5.11b are just a few of the must-try lines. Although many of these climbs are of a modest grade, they should not be taken lightly as they often contain runouts on slabby terrain.
Jesse Grupper Sends Death of Villains 5.15a

1 week ago | gripped.com | Aaron Pardy

Team USA member Jesse Grupper recently announced that he repeated Life of Villains 5.15a (9a+) in the Hurricave in Utah. After sending both Life of Villains 5.14d and The Activator in a single 5.14d session, he returned to the Hurricave a few weeks later to try Death of Villains, and he completed the route in a day. Death of Villains is a variation of Joe Kinder’s Life of Villains 5.14d.
10 Quick-Drying Boulders in Squamish

1 week ago | gripped.com | Aaron Pardy

Looking to take advantage of dry weather windows this winter for some Squamish bouldering? With its limited tree cover, The Jungle sector in the Apron Boulders houses lots of problems that dry quickly after rain, and many of them are of exceptional quality. The area features a handful of V6’s that dry lickety-split, a few fun warm-ups to circuit, and a couple of Squamish’s best hard problems.