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20/07/2018 - Events
Karl Unterkircher Award 2018 / Nanga Parbat by Simone Moro, Ali Sadpara, Alex Txikon The 5th Karl Unterkircher Award was awarded on 14 July 2018 in Selva di Val Gardena, Italy to Simone Moro who, together with Ali Sadpara and Alex Txikon, carried out the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat in February 2016. The other climbers that had been nominated Ines Papert and...
26/06/2018 - Interviews
Magic Mushroom: Jacopo Larcher, Barbara Zangerl and the magical big wall on el capitan Interview with Jacopo Larcher and Barbara Zangerl after their first repeat of Magic Mushroom on el capitan in Yosemite, carried out in December 2017.
20/06/2018 - Climbing
Alex Honnold and Jonathan Siegrist climb out of their Comfort Zone The video of US climbers Alex Honnold and Jonathan Siegrist training for two sports routes that are the exact opposite of their preferred style of climbing.
08/06/2018 - Climbing
Lynn Hill / 25 years ago the first free ascent of The Nose on el capitan After the new The Nose speed record set on el capitan by Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold on 06/06/2018, here’s a throwback to our 2002 interview with Lynn Hill that explores her historic first free ascent in 1993 and her groundbreaking one-day free ascent in 1994 of this legendary big...
06/06/2018 - Climbing
Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell climb The Nose in under 2 hours to set new el capitan speed record This morning American climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set another speed record on The Nose on el capitan in Yosemite. This time the duo broke the legendary 2-hour barrier, climbing the big wall route in 1:58:07.
05/06/2018 - Climbing
Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell break The Nose Speed record again Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell have broken the speed record on The Nose once again, climbing the iconic big wall on el capitan Yosemite in 2:01:50. In other news, on 2 June the two well-known rock climbers Jason Wells and Tim Klein lost their lives on el capitan.
30/05/2018 - Climbing
Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold smash The Nose Speed record American climbers Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold have set a new speed record on The Nose, climbing el capitan in Yosemite in 2:10:15.
21/05/2018 - Climbing
Barbara Zangerl sends Speed Intégrale at Voralpsee, her first 9a Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has redpointed Speed Intégrale at Voralpsee in Switzerland, her first 9a sports climb.
27/04/2018 - Events
King of Kanzi 2018, the 80's 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.
17/04/2018 - Climbing
The Nose Speed time lapse featuring Brad Gobright, Jim Reynolds The time-lapse documentary of the record-breaking speed ascent of The Nose up el capitan in Yosemite, climbed in 2:19:44 on 21 October 2017 by Jim Reynolds and Brad Gobright.
12/04/2018 - Climbing
Video: Pete Whittaker rope-solo climb up el capitan The video of Pete Whittaker and his rope-solo free ascent of Freerider up el capitan in Yosemite. Carried out in November 2016, with this ascent the British climber became the first person to rope solo, all free, El Cap in under 24 hours.
09/03/2018 - Climbing
Dawn Wall tailer, Caldwell and Jorgeson climb world's hardest big wall The trailer of the film Dawn Wall that documents the first free ascent of Dawn Wall on el capitan in Yosemite, the world’s most difficult big wall climb completed in January 2015 by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson.
22/02/2018 - Alpinism
Jim Bridwell, at the forefront of climbing and alpinism since the 60's The 2002 interview / portrait of American climber and mountaineer Jim Bridwell, one of the undisputed driving forces of rock climbing in Yosemite and on the world’s most inhospitable mountains, who died on 16 February 2018 at the age of 73. By Vinicio Stefanello.
17/02/2018 - Alpinism
Jim Bridwell, goodbye to legendary rock climber The Bird Jim Bridwell has left us. Yesterday, February 16th 2018, one of the absolute legends of rock climbing and mountaineering, died aged 73.
11/01/2018 - Climbing
Astroman, the legendary climb in Yosemite Valley Maurizio Oviglia introduces Astroman on the East Face of Washington Column, one of the most famous rock climbs in Yosemite Valley and the world.
02/01/2018 - Climbing
Armorican One Armed Bandit - Andrew Walker trad climbing in Pembroke The video of paraclimber Andrew Walker repeating the trad climb Armorican at Craig Caerfai in Pembroke, England.
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