Page 3 - Climb July 2015

REGULARS
8 HOT LINES
Ben Moon goes back to the future with Rainshadow, his second 9a, more than two decades after making the first ascent of Hubble. Mina Leslie-Wujastyk climbs her second 8c, Ethan Pringle repeats Chris Sharma’s super-route Jumbo Love (9b) in the USA, and Franco Cookson adds another hard trad testpiece to the North York Moors
38 THE CLIMB INTERVIEW: CHRIS SHARMA
David Pickford talks to the world’s most influential sport climber, Chris Sharma, about his extraordinary career at the top of the vertical world, the climbs of his life, and the inside story of his winning game
44 BAREFOOT VIETNAMESE
Michael Levy tells the story of one of Asia’s most remarkable young climbers, Vu Nguyen 50 GEAR OF THE YEAR
The Mammut Galaxy Dry 10mm: a single rope for all seasons
60 GEARING UP: ALPINE FAST & LIGHT
Tom Richardson highlights some of the best new gear to help you make the most from your summer alpine trip
66 THE CLIMB REVIEW
An exclusive excerpt from In Some Lost Place, Sandy Allan’s new book about his epic first ascent of Nanga Parbat’s Mazeno Ridge, plus Toby Dunn reviews Statement - The Ben Moon Story by Ed Douglas
69 THE INSIDE STORY
The latest news and events from British climbing walls
70 DISSENT ROUTE
Tom Powell takes the view from the plateau
74 POSTCARD FROM THE EDGE
An illustrated guide to descending into deep water from high altitude
THIS PAGE: Rick Allen pictured just before the ‘point of no return’ on the first ascent of Nanga Parbat’s massive Mazeno Ridge in the Pakistan Karakoram. Turn to page 66 to read an extract from Allan’s new book about this remarkable climb; one of the most committing routes ever accomplished in the Himalaya. SANDY ALLAN / COURTESY VERTEBRATE PUBLISHING COVER: Chris Sharma attempts an unclimbed deep water solo project near Soller, Mallorca. Turn to page 38 to find out more about Sharma’s climbing life in this month’s interview by Climb’s editor-in-chief.
ADRIÁN GARCÍA / COURTESY PRANA
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