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06/10/2011 - Climbing
Mayan Smith-Gobat climbs The Salathé Wall on El Capitan New Zealand climber Mayan Smith-Gobat has successfully free climbed The Salathé Wall up El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.
06/10/2011 - Alpinism
Meru Shark's Fin, success for Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk American alpinists Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin and Renan Ozturk have successfully climbed a direct new route via the Shark's Fin on the NW face of Meru (6310m) in India's Garhwal Himalaya.
05/10/2011 - Climbing
The Rock Bottom Line, the longest sport climb in the UK In Twll Mawr in the Dinorwig slate quarry in Wales Ian Lloyd-Jones and Sion McGuinness have established The Rock Bottom Line (130m, 7b+).
04/10/2011 - Competitions
Jakob Schubert and Jain Kim dominate in Puurs The 5th stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 took place in Puurs, belgium last weekend and was won by Jakob Schubert from Austria and Jain Kim from Korea.
04/10/2011 - Interviews
Alex Honnold, the Yosemite Heaven and Cosmic Debris solo interview Interview with American climber Alex Honnold after his recent solo ascents of Heaven, Alien and Cosmic Debris in Yosemite, USA
03/10/2011 - Alpinism
Hansjörg Auer, new route Bruderliebe on the Marmolada, Dolomites Interview with Hansjörg Auer after the first ascent of Bruderliebe (800m/8b/b+) up the South Face of the Marmolada in the Dolomites.
29/09/2011 - Climbing
Whittaker and Randall take on America's biggest offwidths Pete Whittaker and Tom Randall are touring the USA, where at Vedauwoo Whittaker on-sighted the offwidth Lucille 5.13a.
28/09/2011 - Alpinism
Matterhorn, via Bonatti in 7 hours 14 minutes by Aufdenblatten and Lerjen-Demjen On 27/09/2011 the Swiss alpinists Patrick Aufdenblatten and Michael Lerjen-Demjen climbed the North Face of the Matterhorn via the Bonatti Diretissima (ED+ 1200m) in 7 hours 14 minutes.
28/09/2011 - Alpinism
Sasser Kangri II first ascent by Richey, Swenson and Wilkinson In summer 2011 American alpinists Mark Richey, Steve Swenson and Freddie Wilkinson summited the second highest unclimbed mountain in the world, Sasser Kangri II (7518m). Trip report and questions with Steve Swenson
28/09/2011 - Alpinism
Kyrgyzstan, Djangart new routes by Danish expedition Danish alpinist Kristoffer Szilas reports about his expedition to the Djangart Region in Kyrgyzstan which resulted in four new routes.
27/09/2011 - Climbing
Alex Honnold solos in Yosemite In Yosemite Alex Honnold has soled Cosmic Debris 8a, Heaven 7c and Alien 7b.
26/09/2011 - Climbing
Sasha DiGiulian rocks Rodellar, Bielsa and Margalef Interview with Sasha DiGiulian after her recent spate of hard routes in Rodellar, Bielsa and Margalef in Spain.
22/09/2011 - Book-press
2011 Rowell Award for the Art of Adventure Applications for 2011 Rowell Award nominations are accepted by the American Alpine Club until November 15, 2011.
21/09/2011 - Alpinism
Andreas Fransson and the Denali South Face ski descent Interview with Swedish extreme skier Andreas Fransson after the first ski descent of the South Face of Denali, Alaska.
20/09/2011 - Interviews
Arnaud Petit spills the beans about Black Bean, Ceuse Interview with French climber Arnaud Petit after his greenpoint, ie trad ascent, of the 8b sport climb Black Bean at Ceuse in France.
20/09/2011 - Book-press
Emilio Previtali, The STORY.teller A new story written by Emilio Previtali to present his latest project: the The North Face STORY.teller yearbook, a book distributed by The North Face which recounts the stories, thoughts and adventures of his fellow Team TNF members.
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