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Katha Saurwein on Eye of the Tiger (29/5.13b) at the Grampians in Australia.

SOURCE VIDEO: BIG 4 - Eye Of The Tiger (29/5.13b) - Grampians, Australia [1:45] by Marmot Mountain Europe [YouTube]

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Solar Eclipse from the International Space Station

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Leeds Wall, Leeds University, UK - the wall that starts it all

Don Robinson is often credited for making the first climbing wall in 1964. He got the idea for an artificial wall after seeing experienced climbers getting injured in the spring after a winter of not climbing when they rushed back out to the crags and tied in below routes that were the same difficulty they had been climbing the fall before.

Realizing the best practice for climbing is climbing itself, he made a list of all of the different types of climbing moves, and replicated them on a brick wall in a hallway at Leeds University.

Problems went upwards, downwards and sideways. The holds were polished nubbins of rock cemented into a brick wall. There were few concessions to safety and not a bouldering pad in sight. You climbed directly above other people (the corridor was well used) and you climbed in the full knowledge that a slip might easily result in a broken skull from the floor or the opposite wall of the corridor.

source: climberism & UKC | photo: overdrawnboy

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The creativity of nature seems to easily exceed that of the mind- note the incredible geometry of this boulder in The Grampians National Park… This is “Ash Wednesday”, V9, first ascent. To the left is @mikefwd’s super classic “Spiderbait”, V7 and also photo credit. #bouldering #grampians #Grampiansbouldering @thegrampians #climbing #rockclimbing @climbing_pictures_of_instagram @grampiansbouldering (at The Grampians National Park)

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Dave Kellermann attempts The Anvil Project, at Rivendell in the Grampians National Park. A spectacular line on perfect sandstone on the overhang of an Anvil-shaped boulder that rests in the middle of a creek. The grade will end up somewhere between V13 and V15 when it gets done.

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After hiking for twelve hours out of a nineteen hour trek, it was time to watch the sunrise at Dinosaur Ridge. When we first looked out, the mountains were completely covered by clouds, but within an hour the clouds dropped and this was what we saw. It felt like heaven, and you could hear everyone present for this moment screaming and shouting for joy! I’d never seen something so incredible, I had to meditate and have gratitude to have experienced this. Some locals said that they’d never seen the mountains like this, even in their 40+ years of hiking there. (© Ka Ram Shim/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)