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26/04/2011 - Climbing

Last Friday at Villanueva del Rosario, Spain, Adam Ondra made the first ascent of La planta de shiva 9b. A day later at Achidona he climbed three 8c's in a single day.

11/04/2011 - Events

Adam Ondra, bone marrow donor

Adam Ondra has become a bone marrow donor. Pietro Dal Pra and Giovanni Spitale of Climb for Life explain this important gesture for donors and the climbing community.

06/04/2011 - Climbing

Adam Ondra, Mind Control at Oliana

The video of Adam Ondra on-sighting Mind Control 8c+ at Oliana, Spain

28/03/2011 - Climbing

Adam Ondra, 9b first ascent and 8c+ on-sight in a day at Oliana

On Sunday 27/03/2011 Czech climber Adam Ondra set the Spanish crag Oliana on fire with his first ascent of Chaxi Raxi 9b followed by an on-sight of Blanquita 8c+.

24/03/2011 - Climbing

Sasha DiGiulian unstoppable at Red River Gorge

Interview with American climber Sasha DiGiulian after her cutting-edge 8c+ redpoints of Southern Smoke and Lucifer and her 8b+ on-sight of Omaha Beach, all at Red River Gorge, Kentucky, USA.

18/03/2011 - Alpinism

Fitz Roy East Face: Favresse and Villanueva interview

Interview with Belgian climbers Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva after their on-sight ascent up the East Face of Fitz Roy, Patagonia.

10/03/2011 - Climbing

Adam Ondra, the 8c+ on-sight interview!

An exclusive interview with Adam Ondra from the Czech Republic after his outstanding 8c+ on-sights in Spain, including Bizi euskaraz 8c+ at Etxauri.

09/03/2011 - Alpinism

Golden Eagle, first free ascent in Patagonia

Raoul Martinez, Sean Villanueva, Cintia Percivati and have carried out the first free ascent of Golden Eagle (7a/7a+, 700m), established by Alexander Huber and Stephan Siegrist in 2006 on Aguja Desmochada, Patagonia.

07/03/2011 - Interviews

Adam Ondra, interview after La Capella 9b at Siurana

Interview with Adam Ondra after his first ascent of La Capella at Siurana, Spain, which the 18-year-old from the Czech Republic has tentatively graded 9b

17/02/2011 - Alpinism

Eisföhnig, new ice climb on the Renkfälle, Austria by Benedikt Purner

On 09/02/2011 Benedikt Purner and Alex Blümel carried out the first ascent of "Eisföhnig" M7+/WI7 on the Renkfälle in the Kaunertal, Austria.

10/02/2011 - Alpinism

Scottish winter climbing, hard repeats and first ascents

A series of hard repeats and first ascents on Ben Nevis, Coire an t-Sneachda and Lochnagar, including the second ascent of The Hurting (XI,11 Dave MacLeod, 2005) by Andy Turner.

07/02/2011 - Alpinism

Ines Papert in Scotland, new Ben Nevis and Cairngorms winter climbs

During a week winter climbing in Scotland, Ines Papert and Charly Fritzer have established Triple X, VIII,8 on Ben Nevis and Bavarinthia IX, 9 at Coire an Lochain in the Cairngorms.

07/02/2011 - Alpinism

Ines Papert in Scotland, new Ben Nevis and Cairngorms winter climbs

During a week winter climbing in Scotland, Ines Papert and Charly Fritzer have established Triple X, VIII,8 on Ben Nevis and Bavarinthia IX, 9 at Coire an Lochain in the Cairngorms.

01/02/2011 - Climbing

Tito Traversa, a summer and winter on the rise

A report of a summer and winter spent climbing by Tito Traversa who, aged nine, has now sent his first 8b, "Je est un autre" at Castillon (France)

30/12/2010 - Alpinism

Long mixed climb in the Gasterntal close Kandersteg, Switzerland

Over a four day period in winter 2007 the experienced Swiss ice climbers Markus Stofer and Bernd Rathmayr established "Scharf, mit alles…" in the Gasterntal close to Kandersteg in Switzerland.