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Chamonix - Zermatt, new record
Chamonix - Zermatt, new record
On 02/04/2011 the Frenchmen Jean-François Premat, Alain Premat and Sébastien Baud set a new record on the ski mountaineering Haute route Chamonix - Zermatt: 18 hours, 50 minutes and 29 seconds.
Piolet d'Or 2011, the program
07/04/2011 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2011, the program
The program of the IXX Piolet d'Or which will be held in Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc) from 13 - 16 April 2011. All the awards, conferences, lectures and debates of one of the most important mountaineering events in...
Adam Ondra, Mind Control at Oliana
06/04/2011 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, Mind Control at Oliana
The video of Adam Ondra on-sighting Mind Control 8c+ at Oliana, Spain
Fred Nicole, seek and you shall find
05/04/2011 - Climbing
Fred Nicole, seek and you shall find
Two beautiful boulder problems, Mandragore and Portici, established by the Swiss climber Fred Nicole close to Domodossola and Cresciano.
Rock climbing on Mallorca at Gorg Blau
04/04/2011 - Climbing
Rock climbing on Mallorca at Gorg Blau
Gorg Blau, an excellent warm weather climbing venue to escape from the heat on the island of Mallora, Spain, with circa 50 routes from 4a - 8c.
New ice climbs in Norway
30/03/2011 - Alpinism
New ice climbs in Norway
Details of the latest ice climbing trip to Norway by Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner who in mid February established a series of new routes together with Gerry Fiegl e Paul Mair.
Via ferrata Rino Pisetta in Valle del Sarca, new start
30/03/2011 - Trekking
Via ferrata Rino Pisetta in Valle del Sarca, new start
A new start for the Via ferrata Rino Pisetta on Piccolo Dain in Valle del Sarca (Arco), Italy.
Klemen Becan creates Croatia's hardest climb
29/03/2011 - Climbing
Klemen Becan creates Croatia's hardest climb
Slovenian climber Klemen Becan has freed the hardest route in Croatia, an unnamed 9a at Medveja.
Adam Ondra, 9b first ascent and 8c+ on-sight in a day at Oliana
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+.
Tito Traversa, 8b at Tetto di Sarre
25/03/2011 - Climbing
Tito Traversa, 8b at Tetto di Sarre
On 24/03/2011 Tito Traversa sent his second 8b, Criptonite at the Tetto di Sarre in Italy
Bernd Zangerl adds two Tessin classics
25/03/2011 - Climbing
Bernd Zangerl adds two Tessin classics
Austrian boulderer Bernd Zangerl has established two new boulder problems in Switzerland's Tessin, Guilty of the Hilti and Humphrey Bogart (Gedächtnisweg)
Sasha DiGiulian unstoppable at Red River Gorge
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.
Action Directe, the video of Gabriele Moroni
23/03/2011 - Climbing
Action Directe, the video of Gabriele Moroni
The video of Gabriele Moroni, the only Italian to have redpointed Action Directe, first climbed by Wolfgang Güllich in the Frankenjura, Germany.
Broad Peak and GI, winter ascents abandoned
21/03/2011 - Alpinism
Broad Peak and GI, winter ascents abandoned
Neither the Polish mountaineers engaged on Broad Peak nor the international expedition on G1 have managed to climb these giant mountains during the coldest season, and both expedition have now abandoned their attempts.
Piolet d'Or 2011: the nominations, Doug Scott receives Lifetime Achievement, and all the evenings
21/03/2011 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2011: the nominations, Doug Scott receives Lifetime Achievement, and all the evenings
The IXX Piolet d'Or will take place from 13 - 16 April 2011 at Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc). Six ascents are in the running for the golden ice axe, while the great British mountaineer Doug Scott will receive the...
Fitz Roy East Face: Favresse and Villanueva interview
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.

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