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2020 - A Year of Climbing News

2020 will be a year that most will hastily forget, with COVID-19 overshadowing the majority of the year. With much of the UK locked down throughout 2020, it's a wonder that we have much to reflect upon at all in our annual roundup.

5 28 Dec, 2020

The Ticklist #2 - Puccio on Fire, Pearson Climbs his 2nd 9a and More

In this week's ticklist, we cover ascents from the boulders of Rocky Mountain National Park, quick multi-pitch ascents on massive limestone walls, to hard sport climbing by on-form Brits.

3 31 Jul, 2020

The Ticklist #1 - Ascents from around the world

We're starting a weekly summary of noteworthy ascents from around the globe. It's been an unusual summer for rock climbing with countries in different stages of lockdown. Despite this, there have been some impressive ascents, most notably from...

24 Jul, 2020

Muscle Car (Font 8B+) for Brooke Raboutou

Brooke Raboutou has been in fantastic form since lockdown has ended and has climbed Muscle Car (Font 8B+) at...

22 May, 2020

Post-Lockdown Lowdown - Ascents from Around the World

Throughout the lockdown period, we took the unprecedented step of not reporting on ascents from...

4 18 May, 2020

Alex Puccio climbs Heritage (Font 8B+)

Alex Puccio has climbed Heritage, a Carlo Traversi Font 8B+ in Val Bavona, Switzerland. This was Puccio's fifth climb graded...

24 Apr, 2019

IFSC Boulder World Cup Vail: Report

The sixth round of the 2018 IFSC Boulder World Cup series took place in Vail, USA last weekend. An influx of USA team...

4 11 Jun, 2018

Comments

alps_p

10 Aug, 2015

is that not super-early for a return to bouldering after such an injury though?

Skyfall

blimey, I had a partial tear of my MCL (i.e. bad knee sprain) about three weeks ago and am still hobbling around so the thought of getting back on rock within two months of all that lot is unbelievable.

remus

Not necessarily. Presumably she's doing problems that don't aggravate the injury, e.g. in that pic it looks like she could just drop on to the pads on her back.

La benya

Follow her on Facebook or IG, she has documented her recovery quite well and he enthusiasm and spirit is infectious! She had surgery and then Daily physio immediately. I think if you're supervised by a professional and willing to go through a bit (lot) of pain then intensive physio can work incredibly quickly. Also the more you pay the better the treatment. How long does a broken bone take to heal if given the standard NHS response? Compare that to a rugby player (for example) who can be back to elite level contact sport within 2/ 3 weeks (Cian heeley and his broken thumb/ foot/ ankle spring to mind)

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