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23/02/2019 - Alpinism
Grandes Jorasses Walker Spur Cassin route: double one-day winter ascent! On Tuesday 19 February the French alpinists Léo Billon, Sébastien Ratel and Benjamin Védrines carried out a one-day winter ascent of the Cassin route up the Walker Spur on the North Face of the Grandes Jorasses. A few hours later, Switzerland’s Caro North and Argentinia’s Carlos Molina also completed the...

22/02/2019 - Competitions
Sport climbing Proposed for Olympic Games Paris 2024 The Paris Organising Committee has proposed to add Sport climbing to the Olympic Games Paris 2024. If approved, sport climbing will feature in the Summer Olympic Games for the second consecutive edition after Tokyo 2020. Furthermore, under new proposals Speed climbing is separated from Boulder + Lead.

21/02/2019 - Alpinism
Matterhorn West Face climbed in winter by Marco Farina and Marco Majori From 15 to 16 February 2019 Marco Farina and Marco Majori completed a rare repeat of Via Ottin - Daguin up the west face of the Matterhorn.

20/02/2019 - Climbing
Giuliano Cameroni potent on Poison the Well, 8C+ boulder at Brione in Switzerland Swiss rock climber Giuliano Cameroni has made the first ascent of Poison the Well, an 8C+ boulder problem at Brione in Switzerland.

20/02/2019 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Brenta Dolomites Cima Mandron skied by Roberto and Luca Dallavalle On 16/02/2019 Roberto Dallavalle and his brother Luca made the first ski descent on the south face of Cima Mandron in the Brenta Dolomites.

18/02/2019 - Climbing
The Quarrymen, featuring climbers James Pearson and Johnny Dawes The film The Quarrymen by Neil Hart, about the slate quarries above Llanberis in North Wales starring James Pearson, Johnny Dawes and one of Britain’s most famous multi-pitch rock climb, The Quarryman.

16/02/2019 - Climbing
Isabelle Faus sends Memory is Parallax, her third 8B+ boulder problem Isabelle Faus has climbed Memory is Parallax, an 8B+ boulder problem at Elkland, Rocky Mountain National Park, USA.

14/02/2019 - Alpinism
Beauty and the Beast in the Pale di San Martino, Dolomites Winter climbing in the Dolomites: Simone Banal and Matteo Faletti report about their first ascents, on 8 and 9 January 2019 of 'La Bella' (265m AI5+, 90°) and ‘La Bestia' (250m, AI5+, M6) up Cima del Focobon, Pale di San Martino group, with Alessandro Beber, Marco Pellegrini and Marco Zanni.

13/02/2019 - Alpinism
Paragliding in Patagonia, Aaron Durogati makes Fitz Roy flyby In January 2019 Aaron Durogati, Italian paragliding champion and exceptional mountaineer, flew with his paraglider off some of the most beautiful peaks in the Fitz Roy and Cerro Torre massifs in Patagonia.

13/02/2019 - Climbing
Ciao Albino Marchi, the driving force behind the Arco Rock Master Albino Marchi passed away yesterday afternoon. He was instrumental in the development of the Arco Rock Master climbing competition and his climbing event experience was second to none.

12/02/2019 - Climbing
Adam Ondra climbs 9b again / Neanderthal repeat at Santa Linya Sport climbing in Spain: at Santa Linya Adam Ondra has repeated Neanderthal, a 9b sports climb first ascended by Chris Sharma in 2009

12/02/2019 - Alpinism
Ezio Marlier adds two mixed climbs to Ollomont in Valle D'Aosta At Ollomont, a splendid valley that hides some of the most mysterious icefalls in Itay’s Aosta Valley, Ezio Marlier has established two mixed climbs: Albice with Alberto Pierotti and Rikiteppa with Paolo Celesia. Marlier reports

11/02/2019 - Climbing
Free Solo featuring Alex Honnold climbing El Capitan wins BAFTA and Eddie Awards Free Solo, the film that portrays Alex Honnold and his ropeless ascent of Freerider up El Capitan in Yosemite directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, won a BAFTA award last night in the Documentary category. In early February, Free Solo won a Eddie Award at the American Cinema...

10/02/2019 - Climbing
Adam Ondra and Piotr Schab send 9a+ in Spain Sport climbing in Spain: Adam Ondra has sent Catxasa at Santa Linya while Piotr Schab has redointed La Rambla in Siurana. Both climbs are graded 9a+.

09/02/2019 - Competitions
Ice climbing World Cup 2019: live streaming from Champagny-en-Vanoise Today at Champagny-en-Vanoise in France the fifth and penultimate stage of the Ice climbing World Cup.

07/02/2019 - Climbing
Adam Ondra / Final episode of USA and Chile climbing road trip VBlog #18 of Adam Ondra: the last episode of this climbing trip across the Americas comes from Valle de Los Cóndores in Chile.
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