Interview: After Bombé Bleu (5.15b), Erwan Legrand shows us how to climb barefoot

Legrand tells us how the average climber can get started and benefit from climbing without shoes, as well as his rationale for his proposed grade of the legendary project.

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Interview: After Bombé Bleu (5.15b), Erwan Legrand shows us how to climb barefoot

Legrand tells us how the average climber can get started and benefit from climbing without shoes, as well as his rationale for his proposed grade of the legendary project.

The Historic First Continuous Ascent of Salathé Wall in Yosemite Valley

Royal Robbins and Tom Frost climbed over five days in fall 1962 for its second ascent and first continuous ascent

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