575 News found

16/11/2017 - Climbing
Keita Kurakami free climbs The Nose on El Capitan Japanese rock climber Keita Kurakami has made a free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan (yosemite, USA). This is only the 5th free ascent of the monumental big wall.

06/11/2017 - Climbing
Midnight Lightning: Filippo Manca explores the legendary Ron Kauk boulder problem in yosemite Filippo Manca talks about his bouldering trip to America where, in yosemite, he managed to repeat the legendary Midnight Lightning boulder problem. Moments later he encountered American climbing legend Ron Kauk who, in 1978, made the first ascent of what has transformed into one of the most famous boulder problems...

05/11/2017 - Climbing
El Capitan: Big Stone vs Tiny Humans The timelapse of climbers on El Capitan in yosemite Valley, USA, filmed by di Tristan Greszko.

01/11/2017 - Climbing
Val Daone: Silvestro Franchini completes fantastic free climb link-up Silvestro Franchini talks about his link-up of the routes Orion, Psycobar and Gatto Silvestro at Scoglio di Boazzo in Valle di Daone, described as the "most beautiful free climb combination" in this mini-yosemite in Northern Italy.

27/10/2017 - Interviews
The Nose Speed, new record set by Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds on El Capitan Interview with American climber Jim Reynolds who on 21 October 2017 teamed up with Brad Gobright to speed climb The Nose on El Capitan in yosemite in 2:19:44. In doing so they beat the previous speed record set in 2012 by Alex Honnold and Hans Florine by almost four minutes.

23/10/2017 - Alpinism
El Capitan rockfall continues / New video from yosemite New rockfall has taken place on the SE Face of El Capitan in yosemite Valley (USA). The video filmed by Maurizio Oviglia from Middle Cathedral Rock.

20/10/2017 - Interviews
Sasha DiGiulian / The state of the art of women's climbing Top American climber Sasha DiGiulian talks to planetmountain.com about the current state of female sport climbing, starting from the latest great ascents carried out Margo Hayes and Anak Verhoeven.

18/10/2017 - Alpinism
Quinn Brett, Recovery Fund for climber injured in fall on El Capitan On 11 October 2017 strong American climber Quinn Brett fell and seriously injured herself while climbing The Nose on El Capitan in yosemite Valley (USA). Friends have launched a fundraising campaign.

09/10/2017 - Alpinism
Goodbye to Franček Knez, Slovenia's silent climber 62-year-old Slovenian mountaineer Franček Knez died on 6 October 2017. Reserved and modest, Knez was considered by many as one of the strongest alpinists of his generation. Published below is a profile written by Slovenian journalist Urban Golob in 2010 when, together with Silvo Karo, Knez was conferred the Order...

02/10/2017 - Environment
El Capitan, video footage of the enormous second rockfall in yosemite The video filmed by Peter Zabrok of the second rockfall that occurred on the SE Face of El Capitan in yosemite on 28/09/2017.

29/09/2017 - Alpinism
El Capitan: second larger rockfall. The photos from yosemite After the first rockfall on on Wednesday 27/09/2017, yesterday Thursday 28 September a second, larger rockfall occurred on El Capitan in yosemite Valley (USA).

28/09/2017 - Alpinism
Enormous El Capitan rockfall leaves one dead and one injured in yosemite Rockfall on El Capitan in yosemite, USA, that took place shortly before 14:00 on 27/09/2017 has killed one person and injured another according to park officials.

19/09/2017 - Climbing
Greenspit, Fred Moix climbing The Warrior's Roof in Valle dell'Orco The short film The Warrior’s Roof by Christophe Margot retracing the first ascent of Greenspit in Valle dell’Orco, Italy at the hands of Didier Berthod and documenting the October 2016 repeat by Fred Moix.

30/08/2017 - Environment
Solar eclipse at Smith Rock, the story behind the viral photo The 'behind the scenes' video documenting how the viral photo was taken of the solar eclipse by Ted Hesser on August 21, 2017 at Smith Rock, Oregon, USA.

14/08/2017 - Climbing
Free to climb - the discovery of rock climbing at Arco The first episode about the history of sport climbing at Arco, taken from the book 'Rock Master, Climbing at Arco'.

07/07/2017 - Climbing
Jorg Verhoeven, Katharina Saurwein and the Dihedral Wall on El Capitan in yosemite Big wall climbing video: Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein and their November 2016 repeat of the Dihedral Wall (5.14a / 8b+) and Final Frontier 5.13b (8a) up El Capitan in yosemite, USA.
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