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09/06/2017 - Climbing
Midnight Lightning, the legendary boulder problem in Yosemite The video of David Sjöquist climbing Midnight Lightning in Yosemite, USA, one of the most famous boulder problems in the world first climbed in 1978 by Ron Kauk. The first episode of the series The Classics | Boulder.

09/11/2016 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Tsirku, skiing and snowboarding’s final frontier The three episodes of 'Tsirku', ie skiing and snowboarding that defy imagination above the Tsirku Glacier in Canada, featuring Ralph Backstrom, Hadley Hammer and Samuel Anthamatten.

30/08/2016 - Climbing
Alexander Megos dashes up Dreamcatcher at Squamish in Canada Interview with Alexander Megos who recently made the fourth ascent of Dreamcatcher at Squamish in Canada, the famous 9a sport climb freed by Chris Sharma in 2005.

26/08/2015 - Alpinism
Mount Waddington SW Buttress first ascent by Papert, McSorley and Mayan Smith-Gobat On 18 and 19 August 2015 Paul McSorley, Mayan Smith-Gobat and Ines Papert made the first ascent of South West Buttress of Mt. Waddington's NW Summit.

29/06/2015 - Alpinism
Alaska Mount Lucifer: John Frieh and Doug Shepherd climb Agua Sin Gas In May 2015 John Frieh and Doug Shepherd made the first ascent of "Agua Sin Gas" (III WI4/steep snow) up the North Face of Mount Lucifer in Alaska. The trip report by John Frieh.

20/02/2015 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2015 and the big list of 58 climbs 58 ascents carried out in 2014 have been included in the "Big list" of the Piolets d'Or, the most prestigious mountaineering award that will be celebrated between 9 - 12 April, 2015 at Courmayeur and Chamonix, at the foot of...

01/12/2014 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Mica to Greenland, the video by The North Face The video Mica to Greenland by The North Face, with the snowboarders and freeriders Lucas Debari, Johnny Collinson, Hilaree O'Neill and Ralph Backstrom.

24/04/2014 - Events
Less than a week to Melloblocco! The 11th Melloblocco begins on 1 May 2014. Over 1700 climbers have pre-registered for the world's most international bouldering meeting that will take place in Valmasino - Val di Mello, Italy, until 4 May 2014.

10/02/2014 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2014, the big list The complete list of all 2013 ascents taken into consideration by the Piolets d'Or, from which the choice of nominees for the Piolets d'Or 2014 will be made.

17/01/2014 - Competitions
Courmayeur heralds start of Freeride World Tour 2014 today The first stage of the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face 2014 kicks off at 10:30am this morning at Courmayeur, Italy. The six-stage freeride competition will take place on a new race course and can be followed in...

26/11/2013 - Alpinism
Tierra de Condores, the route up Ritacuba Blanco in columbia In February 2010 Helmut Gargitter, Simon Kehrer, Gonzalez Rubio and Ivan Calderon made the first ascent of Tierra de Condors (7a+, 800m), a new route up Ritacuba Blanco (5350m) in Colombia.

07/05/2013 - Climbing
Midnight Lightning bolt, the icon of free climbing in Yosemite disappears for a day Last week the famous "lightening bolt" on Midnight Lightning in Yosemite Valley disappeared before reappearing the next day.

05/05/2013 - Events
Melloblocco 2013: day ten, goodbye to the Valley 5/05/2013. The last day of the 10th Melloblocco. 10 days of climbing and bouldering to reaffirm the indissoluble bond between Val Masino - Val di Mello and the Melloblockers. All 2,000 climbers have promised to return next year.

30/04/2013 - Events
Melloblocco 2013, today the special evening dedicated to Valle di Mello While the bouldering continues, expectations are high for this evening's show dedicated to Val di Mello and its climbing. The evening kicks off with Patabang, the film by Andrea Frigerio and continues with the presentation of MitoMello, the guidebook written...

28/04/2013 - Climbing
Melloblocco 2013 – day three: bouldering calm Sunday 28/04/2013. Climbing in all its forms hallmarked day 3 of Melloblocco, the world's largest international climbing and bouldering meeting in Val di Mello – Val Masino. Despite the rain people climbed and took part in a thousand different ways...

27/10/2012 - Alpinism
Helmcken Falls and the Gadd Spray Ice video The video of Will Gadd climbing up Spray Ice at the Helmcken Falls in Canada.
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