Day one of the 2022 Montane Dragon's Back Race ended with a surprise leader in the men's race and a previous winner at the front of the women's field. Ultra runners from 30 nations gathered in the courtyard of Conwy Castle early on Monday morning. After being serenaded by Cor Meibion Maelgwn (a male voice choir) before dawn broke, participants began their race at 6:00am, heading out along the castle walls and from there, up into the Welsh mountains.
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This week's Friday Night Video is about the pure obsession and effort behind a hard trad first ascent by Québécois/Australian Jacques Beaudoin. Mother Earth (8b) is a stunning sixty-degree thin crack climb hidden amongst bushland that has been...