The news
14/11/2013 - Climbing
Sardinia Bloc, new boulder problems in Sardinia Pietro Dal Prà and the La Sportiva team provide an update about Sardinia Bloc, the climbing trip from 9 to 17 November to discover the unexplored boulders of Gallura in NE Sardinia.
13/11/2013 - Climbing
Cheyne Lempe sets Salathé Wall rope-solo speed record on El Capitan American climber Cheyne Lempe has set a new rope-solo speed record on the Salathé Wall, climbing the historic route up El Capitan in Yosemite in 20 hours 6 minutes.
13/11/2013 - Climbing
Climbing in Sardinia: October update by Maurizio Oviglia The October climbing in Sardinia report provided by Maurizio Oviglia: Capo Pecora, Jurassic Park and a series of new modern multi-pitch rock climbs.
12/11/2013 - Climbing
Matteo Cittadini repeats Hole's Trilogy 8c at Roccamorice At Roccamorice in Abruzzo, Italy, Matteo Cittadini has made the first repeat of Hole's Trilogy 8c.
11/11/2013 - Climbing
Women's climbing roundup The recent climbs of Vanessa François, Hazel Findlay, Pamela Pack, Emma Twyford, Katy Whittaker, Shauna Coxsey, Alizée Dufraisse, Eva López, Ashima Shiraishi and Angelina Scarth-Johnson.
11/11/2013 - Climbing
Pedra Longa, Baunei. New plaisir climb in Sardinia Maurizio Oviglia introduces 'Marinaio di foresta' (190m, 6a+ max, 5c obbl.) a new climb established in October 2013 together with Cecilia Marchi and Giorgio Caddeo up the beautiful Pedra Longa, or Agugliastra, sea stack (Baunei, Sardinia).
08/11/2013 - Climbing
Salares, climbing at Valparola, Dolomites An autumn pearl in the heart of the Dolomites: the crag Salares in Valparola (Val Badia). Part 3 of the series "Crags for each season" published together with Vertical-Life.info.
08/11/2013 - Climbing
Markus Bock, 4 hard new climbs in the Frankenjura In Germany's Frankenjura Markus Bock has freed four difficult new sport climbs: Underneath Everything 8c+, Graveyard Rodeo 8c+, Black Label 9a and Working Class 9a
07/11/2013 - Climbing
Paige Claassen: Art Attack in Val di Mello and the Lead Now Tour Interview with Paige Claassen and video after her repeat of Art Attack 8c in Val di Mello, Val Masino, Italy.
07/11/2013 - Climbing
La Scala del Cielo, new rock climb up Torri di Fraele in Alta Valtellina Eraldo Meraldi introduces La Scala del Cielo (160m, 5c), a new rock climb established recently with Enrico Prinster at Torri di Fraele (Monte Scale, Valdidentro, Valtellina, Italy).
05/11/2013 - Climbing
Gabriele Moroni sends 9a at Arco The other day close at Arco, Italy Gabriele Moroni repeated the sports climb Bio-Logiko 9a.
04/11/2013 - Climbing
The Salento climbing experience video The video by Pietro Bagnara that documents the Ragni di Lecco climbing trip to the beautiful Salento region of southern Italy.
04/11/2013 - Climbing
Wüstenblume, new rock climb up Sass de la Crusc Josef Hilpold and Ulrich Viertler have made the first ascent of Wüstenblume (400m, VIII+), a new route up Sass de la Crusc in the Dolomites.
03/11/2013 - Climbing
Pete Whittaker and the Baron Greenback video The video of Pete Whittaker making the first ascent of Baron Greenback E9/10 7a, Wimberry, UK.
02/11/2013 - Climbing
Andrea Polo climbs The Core 8c+ at Medveja in Croatia On 31 October 2013 Italian climber Andrea Polo carried out the first repeat of The Core 8c+ at the crag Medveja in Croatia.
01/11/2013 - Climbing
Bouldering in the Grampians: the video The video of the boulder problems put up by Mike and Dave Kellermann, Mikey Forward and Sophie Vivian in the Grampians, Australia.
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