314 News found
03/03/2011 - Alpinism
Ice climbing and dry tooling in the Val di Fassa, Dolomites Tommaso Cardelli introduces a series of classic and new ice climbs in the Valle di Fassa, right in the heart of the Italian Dolomites.
01/03/2011 - Alpinism
Papillon, 1st repeat of the great icefall at Brissogne, Valle d'Aosta On 01/02/2011 Marco Farina, Remy Maquignaz and Thomas Scalise Meynet carried out the first repeat of Papillon (250m IV, 4, M6, 5°) a great modern mixed journey first ascended in 2003 in Valle d'Aosta above Brissogne by Alex Busca, Ezio Marlier and Massimo Farina.
23/02/2011 - Alpinism
Goulotte fantasma on Punta Sant'anna On 6 February 2011 the Italians Luca Maspes, Annalisa Bonfanti and Anna Ceruti climbed Goulotte Santanna (250m) up the South East Face of Sant'Anna 3171m, Val Porcellizzo, Alta Val Masino).
16/02/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Petit Mont Blanc, ENE Face descent On 11/02/2011 Davide Capozzi from Italy and Julien Herry from France carried out the what is likely to be the first descent of the ENE Face of Petit Mont Blanc.
10/02/2011 - Alpinism
Solo per i tuoi occhi, the great icefall on Monte Pelmo climbed by Ballico and Milanese On 23/01/2011 Giuseppe Ballico and Marco Milanesi carried out what is believe to be the first ascent of Solo per i tuoi occhi (300m, V, WI 5+ XRM), the massive drip on the ESE Face of Monte Pelmo, Dolomites.
08/02/2011 - Alpinism
New ice climbs in Austria's Floitental by Leichtfried, Purner & Co Two new icefalls in the Floitental (Zillertal), Austria: Excalibur (WI6/R, 120m, Albert Leichtfried & Paul Mair 30/01/2011) and Quasimodo (M7 WI7, 90m, Benedikt Purner & Klaus Pietersteiner 03/02/2011).
21/01/2011 - Alpinism
Il Regalo della Befana, new icefall in Val Grande, Dolomites On 6/01/2011 the Italians Dario De Rossi, Renato Bortolato & C., carried out what is thought to be the first ascent of Il Regalo della Befana (110m II,4), inVal Grande (Santo Stefano di Cadore, Belluno, Dolomites).
29/12/2010 - Alpinism
Cascata Per Leo, rare icefall on Sorapiss, Dolomites On 21 December Giuseppe 'Beppe' Ballico and Marco Milanese climbed "Cascata Per Leo" (270m, IV, WI 5+ XR) a beautiful icefall which rarely comes into condition on the SW Face of Croda Marcora (Sorapiss, Dolomites).
27/12/2010 - Alpinism
Two icefalls in Valle dell'Orco and Piantonetto "La Cascata delle miniere" in Valle dell'Orco and "Ciao TFR" in Vallone di Piantonetto, two icefalls in Northern Italy climbed by Marco Appino, Umberto Bado, Mauro Appino and Renzo Vottero.
26/12/2010 - Alpinism
Wicked Welsh winter conditions A series of new routes in North Wales spearheaded by British alpinist Nick Bullock.
23/08/2010 - Climbing
Goodbye Chloé Graftiaux On Saturday 21/08/2010 Chloé Graftiaux, the Belgian sport climbing champion and one of the strongest athletes in the world ranking, died after falling from the Aiguille Noire de Peuterey (Mont Blanc).
15/03/2010 - Alpinism
Takargo first ascent by Joseph Puryear and David Gottlieb Americans Joseph Puryear and David Gottlieb have made the first ascent of Takargo (6771 meters) via its East Face in Nepal.
12/03/2010 - Alpinism
Norway ice climbing trip for Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner Ice climbing to ice climbing around the Lyngen Fjord in Norway by Albert Leichtfreid from Austria.
04/03/2010 - Alpinism
La Piovra, new icefall on Monte Derbianco, Switzerland On 13/02/2010 Nikita Uboldi, Ean Barelli and Andrea Cairoli carried out the first ascent of La Piovra (4. WI6- M7R A1), in the Prosito mountain range in Canton Ticino, Switzerland
25/02/2010 - Alpinism
When icefalls crack The story of an ice pillar collapsing. An adventure which thankfully resulted in no injuries, but which provides ample food for thought...
19/02/2010 - Alpinism
Drapeaux d’enfer, new mixed climb in Valle di Champorcher, Valle d'Aosta On 15/02/2010 Enrico Bonino and Filippo Gonnelli carried out the first ascent of Drapeaux d’enfer (95m, 5+/6, M5+, X,II) in Valle di Champorcher (Valle d'Aosta), Italy.
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