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The video of Hansjörg Auer and much mayr making the first ascent of the Mayr/Auer route up the Kastenwand, Pinnistal, Austria.

On 23/12/2013 Austrian alpinists Hansjörg Auer and much mayr made the possible first winter ascent of the N Face of Hahlkogel (2655m) in the Ötztal Alps.

Diego Pezzoli recounts his recent of the aid climb Atlantis (400m, A1+/A2, 8-/8) up the Blamann Wall, Kvaløya Island, Norway.

Austrian alpinists Hansjörg Auer and much mayr have made the first ascent of the Mayr/Auer route up the Kastenwand, Pinnistal, Austria.

The thoughts about alpinism in Patagonia by Hansjörg Auer who this season, apart from establishing a new route up Aguja Guillaumet with Mario Walder, suddenly had to battle hard against the infamous Patagonian storms.

Part 2 - from July to December - of what happened in alpinism and climbing in 2012.

Austrian climbers Hansjörg Auer and much mayr have made the first free ascent of L'ultimo dei paracadutisti (8b+, 750m), the superb route established by Mariano Frizzera, Paolo Leoni and Graziano Maffei up the South Face of the Marmolada, Dolomites.

On 2 August 2011 Italian climber Mario Prinoth carried out a rare repeat of Silbergeier (8b/8b+, 240m) in the Rätikon, Switzerland, while on 25 May he had managed to on-sight the via Battisti - Weiss (400m, max 8a+) on Spiz...

Dave MacLeod has made the first free ascent of Bongo Bar (400m 8a) on Blamann in Norway.

The Austrians Hansjörg Auer and much mayr have established Tingeling (400m 7c+), a new free enchainement up the massive granite Blamann tower. Due to prohibitive conditions the route still awaits its first continuous redpoint ascent.

Diary extract and interview with Hansjörg Auer after the first ascent of Waiting for Godot, Central Tower Torres del Paine, Patagonia, carried out with much mayr from Austria.

Hansjörg Auer and much mayr have recently returned from their trip to Patagonia where despite terrible weather conditions they managed to forge "Waiting for Godot" (750m, 7b) along the East Face of Central Tower to the Col which separates the...

An intense couple of months for Hansjörg Auer: together with Thomas Schreiber he recently carried out the first ascent of Silberschrei on Sass de la Crusc in the Dolomites, before a lightening fast trip to England with much mayr which...

Hansjörg Auer and much mayr have carried out the first ascent of "Fata Morgana" (F7c, 800m) up the S Face of Jebel Misht, Oman.

Five weeks climbing in Yosemite resulted in, amongst others, a repeat of El Nino (5.13d) on El Capitan.