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02/04/2017 - Climbing
Sean Villanueva & Siebe Vanhee climbing free in Madagascar The video MAD in Madagascar, documenting Sean Villanueva & Siebe Vanhee making the first ascent of Fire in the Bell up Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar.

01/04/2017 - Climbing
Patxi Usobiaga returns to 9a+ climbing form Basque climber Patxi Usobiaga has repeated Papichulo, a 9a+ sport climb at Oliana in Spain. This heralds a great return to form after injury.

31/03/2017 - Climbing
Michele Caminati and the shocking ground fall video The video of Italian climber Michele Caminati falling to the ground when his rope broke at the gritstone crag Curbar in England. Caminati miraculously walked away with only a broken wrist and heel.

31/03/2017 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2017 route announced The route for 8th edition of the Red Bull X-Alps 2017 has now been announced. Considered the world’s toughest adventure race, the +1000km traverse across the Alps by paraglider or on foot will begin on 2 July 2017 at Salzburg in Austria.

30/03/2017 - Climbing
Michele Caminati survives gritstone ground-fall in England Michele Caminati, an expert of England’s gritstone, fell to the ground while climbing The Elder Statesman at Curbar in the Peak District. Miraculously, the Italian walked away with nothing more than a fractured wrist and heel.

29/03/2017 - Alpinism
Patagonia: Franchini brothers climb new route on Cerro Penitentes Climbing in Patagonia: on 26/01/2017 Tomas Franchini and his brother Silvestro Franchini made a quick, alpine style first ascent up Cerro Penitentes. The new route is called ‘El Mariano’ (750m, 85° M4).

28/03/2017 - Climbing
Julia Chanourdie climbs Ground Zero at Tetto di Sarre French rock climber Julia Chanourdie has repeated Ground Zero at Tetto di Sarre in Valle d’Aosta, Italy, freed in 2002 by Alberto Gnerro and graded 9a.

27/03/2017 - Climbing
Margo Hayes / the La Rambla Siurana climbing interview Interview with American climber Margo Hayes who on 26 February 2017 became the first woman to climb 9a+ with her ascent of La Rambla at the crag Siurana in Catalonia, Spain.

26/03/2017 - Climbing
Two new sport climbing crags in Sardinia Two beautiful new sport crags have been developed at Samugheo in the center of Sardinia: Tana delle Volpi and Apotheosis, according to Maurizio Oviglia one of the most beautiful on the Italian island.

24/03/2017 - Alpinism
Hansjörg Auer, Matthias Auer traverse Ötztal Alps Kaunergrat in winter From 14 - 17 March 2017 Hansjörg Auer and his brother Matthias traversed the main part of the Kaunergrat in Austria’s Ötztal Alps.

24/03/2017 - Climbing
Angelika Rainer powers through French Connection in the Dolomites In February 2017 Angelika Rainer from the South Tyrol repeated French Connection at the crag Tomorrow's World in the Italian Dolomites. Graded D15-, it is considered one of the hardest total dry routes in the world.

24/03/2017 - Climbing
Mina Leslie-Wujastyk in This is Why The video portrait of British rock climber Mina Leslie-Wujastyk.

23/03/2017 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher climbs La Rambla at Siurana / Interview Interview with Italian climber Jacopo Larcher after his repeat of the legendary sport climb La Rambla 9a+ at Siurana in Spain.

23/03/2017 - Climbing
Mélissa Le Nevé becomes first woman to boulder 8B+ at Fontainebleau With her recent ascent of Mécanique élémentaire, French climber Mélissa Le Nevé has become the first woman to climb an 8B+ boulder problem at Fontainebleau in France.

22/03/2017 - Climbing
Heinz Zak & Separate Reality - the film of his Yosemite free solo 12 years ago Austrian climber and photographer Heinz Zak made the second free solo of Separate Reality, one of the most famous rock climbs in Yosemite Valley, USA. The film of this audacious ascent, which followed that of Wolfgang Güllich in 1986, is called 'Träume sterben nie', Dreams never die.

22/03/2017 - Climbing
Via MammaSandra, new rock climb in Val Zemola, Dolomites On Monte Porgeit in Val Zemola (Dolomites) Daniele Geremia, Nicolò Cadorin and Maurizio Fontana have made the first ascent of Via MammaSandra (7b+, 7a+ obligatory, 250m), a new multi-pitch sport climb.
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