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From 6-8 March 2026 Tasio Martín and Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll made the first free ascent of 'Pilar Este' on Cerro Chaltén (fitz roy) in Patagonia. The 1200m route was first ascended 50 years ago, in 1976 by Casimiro Ferrari and Vittorio Meles as part of a Ragni di Lecco expedition.

From 6 to 8 March 2026 Italian alpinists Alessandro Baù and Mirco Grasso completed the winter traverse of all the summits on the famous skyline of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites. Carried out with two bivouacs, this is the first complete winter enchainment of these nine famous...

The video of the first BASE jump off fitz roy (Cerro Chaltén) in Patagonia, carried out on 7 January 2026 by Russian alpinists Boris Egorov, Vladimir Murzaev, Konstantin Yaemurd

The trailer of the first winter ascent of the Casarotto route on fitz roy in Patagonia, carried out on 07/09/2025 by Italian alpinists Matteo Della Bordella and Marco Majori.

On 7 January 2026 Russian alpinists Boris Egorov, Vladimir Murzaev, Konstantin Yaemurd made the first BASE jump off fitz roy (Cerro Chaltén) in Patagonia. Egorov reports.

On 7 September 2025 Colin Haley completed the coveted first winter solo of Cerro Torre. The 41-year-old American alpinist climbed via the famous Ragni Route and made one bivouac, 3 pitches below the summit.

On 7 September 2025 the Italian alpinists Matteo Della Bordella and Marco Majori completed the coveted first winter ascent of the Casarotto route on fitz roy in Patagonia. The legendary climb up the Goretta Pillar was established solo by Renato Casarotto in 1979.

An strong Italian expedition comprised of Matteo Della Bordella, Tommaso Lamantia and Marco Majori is currently on its way to Patagonia where it aims to make the first winter ascent of the Casarotto route on the Goretta Pillar on fitz roy.

The 18th edition of Melloblocco — the world’s largest bouldering — came to a close yesterday in Val Masino – Val di Mello, Italy. Four days of climbing and festivities in the valley drew over 2,300 registered participants and 8,000 attendees.

Watch Aurel Lardy, Vivian Bruchez, and Jules Socié exploring ski descents in the fitz roy massif in Patagonia in the award-winning film 'Painting the Mountains' by Matthew Tufts.

On the east face of Aguja Val Biois in the fitz roy massif of Patagonia the Italian climbers Alessandro Baù, Matteo Della Bordella and Mirco Grasso have made the first ascent of '¿Quién sigue?' (450m, 7a, A1).

The video portrait of Dean Potter, one of the world’s leading climbers who lost his life on 16/05/2015 aged 43 in a wingsuit accident in Yosemite Valley, USA, together with Graham Hunt.

Interview with Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll after the first traverse of the four main peaks of the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia, Chile. The Belgian alpinist climbed Torre Sur, Torre Central, Torre Norte and La Peineta solo from 23 - 26 February 2024 and called the enchainment 'Travesía Doble M'.

Slovenian climbers Luka Krajnc and Luka Lindič have established 'Pot' (6c, A3, 750m), a new climb on the south face of Aguja Poincenot in Patagonia.

The video of Italian alpinists Matteo Della Bordella and Leo Gheza climbing the Care Bear Traverse in the fitz roy massif in Patagonia, i.e. enchaining Aguja Guillaumet, Aguja Mermoz, Pilastro Goretta and fitz roy.

On 21 September 2023 French alpinists Vivian Bruchez, Aurélien Lardy and Jules Socié skied the awe-inspiring Whillans-Cochrane ramp on Aguja Poincenot in the fitz roy massif of Patagonia. This is only the second ski descent, after the first carried out by the late Andreas Fransson in 2012. On 22...