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08/06/2016 - Climbing
Pedra Longa, its climbing and the video Luce senza memoria Climbing video: Maurizio Oviglia introduces his video of Luce senza memoria, the long traverse around Pedra Longa in Sardinia, first climbed in 1981 by Marco Bernardi and Alessandro Gogna.

07/06/2016 - Alpinism
Colin Haley makes first solo ascent of the Infinite Spur on Sultana - Mt. Foraker in Alaska American alpinist Colin Haley has made the first solo ascent the Infinite Spur on Sultana - Mt. Foraker in Alaska. While the ascent required just 12 hours 29 minutes from the Bergschrund to the summit, the descent proved a harrowing...

07/06/2016 - Alpinism
Ragni di Lecco, 70 years of history and alpinism in a film The trailer of Ragni, the new film by Filippo Salvioni that celebrates 70 years of extraordinary climbing and mountaineering by the Italian mountaineering club Ragni della Grignetta, known to all as the Ragni di Lecco.

06/06/2016 - Climbing
Enrico Baistrocchi: California, climbing, work and a touch of nostalgia At Mt. Woodson, San Diego, California, where Enrico Baistrocchi moved to work as a route setter and climbing coach, the Italian climber has made the first ascent of Ancora Vivo, at V12 the hardest boulder problem in the area and...

04/06/2016 - Climbing
Marcin Tomaszewski discovers Thor on Norway's Preikestolen On Preikestolen - Pulpit Rock - in Norway Marcin Tomaszewski from Poland has made the first ascent of the amazing single pitch climb Thor.
Update 30/06/2016: Working closely with the local climbing community, Tomaszewski has agreed to remove the bolts in...

03/06/2016 - Interviews
Alexander Megos climbs Hubble. The Raven Tor interview. Interview with German climber Alexander Megos who on 31/05/2016 repeated Hubble, the climb first ascended by Ben Moon in 1990 at Raven Tor, UK, hailed as the world’s first 8c+.

02/06/2016 - Climbing
Adam Ondra climbs 9a+ in a day In repeating Geocache in Germany’s Frankenjura, Czech sport climber Adam Ondra has now climbed his first 9a+ in a day.

01/06/2016 - Alpinism
Bhagirathi III: two ascents in the Indian Himalaya An expedition composed of the mountaineers Corrado Pesce, Damien Tomasi, Martin Elias, Sebastien Corret, Fanny Tomasi-Schmutz and Elodie Le Comte has repeated two routes on Bhagirathi III (6454m) in the Indian Himalayas. While the men repeated Estrella Impossible, the women...

01/06/2016 - Events
The North Face Mountain Festival 2016 at Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland From 16 - 18 September 2016 at Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland The North Face hosts its Mountain Festival, weekend of adventurous mountain activities at the foot of the Eiger.

31/05/2016 - Climbing
Jakob Schubert & Domen Škofic climb two 9a+ at Flatanger in Norway At the Flatanger - Hanshellern cave in Norway Jakob Schubert from Austria and Domen Skofic from Slovenia have repeated, respectively, Kangaroo Limb and Thor's Hammer. Both of these sport climbs are graded 9a+; on the same day Schubert then onsighted...

31/05/2016 - Climbing
Chad - the 2015 Climbing Expedition video The trailer of the climbing expedition to the Republic of Chad, carried out by Stefano Angelini, Alessandro Beber, Fabrizio Dellai, Matteo Faletti, Jiri Leskovjan, Alessandro Lucchi and Piero Ravà.

31/05/2016 - Climbing
Sport climbing: tie a knot in the end of the rope! We have received the following appeal by the French Alpine Club section Causses et Cévennes that manages the Gorges du Tarn cliff reminding all climbers to tie a knot in the end of the tope before starting climbing a sport...

30/05/2016 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi climbs Le Cadre Nouvelle 9a at Céüse Italian sports climber Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Le Cadre Nouvelle, the route freed at Ceuse in France in 2010 by Adam Ondra graded 9a.

30/05/2016 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2016 video: Smart Climbing Festival A video about the spirit of Melloblocco, the international climbing and bouldering meeting that took place in Val Masino - Val di Mello, Italy, from 5 to 8 May 2016.

30/05/2016 - Climbing
Jon Cardwell climbs Biographie at Céüse in France At Ceuse in France Jon Cardwell has redpointed Biographie, the famous 9a+ sports climb freed by Chris Sharma in 2001.

27/05/2016 - Alpinism
Monte Argentario - via dello Spigolo (Canne d'organo) The report of the recent ascent of via dello Spigolo (Canne d’organo) at Costa della Scogliera, Monte Argentario, by Emiliano Cupellaro, hailed as possibly the most beautiful grade III and IV climbing in the Mediterranean.
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