568 News found
09/02/2012 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre bolt chopping, the debate in Italy With regards to the bolt chopping on Cerro Torre's Compressor route, we have received and published the views of Stefano Lovison, shared by numerous Italian alpinists.
08/02/2012 - Alpinism
Dani Arnold repeats The Hurting in Scotland Swiss alpinist Dani Arnold has repeated The Hurting XI 11 at Coire an t-Sneachda in Scotland.
31/01/2012 - Alpinism
Don't die of Ignorance, first repeat on Ben Nevis by Boswell and Dunn On 29/01/2012 Greg Boswell and James Dunn made the coveted second ascent of Don't die of Ignorance, XI,11, Ben Nevis, Scotland.
03/01/2012 - Events
Jungfrau illuminated to celebrate mountain railway centenary The North Face of the Jungfrau (4158m) in Switzerland is currently being illuminated to celebrate the centenary of the Jungfrau Railway.
30/12/2011 - Alpinism
Torre Egger, Norwegians climb new route in Patagonia In December 2011 the Norwegians Bjørn-Eivind Aartun and Ole Lied established a new route up the south face of Torre Egger 2850m, Patagonia.
23/12/2011 - Interviews
Johnny Dawes - the rock climbing interview Interview with Johnny Dawes, one of the most talented and influential British climbers of all times.
12/12/2011 - Alpinism
Cerro Standhardt El Caracol, new route in Patagonia by Colin Haley and Jorge Ackerman At the start of December Colin Haley and Jorge Ackerman completed a new route up Aguja Standhardt in Patagonia: El Caracol (500m, 5.9, A1+, M4). On 7 December Haley soloed Aguja Innominata via the Anglo-American route 400m 6c (6b+ A0).
28/11/2011 - Climbing
The Long Hope route - video Video of Dave MacLeod on The Long Hope Route at St John's Head, Hoy, Orkneys, Scotland.
18/10/2011 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama climbs Italian trad During a brief trip to Italy the Japanese climber Yuji Hirayama visited the crags Discoteca, Cadarese, Valle dell'Orco and Balmanolesca in search of Italian trad.
18/10/2011 - Alpinism
An instant, and everything changes For the first time since the accident, Xenia Minder talks to Le Temps about her drama after falling in the mountains and dragging down her life partner, Erhard Loretan.
02/09/2011 - Alpinism
Via del 149°, new route on Monte Disgrazia, Central Alps On Sunday 21 August two teams comprised of Michele Comi, Luca Maspes, Stefano Mogavero and Popi Miotti made the first ascent of "Via del 149°" up the hitherto unclimbed SE spur of the eastern pre-summit of Monte Disgrazia 3483m (Valtellina, Central Alps) as a foretaste to next year's celebrations for...
31/08/2011 - Climbing
Dave MacLeod frees Bongo Bar on Blåmann in Norway Dave MacLeod has made the first free ascent of Bongo Bar (400m 8a) on Blamann, island of Kvaløya in Norway.
19/07/2011 - Competitions
ParaClimbing World Championship, all the Lead winners in Arco The Lead event capped the first edition of the IFSC ParaClimbing World Championship in Arco.
19/07/2011 - Competitions
World Climbing Championship in Arco as seen by PlanetMountain The Planetmountain team is at the IFSC World Championship in Arco: our live reports, our videos and the unbelievable photos by Giulio Malfer and Anna Piunova.
18/07/2011 - Competitions
ParaClimbing Speed World Championship The first ParaClimbing Speed World Championship took place in Arco today. 33 athletes from 11 different countries took part in the event.
14/07/2011 - Competitions
IFSC World Championship in Arco a 10 day climbing celebration The IFSC World Championship kicks off in Arco and expectations for this great sport event are simply enormous.
Expo / News
Expo / Products
Climbing Technology Climbing Technology Altimate - harness for ski touring and technical mountaineering
Innovative double configuration modular harness designed for ski touring and technical mountaineering.
25 Liter backpack with avalanche bag
Lightweight skitouring and mountaineering harness by Singing Rock.
The world’s lightest – and most technically advanced – high altitude mountaineering boots.
Ocun Diamond S climbing shoes designed for maximum performance, comfort, and precision
Revolutionary fast & light mountaineering boot SCARPA RIBELLE TECH 3 HD, with superior waterproof and breathable protection thanks to HDry technology.