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01/04/2013 - Climbing

Moser and Beber add new rock climb to Santa Massenza

Peter Moser and Alessandro Beber have established Figli del Vento (180m, 7b+, 6c+ oblig) at Santa Massenza (Valle dei Laghi, Arco, Italy). The report by Beber.

29/03/2013 - Interviews

Alexander Megos interview after world's first 9a onsight

Interview with 19-year-old German climber Alexander Megos after the historic first on-sight of a 9a climb, Estado Critico at Siurana in Spain.

28/03/2013 - Climbing

Jörg Guntram battles Ninja 8B+ at Tenerife

On 22/02/2013 Austrian boulderer Jörg Guntram made the first ascent of Ninja 8B+ on the island of Tenerife.

27/03/2013 - Competitions

Salewa Rockshow 2013, the start!

The tour promoted by Salewa to discover the climber of the future begins again this April. Five Italian climbing gyms take part in the event which spans 9 countries.

25/03/2013 - Climbing

Alexander Megos makes world's first 9a on-sight

On 24/03/2013 Alexander Megos on-sighted Estado Critico at Siurana in Spain, becoming the first climber in the world to climb a 9a onsight.

21/03/2013 - Climbing

Freerider: Della Bordella and Bacci in Yosemite

Video by OpenCircle of Matteo Della Bordella and David Bacci climbing the route Freerider in Yosemite.

21/03/2013 - Alpinism

Norway express: ice climbing in the great North

Elio Bonfanti and Claudio Casalegno present the icefalls Sabotørfossen, Fossekjerringa e Grabeinsisen close to Rijukan in Norway.

20/03/2013 - Climbing

Niccolò Ceria boulders 8B+ at Varazze

At Varazze in Italy Niccolò Ceria has repeated Gandalf il grigio, a great 8B+ boulder problem.

20/03/2013 - Alpinism

Sagwand first winter ascent by Auer, Lama and Ortner

On 16 and 17 March 2013 the highly experienced Austrian alpinists Hansjörg Auer, David Lama and Peter Ortner made the first winter ascent of the Sagwand via the route Schiefer Riss first climbed by Mathias Rebitsch and Roland Berger in 1947.

19/03/2013 - Climbing

Climbing at Sagres, Portugal

Leopoldo Faria introduces Corgas at Sagres, the sea cliff famous for hosting the first 9a sport climb in Portugal.

14/03/2013 - Alpinism

Mont Blanc timelapse

The Mont Blanc timelapse by Italian photographer and alpinist Davide Necchi.

14/03/2013 - Competitions

Park Hee Yong and Maria Tolokonina win the Ice Climbing World Cup 2013

The fifth and last stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup Lead 2013 was held in Kirov (Russia) last weekend and was won by Russia's Maxim Tomilov and Korea's Shin Woon Seon, while the Lead World Cup 2013 was won by Park Yong Hee (KOR) and Maria Tolokonina (RUS). The...

12/03/2013 - Alpinism

New rock climb on Cerro Walwalun, Cochamó Valley, Chile

In February 2013 the Italian climbers Lorenzo Lanfranchi, Mirko Masè, Simone Pedeferri, Mattia Tisi and Andrea Zaffaroni made the first ascent of Perdidos en el Mundo (870m, 23 pitches, 7b+, 6c+ obligatory) up the north face of Cerro Walwalun in Cochamo valley in Patagonia, Chile. The story by Mirko Masè.

08/03/2013 - Alpinism

Broad Peak: all hope lost for Maciej Berbeka and Tomasz Kowalski

Krzysztof Wielicki has called off the Polish winter expedition to Broad Peak. The bodies of Maciej Berbeka and Tomasz Kowalski will remain up on the mountain.

07/03/2013 - Alpinism

Simone Moro, the drama on Broad Peak and winter mountaineering in the Himalaya

The thoughts of Simone Moro about high-altitude winter mountaineering on the world's Eight-thousanders and about the events which have taken place and are currently unfolding on Broad Peak.