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26.04.2018

Simone Pedeferri: bouldering, climbing and the Melloblocco in Tour boulder problems

Interview with Simone Pedeferri, climber and historic Melloblocco route setter, one week before Melloblocco in Tour 2018 which will take place from 3 - 6 May 2018 in Cresciano and Lugano (Switzerland).
25.04.2018

All the beauty and climbing at Melloblocco on Tour 2018

The program, boulders, evenings, games, music, parties and protagonists of Melloblocco in Tour and the MBB Street Boulder, the great climbing festival that will take place from 3 to 6 May at Lugano and Cresciano (Switzerland).
20.04.2018

Melloblocco in Tour 2018: Cresciano, one of most famous bouldering areas in the world

In the run-up to Melloblocco 2018 that will take place from 3 to 6 May 2018 at Cresciano and Lugano we interviewed Claudio Cameroni, one of the first climbers who helped develop the Swiss bouldering area in the ‘90s in order to find out how Cresciano became one of most famous bouldering areas in the world.
18.04.2018

Sonia Livanos, goodbye to a great alpinist and woman

French alpinist Sonia Livanos passed away on 15 April 2018 in Marseilles hospital at the age of 95. In the '50s and' 60s together with her husband Georges Livanos she formed one of the strongest climbing partnerships in the Dolomites and beyond.

HIGHLIGHTS this weekThe biggest climbing news and mountaineering highlights

Via Ferrata /TREKKING

Ferrata delle Mèsules
Dolomites, Sella
Via Ferrata Giovanni Lipella
Dolomites, Tofane
Scala del Minighel and Tofana di Rozes circuit
Dolomites, Tofane
Sentiero Ivano Dibona
Dolomites, Cristallo - Faloria
Via Ferrata Cesare Piazzetta
Dolomites, Sella

Rock climbing /ROCK

Camaleontica
Sardinia, Supramonte
Punisher
Anatolia, Beydağları
Pilastro Nord
Dolomites, Brenta
La Raieta
Dolomites, Fanes-Sennes-Braies
Dent du Géant
Graian Alps, Mont Blanc

Ice climbing/ ICE

Mehr denn je Hintersee
Tauern Alps, High Tauern
Lillaz Gully
Western Alps, Cogne-Valeille
Illusion
Central Alps, Livigno Alps
Shampoo Dry
Western Alps, Valle di Champorcher
Saumons et Glacons
Western Alps, Mont Blanc

Walking / TREKKING

Schwarseespitze - Gißmann - Pemmern
Rhaetian Alps, Sarntal Alps
Cresta Croce
Rhaetian Alps, Adamello - Presanella
Sas de Putia circular walk
Dolomites, Odle - Puez
Croda da Lago ring
Dolomites, Croda da Lago - Nuvolau
Sas de Putia circular walk
Dolomites, Odle - Puez

Recent / news

Caroline Ciavaldini climbing The Quarryman in Wales26.04.2018
Simone Pedeferri: bouldering, climbing and the Melloblocco in Tour boulder problems26.04.2018
All the beauty and climbing at Melloblocco on Tour 201825.04.2018
John Thornton wins climbing photography contest Arco Rock Star 201825.04.2018
Spettacolare new rock climb on Petit Capucin Roi de Siam24.04.2018
Bouldering World Cup 2018: Janja Garnbret and Tomoa Nagasaki march in Moscow23.04.2018
Red Bull Der Lange Weg, the Alps ski mountaineering traverse ends in Nice23.04.2018
Climbing World Cup 2018: Boulder & Speed live from Moscow22.04.2018
New rock climbs at Meteora in Greece21.04.2018
Giuliano Cameroni and Nalle Hukkataival Deal With the Devil in Switzerland20.04.2018
Melloblocco in Tour 2018: Cresciano, one of most famous bouldering areas in the world20.04.2018
Alaska: new British route on Mt. Jezebel by Tom Livingstone and Uisdean Hawthorn19.04.2018
Video: Steve McClure climbing Britain's hardest sport route, Rainman 9b at Malham Cove18.04.2018
Sonia Livanos, goodbye to a great alpinist and woman18.04.2018

EXPO / Company News

La Sportiva launches the #OldbutGold contest on Instagram
13 aprile 2018
La Sportiva: 90 years of history in Trento
4 aprile 2018
Long Distance mountain running with Arc’teryx
28 marzo 2018
Tamara Lunger in the team of CAMP athletes
20 marzo 2018
Bolivia’s Ronald Choque in Italy to qualify mountain guide thanks to CAMP
12 marzo 2018

Events / meetings

03.05.2018
Melloblocco 2018 at Cresciano - Lugano

Melloblocco 2018 will take place from Thursday 3 to Sunday 6 May 2018 at Cresciano and Lugano for the MBB Street Boulder in Canton Ticino, Switzerland. This will be the 15th edition of the most important bouldering and climbing meeting in the world.
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31.05.2018
King of Kanzi Climbing Festival in Austria

From 31 May to 3 June 2018 Austria'’s Kanzianiberg will host King of Kanzi, the climbing festival themed '80s with special guests Barbara Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher, Vittorio Messini, Zoe Hart and Steve House.
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Mt. Jezebel parete est, Alaska: Tom Livingstone sul sesto tiro di Fun and Fear

Mt. Jezebel East Face, Alaska: Tom Livingstone climbing the sixth pitch of Fun and Fear

Tom Livingstone, Uisdean Hawthorn

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