Vertical Life

Vertical Life is a climbing magazine in Australasia, available in both digital and print options. Here at Vertical Life we love climbing, be it beanied bouldering, clip-up sportclimbing, old-school daddy-tradding, big-wall suffering, alpine extremism, spandex-clad competition climbing, desperate-times-call-for-desperate-measures buildering, the lot – if it involves monkey business we will cover it.

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SANTA’S WORKSHOP • TOM O’HALLORAN ON BEING AT THE OLYMPICS

CLIMBING GOES DEEP • SIMON MADDEN ON LANGUAGE

Anna Davey • VL SPEAKS TO WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CLIMBER, ANNA DAVEY

SQUEEZING SOME CÉÜSE JUICE • ANGIE SCARTH-JOHNSON ON HARD PROJECTING AT ONE OF THE MOST MAGICAL CLIFFS IN THE WORLD

RED CENTRE • PETE WYLLIE TRACKS THE SEASONS OF CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN CLIMBING

SERPENT DREAMS RYAN SKLENICA ON SQUAMISH CLASSICS • Often the granite in Squamish has a severe lack of holds. The rock is unique in a way that punishes climbers who are only physically strong, but rewards those who are technically good, those who are able to find body positions, who embrace the non-existence of feet, and who can work with the rock rather than against it – what locals call ‘crystal whisperers’.

36 • WE’RE PROFILING ONE AUSTRALIAN ROUTE AT THE GRADE THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THE ISSUE NUMBER. UNFORTUNATELY, WE’VE RUN OUT OF ROUTES, BUT WE DECIDED TO SPEAK TO OLYMPIAN TOM O’HALLORAN, THE FIRST AUSTRALIAN TO CLIMB 35, ABOUT FUTURE 36S AND WHY ONE HASN’T BEEN CLIMBED ALREADY.

WHERE TO FROM HERE? • VL SCREAMS INTO THE CRYSTAL BALL. ALAS IT DOES NOT ANSWER BACK

SUBSCRIBE NOW • -RECIEVE YOUR 1ST EDITION IMMEDIATELY-

FOLIO BLOC ACTION

THE BUTTERFLY WALL • HEIDI WONG ON THE TIES THAT BIND PAINTING AND CLIMBING

TURNING LEAD INTO GOLD • MICHAEL TONON ON FINDING CONTENTMENT THROUGH ALCHEMY

CLEANING UP • DAVE HUGHES ON REMOVING CHALK FROM SYDNEY BOULDERS

STRONGER • ASHLEE HENDY ON FUEL

THE BIG TWO • AMANDA WATTS ON THE TWO CLIMBING NUTRITION QUESTIONS SHE GETS ASKED MOST FREQUENTLY

THE ALPINIST • SIMON MADDEN LOOKS AT THE NEWEST OF THE BIG CLIMBING FILMS

A SLOW GRAND AGE • DENBY WELLER ON THE CURRENT MOMENT

BLACK DIAMOND ZONE HARNESS $99.95

SCARPA DRAGO LV $249.00

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SIMON MADDEN CHALK BAG

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