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25/08/2011 - Alpinism
Slovenians make first ascent of Xuelian North-East, China At the end of July Slovene climbers Ales Holc, Peter Juvan and Igor Kremser made the first ascent of on Xuelian North-East (6249m), in the Xuelian Feng range, Tien Shan, China via their route Arête of Trust (ED2, AI5, M5+).
25/08/2011 - Climbing
Neil Dyer adds Megalopa 8c+ to Lower Pen Trwyn, Wales British climber Neil Dyer has added two important new sport climbs to North Wales limestone, namely Megalopa F8c+ at Lower Pen Trwyn on the Great Orme and The Brute 8b at the Diamond on the nearby Little Orme.
24/08/2011 - Alpinism
Pik Pobeda and Peak Prezhevalskogo, new routes in Kyrgystan for Urubko, Durov and Dedeshko In Kyrgystan Denis Urubko has established a new route up Peak Prezhevalskogo (6240m) together with Boris Dedeshko as well as a new route up Pik Pobeda, 7439m along with Gennadiy Durov.
23/08/2011 - Alpinism
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner summits K2! At 18:18 local time Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner from Austria reached the summit of K2. In doing so she has become the first woman in the world to climb all fourteen 8000m peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen.
23/08/2011 - Competitions
Bouldering World Cup 2011 won by Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr The final stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2011 took place in Munich, Germanuy last weekend and was won by Mina Markovic and Dmitry Sharafutdinov. Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr won the overall World Cup 2011.
18/08/2011 - Alpinism
Alaska, Denali - Cassin Ridge video Video by Jonathan Griffith of his fast Cassin Ridge ascent up Denali in Alaska together with Will Sim.
15/08/2011 - Climbing
The Shining, new multi-pitch by Trotter and Caldwell Sonnie Trotter and Tommy Caldwell have recently sent The Shining 5.13c/d at Mount Louie in Canada.
15/08/2011 - Climbing
Dean Potter highlining above Yosemite Falls Video of American climber Dean Potter slacklining above Yosemite Falls, Yosemite, USA.
10/08/2011 - Alpinism
Ulina smer, major new route on Triglav Tomaz Jakofcic and Tina Di Batista have established Ulina smer (IX, 1000m), a major new route up the North Face of Triglav, Slovenia.
09/08/2011 - Climbing
Crepo Longo, sport climbing in the Dolomites Crepo Longo, a new crag on Mount Faloria above Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites, with 20 routes from 4a - 6c.
06/08/2011 - Alpinism
Hervé Barmasse, Iker and Eneko Pou and the new Brouillard route up Mont Blanc Interview with Hervé Barmasse, Iker and Eneko Pou after La Classica Moderna' the new route the trio esablished up the Left Pillar of Brouillard on Mont Blanc.
05/08/2011 - Climbing
Adam Ondra hits Margalef Adam Ondra climbed in Margalef, Spain, for a week where he repeated Coma Sant Pere 8c+ and Era Bella and Gancho Perfecto 9a. Vojtech Vrzba provides the details.
03/08/2011 - Alpinism
Dent du Géant - Mont Blanc The Dent du Geant (4013m), a great classic in the Mont Blanc range, introduced by Gianni Lanza.
03/08/2011 - Climbing
New faces at the IFSC Athletes Commission Sasha DiGiulian, Sean McColl, Alex Puccio and Gareth Parry have been elected into the Athletes Commission of the International Federation of Sport Climbing.
03/08/2011 - Climbing
Matic Obid, a summer climbing in Slovenia and Croatia Slovenian climber Matic Obid has repeated a series of routes, from the Site rock face in the Julian Alps to Paklenica in Croatia, via Mont Blanc and also his first 8c at Sezana in Slovenia.
02/08/2011 - Climbing
La steLLa e la luna, Rocca Ramosa, Sicily La steLLa e la luna (110m, 6b+) established by Giorgio Iurato il 23-24/04/2011 on Rocca Ramosa, Sicily.
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