World’s First 5.14—and Many World-Class Crags—Will Be Closed to Climbers

Punks in the Gym, the world’s first 5.14a, is slated to be closed to climbers—alongside a number of other world-class climbs and areas. The Australian climbing-access website Save Grampians Climbing broke the news on Monday, writing, “Parks Victoria and the Victorian Government continue their destruction of the Australian climbing community by enlarging climbing bans at Mt. Arapiles and ignoring the majority of users in any form of consultation.”

Alongside Punks in the Gym, first climbed by the legendary Wolfgang Güllich in 1985...