Lucy Stirling

Ethiopia 🔴✅ Incredibly grateful to have had the experience that I did on this mega line. The decision to attempt placing the gear on redpoint the day after came from the thought everyone gets after sending a project... what's next? for me this whole Dyurrite trip is to focus on becoming confident in placing gear, rationalising fear and making quick, safe decisions so that I don't get myself in sticky situations in the future and for upcoming adventures. I had lots of fun sport climbing on gear to get the pink point but I felt guilty to have let the trad space go for a few days. Yesterday @earthymedia came and took some incredible snaps of me on this stunning line. As I went up to rig a rope for Kate I scoped out how difficult it would be to place gear through the crux. Surprisingly the crux nut (on India) was the easy part. That thing slid in so perfectly with the toe hook that I barely noticed the extra hand motion. Incredibly satisfying. Basically a bolt. The one beforehand was tricky and added a bit of extra climbing to make sure the traverse into the crux was still safe. Anyway after scoping it out I was pretty psyched to give it a go at some point. I wasn't sure whether I would go for it or wait until it was less of an eery vibe day. But I decided it would be good for me to give it a go and to make the decision on the wall as to how I felt...I was lucky enough to have @cuskellyphotography there for the best belay, having him on the other end of your rope is probably aid. Basically I just kept going and have never felt so box pumped in my life. Thanks for all the support and congrats messages from everyone :-) It's pretty special when you tick off one of those bucket list routes <3 Photos by the amazing @earthymedia . @thenorthface_aunz @blackdiamond @evolv_worldwide @pinnacle_sports @clifbar

Beyond Belief 28🔴✅ 🤯 Knew the chapter wasn't yet closed for me on this bad boy when I pink pointed it 2 weeks ago. Yesterday I turned up to this epic cave with Jacques and Seth and sent my hardest trad redpoint by 4 grades... apparently this is the first true redpoint of this route with no preplaced gear and no midway anchor clip 🫡 I'm so grateful to @jacquesin_thebox for not only inspiring and enabling my ascent but for turning up genuinely psyched and frothing to have people climbing his classic routes. Also especially to @zach_ and @matthewrdev for your inspiration and encouragement as well. I didn't feel confident to run it out more than the pinkpoint attempt because I'm a scaredy cat so I ended up taking around 6kg worth of gear for this line and I certainly felt it. 😅 Having a metal skirt like that was definitely one of the cruxes. 1x1.25 1x1.5 1x1.8 2x2's 3x3's 7x4's 2x5's 1x6 I guess I'm a trad dad now...!?? 🫢 @thenorthface_aunz @blackdiamond @evolv_worldwide @clifbar @pinnacle_sports

"Don't Believe the Tripe" ✅ Today I remembered you like you were right there next to me... Still in awe of your strength, your passion, and the way you've never stopped making my world more beautiful even if I can't see you.  I can't explain how it feels to share this climb with your memory. I remember watching you project it, the last route you would ever project.. A climb that, at the time I couldn't imagine even touching, let alone piecing together myself. Now I'm here and I know you'd be proud. It's a special line, thanks for inspiring me to get on it. Thank you Jay, for everything that was and still is. In your exact words from 15th April 2012... Done!!!!! :D  Big love and wiggly hugs ❤️ ...Thank you to all the special people in my life that belayed me on this route and experienced a taste of the rollercoaster that was my emotional journey on it. I always thought I'd experience a sense of closure now.. Maybe it's more like acceptance. Peace. xx 📸1) @setinstoneseq

This month the @thenorthface team are celebrating 40 Years of the iconic Base Camp Duffel 🔥🔥🔥 Photo by the amazing @serendipitylili 💃 with my current favourite BCD print on a sunset adventure in the mountains 🌞 @thenorthface_aunz @thenorthface_climb

Sunny days and beta sprays. Filmed in Namadgi National Park, Ngunnawal Country. 🎥: @marcusreads

“It’s important to get out and have fun, and just enjoy moving on the rock.” — @lucyclimbing Last month, Lucy spent some time with the crew at the newly developed ‘Dagobah’ climbing area, just outside of Canberra. 📸: @kateproctor__

Return of the Climber @lucyclimbing first visited Dagobah in September last year, honing her skills and putting up first ascents with @athletebychoice . Last month, she went back. 🎥: @marcusreads

“I’m not just here for myself. I want to develop things that everyone’s going to enjoy. That makes every day I spend out here worth it.” Six months of hiking, trail building, cleaning and climbing has brought a new bouldering area in Canberra to life—Duncan Brown and a keen group of climbers in Canberra uncovering one climb at a time. Last month, he invited some of The North Face climbers to check out the area, and put up some climbs of their own. Filmed in Namadgi National Park, Ngunnawal Country. 🎥: @marcusreads

Duncan Brown (@athletebychoice ) took some of the team to check out a new bouldering area outside of Canberra and test out our new Verto Approach shoes. See more tomorrow. Filmed in Namadgi National Park, Ngunnawal Country. 🎥: @marcusreads 📸: @kateproctor__

Frothing the new kicks from @thenorthface_aunz !! The Verto Approach Shoe ticks all the boxes 🤤

Death Rattle ✔️ very rad lil power pumper on the right side of fury. FA @bouldermatt2 🖤

Sometimes a girls just gotta put on her favourite pants and go get slaughtered on a spray wall. 🫶 . Legit tho @thenorthface_aunz Wmns Urban Explorer Casual Pants in Summit Navy are 🫦