4536 News found

21/11/2016 - Interviews
Jorg Verhoeven and the El Capitan Dihedral Wall interview Interview with Dutch climber Jorg Verhoeven after the second free ascent of Dihedral Wall, the difficult big wall climb freed in 2004 by Tommy Caldwell on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA.

20/11/2016 - Climbing
Adam Ondra continues his victory march on Dawn Wall Further progress on Dawn Wall for Adam Ondra who free climbed the entire crux section yesterday and continued on to the Wino Tower. 11 relatively easy pitches still need to be climbed to complete the first repeat of this route on El Capitan in Yosemite, considered the hardest big wall...

19/11/2016 - Climbing
Dawn Wall: Adam Ondra on cloud nine on El Capitan After yesterday’s difficulties, Adam Ondra has now managed to free climb the 14th and 15th pitch on Dawn Wall, both graded 9a.

19/11/2016 - Alpinism
Amore di Vetro, new mixed climb on Pizzo Badile by Marcel Schenk and Simon Gietl On 16/11/2016 Marcel Schenk and Simon Gietl made the first ascent of 'Amore di Vetro' (800m, M5, R) a new ice and mixed climb up the NE Face of Pizzo Badile.

17/11/2016 - Alpinism
Via RoMa, new climb on Grandes Jorasses From 26 - 28 August 2016 the Russian mountaineers Maxim Foygel and Roman Gorodischenskiy made the first ascent of 'Via RoMa' (ED 1350m 6a A2), a new route on the East Face of Pointe Walker (4208m), Grandes Jorasses (Alps). The new route shares the start of Pilastro Rosso and finishes...

17/11/2016 - Alpinism
Aurora Artika, discovering the climbing in Greenland's Mythic Circle Paolo Marazzi talks about his 'sailing and climbing' experience in Greenland’s Mythic Circle. The result: two new 800m climbs and above all though ‘an absolutely unique adventure in the North Sea.’

16/11/2016 - Alpinism
Annapurna III and the attempt by David Lama, Hansjörg Auer & Alex Blümel Video footage of the attempt to climb the Southeast Ridge of Annapurna III (7555m), carried out last spring by David Lama, Hansjörg Auer and Alex Blümel.

15/11/2016 - Climbing
Adam Ondra starts 'final push' on Dawn Wall in Yosemite Adam Ondra from the Czech Republic has begun his single push ground up attempt to free climb the Dawn Wall, freed after 19 days by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson in 2014/2015.

14/11/2016 - Climbing
Jorg Verhoeven claims first repeat of Dihedral Wall in Yosemite After 5 days of climbing Jorg Verhoeven has now carried out the first repeat of 'Dihedral Wall' on El Capitan in Yosemite. Until this repeat, carried out together with his wife Katharina Saurwein, the route had only been free climbed once before, namely by Tommy Caldwell who in 2004 established...

14/11/2016 - Climbing
Nalle Hukkataival: the Burden of Dreams trailer The trailer to 'The Lappnor project', the climbing film that documents the ascent of 'Burden of Dreams', the first boulder problem in the world to be graded 9A, freed in October 2016 by Finland's Nalle Hukkataival.

13/11/2016 - Climbing
William Bosi repeats Hubble at Raven Tor On 25 October 2016 William Bosi from Scotland repeated of Hubble, Ben Moon’s 1990 masterpiece at Raven Tor, England

12/11/2016 - Competitions
World Youth Championships: Italy & Russia Fastest in Guangzhou Only Italy and Russia topped the Speed podiums of the IFSC World Youth Championships in Guangzhou.

11/11/2016 - Alpinism
Russian direttissima up Thalay Sagar North Face In September 2016 Russian mountaineers Dmitry Golovchenko, Dmitry Grigoriev and Sergey Nilov made the first ascent of Moveable Feast (1400m), a difficult new climb the North Face of Thalay Sagar (6904m) in the Indian Himalayas.

10/11/2016 - Alpinism
Tibet's Jang Tsang Go climbed by Domen Kastelic, Olov Isaksson & Marcus Palm On 20 September 2016 Domen Kastelic, Olov Isaksson and Marcus Palm made what is likely to be the first ascent of Jang Tsang Go (6300m) in Tibet. The route is called Dom and graded AI4 M5.

07/11/2016 - Climbing
Adam Ondra Yosemite Dawn Wall update #3 Our third update regarding Adam Ondra and his progress on 'Dawn Wall', the big wall on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA. The Czech climber has climbed to the top of El Capitan and unlocked the sequence to the crux pitch on this extremely difficult big wall freed by Tommy Caldwell...

07/11/2016 - Climbing
Ray Jardine's Friends, a teacup and a blue bag Maurizio Oviglia recalls the invention of the Friend, the revolutionary camming device invented in the 1970s by the America’s Ray Jardine. A fun story that retraces an important moment in the history of rock climbing.
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