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Monte Rosa: twenty years of research by Ferrino
15/08/2014 - Alpinism
Monte Rosa: twenty years of research by Ferrino
The Ferrino High-lab, located at an altitude of 3585m of the Valle d'Aosta side on Monte Rosa, celebrates 20 years. It is the highest laboratory in Italy. And it is up there that the company from Turin, the market leader for mountain outdoor products (and more), tests its tents and...
Muzzerone Parete Centrale climbing ban
11/08/2014 - Climbing
Muzzerone Parete Centrale climbing ban
As of 6/08/2014 the Comune di Porto Venere (La Spezia) has prohibited climbing on and access to Parete Centrale, Monte Muzzerone.
Biographie at Céüse climbed by Sachi Amma and Adam Ondra
09/08/2014 - Climbing
Biographie at Céüse climbed by Sachi Amma and Adam Ondra
Sachi Amma and Adam Ondra have repeated Biographie 9a+ at Ceuse in France.
Then and now: the Lecco route on Grand Capucin
03/08/2014 - Alpinism
Then and now: the Lecco route on Grand Capucin
Matteo Della Bordella and Arianna Colliard and the ascent of the Lecco route up the SE Face of Grand Capucin, put up in 1968 by the Ragni di Lecco climbers Aldo Anghileri, Guerino Cariboni, Casimiro Ferrari, Carlo Mauri and Pino Negri. A story to remember a great route up the...
K2 summits 60 years after the first ascent
29/07/2014 - Alpinism
K2 summits 60 years after the first ascent
Numerous successful K2 summits were registered on the 26th of July, sixty years after the first ascent of the second highest mountain in the world carried out by the historic Italian expedition. Successful ascents include those of K2 expedition 60 Years Later, supported by EvK2Cnr, which managed to place six...
Sonnie Trotter discovers 1975, a new free climb in the Canadian Rockies
23/07/2014 - Climbing
Sonnie Trotter discovers 1975, a new free climb in the Canadian Rockies
Canadian climber Sonnie Trotter has made the first free ascent of the rock climb '1975' on Little Goat Mountain, Bow Valley, Canadian Rockies
Campo Solagna, climbing on the slopes of Monte Grappa
17/07/2014 - Climbing
Campo Solagna, climbing on the slopes of Monte Grappa
The beautiful crag Campo Solagna located on the slopes of Monte Grappa in the Venetian Alps, introduced by Mauro Dell'Antonia.
XVI National Week of excursions
11/07/2014 - Events
XVI National Week of excursions
It ended the XVI National Week of excursions organized by the CAI between the valleys of the Cadore and Cortina, in the province of Belluno from June 28 to July 6, 2014.
Bouldering in Corsica
11/07/2014 - Climbing
Bouldering in Corsica
Olivier Broussouloux and Laurence Guyon introduce the bouldering in Corsica, France.
Walking, a long journey of discovery
09/07/2014 - Trekking
Walking, a long journey of discovery
Walking is part of everyday life but it is also a way of thinking and our freest and deepest thoughts come to us as we walk. By Teddy Soppelsa for Good For Alps, magazine AKU trekking & outdoor footwear.
Stefano Ghisolfi, Niccolò Ceria and Gabriele Moroni: top climbs and boulder problems
07/07/2014 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi, Niccolò Ceria and Gabriele Moroni: top climbs and boulder problems
Stefano Ghisolfi climbs Underground 9a at Arco while at Champorcher Niccolò Ceria and Gabriele Moroni have made the first ascents of the boulder problems Gliese 581 8B+ and Minorenni a carico 8B.
Masherbrum attempt by David Lama, Peter Ortner and Hansjörg Auer
07/07/2014 - Climbing
Masherbrum attempt by David Lama, Peter Ortner and Hansjörg Auer
Austrian alpinists Hansjörg Auer, David Lama and Peter Ortner are currently in the Karakorum in Pakistan attempting to scale the unclimbed NE Face of Masherbrum (7821m).
Mai più colla 8c by Mauro Dell'Antonia at Rocca Pendice
19/06/2014 - Climbing
Mai più colla 8c by Mauro Dell'Antonia at Rocca Pendice
On 1 June, Mauro Dell'Antonia, the talented climber from Venice, Italy, climbed 'Mai più colla' at Punta della Croce, Rocca Pendice (Euganean Hills, Padua, Italy) for the first time without the hold that snapped off a few years ago. The proposed grade is 8c. This brief and intense series of...
Valley Uprising, the history of rock climbing in Yosemite Valley, USA
17/06/2014 - Book-press
Valley Uprising, the history of rock climbing in Yosemite Valley, USA
The trailer of Valley Uprising, the documentary that retraces the history of rock climbing in Yosemite Valley, USA.
Farmers -The mountains are not an amusement park. They are first and foremost our home and our livelihood
12/06/2014 - Environment
Farmers -The mountains are not an amusement park. They are first and foremost our home and our livelihood
Farming in the mountains has taken on a new role, promoting the local economy and having positive effects on the environment and society. Three great stories of farmers capable of combining tradition with innovation
The other, unusual climbing in Greece. By Maurizio Oviglia
11/06/2014 - Climbing
The other, unusual climbing in Greece. By Maurizio Oviglia
A climbing trip off the beaten path in Greece, between Epirus and Thessaly.

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