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Current Issue Archives - Climbing - Climbing Magazine Make climbing great again Dave McAllister Published Feb 23, 2021 Culture Dave Graham: What I’ve Learned From 20 Years Developing Boulders V16 boulderer, 5 15b route climber, former East Coast prodigy FAs of ~700 boulders V11 and up, including a dozen V15s Age 39, lives in Spain, Switzerland, and Colorado
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Skills Archives - Climbing - Climbing Magazine A pillar's verticality leads to strenuous climbing, and the skinniest of them are prone to collapse if conditions aren’t just right We asked three expert ice climbers for their advice