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03/11/2013 - Competitions
Adam Ondra and Jain Kim victorious in Valence The seventh and penultimate stage of the Lead World Cup 2013 was won last night by Adam Ondra from the Czech Republic and Jain Kim from Korea

03/11/2013 - Climbing
Pete Whittaker and the Baron Greenback video The video of Pete Whittaker making the first ascent of Baron Greenback E9/10 7a, Wimberry, UK.

02/11/2013 - Climbing
Andrea Polo climbs The Core 8c+ at Medveja in Croatia On 31 October 2013 Italian climber Andrea Polo carried out the first repeat of The Core 8c+ at the crag Medveja in Croatia.

01/11/2013 - Climbing
Bouldering in the Grampians: the video The video of the boulder problems put up by Mike and Dave Kellermann, Mikey Forward and Sophie Vivian in the Grampians, Australia.

01/11/2013 - Competitions
Lead World Cup 2013 - Valence live The 7th stage of the Lead World Cup 2013 is about to begin at Valence in France.

31/10/2013 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Happy Winter, extreme skiing with Andreas Fransson The video Happy Winter produced by Bjarne Salén about Andreas Fransson and his extreme skiing.

30/10/2013 - Climbing
Adam Ondra single day Frankenjura 9a hattrick On 28 October 2013 Adam Ondra climbed three 9a's in a day in Germany's Frankenjura: The Elder Statesman, The House of Shock and Sever the Wicked Hand.

30/10/2013 - Alpinism
Gauri Shankar, first ascent of the south face by the Pamalade team On 23 October the French alpinists Mathieu Détrie, Mathieu Maynadier, Pierre Labbre and Jérôme Para made the first ascent of the virgin south Face of Gauri Shankar (7134m) in the Rolwaling Himal, located on the border between Nepal and Tibet.

29/10/2013 - Alpinism
Annapurna: Graziani and Benoist are safe and have been evacuated to Kathmandu The two French climbers Yannick Graziani and Stephane Benoist who reached the summit of Annapurna via the south face on October 24th have been taken by helicopter to Kathmandu. Benoist is reported to have suffered frostbite. They may be back...

26/10/2013 - Alpinism
Annapurna south face, Yannick Graziani and Stephane Benoist’s reported ascent Last Thursday 24 October the French guides Yannick Graziani and Stephane Benoist are reported to have climbed the south face of Annapurna, repeating the route climbed by Ueli Steck on 9 October. This news, reported on many specialised web sites,...

25/10/2013 - Climbing
Powerdab M13 at The Works for Greg Boswell Last weekend the Scottish climber Greg Boswell made the first dry tooling ascent of Powerdab at The Works (Lake District, Great Britain) to establish the UK’s second M13.

25/10/2013 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Steps - A journey to the edge of climate change The Ride Greener documentary is the first climate friendly snowboard and ski movie of its kind.

24/10/2013 - Alpinism
Superdad, new route up Punta Malanotte in the Cozie Alps In summer 2013 Fabio Ventre and his father Mauro made the first ascent of Superdad (120m, 5c) up Punta Malanotte in the Cozie Alps.

23/10/2013 - Alpinism
Kishtwar Kailash: first ascent by Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden In October 2013 British alpinists Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden made the first ascent of Kishtwar Kailash (6,451m), Indian Himalaya.

22/10/2013 - Climbing
Jorg Verhoeven: Freerider rope solo up El Capitan in Yosemite Dutch rock climber Jorg Verhoeven talks about his recent solitary ascent of 5.13a up El Capitan, Yosemite.

21/10/2013 - Climbing
La Sportiva Sardinia Block Scouting La Sportiva athletes discover Sardinia’s unexplored blocks
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