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08/05/2011 - Events

Melloblocco 2011 – a new bouldering and Val Masino record

Great success and absolute record number of participants in Val Masino - Val di Mello (Italy) during the eighth Melloblocco, the biggest climbing and bouldering meeting in the world. 2600 registered climbers from 22 different countries took part in the event, while at least 10000 people gathered in the...

07/05/2011 - Events

Melloblocco day two – it's a record!

With 2500 registered climbers on the second day, the eighth Melloblocco has already broken all previous records. The number will increase tomorrow during the final day of the world's biggest bouldering and climbing meeting.

05/05/2011 - Climbing

Climbing at Lower Pen Trwyn, Wales

Sport climbing at Lower Pen Trwyn one of the best crags in North Wales

04/05/2011 - Events

The Melloblocco 2011 bouldering areas

The Melloblocco 2011 bouldering area, prepared by Simone Pedeferri and introduced by Nicola Noè

03/05/2011 - Climbing

Walou Bass in Taghia, new Morocco climb by Petit, Clouet and Oddo

In April 2011 a small French team comprised of Arnaud Petit, Aymeric Clouet and young Enzo Oddo travelled to the Taghia Gorge in Morocco where they created Walou Bass, a 150m climb with difficulties up to 8c.

02/05/2011 - Competitions

Mezzalama Trophy 2011. The race, winners and a renewed competition

On 1 May 2011 the XVIII Mezzalama Trophy was won by the international team comprised of Spaniard Jornet Burgada and the Frenchmen Bon Mardion and Blanc. The women's event was won by Pellissier, Pedranzini, Martinelli. The report and excitement of the great ski mountaineering marathon on Monte Rosa, by Lorenzo...

29/04/2011 - Climbing

James Pearson climbing hot in Pembroke

British climber James Pearson has onsighted a handful of E8's and repeated Muy Caliente E10 6c in Pembroke, Wales.

29/04/2011 - Alpinism

Erhard Loretan, good-bye to a great alpinist

On Thursday 28 April Swiss alpinist and mountain guide Erhard Loretan died in a climbing accident while ascending Grünhorn in the Bernse Alps. Loretan was one of the greatest alpinists of the modern era, the third person to have climbed all fourteen 8000m peaks and the second to do so...

28/04/2011 - Climbing

Jakob Schubert and Gabriele Moroni unleashed

Jakob Schubert from Austria has repeated Chris Sharma's Papichulo 9a+ at Oliana and on-sighted Aitzol 8c at Margalef. Gabriele Moroni has carried out the first repeat of Coup de Grace 9a by Dave Graham in the Canton Ticino, Switzerland.

27/04/2011 - Events

59th TrentoFilmFestival, select events

The 59th Trento Film Festival takes place from 28 April to 8 May to celebrate mountains, society, cinema and literature. Numerous mountaineering personalities gather in Italy's Trento including Messner, Herzog, Bonatti, Mazeaud, Erri De Luca, Mauro Corona, Neri Marcoré, Enrico Brizzi and Mario Brunello.

27/04/2011 - Alpinism

Shisha Pangma, the video of Ueli Steck

The video of Ueli Steck and his speed ascent of Shisha Pangma (8027m), Tibet

22/04/2011 - Climbing

Melloblocco #1, Copper skies above Monolith by Popi Miotti

Giuseppe 'Popi' Miotti, the visions of a climber in Val Masino – Val di Mello and the distant vertical galaxies of pure granite.

22/04/2011 - Alpinism

Hervé Barmasse, the new Matterhorn route and the exploration of the Alps

On 9 April, after 4 days on the wall and three bivvies, Hervé Barmasse reached the summit of Picco Muzio via a new 700m route up the great pillar located on the South Face. This is the first stage in a trilogy to explore the Alps during which Barmasse plans...

19/04/2011 - Events

Piolet d'Or 2011, winners, diversity and the challenges of alpinism

Two Piolets d'Or were awarded on 15 April in Chamonix, France, during the IXX Piolet d'Or 2011: to the Greenland Big Walls by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse, Ben Ditto and Bob Shepton and to the ascent up Mount Logan in Canada by Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama from...