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08/04/2020 - Climbing
Multi-pitch trad climbing by Dave Longbottom The stop motion multi-pitch trad climbing film created by Dave Longbottom during the Coronavirus emergency.

08/04/2020 - Climbing
The fascinating game of climbing: Heinz Mariacher on Rude Boys Watch Heinz Mariacher repeating Rude Boys (8b/5.13c) at Smith Rock, Oregon, USA. A video from 1987 that takes you back to the origins of this 'new climbing’.

07/04/2020 - Climbing
Adam Ondra attempting Becoming, Markus Bock’s Frankenjura extreme The video of Adam Ondra attempting Becoming 9a+ in Germany’s Frankenjura. Excellent analysis from the Czech climber but also a reminder to stay at home during these difficult times.

06/04/2020 - Climbing
Iker Pou, my ascent of Action Directe in Frankenjura 20 years ago Spanish climber Iker Pou recalls his ascent 20 years ago of Action Directe, the Frankenjura masterpiece freed by Wolfgang Güllich in 1991. At the time, Pou’s ascent in autumn 2000 was only the second repeat after Alexander Adler and, nowadays just two decades ago, the route is considered one of...

06/04/2020 - Alpinism
Donnafugata on Torre Trieste, the film by Manrico dell'Agnola now online Donnafugata is a huge multi-pitch rock climb established in 2004 by Christoph Hainz with Roger Schäli on the south face of the Torre Trieste. 750 meters of demanding and beautiful climbing up one of the symbols of legendary Mt. Civetta in the Dolomites. Manrico dell'Agnola recounts its story in a...

05/04/2020 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Freeride Skiing at Home by Philipp Klein Herrero The ingenious stop motion freeride skiing film created by Philipp Klein Herrero during the Coronavirus emergency.

04/04/2020 - Interviews
Of Rocks and Needles: Isabelle and Volker Schöffl, medical volunteers and climbers in Laos The award-winning film Of Rocks and Needles directed by Kilian Reil documenting the voluntary medical work in Laos of German climber and doctor Volker Schöffl and his wife Isabelle.

03/04/2020 - Climbing
Rampage, the classic American bouldering movie featuring Chris Sharma The classic American bouldering movie Rampage featuring Chris Sharma has been placed online by Reel Rock.

02/04/2020 - Climbing
Uncut: Seb Bouin climbing Agincourt at Buoux The uncut video of Sébastien Bouin repeating Agincourt at Buoux in France, November 2018, during his Vintage Rock Tour.

02/04/2020 - Alpinism
The Pathan Project featuring Favresse, Maynadier, Molina, Wertz in Pakistan's Thagas Valley The Pathan Project is now online until 15 April. The award-winning film directed by Guillaume Broust documents the 2018 climbing expedition to the Thagas Valley, Karakorum, Pakistan carried out by Nicolas Favresse, Mathieu Maynadier, Carlitos Molinan and Jean-Louis Wertz.

01/04/2020 - Environment
La Sportiva produces face masks to combat coronavirus pandemic Everyone is united, even the outdoor world against Covid-19: La Sportiva has converted part of its production to create lab coats and face masks for the Province of Trento to combat the coronavirus emergency.

31/03/2020 - Climbing
Steve McClure onsighting Nightmayer at Dinas Cromlech in Wales The video of British rock climber Steve McClure making an onsight ascent of Nightmayer, the difficult trad climb on Dinas Cromlech in Wales.

31/03/2020 - Interviews
Eline & Marc Le Menestrel: Chouca and Buoux, yesterday, today and tomorrow Chouca at Buoux is one of those routes that has marked the history of sport climbing. First ascended in 1985 by Marc Le Menestrel, it was recently repeated by his daughter Eline Le Menestrel. This was an excellent pretext to find out more about this legendary climb and why...

30/03/2020 - Alpinism
Aiguille du Plan Mystery solved by Ondrej Húserka and Evka Milovská From 21 to 22 February Slovak mountaineers Ondrej Húserka and Evka Milovská made the first ascent of Mystery (85 °, M8, C1, 600m (15 pitches) on Aiguille du Plan in the Mont Blanc massif. Húserka reports.

29/03/2020 - Climbing
Climbing legends, the video of the first Arco Rock Legends The video dating back to 2006 introducing the climbers nominated for the historical first edition of Arco Rock Legends: Yuji Hirayama, Maurizio 'Manolo' Zanolla, Daniel Andrada, Josune Bereziartu, Angela Eiter, Flavio Crespi, Tomas Mrazek.

28/03/2020 - Environment
Eleonora Delnevo: the sound of the epidemic affecting us all 'This is my city. This is Bergamo. This is the sound of the epidemic affecting us all.' Italian mountaineer Eleonora Delnevo shares the pain of her city battling against the coronavirus.
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