International Climbers' Festival - The Longest-Running Climbing Festival in the World
Located in the small-western town of Lander, Wyoming, the International Climbers' Festival is a five-day event that will remind you just how much you love rock climbing. The event features world-class clinics, speakers, and of course limestone pocket-pulling. Now in its 22nd year, the Festival continues to wow people with its athlete line-up, but also its down-home feeling. After a big success from last year, the festival hopes to attract the same numbers, hundreds of like-minded people and climbers this July 8-12. Don't miss it!
Every summer, the climbing community heads to the one and only Lander, Wyoming to share in the stoke of the longest-running climbing festival in the world. Expect to find a great community of locals in Lander - the community of Lander embraces and celebrates climbing in a way that makes every single Festival attendee feel welcome. The town itself is very laid-back and friendly and got to be one the most climber-friendly town in a whole nation with a free camping and a supportive environment.
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From start to finish the festival is packed with a lot of events - for a $60 ticket you will get access to all clinics and speaker presentations, a t-shirt, free food and beer, and $10 to spend in the famous Art Crawl- an event with adventure-based art and drinking along the Lander Main St.
Last year proved to be one of the largest in Festival history with 700+ attendees among which were some of the big name climbers including Sasha DiGuilian, Alex Honnold or Lynn Hill to name a few. Confirmed pros this year are for example Alex Johnson, Carlo Traversi, Hans Florine or Hayden Kennedy. Don't miss it! Tickets available at climbersfestival.org.
Adam Ondra dominated the bouldering scene again and won a gold medal in the second World Cup competition in Salt Lake City. He took second place in the qualification and proceeded to the finals from the same position. This time, he was surprised by the victory and admits that a little luck was…
Adam Ondra completed today's finals in Meiringen, Switzerland, and won a gold medal in the first competition of this year's World Cup. He kept first place in bouldering continuously from the qualification until the very exciting finals. He was satisfied with his excellent form and appreciated a…
