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Hazel Findlay repeats The Doors at Cadarese
22/08/2012 - Climbing
Hazel Findlay repeats The Doors at Cadarese
English climber Hazel Findlay has visited the Italian crag Cadarese where she repeated, amongst others, the famous route The Doors.
Barbara Zangerl repeats End of Silence on the Feuerhorn
14/08/2012 - Climbing
Barbara Zangerl repeats End of Silence on the Feuerhorn
Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has made the first female ascent of End of silence 8b+, Feuerhorn.
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.
Brooke Raboutou, 8c at a mere 11 years of age
17/07/2012 - Climbing
Brooke Raboutou, 8c at a mere 11 years of age
At Rodellar in Spain 11-year-old Brooke Raboutou has repeated Welcome to Tijuana. In doing so she has become the youngest climber in the world to master this grade.
Andrea Maruna and the surprising climbs at Schwarzau
15/05/2012 - Climbing
Andrea Maruna and the surprising climbs at Schwarzau
At the crag Schwarzau in Austria Andrea Maruna èhas redpointed Sponsored by family 8b.
Illuminati and Law and Order, repeats by Hrozova and Matejec
15/03/2012 - Alpinism
Illuminati and Law and Order, repeats by Hrozova and Matejec
In February the Czech climber Lucie Hrozovà repeated Illuminati (Dolomites, Italy) together with Mirek Matejc and Palo Rajcan, while in March Mirek Matejc repeated Law and Order (Diebsöfen, Austria).
Katy Whittaker and Michele Caminati, English gritstone repeats
28/02/2012 - Climbing
Katy Whittaker and Michele Caminati, English gritstone repeats
British climber Katy Whittaker has repeated the gristone testpiece The Angel's Share E8 7a at Black Rocks, while Michele Caminati has sent the boulder problem Careless Torque 8A at Stanage.
Alizée Dufraisse and the Reina Mora video at Siurana
24/02/2012 - Climbing
Alizée Dufraisse and the Reina Mora video at Siurana
The video of Alizée Dufraisse and her January 2011 repeat of La Reina Mora 8c+/9a at Siurana in Spain.
Illuminati repeated by Boswell and Fritzer
20/02/2012 - Alpinism
Illuminati repeated by Boswell and Fritzer
Greg Boswell and Charly Fritzer have repeated Illuminati, the difficult mixed route in Val Lunga, Dolomites, established by Albert Leichtfried.
Cerro Torre an impossible mountain, the petition in favour of the bolt chopping
20/02/2012 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre an impossible mountain, the petition in favour of the bolt chopping
The petition, promoted by Rolando Garibotti, concerning the recent bolt chopping of the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre, Patagonia by the Americans Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk.
Illuminati in Val Lunga for Ines Papert and Lisi Steurer
31/01/2012 - Alpinism
Illuminati in Val Lunga for Ines Papert and Lisi Steurer
On 27/01/2012 Ines Papert and Lisi Steurer carried out the first female ascent of Illuminati, the incredible mixed route established by Albert Leichtfried in 2006 up in Val Lunga, Selva Gardena (Italy).
Barbara Zangerl climbing Hotel Supramonte
27/12/2011 - Climbing
Barbara Zangerl climbing Hotel Supramonte
The video of Barbara Zangerl climbing Hotel Supramonte (400m, 8b) at the Gola di Gorroppu, Sardinia.
Jordan Buys, first repeat of Loaded at Ilkley Quarry
10/11/2011 - Climbing
Jordan Buys, first repeat of Loaded at Ilkley Quarry
British climber Jordan Buys has made the first repeat of the gritstone route Loaded E8 7a at Ilkley Quarry, while his wife Naomi Buys made the first female ascent of Snap Decision E7 6c.
El Capitan: Golden Gate, Freerider, the Prophet and Dawn Wall
24/10/2011 - Climbing
El Capitan: Golden Gate, Freerider, the Prophet and Dawn Wall
News from El Capitan in Yosemite valley: Hazel Findlay on Golden Gate, Mayan Smith-Gobat on Free Rider, Sonnie Trotter on the Prophet and Tommy Caldwell attempting Dawn Wall.
Nina Caprez makes first female ascent of Silbergeier, Rätikon
04/07/2011 - Climbing
Nina Caprez makes first female ascent of Silbergeier, Rätikon
Interview with Nina Caprez after the Swiss climber carried out the first female ascent of Silbergeier, shortly after her partner Cedric Lachat repeated the 240m 8b/8b+ in the Rätikon, Switzerland.
Hotel Supramonte for Nina Caprez and Cédric Lachat
14/06/2010 - Climbing
Hotel Supramonte for Nina Caprez and Cédric Lachat
In mid-May Swiss climber Nina Caprez made a rare female ascent of Hotel Supramonte in Sardinia, a few days after an ascent by her boyfriend Cédric Lachat.