253 News found
24/08/2018 - Alpinism
Márek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák climb new route up Kyajo Ri in Nepal Climbing in alpine style from 25 to 28 May 2018, the Czech mountaineers Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák made the first ascent of Lapse of Reason, a new route up Kyajo Ri (6186 m) in Nepal.
02/07/2018 - Climbing
Before and after the Mariacher 90 years La Sportiva. The Mariacher, the violet climbing shoes by La Sportiva that represent an unconditional point of reference in the history of climbing. Not only sport climbing
29/06/2018 - Events
Reinhold Messner at Arco Rock Legends / All the climbing Oscar nominations On Friday 27 July 2018 the Arco Rock Legends sport climbing Oscars will celebrate its XIII edition awarding the prestigious Climbing Ambassador by Dryarn di Aquafil to Reinhold Messner. Angela Eiter, Alexander Megos, Adam Ondra have been nominated for the...
18/06/2018 - Alpinism
Janhukot first ascent in Indian Himalaya by British expedition British mountaineers Malcolm Bass, Paul Figg and Guy Buckingham have made the first ascent of Janhukot (6805m) in the Garhwal Himalaya in India.
16/06/2018 - Climbing
Katrin Lehmann boulders Kryptos, only second woman to send 8C On 14 May Katrin Kaddi Lehmann repeated Kryptos, an 8C boulder problem at Morchelstock in Switzerland. In doing so she has become only the second woman to climb this grade after Ashima Shiraishi.
12/06/2018 - Climbing
Rock climbing in Jordan: new rock climbs at Wadi Sulam Maurizio Oviglia reports about an expedition of the Italian Alpine Club and the JTB (Jordan Tourism Board) which resulted in series of new climbs in the unexplored area of Wadi Sulam in Jordan. Expedition members included Maurizio Giordani, Manrico Dell'Agnola,...
16/04/2018 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2018 on tour at Cresciano and Lugano From Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 May 2018 Melloblocco, the world’s biggest bouldering and climbing meeting, goes on tour: for the first time it will travel to Switzerland's Cresciano, a world bouldering mecca, and Lugano for the MBB Street Boulder.
10/04/2018 - Climbing
Edu Marin and his Valhalla climb through Getu Grand Arch in China The second episode documenting the efforts of Spanish climber Edu Marin attempting his new route Valhalla through the immense Grand Arch roof at Getu in China.
07/04/2018 - Climbing
Alex Puccio fires fourth 8B+ at Leavenworth, USA American climber Alex Puccio has climbed her fourth boulder problem graded 8B+, Penrose step at Leavenworth, USA.
04/03/2018 - Climbing
Mauro Calibani: 60 sec on Batman The climbing video of Mauro Calibani interpreting Batman, a spectacular trad climb at Punta Istiotta in Sardinia.
20/12/2017 - Climbing
Finale '68, in search of the climbing history and pioneering exploration of Finale Ligure In order to celebrate 50 years of rock climbing at Finale Ligure in NW Italy, Michele Fanni and Gabriele Canu have started a project to retrace Finale's explorative phase that took place between 1968 and 1975. After following in the...
23/11/2017 - Alpinism
Angelika Rainer first female D15 with A Line Above the Sky Yesterday at the drytooling crag Tomorrow’s World in the Dolomites Angelika Rainer repeated A Line Above the Sky. With this ascent the climber from the South Tyrol has become the first woman in the world to climb D15 and, in...
01/11/2017 - Climbing
Val Daone: Silvestro Franchini completes fantastic free climb link-up Silvestro Franchini talks about his link-up of the routes Orion, Psycobar and Gatto Silvestro at Scoglio di Boazzo in Valle di Daone, described as the "most beautiful free climb combination" in this mini-Yosemite in Northern Italy.
20/10/2017 - Interviews
Sasha DiGiulian / The state of the art of women's climbing Top American climber Sasha DiGiulian talks to planetmountain.com about the current state of female sport climbing, starting from the latest great ascents carried out Margo Hayes and Anak Verhoeven.
16/10/2017 - Climbing
The Crucifix at Canyonlands, progress and photos of Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker In September 2017 British rock climbers Tom Randall and Pete Whittaker returned to the Moab, USA where they made progress on their The Crucifix, hailed as one of the hardest trad climbing projects in the world.
03/10/2017 - Climbing
Cut off my leg! The must-read report about the first ascent of the South East Ridge of Monte Muru Mannu (Domusnovas) Sardinia, carried out last June by Marco Marrosu and Lino Cianciotto. By Marco Marrosu.
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