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17/02/2012 - Alpinism
Mont Rochefort, the video of Capozzi and Bigio's first descent The video of the first descent of Pente a Remy carried out on 13/02/2012 by Davide Capozzi and Stefano Bigio from Mont Rochefort (Mont Blanc).
17/02/2012 - Alpinism
Dave MacLeod climbs his Castle in the Sky Scottish climber Dave MacLeod has created the new drytooling route Castle in the Sky at Druim Shionnach, Scotland.
16/02/2012 - Climbing
Verhoeven and Saurwein bouldering at Hueco Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein have sent numerous boulder problems at Hueco (USA), including Slashface V13 (8B) for Verhoeven and two 8A and one 8A+ in a single day for Saurwein.
16/02/2012 - Alpinism
Forra del Vinadia, ice climbing in the Friuli, Italy Five icefalls in the canyon Forra del Vinadia, Zia Mia, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Zanna Bianca e Trip terapia introduced by Massimo Candolini and Marco Milanese
15/02/2012 - Climbing
Dean Potter, the free solo video on El Capitan in Yosemite The video of Dean Potter while he free solos the final quarter of the route Freerider on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.
15/02/2012 - Climbing
Climbing at Alta Val Aupa The crag Alta Val Aupa, 21 routes from 6c - 8a+ close to Tolmezzo (Udine) in NE Italy, introduced by local climber Andrea Polo.
14/02/2012 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2012, the 6 nominations The XX Piolet d'Or will take place in Courmayeur (Italy) and Chamonix (France) from 21 - 24 March 2012. Here are the 6 nominations for the coveted golden ice axe, while Frenchman Robert Paragot will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.
14/02/2012 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat winter expedition: Moro and Urubko abandon attempt Simone Moro and Denis Urubko have announced their decision today to abandon their attempt of the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat (Pakistan) via the Diamir Face due to the prohibitive weather conditions.
14/02/2012 - Alpinism
Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal, fatal accident in Norway Tragedy in Norway, where last week the alpinists Bjørn-Eivind Årtun and Stein-Ivar Gravdal died while attempting a new ice climb up the Kjerag rock face.
14/02/2012 - Climbing
Paul Robinson climbing Brad Pitt and The Ace at Stanage Two short videos of Paul Robinson repeating the classic gritstone boulder problems Brad Pitt and The Ace at Stanage Edge in England.
13/02/2012 - Climbing
Daniel Andrada, La Obsesión video Video portrait of Spanish climber Daniel "Dani" Andrada, by Haroun Souirji.
13/02/2012 - Climbing
Monique Forestier on Tom et je ris, Verdon The video of Australian climber repeating Tom et je ris 8b+ in the Verdon Gorge, France.
13/02/2012 - Alpinism
Spray On... Top!, Emmett and Premrl complete first ascent of Helmcken Falls testpiece Tim Emmett and Klemen Premrl have carried out the first ascent of the superb mixed ice climb Spray On... Top! (230m, W10, M9+) at the Helmcken Falls, Canada, the route Emmett had started with Will Gadd. Tim Emmett shares the details.
11/02/2012 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi and the boulder problems Icaro and Scheletri nell'Armadio Videos of Stefano Ghisolfi on the boulder problems Icaro 8A and Scheletri nell'Armadio 8B.
10/02/2012 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat Winter Expedition, dispatch #5 The fifth video of the Nanga Parbat 2012 winter expedition of Simone Moro and Denis Urubko.
10/02/2012 - Climbing
Iker Pou, the video of Nit de bruixes 9a+ at Margalef The video of the first ascent of Nit de bruixes 9a+ at Margalef in Spain by Iker Pou.
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