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03/01/2020 - Alpinism
Simon Messner, Martin Sieberer spring up Seitensprung in Langental, Dolomites On 27/12/2019 Simon Messner and Martin Sieberer made the first ascent of Seitensprung, a new ice climb in Val Lietres - Langental, Dolomites.
02/01/2020 - Alpinism
Searching for the most famous Christmas Tree in China The short film Searching for Christmas Tree that documents the search for, and the first ascent of, the mysterious Merry Christmas icefall in China.
01/01/2020 - Climbing
Laura Rogora and Gabriele Moroni end 2019 on a high at Margalef At Margalef in Spain Gabriele Moroni has repeated Demencia Senil 9a+ while Laura Rogora has sent Pal Norte 8c+/9a.
31/12/2019 - Alpinism
Angelika Rainer settles the score, sends Ironman at Eptingen South Tyrolean climber Angelika Rainer has repeated Ironman, the total dry tooling route at Eptingen in Switzerland.
30/12/2019 - Climbing
Daniel Woods uncut on The Process at Bishop The uncut video of Daniel Woods making the first ascent of The Process V16/8C+ at the Buttermilks, Bishop, USA.
28/12/2019 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi fires Santa Linya’s Stoking the Fire 9b Today at Santa Linya in Spain Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Stoking the Fire, the 9b sports climb established in 2013 Chris Sharma.
27/12/2019 - Alpinism
Simon Messner seeks unclimbed ice in Sarntal Alps and Dolomites Simon Messner has recently climbed two new mixed routes: the first at the Sarner Scharte in the Sarntal valley (Sarntal Alps) with Kurt Brugger; the second - three additional pitches to Solo per un altro Hashtag - located in Val Lasties (Dolomites) with Martin Sieberer.
25/12/2019 - Climbing
Dundee, climbing in Crocs from Squamish to Gogarth The trailer for the film that does not exist, Dundee, featuring imaginary rock climbing in crocs at Squamish in Canada. While Eve Lancashire sent an E5 trad climb at Gogarth in Wales.
24/12/2019 - Climbing
The Second Chance of Isamer Bilog to ride A New Wave The short film Second chance, which documents Isamer Bilog's disastrous attempt to climb a highball boulder problem, his accident, rescue and miraculous recovery. The boulder has been called A New Wave.
23/12/2019 - Climbing
Stefano Carnati fast and furious up Demencia Senil 9a+ at Margalef At Margalef in Spain Stefano Carnati has repeated Demencia Senil, the 9a+ sport climb first ascended by Chris Sharma in 2009.
21/12/2019 - Climbing
Sébastien Bouin delights in The Dream 9b, the most difficult sports climb in Albania At Brar in Albania Sébastien Bouin has made the first ascent of The Dream. Graded 9b, this is now the most difficult sport climb in the country.
20/12/2019 - Climbing
Łukasz Dudek makes 8c rope solo first ascent in Poland Polish rock climber Łukasz Dudek has made the rope-solo first ascent of an 8c sport climb, Core at the crag Biblioteka in Poland.
19/12/2019 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Vallée Blanche fortuitous crevasse rescue The video of the mountain rescue carried out by Jeff Mercier and the French mountain rescue service of two very lucky skiers who fell into a crevasse while skiing off-piste down the Vallée Blanche in the Mont Blanc massif.
18/12/2019 - Climbing
Michi Wohlleben calm, cool and collected on Psychogramm, 8b+ trad slab German climber Michi Wohlleben has repeated Psychogramm, the 8b+ trad climb at the Bürser Platte in Austria, first ascended in 2014 by Alex Luger.
17/12/2019 - Alpinism
Filip Babicz completes Ade Integrale, D15+ total dry deep in Gran Borna cave, Italy
On 26 November 2019 Filip Babicz completed Ade Integrale, a testing dry tooling route in the Gran Borna cave close to La Thuile in Valle d'Aosta, Italy. The Pole suggests D15+. The route is completely natural but, being total dry, climbs no ice whatsoever.
16/12/2019 - Climbing
Sébastien Berthe climbing The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite The video of Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe making a free ascent of The Nose up El Capitan in Yosemite, November 2019.
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