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Chris vs. Mel – The Snapdragon Showdown

Chris Cosser and Mel Janse van Rensburg on Snapdragon (29/7c+).

Every so often we hear of exceptional human feats of endurance, from Shackleton and Messner to more recent mind blowing free solo epic craziness by Alex Honnold and others in the extreme elite.

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Chris Cosser Mel Janse van Rensburg Waterval Boven

Christopher Cosser, Olympic-Bound South African Climber Featured on GymClimber

20-year-old Christopher Cosser, of Johannesburg, South Africa, is one of two climbers representing both the South African nation and the African continent in climbing at the Tokyo Olympics this summer. Gym Climber caught up with Cosser to chat about his climbing history and his hopes for the Olympics.

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Chris Cosser Olympics

Chris Cosser Breaks South African Speed Climbing Record

Chris Cosser smashed the South African Speed Climbing record on the 25th of January, putting down a time of 6.96 seconds at the recent National Selection Event for the Africa Cup.

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Africa Cup African Continental Championships Climbing Chris Cosser Competition South African speed climbing record

Chris Cosser sends Godzilla (32/8b)

16 year old Chris Cosser has sent Bovens ”King line” Godzilla on Sunday 20 March 2017 pushing his 8a.nu ranking up to 3rd in SA.

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Chris Cosser Waterval Boven

Sending at the Wow Prow

Wow Prow

On the weekend of the 18/19th of June 2016, the hard-core routes of the aptly named Wow Prow near Clocolan in the Free State, saw an assault by some of Gauteng’s top climbers.

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Alistair Stubbs Andrew Pedley Chris Cosser Nick Meinel WOW Prow
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