533 News found

11/12/2013 - Climbing
Sardinia: Doloverre di Surtana, 4 new rock climbs Maurizio Oviglia covers the latest news about Doloverre di Surtana, the most popular multi-pitch climbing area in Sardinia.

10/12/2013 - Climbing
Climbing in Val Pennavaire - Albenga Marco Balda introduces the climbing in Val Pennavaire (Liguria), also known as Albenga. With 1,300 routes and 41 crags, this is one of the most popular climbing areas in Italy.

12/11/2013 - Alpinism
Dayantianwo first ascent in Shuangqiao Valley, China In September an international climbing expedition comprised of Dave Anderson (USA), Chaohui Zheng (China) and Szu-ting Yi (Taiwan) completed the first ascent of Mt Dayantianwo (5220m) in the Shuangqiao Valley of Siguniang National Park in Sichuan China.

23/10/2013 - Alpinism
Hervé Barmasse, Patagonia and three first winter ascents In September Hervé Barmasse with Martin Castrillo made the first winter ascent of Cerro Pollone and with Martin Castrillo and Pedrito el "fino" the first ascent (in winter) of two of the three Colmillos summits in the Cordon Marconi area.

09/10/2013 - Environment
The Cogne mines between the past and the future - part 2 The restoration plan of the Cogne mines starts at the Ex Anselmetti area where the buildings are still in a good state. A journey between the past and future, with thoughts about the value of abandoned places. The second and final part by Simonetta Radice.

07/10/2013 - Climbing
Climbing at Ciastlins in the Dolomites A particular crag for sunny autumn days: beautiful Ciastlins in Val Badia. This is the first in a series entitled "Crags for each season" and published together with Vertical-Life.info.

01/10/2013 - Climbing
Valle dell'Orco short climbs news: Sitting Bull and Dado The second news report from Italy's Orco Valley by Maurizio Oviglia: the crags Sitting Bull and Dado that offer a interesting mix of sport climbing, trad and aid.

27/09/2013 - Interviews
New route up Monte Sarmiento East: the second after this historic 1956 first ascent by Mauri and Maffei Interview with Chilean alpinist Camilo Rada after the first ascent, carried out with Natalia Martinez from Argentina, of a new route up the North Face of Monte Sarmiento in Patagonia. Suerte de Sarmiento is only the second route to the East summit after the first ascent carried out by Clemente...

18/09/2013 - Environment
Petition for Stanage Edge in England The British Mountaineering Council (BMC) has launched an appeal calling on all climbers and walkers to help safeguard the future if Stanage Edge, England.

16/09/2013 - Environment
The sustainable mobility challenge, from the cities to the Alps. By Simonetta Radice Mobility Week 2013: from big cities to the mountains in search of a possible balance. By Simonetta Radice.

31/07/2013 - Climbing
Rocklands bouldering at risk We have received and published the statement issued by the The Mountain Club of South Africa concerning the recent land closure that has affected the bouldering in the world famous Rocklands area.

29/07/2013 - Alpinism
Women and the Mountains... towards Gran Paradiso Between 6 and 8 August 2013 Valle d'Aosta wishes to pay homage to female mountaineering with the initiative "Women and the mountains 2013"; three teams of female alpinists will climb Gran paradiso via three different routes. The Italians Anna Torretta, Eloise Barbieri and Roberta Vittorangeli will team up with the...

16/07/2013 - Climbing
Salento vertical, new rock climbs in Puglia, Italy Davide Schiantarelli presents the result of 10 days of work for the Salento Vertical project that resulted in a flurry of new climbs in the area between Ponte Ciolo and Santa Maria di Leuca in Southern Italy.

10/07/2013 - Climbing
Kemaliye International Outdoor Sport Festival by Maurizio Oviglia The 35th International Outdoor Sport Festival took place from 28 June to 2 July in the small village of Kemaliye in Central-Eastern Turkey, on the banks of the beautiful limestone canyon formed by the river Euphrates.

19/06/2013 - Climbing
Damai Sentosa, new route on Dragon's Horns in Malaysia In April 2013, Stephanie Bodet, Yong Liu, Arnaud Petit, David Kaszlikowski and Tam Khairudin Haja made the first ascent of Damai Sentosa (280m, 6c+, 6b+ oblig) up the Dragon Horns (Bukit Nenek Simukut) on Tioman Island, Malaysia.

03/06/2013 - Climbing
Monte Santu, Baunei, Sardinia. Two new routes by Larcher & Oviglia and Giupponi & Sartori Two new 8a multi-pitch climbs on Monte Santu, Baunei, one of the last virgin crags in Sardinia: Vertigine Blu" (275m, 8a max, 7a+ obl.) established by Luca Giupponi and Nicola Sartori and "Blu Oltremare" (315m, 8a max, 7b obl.) established by Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia. Both climbs were established...
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