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30/04/2013 - Climbing
James Pearson & Caroline Ciavaldini, hard trad ascents at Cadarese and Balmanolesca At Balmanolesca in NW Italy James Pearson made the first repeat, and first trad ascent, of A Denti Stretti 8b+, while at nearby Cadarese Caroline Ciavaldini made a trad ascent of Grazie Rickie 8a+ .
29/04/2013 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2013: day four, a bit of everything More problems were sent today, this time by Barbara Zangerl and Sivio Reffo who sent "Climb for Life Woman" and "Maschio Dominante" respectively. Melloblocco is now in full swing.
28/04/2013 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2013 – day three: bouldering calm Sunday 28/04/2013. Climbing in all its forms hallmarked day 3 of Melloblocco, the world's largest international climbing and bouldering meeting in Val di Mello – Val Masino. Despite the rain people climbed and took part in a thousand different ways on the boulder problems covered by the Lombardy Mountain Guides.
27/04/2013 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2013: sparks of imagination during day 1 Saturday, 27/04/2013. The rain sparked the imagination of all climbers; some sent the competition problems, while others practiced yoga or competed in the Sasso Remenno jumar contest. In the meantime, more than 600 climbers have registered at the event!
27/04/2013 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2013 - day one: Chinese lanterns fill the sky Saturday 27/04/2013. Last night marked the start of the 10th Melloblocco, the festival that will transform Val di Mello - Val Masino into the world's capital for bouldering and climbing until Sunday 5 May. At the Filorera Centre the program for the next 10 days was announced, as well as...
23/04/2013 - Climbing
New climbing on Kalymnos: Secret Garden and Saint Photis Two new crags on the island of Kalymnos: Secret Garden introduced by Aris Theodoropoulos and Saint Photis introduced by Simon Montmory.
23/04/2013 - Climbing
Melloblocco Backstage, an exhibition documenting the birth of the boulder problems From Friday 27 April to 31 May an exhibition will be held at Bar Monica at San Martino Valmasino with the photos taken by Laura Benaglia, Francesco Piovesan and Mirko Masè documenting how the boulder problems have been created for Melloblocco 2013.
20/04/2013 - Climbing
Climbers Against Cancer, a day with John Ellison Video portrait of John Ellison, founder of Climbers Against Cancer.
19/04/2013 - Climbing
Gole della Stretta, rock climbing in Sicily Max Flaccavento introduces the Gole della Stretta crag in Sicily. A "magical place" for climbing, with nearly 30 routes up to 8a.
18/04/2013 - Climbing
Magnus Midtbø onsights 8c+ at Rodellar in Spain Norwegian climber Magnus Midtbø has onsighted Cosi fan tutte 8c+ at Rodellar. He is now the fifth sports climber to onsight this grade.
18/04/2013 - Climbing
No Siesta Spain trip, the climbing film premiere at Melloblocco The film No Siesta Spain trip, Silvio Reffo and Gabriele Moroni's climbing journey to Spain, will be screened for the first time on 4 May during Melloblocco 2013.
17/04/2013 - Climbing
Viva La Vie: Jonathan Siegrist and Nina Caprez in the Verdon Gorge Video of Jonathan Siegrist and Nina Caprez in search of the past and present climbing in the Gorges du Verdon, France.
17/04/2013 - Climbing
New trad climbs at Garibaldi in Sardinia Three new trad routes at the Garibaldi in south-east Sardinia, first ascended by Fabio Erriu and Maurizio Oviglia.
16/04/2013 - Climbing
Nalle Hukkataival repeats Bügeleisen in the Maltatal Finnish rock climber Nalle Hukkataival has climbed Bügeleisen, the 8B+ boulder problem established in 2001 by Klem Loskot in Maltatal, Austria.
16/04/2013 - Climbing
Michele Caminati dodges rain and snow in search of sun on England's gritstone The report by Michele Caminati about yet another trip to England to climb some of the famous gritstone trad routes and boulder problems.
13/04/2013 - Climbing
Tom Randall climbs hard at Cadarese in Italy British climber Tom Randall has onsighted the 8a crack climb Turkey Crack at the Italian crag Cadarese. Today he repeated the famous route The Doors.
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