2221 News found

17/05/2010 - Climbing
Riccardo Scarian frees two new routes in Val Noana, Dolomites At the end of April Riccardo Scarian freed two new routes in Val Noana (Dolomites), Shantaram 8c and Hatù per tu 8b+.

07/05/2010 - Climbing
Silvio Reffo, double whammy at the Covolo Silvio Reffo from Italy redpoints Nagay 8c and Super Ale 8c+ at the Covolo.

30/04/2010 - Alpinism
Annapurna, successful and failed rescues Three alpinists weere airlifted to safety by helicopter from an altitude of 6950m on Annapurna yesterday, while Spanish mountaineer Tolo Calafat passed away.

28/04/2010 - Alpinism
Miss Oh Eun-Sun crowns all 8000ers, but one alpinist still in difficulty on Annapurna. On 27/04/2010 the South Korean alpinist Miss Oh Eun-Sun reached the summit of Annapurna and, in doing so, has become the first woman in the world to climb all fourteen 8000ers. In the meantime though an alpinist is in trouble on the 10th highest mountain in the world...

27/04/2010 - Climbing
El Gigante, Mexico, new route In March an international group of climbers including Leopoldo Faria from Portugal forged a 400m line up poor rock on El Gigante in Mexico.

21/04/2010 - Alpinism
Ginat route, les Droites, Ueli Steck solo video In January 2010 Ueli Steck soloed the Ginat route (ED,V, M4+, 85°, 1000m) up the North Face of Les Droites in 2:08. Check out the video and interview.

15/04/2010 - Climbing
Joshua Tree climbing testpiece repeated by Chris Lindner Video of Chris Linder making the second ascent of The Dunce Cap 5.13a at Joshua Tree.

14/04/2010 - Climbing
Outsider, 8a+ for Angelika Rainer at Cornalba Angelika Rainer and her repeat of Outsider at Cornalba.

14/04/2010 - Climbing
Rainbow Slab, Llanberis slate climbing in North Wales Rainbow Slab is arguably the jewel in the crown of Llanberis slate. The immense, smooth face is broken by a series of smaller ripples and of course by the rainbow itself, a pulsing vein which arches steeply in all its beauty from right to left.

12/04/2010 - Events
Piolet d'Or, the winners and alpinism of the future The Piolets d'or 2010 were won by Denis Urubko and Boris Dedechko for their route on Cho Oyu and by Jed Brown, Kyle Dempster and Bruce Normand for their route up Xuelian West. Reinhold Messner received the lifetime achievement award; Walter Bonatti star guest at Courmayeur.

07/04/2010 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, Goldrake 9a+ at Cornalba 17-year-old Adam Ondra has carried out the first ascent of Goldrake 9a+, a route bolted by Bruno "Camos" Tassi years ago at Cornalba, Italy.

06/04/2010 - Climbing
Tito Traversa, 8a at 8 years of age 8-year-old Tito Traversa has redpointed his first 8a, Faith at Donnas in Valle d'Aosta, Italy

01/04/2010 - Environment
Dolomite passes, possible traffic limitations Reducing the traffic in the Dolomites, an initiative promoted by the Governor the the Trentino region, the SAT, the CAI (Italian Mountaineering Club), the Bolzano Mountaineering Club and also Reinhold Messner.

29/03/2010 - Climbing
Prinzip Hoffnung, second ascent by Alex Luger On 06/12/2009 Alex Luger from Austria carried out the first repeat of Prinzip Hoffnung, the trad route established by Beat Kammerlander at the Bürser Platte in Austria.

25/03/2010 - Competitions
Klemen Becan and Maja Vidmar win the first Winter Military World Games The Sport Climbing competition at the first Winter Military World Games was an unforgettable event and was won by the Slovenians Klemen Becan and Maja Vidmar.

22/03/2010 - Climbing
Adam Ondra climbs Golpe de estado at Siurana On 13/03/2010 Adam Ondra from the Czech Republic repeated Golpe de estado 9b at Siurana, his hardest climb to date.
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