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01/02/2024 - Alpinism
Léo Billon & Benjamin Védrines complete Drus-Droites-Jorasses 3 day winter trilogy French mountaineers Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines have completed an exceptional trilogy, climbing the north faces of the Drus, Les Droites and the Grandes Jorasses in just three days and in the middle of winter. The enchainment was described as...
29/01/2024 - Climbing
James Pearson makes first repeat of Franco Cookson's bold trad climb Immortal British climber James Pearson has made the first repeat of the trad climb 'Immortal' at Maiden's Bluff, Yorkshire, UK
24/01/2024 - Alpinism
New mixed climb on Monte Taburlo in Italian Dolomites by Cassol, Da Canal, Vallata On Sunday 21 January 2024 Davide Cassol, Riccardo Da Canal and Luca Vallata climbed a probable new mixed climb in the Ampezzo Dolomites. The new route, which is called 'Gitanes bleu', is approximately 350 meters high, ascends the north face...
22/01/2024 - Climbing
Will Bosi no slouch on Sleepwalker at Red Rocks, USA On Saturday 20 January William Bosi repeated 'Sleepwalker' at Red Rocks, USA. First ascended by Jimmy Webb in 2018 at 8C+ and repeated on various occasions, Bosi has now suggested a downgrade from 8C+ to 8C.
17/01/2024 - Climbing
Stefano Carnati claims two 9a's at Mišja Peč in Slovenia At the crag Mišja Peč in Slovenia the 25-year-old Italian climber Stefano Carnati has redpointed two 9a's, 'Xaxid hostel' and 'Sanjski par extension', while at Kompanj in Croatia he has repeated the 8c+ 'All in, I'm out'.
15/01/2024 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
New ski descent on Capucin du Requin in Mont Blanc massif by Laurent Bibollet, Sam Favret, Julien Herry On 14/01/2024 Laurent Bibollet, Sam Favret, Julien Herry made what is likely to be the first ski descent of the obvious gully on Capucin du Requin above the Vallée Blanche in the Mont Blanc massif.
06/01/2024 - Interviews
Alex Megos interview after Siurana Sleeping Lion second ascent Interview with German climber Alexander Megos who on 4 January 2024 made the first repeat of Sleeping Lion at Siurana in Spain. Established by Chris Sharma in March 2023 and originally graded 9b+, Megos believes the route warrants 9b.
05/01/2024 - Climbing
Alex Megos makes first repeat of Siurana's Sleeping Lion Alexander Megos has made the first repeat of Sleeping Lion, the Siurana testpiece put up by Chris Sharma in March 2023.
29/12/2023 - Climbing
Simon Lorenzi sends Burden of Dreams, his third 9A boulder problem On 27 December 2023 26-year-old Belgian climber Simon Lorenzi repeated Burden of Dreams at Lappnor in Finland, claiming his third 9A boulder problem after Alphane at Chironico in Switzerland and Soudain Seul at Fontainebleau in France.
21/12/2023 - Climbing
Christmas in Chironico: Jakob Schubert climbs Alphane (9A) Austrian climber Jakob Schubert has repeated Alphane, the 9A boulder problem at Chironico in Switzerland. Success caps a stellar year for Schubert who in September made the first ascent of BIG (9c) at Flatanger in Norway.
11/12/2023 - Alpinism
Cerro San Valentin North Ridge climbed in Patagonia by Oriol Baro, Martín Elías, Nicolas Tapia Climbing alpine style from 4 - 8 December 2023, Oriol Baro, Martín Elías and Nicolas Tapia completed the first ascent of 'Arista Norte' (WI5, M5 3000m), a 'dream line' up the North Ridge of Cerro San Valentin (4058m) in Patagonia.
08/12/2023 - Climbing
Michaela Kiersch's marvellous Margalef month American climber Michaela Kiersch has spent a month in Margalef, Spain, during which she has amassed an impressive list of climbs including 'Era Vella' (9a), 'Victimes del futur' (9a) and 'Coma sant pere' (8c+).
28/11/2023 - Climbing
Watch Seb Bouin climb Move Hard (9b) at Flatanger in Norway The video of French climber Sébastien Bouin repeating Move Hard, the 9b at Flatanger in Norway freed by Adam Ondra in 2017.
15/11/2023 - Climbing
Stefano Carnati sends Vecchio Leone Sit Start, 8C+ boulder in Brione 25-year-old Italian climber Stefano Carnati has repeated 'Vecchio Leone Sit Start' in Brione. In doing so he has climbed his first 8C+ boulder problem.
08/11/2023 - Alpinism
New Czech climb on Tengi Ragi Tau in Nepal by Marek Disman, Jakub Vlček From 29 - 31 October 2023 Czech mountaineers Jakub Vlček and Marek Disman have made the first ascent of 'Honzova cesta' on Tengi Ragi Tau (6938m) in Rolwaling Himal, Nepal.
05/11/2023 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi sends Action Directe in Frankenjura 30-year-old Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's masterpiece established in 1991 in Frankenjura, Germany.
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