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27/09/2017 - Climbing
Silvestro Franchini climbs difficult new crack in Val Genova Italian mountain guide Silvestro Franchini (30) reports about the first ascent of 'Fessura del Caret', a difficult new crack climb in Val di Genova within the Adamello - Brenta Natural Park.

13/09/2017 - Alpinism
Markus Pucher on Aguja Guillaumet in Patagonia: I gave it everything Austrian alpinist Markus Pucher talks about the first winter solo ascent of Aguja Guillaumet (2579 m), carried out in Patagonia on 8 September 2017.

10/09/2017 - Alpinism
Spaniards claim two new climbs and one first free ascent in Peru The brothers Iker Pou and Eneko Pou, together with Manu Ponce and Pedro Galán, have made the first ascent of two new rock climbs in Peru: Yaku Mama (7a+ / 185 m) next to the Gocta Falls in Amazonia, and Zerain 8a / 860 m in the valley of Quebrada...

28/08/2017 - Competitions
Adam Ondra and Julia Chanourdie win Arco Rock Master 2017 The 31st Arco Rock Master Trophy was won using the Duel formula on 26 August 2017 by Adam Ondra and Julia Chanourdie. A few hours earlier the fourth stage of the Lead World Cup was won by Jakob Schubert and Jain Kim, while the Speed World Cup was won by...

21/08/2017 - Competitions
Shauna Coxsey, Jongwon Chon win Bouldering World Cup 2017, Stasa Gejo, Jan Hojer crowned European Champions The last stage of the Boulder World Cup 2017 was won on Saturday by Germany’s Jan Hojer and Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret. Britain’s Shauna Coxsey and South Korea’s Jongwon Chon won the overall Bouldering World Cup 2017, while the European Championship was won by Serbia’s Stasa Gejo and Jan Hojer. All...

15/08/2017 - Climbing
Free to climb - the discovery of rock climbing at Arco, part 2 The second and final episode about the history of sport climbing at Arco, taken from the book 'Rock Master, Climbing at Arco'.

04/08/2017 - Alpinism
Federica Mingolla climbs Vertical Chimera on Civetta, Dolomites Federica Mingolla and Francesco Rigon have repeated Chimera Verticale (IX, 600m + initial pedestal), the difficult alpine climb up the NW Face of Civetta (Dolomites) first ascended by Alessandro Baù, Daniele Geremia, Alessandro Beber and Luca Matteraglia.

30/07/2017 - Competitions
Janja Garnbret and Romain Desgranges brilliant at Briançon On Saturday 29 July 2017 Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret and France’s Romain Desgranges won the third stage of the Lead World Cup 2017 at Briançon in France.

14/07/2017 - Competitions
Lead World Cup 2017: Marcello Bombardi and Janja Garnbret win in Chamonix The second stage of the Lead World Cup 2017 was won last night at Chamonix by Marcello Bombardi from Italy and Janja Garnbret from Slovenia.

13/07/2017 - Competitions
Christian Maurer wins Red Bull X-Alps 2017 for fifth consecutive victory At 10:53 am today the 34-year-old Swissman Christian Maurer won the Red Bull X-Alps 2017 for the fifth time running, while France’s Benoit Outters placed second. Maurer needed 11 days, 23 hours and 23 minutes to paraglide and walk across the Alps from Salzburg to Austria all the way to...

11/07/2017 - Competitions
Janja Garnbret and Romain Desgranges win at Villars in Switzerland The first stage of the Lead World Cup 2017 was won on Saturday 8 July by Janja Garnbret and Romain Desgranges. The third stage of the Speed World Cup was won the previous evening by Anouck Jaubert and Reza Alipourshenazandifar.

09/07/2017 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2017: Christian Maurer reaches the Matterhorn, Gaspard Petiot retires from race At the start of the eighth day of the Red Bull X-Alps 2017, Switzerland’s Christian Maurer reached the last turnpoint at the Matterhorn and is now heading towards the finish line at Monaco. Yesterday his strongest rival, France’s Gaspard Petiot, was forced to abandon the competition.

07/07/2017 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2017: Gaspard Petiot celebrates comeback On day 6 of the great flight across the Alps France’s Gaspard Petiot has managed to reduce the gap between race leader Christian Maurer from Switzerland.

06/07/2017 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2017: Maurer leads at Monte Baldo, Durogati forced to retire Switzerland’s Christian Maurer continues his lonely lead and a massive flight has taken him to the Turnpoint at Monte Baldo (Italy). France’s Gaspard Petiot trails in second place, Austria’s Paul Guschlbauer is currently third. Unfortunately this morning Italy’s Aaron Durogati was forced to pull out of the race due to...

03/07/2017 - Alpinism
Marek Raganowicz / Baffin Island big wall interview Interview with Polish climber Marek Raganowicz after his solo first ascents of MantraMandala (A3) and Secret of Silence (A4), two difficult big wall climb up the Ship's Prow on Scott Island, Baffin Island, Canada.

02/07/2017 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2017: the great adventure begins The eighth edition of the Red Bull X-Alps started in Salzburg, Austria this morning. 31 athletes will take part in this incredible 1138km traverse across the Alps by paraglider or on foot. Italian Aaron Durogati explains in the following video what lies in store.
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