2913 News found

10/02/2012 - Climbing
Markus Bendler and the Ice Prince Movieblog The first of 10 videos of Austrian ice climbing champion Markus Bendler.

09/02/2012 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre bolt chopping, the debate in Italy With regards to the bolt chopping on Cerro Torre's Compressor route, we have received and published the views of Stefano Lovison, shared by numerous Italian alpinists.

03/02/2012 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre: the bolt chopping and its history as seen through the eyes of Mario Conti Italian alpinist Mario Conti shares his views about the recent bolt chopping of the Compressor route on the SE Face of Cerro Torre.

03/02/2012 - Climbing
Felsige Gärten, new mixed variation to Hängende Gärten in Austria's Tyrol At the end of January Christian Picco Piccolruaz and Albert Leichtfried carried out the first ascent of Felsige Gärten, a mixed variation to the classic ice climb Hängende Gärten in the Tyrol, Austria.

01/02/2012 - Climbing
Bouldering galore: Daniel Woods, Chris Webb Parsons, Matty Hong and Sean McColl January has been an impressive month for top-end bouldering. Here are some of the latest climbs including the first ascent of Mind to Motion 8B+ at Elkland by Daniel Woods and repeats by Chris Webb Parsons, Matty Hong and Sean...

31/01/2012 - Alpinism
Don't die of Ignorance, first repeat on Ben Nevis by Boswell and Dunn On 29/01/2012 Greg Boswell and James Dunn made the coveted second ascent of Don't die of Ignorance, XI,11, Ben Nevis, Scotland.

23/01/2012 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2012: Angelika Rainer and Maxim Tomilov win in Saas Fee 0-21/01/2012. At Saas Fee (Switzerland) Angelika Rainer from Italy and Maxim Tomilov from Russia won the second stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2012. In doing so they have won two events in a row and, in addition, the...

18/01/2012 - Alpinism
Sam Elias and the mixed climbing in Vail Video of American climber on Red Bull and Vodka at Vail, Colorado, USA.

18/01/2012 - Alpinism
Mario Merelli, goodbye to the alpinist from Bergamo 18/01/2012. Mario Merelli died this morning at 8:00am while climbing up Pizzo Redorta (Val Seriana, Bergamo, Italy). Merelli was one of the most famous Italian alpinists and Himalayan mountaineers and one of the driving forces of the Bergamo mountaineering scene.

16/01/2012 - Climbing
Alex Honnold, new super highball at Bishop At the Buttermilks in Bishop (USA) Alex Honnold has freed Too Big to Flail, a super highball up the immense Luminance Block.

16/01/2012 - Climbing
Kazikli Canyon, a sport climbing paradise in the Aladaglar, Turkey Recep Ince introduces the Turkish delights of rock climbing at the Kazikli Canyon in the Ala Daglar region.

14/01/2012 - Alpinism
Aconcagua South Face: the ascent by Andrea Di Donato and Andres Zegers On 22,23,24 December 2011 the Italian Mountain Guide Andrea Di Donato and the alpinist from Chile Andres Zegers ascended the South Face of Aconcagua (6962m, Andes, Argentina), establishing a probable 800m new start variation to the Direct French route.

13/01/2012 - Climbing
Roland Hemetzberger adds climbs to Achleiten, Austria Roland Hemetzberger has freed two new routes at the Austrian crag Achleiten, Tunnelblick 8c+/9a and Goldenpearl 8b+/8c

12/01/2012 - Interviews
Adam Ondra, the routes I cannot climb! Czech climber Adam Ondra talks to Planetmountain about the sport climbs he has failed to climb. Hubble, Three Degrees of Separation, Underground and many more.

05/01/2012 - Alpinism
Hans Kammerlander climbs Mount Tyree and becomes first to climb Second Seven Summits On 3 January Italian mountaineer Hans Kammerlander reached the summit of Mount Tyree (Antarctic). In doing so he has become the first person to climb the 7 second highest peaks on all seven continents.

04/01/2012 - Alpinism
Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Venas Azules on Torre Egger in Patagonia. The interview and meeting with Rolando Garibotti Rolando Garibotti and the interview and meeting with Bjørn-Eivind Årtun, the Norwegian alpinist who in December 2011 together with Ole Lied established the route Venas Azules up the South Face of Torre Egger in Patagonia.
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