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Huge landslide on Piz Scerscen in Switzerland
15/04/2024 - Alpinism
Huge landslide on Piz Scerscen in Switzerland
On Sunday 14 April 2024, an estimated million cubic meters of debris collapsed on the north face of Piz Scerscen, the 3971m mountain located between the highly popular Piz Bernina and Piz Roseg on the Swiss-Italian border. No casualties occurred...
Michaela Kiersch climbs Victima perfecta (9a+) at Margalef, onsights Crimptonite (8b+) at Oliana
12/04/2024 - Climbing
Michaela Kiersch climbs Victima perfecta (9a+) at Margalef, onsights Crimptonite (8b+) at Oliana
At Margalef in Spain Michaela Kiersch has redointed Victima perfecta (9a+), while at nearby Oliana she onsighted Crimptonite (8b+).
Emily Harrop & Thibault Anselmet win Mixed Relay at Cortina Ski Mountaineering World Cup
11/04/2024 - Alpinism
Emily Harrop & Thibault Anselmet win Mixed Relay at Cortina Ski Mountaineering World Cup
France's Emily Harrop & Thibault Anselmet won the Mixed Relay at Cortina, Italy, yesterday during the fourth and final day of the Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2024. Austrians Johanna Hiemer and Paul Verbnjak placed second, ahead of the Italians Alba...
Piz Güglia NW Couloir established solo by Roger Schäli
10/04/2024 - Alpinism
Piz Güglia NW Couloir established solo by Roger Schäli
On 20/03/2024 Swiss mountaineer Roger Schäli made the first ascent of 'Nordwestwand Couloir' (WI5+, M5+, 600m) on Piz Güglia (3380m) in Switzerland's Engadin region.
Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet win Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2024 Sprint
10/04/2024 - Competitions
Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet win Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2024 Sprint
The last stage of the 2024 Ski Mountaineering World Cup Sprint World Cup took place in Cortina, Italy, on Monday and was won by Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet from France who also claimed the overall season title. The...
Emily Harrop, Rémi Bonnet win Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2024 Individual
08/04/2024 - Competitions
Emily Harrop, Rémi Bonnet win Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2024 Individual
The last stage of the 2024 Individual World Cup took place in Cortina, Italy, on Sunday and was won by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret from France and Remi Bonnet from Swtizerland. The overall season title was won by Bonnet and Emily Harrop...
Sarah Dreier and Remi Bonnet win Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2024 Vertical
06/04/2024 - Competitions
Sarah Dreier and Remi Bonnet win Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2024 Vertical
The last stage of the 2024 Vertical World Cup took place in Cortina, Italy, today and was won by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret from France and Remi Bonnet from Swtizerland. The overall season title was won by Bonnet and Sarah Dreier from...
The harmonious chaos of Melloblocco 2024
03/04/2024 - Events
The harmonious chaos of Melloblocco 2024
A preliminary preview of Melloblocco, the largest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world which will take place in Italy's Val di Mello - Val Masino from 8 to 11 May 2024. Over 1000 climbers have already registered for the...
Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll completes solo Torres del Paine skyline traverse
02/04/2024 - Interviews
Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll completes solo Torres del Paine skyline traverse
Interview with Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll after the first traverse of the four main peaks of the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia, Chile. The Belgian alpinist climbed Torre Sur, Torre Central, Torre Norte and La Peineta solo from 23 -...
Variety is the spice of life / An all-female ascent of the Gervasutti-Gagliardone on the Grandes Jorasses
29/03/2024 - Alpinism
Variety is the spice of life / An all-female ascent of the Gervasutti-Gagliardone on the Grandes Jorasses
Austrian alpinist Barbara Vigl reports about a repeat of the 'Gervasutti-Gagliardone' on the East Face of the Grandes Jorasses, Mont Blanc massif, carried out in July 2023 by Vigl with Anna Truntschnig and Anna Zechling. Apart from possibly being the...
La Venta beyond limits / Exploring the Qanaf Cave in Oman
27/03/2024 - Environment
La Venta beyond limits / Exploring the Qanaf Cave in Oman
The Italian La Venta association reports about its first expedition to explore the Qanaf Cave and depths of the desert plateau of Jabal Samḥān in southern Oman.
Watch Marek Holeček & Matěj Bernát establish Simply Beautiful on Sura Peak in Nepal
27/03/2024 - Alpinism
Watch Marek Holeček & Matěj Bernát establish Simply Beautiful on Sura Peak in Nepal
The video of the first ascent of Simply Beautiful, the climb first ascended on Sura Peak in Nepal in May 2023 by Czech mountaineers Marek Holeček and Matěj Bernát.
Hypnotic Lain and Folie Perseverante, two new mixed climbs at Envers des Aiguilles, Mont Blanc massif
25/03/2024 - Alpinism
Hypnotic Lain and Folie Perseverante, two new mixed climbs at Envers des Aiguilles, Mont Blanc massif
Santiago Padròs reports about his February 2024 first ascents of two mixed climbs at Envers des Aiguilles in the Mont Blanc massif: 'Hypnotic Lain' on Pointe de Nantillons with Oliver Gajewski dedicated to Line van den Berg, and 'Folie...
Sellaronda Skimarathon, tonight the 30th ski mountaineering marathon of the Dolomites
22/03/2024 - Competitions
Sellaronda Skimarathon, tonight the 30th ski mountaineering marathon of the Dolomites
The 30th edition of the Sellaronda Skimarathon will take place on Friday 22 March 2024. The famous night ski mountaineering competition crosses four mountain passes, Campolongo, Pordoi, Sella and Gardena, and cover sa total distance of 42 kilometers and +2700m...
Luca Bana gets A Present for the Future (9a+) in Italy
22/03/2024 - Climbing
Luca Bana gets A Present for the Future (9a+) in Italy
On 14 March 2024 the Italian climber Luca Bana repeated 'A Present for the Future', a 9a+ in the G-rota sector close to the historic crag Madonna della Rota crag in Valle dell'Opol (Brescia), freed in 2010 by Adam Ondra.
Video: Blind climber Jesse Dufton & Tamara Lunger ice climbing in Norway
20/03/2024 - Alpinism
Video: Blind climber Jesse Dufton & Tamara Lunger ice climbing in Norway
The video of blind British climber Jesse Dufton and Italian mountaineer Tamara Lunger ice climbing at Rjukan in Norway.