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Baffin Island, Mount Asgard success for Papert, Walsh and Lavigne
16/08/2012 - Climbing
Baffin Island, Mount Asgard success for Papert, Walsh and Lavigne
Ines Papert, Jon Walsh and Joshua Lavigne have established Sensory Overload (1200m, 5.11+, A1) up Mount Asgard, Baffin Island.
L’Aquila starts anew thanks to its Climbing Festival
15/08/2012 - Competitions
L’Aquila starts anew thanks to its Climbing Festival
Daniele Adriani, president of the El Cap climbing club, talks about the recent Climbing Festival which took place in the city of L'Aquila from 1 to 4 August 2012. A meeting which sent a message of hope to a city...
Fred Nicole, the bouldering interview
13/08/2012 - Interviews
Fred Nicole, the bouldering interview
Interview with legendary Swiss boulderer and climber Fred Nicole.
adidas Rockstars Live
11/08/2012 - Competitions
adidas Rockstars Live
Live streaming of the adidas ROCKSTARS finals (Saturday, from 18.00 CET),an invitational Masters with some of the world's best boulderers. At 19.30 interviews with Reinhold Messner, Dean Potter and Beat Kammerlander, at 20.00 the finals heated up by live music.
Divine Providence, 32 hour single push by Krajnc and Lindic on Mont Blanc
31/07/2012 - Alpinism
Divine Providence, 32 hour single push by Krajnc and Lindic on Mont Blanc
Slovenian alpinists Luka Krajnc and Luka Lindic have repeated Divine Providence up Grand Pilier d'Angle on Mont Blanc on-sight in 32 hours.
Mayan Smith-Gobat repeats Donnafugata on Torre Trieste, Dolomites
24/07/2012 - Climbing
Mayan Smith-Gobat repeats Donnafugata on Torre Trieste, Dolomites
Mayan Smith-Gobat, together with David Falt, has made the third free ascent of Donnafugata on Torre Trieste, Civetta, Dolomites. 750m, 8a in a ground-up, in a 32 hour single push with no bivy gear. Falt provides the report.
Kemaliye International Outdoor Sport Festival - rock climbing in Turkey
20/07/2012 - Climbing
Kemaliye International Outdoor Sport Festival - rock climbing in Turkey
The report by Maurizio Oviglia about the Kemaliye International Outdoor Sport Festival, the largest outdoor activity meeting in Turkey in an area which has all the makings of an Asian Verdon.
Mont Blanc and the avalanche Mont Maudit
17/07/2012 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc and the avalanche Mont Maudit
With regards to last Thursday's tragedy which claimed the lives of 9 climbers on Mont Maudit, we have received the thoughts of Dr. Luigi Festi, director of the International Masters Course in Mountain Medicine at the University of Insubria...
Tradannot, the Annot trad meeting video
13/07/2012 - Climbing
Tradannot, the Annot trad meeting video
Video of the trad climbing meeting Tradannot at Annot in France.
Charlie Woodburn adds Something's Burning to Pembroke
10/07/2012 - Climbing
Charlie Woodburn adds Something's Burning to Pembroke
At Stennis Ford in Pembroke, Wales, Charlie Woodburn has made the first ascent of Something's Burning E9 7a.
Superbalance, Polar Sun Spire, Baffin, interview with Marek Raganowicz
05/07/2012 - Alpinism
Superbalance, Polar Sun Spire, Baffin, interview with Marek Raganowicz
Interview with Polish climber Marek Raganowicz who in April and May 2012 established a new big wall climb, Superbalance (VII, A4, M7+) up Polar Sun Spire on Baffin Island together with Marcin Tomaszewski.
Tribute to Kalymnos: the theme for a short film by Andrea Di Bari
04/07/2012 - Climbing
Tribute to Kalymnos: the theme for a short film by Andrea Di Bari
Kalymnos, the climbing, imagination and homage of a film director. A tribute to Kalymnos and all those who are suffering by Andrea Di Bari, the Italian filmmaker and climber who first "discovered" the huge climbing potential on this Greek island.
The lucky ice climber on Kennedy’s Gully
03/07/2012 - Climbing
The lucky ice climber on Kennedy’s Gully
Video of a lucky ice climber, saved in extremis on Kennedy’s Gully, an ice climb at the Ouray Ice Park, Colorado (USA).
Ciubaka, first highline in the Tatras
28/06/2012 - Alpinism
Ciubaka, first highline in the Tatras
Video of the first highline in the Tatra mountain range, Poland, carried out on 10/08/2011.
Hans Florine, The Nose Speed interview
21/06/2012 - Interviews
Hans Florine, The Nose Speed interview
Interview with American climber Hans Florine after his 17/06/2012 speed record on The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite set with Alex Honnold.
Stephane Brosse, the world's ski mountaineering champion has died
Stephane Brosse, the world's ski mountaineering champion has died
Great mourning in the ski mountaineering world and that of the mountains in general: on Sunday 17/06/2012 the 41 year-old ski mountaineering champion Stephane Brosse died as a result of a cornice collapse on Aiguille Argentiere (Mont Blanc).