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20/06/2014 - Climbing
alexander Megos frees Fly, 8c multipitch in Switzerland's Lauterbrunnental From 4 -8 June 2014 German climber alexander Megos teamed up with Roger Schäli, Frank Kretschmann and David Hefti to make the first free ascent of Fly (8c, 550m) on Staldeflue, Lauterbrunnental, Switzerland.
19/06/2014 - Climbing
Markus Bock adds 9a+ to Germany's Frankenjura German climber Markus Bock has made the first ascent of Becoming 9a+ in the Frankenjura.
17/06/2014 - Climbing
alexander Megos frees Modified 9a+ in the Frankenjura German climber alexander Megos has added two new routes to the Frankenjura, Modified 9a+ and Nice Freshly Baked 9a.
12/06/2014 - Climbing
Video: El Capitan Golden Gate repeat by Roger Schäli and David Hefti The video of Roger Schäli and David Hefti and their repeat of Golden Gate on El Capitan, Yosemite, USA.
06/06/2014 - Climbing
Tobias Wolf and Thomas Hering climb hard in Yosemite German climbers Tobias Wolf and Thomas Hering have made rare repeats of two difficult routes on El Capitan in Yosemite: The Shaft (Muir Wall free variation) and El Nino.
28/05/2014 - Climbing
alexander Megos: Action Directe video The video di alexander Megos climbing Action Directe in the Frankenjura, Germany on 3 May 2014.
22/05/2014 - Climbing
alexander Megos too strong for the Frankenjura... In Germany's Frankenjura alexander Megos has repeated The Essential 9a, Black Label 9a, Matador 9a and The Man that follows hell 9a+.
15/05/2014 - Interviews
Mélissa Le Nevé, the Wallstreet interview Interview with French climber Melissa Le Nevé after the first female ascent of Wallstreet, the 8c first climbed in 1987 by Wolfgang Güllich in Frankenjura, Germany.
14/05/2014 - Events
Melloblocco 2014: the winner of the video and photo contest The Melloblocco 2014 video contest was won by alexander Flatz for his "Live-View", while the photo contest was won by Andrea Aiello for his photo "Ti spio".
06/05/2014 - Interviews
alexander Megos, the Action Directe Frankenjura interview Interview with German sports climber alexander Megos after his two-hour repoint of Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's 9a in the Frankenjura, Germany.
05/05/2014 - Climbing
Adam Ondra onsights his second 9a On 04/05/2014 at Baltzola in Spain Adam Ondra onsighted Il Domani.
04/05/2014 - Climbing
alexander Megos repeats legendary Action Directe in 2 hours On 3 May 2014 alexander Megos repeated Action Direct, Wolfgang Güllich's 9a in the Frankenjura, Germany, in a mere 2 hours.
05/03/2014 - Competitions
Maxim Tomilov and Maria Tolokonina win Ice Climbing World Cup 2014 Russia's Maxim Tomilov and Maria Tolokonina won the final stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2014 at Ufa in Russia last weekend. In doing so, they won both the European Championship and the overall World Cup. Silver went to Angelika Rainer and Park Heeyong, bronze to Shin WoonSeon and...
10/02/2014 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2014, the big list The complete list of all 2013 ascents taken into consideration by the Piolets d'Or, from which the choice of nominees for the Piolets d'Or 2014 will be made.
10/02/2014 - Alpinism
Ulvetanna (Antarctica): first integral ascent of South Ridge Britain's Andy Kirkpatrick and the Norwegians Kjersti Eide, Espen Fadnes, Aleksander Gamme, Ingeborg Jakobsen and Jonas Langseth have successfully made the first complete ascent of the South ridge of Ulvetanna (2931m) in Antarctica.
01/01/2014 - Alpinism
Amidst the stories of alpinism and climbing in 2013 A brief and by no means complete journey through the stories and the climbs of 2013, while waiting for new year.
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