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Stefano Ghisolfi frees Dingo at Finale, Italy
15/02/2016 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi frees Dingo at Finale, Italy
At the crag Monte Sordo in Finale Ligure, Italy, Stefano Ghisolfi has made the first ascent of Dingo. The Turin-based climber suggests 8c+ for this project bolted by Andrea Gallo in 1992.
Cerro Torre SE Ridge, or Compressor route: the ascent by Matteo Della Bordella and Silvan Schüpbach
04/02/2016 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre SE Ridge, or Compressor route: the ascent by Matteo Della Bordella and Silvan Schüpbach
From 30 - 31 January 2016 Italy’s Matteo Della Bordella and Switzerland’s Silvan Schüpbach climbed the SE Ridge (Compressor Route) of Cerro Torre (Patagonia). After the bolts were chopped by Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk in January 2012, this is...
Valle dell'Orco, Rolando Larcher climbs new granite on Torre di Aimonin
01/02/2016 - Climbing
Valle dell'Orco, Rolando Larcher climbs new granite on Torre di Aimonin
Rolando Larcher recounts the beauty of trad climbing in Italy's Valle dell'Orco: the video (by Riky Felderer) and the report of two new rock climbs on Torre di Aimonin: "Cani & Gatti" (8a+), first ascended with a mix of trad...
Trad climbing at Balmanolesca, Italy
29/01/2016 - Climbing
Trad climbing at Balmanolesca, Italy
Maurizio Oviglia introduces trad crack climbing at Balmanolesca, Italy.
Chris Sharma boulders hard at Cova de Ocell
05/01/2016 - Climbing
Chris Sharma boulders hard at Cova de Ocell
At Cova de Ocell close to Barcelona in Spain Chris Sharma has freed a difficult boulder problem he has described as the "Catalan Witness the Fitness."
Janja Garnbret flashes second 8c at Santa Linya
03/01/2016 - Climbing
Janja Garnbret flashes second 8c at Santa Linya
At Santa Linya in Spain 16-year-old sports climber Janja Garnbret has flashed La Fabelita, her second 8c. On the same day she onsighted an 8a+ and an 8b.
Roland Hemetzberger frees Stefan Fürst desperate at Achleiten
26/12/2015 - Climbing
Roland Hemetzberger frees Stefan Fürst desperate at Achleiten
On Friday 25 December 2015 Roland Hemetzberger freed an old project of Stefan Fürst at Achleiten in Austria, for which he suggests the grade 9a+.
Alex Luger unwraps The Gift on Drusenfluh in Rätikon
19/12/2015 - Climbing
Alex Luger unwraps The Gift on Drusenfluh in Rätikon
In August 2015 on the Drusenfluh the Rätikon massif in Austria Alexander Luger made the first ascent of The Gift (8c, 350m).
Never the Same, first free ascent on Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar by Polo, Gorobey and Giuliberti
17/12/2015 - Climbing
Never the Same, first free ascent on Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar by Polo, Gorobey and Giuliberti
Andrea Polo, Gabriele Gorobey and Carlo Giuliberti retrace this September’s first free ascent of Never the Same up Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar. The three were accompanied by Marco Sterni who, in 1998, had made the first ascent of this multi-pitch...
Simone Tentori boulders hard at Magic Wood and Val Masino
17/12/2015 - Climbing
Simone Tentori boulders hard at Magic Wood and Val Masino
The video by Achille Mauri featuring the last 5 months of Simone Tentori, during which th e young Italian climber managed to send the 8B boulder problem Riverbed at Magic Wood in Switzerland...
Annalisa De Marco and the disarming lightness of bouldering
15/12/2015 - Interviews
Annalisa De Marco and the disarming lightness of bouldering
Interview with talented Italian climber Annalisa De Marco who, on only her third attempt, sent Disney Production, an 8a+ boulder problem at Brione, Canton Ticino, Switzerland.
Gabriele Moroni claims Maestri di Vita at Metanodotto
11/12/2015 - Climbing
Gabriele Moroni claims Maestri di Vita at Metanodotto
Italian rock climber Gabriele Moroni has made the first ascent of Maestri di Vita, Life Masters, a difficult and dangerous trad climb at Metanodotto in the Aosta Valley.
Giorgia Tesio sends Noi 8b+ at Andonno
05/12/2015 - Climbing
Giorgia Tesio sends Noi 8b+ at Andonno
At Andonno in Italy Giorgia Tesio has repeated Noi, the historic sports climb freed by Andrea Gallo graded 8b+.
Yosemite Secret Passage repeated by Pete Whittaker and Dan McManus
03/12/2015 - Climbing
Yosemite Secret Passage repeated by Pete Whittaker and Dan McManus
British rock climbers Pete Whittaker and Dan McManus have made the first repeat of The Secret Passage, the 5.13c (8a+) climb on El Capitan established ground-up in 2008 by Nicolas Favresse and Sean Villanueva.
Beat Kammerlander attempts his Kampfzone project in the Rätikon
26/11/2015 - Climbing
Beat Kammerlander attempts his Kampfzone project in the Rätikon
The video of Austrian climber Beat Kammerlander attempting his cutting-edge new multi-pitch route Kampfzone, currently a project high up in the Rätikon mountain range.
Stefano Carnati climbs Coup de Grace 9a in Val Bavona, Switzerland
16/11/2015 - Climbing
Stefano Carnati climbs Coup de Grace 9a in Val Bavona, Switzerland
17-year-old climber Stefano Carnati from Italy has redpointed his first 9a sports climb, Coup de Grace in Val Bavona, Switzerland.

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