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10/10/2024 - Events
Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024 awarded to Shane Gross for The Swarm of Life The 60th edition of Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the most important award dedicated to nature photography promoted by the Natural History Museum of London, has been won by Shane Gross of Canada for his photo of a mass of western toad tadpoles swimming below lily pads in Cedar Lake.
09/10/2024 - Climbing
Laura Pineau grabs Greenspit in Valle dell'Orco French climber Laura Pineau has repeated 'Greenspit' in Valle dell'Orco, Italy. First ascended by Didier Berthod over 20 years ago, this coveted crack climb had been climbed only once before by a woman, by Barbara Zangerl in 2020. Pineau reports of the 'magical day', during which Giacomo Meliffi also sent...
03/10/2024 - Environment
Dinosaur footprint boulder vandalised below Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Dolomites) with 'Tourists go home' graffiti A boulder at the foot of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Dolomites) was vandalised with the graffiti "Tourists go home".
01/10/2024 - Alpinism
Japanese success on virgin West Face of Thui II in Pakistan Japanese climbers Kei Narita, Yuu Nishida and Yudai Suzuki have made the first ascent of the West Face of Thui II (6523m) in Pakistan. 'Spider’s Thread' (ED+, M7, A2, 1450m) was climbed alpine style over a period of 4 days and is likely to be only the second ascent of...
26/09/2024 - Climbing
Laura Rogora redpoints Goldrake (9a+) and onsights Jedi (8b) at Cornalba The 23-year-old Italian climber Laura Rogora has made the first female ascent of Goldrake (9a+) at Cornalba, Italy, and onsighted Jedi (8b).
09/09/2024 - Alpinism
Odissea Borealis, the new Greenland big wall by Matteo Della Bordella, Alex Gammeter, Silvan Schüpbach, Symon Welfringer The preliminary details of the climbing expedition to Greenland by Matteo Della Bordella, Symon Welfringer, Silvan Schüpbach and Alex Gammeter, which resulted in the first ascent of 'Odissea Borealis' (1200m, 35 pitches, 7b) on the hitherto unclimbed NW Face of Drøneren
25/08/2024 - Climbing
The Crux, inside the world of competition climbing Watch the first two episodes of 'The Crux', a four-part series documenting the journey of the world’s most elite climbers. Starring in the first two episodes are Paris 2024 Olympic champions Janja Garnbret of Slovenia and Toby Roberts of Great Britain, while additional storylines also follow the paths of young...
23/08/2024 - Climbing
Alex Megos climbs Change (9b+) at Flatanger in just 5 days German climber Alexander Megos has repeated Change, the 9b+ at Flatanger in Norway established by Adam Ondra in 2012 and hitherto repeated by only Stefano Ghisolfi in 2020 and Seb Bouin in 2022.
21/08/2024 - Alpinism
New big wall climbed by fair means on virgin Drøneren in Greenland In Greenland Matteo Della Bordella, Symon Welfringer, Silvan Schüpbach and Alex Gammeter have succeeded in establishing a new route on the previously unclimbed northwest face of Drøneren: 1200 meters, 35 pitches, maximum difficulty 7b. The peak, located about 300 kilometers south of Tasiilaq on the island's southeast coast, was reached...
16/08/2024 - Alpinism
Cric e Croc, new rock climb on Rognon Vaudano below Dent du Géant (Mont Blanc massif) Italian mountain guides Niccolò Bruni and Gianluca Marra, together with Giovanna Mongilardi, have made the first ascent of 'Cric e Croc'. The 6-pitch rock climb is graded 6b+ max and is located on Rognon Vaudano, the cliff located below Dent du Géant in the Mont Blanc massif dedicated to Davide...
15/08/2024 - Climbing
Devotion: Jakob Schubert's journey to the apex of sport climbing Jakob Schubert is in a class of his own: two Olympic bronze medals, six world championship titles and the highest level of difficulty ever mastered in lead climbing and bouldering. Here's the path that got him there.
10/08/2024 - Competitions
Janja Garnbret grabs gold in Paris 2024 Olympic Games! 
09/08/2024 - Competitions
Toby Roberts wins Gold! Combined Boulder & Lead Olympic Champion at Paris 2024 19-year-old Brit Toby Roberts has won the Combined Boulder & Lead at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Toby Roberts gold, Sorato Anraku silver, Jakob Schubert bronze
1. Toby Roberts 2. Sorato Anraku 3. Jakob Schubert 4. Colin Duffy 5. Hamish McArthur 6. Adam Ondra 7. Alberto Ginés Lopez 8. Paul Jenft
08/08/2024 - Competitions
Veddriq Leonardo wins Speed Climbing at Paris 2024 Olympic Games 
07/08/2024 - Competitions
Aleksandra Mirosław wins Speed Climbing's historic first gold at Paris 2024! 
06/08/2024 - Competitions
Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 2, Women's Boulder & Men's Speed Tuesday 6 August: all latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Janja Garnbret leads the provisional ranking with 99.6 points. Home-favourite Orianne Bertone blows the roof off and places second, ahead of Brooke Raboutou
Speed: Sam Watson sets new world record 4.75 seconds.
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