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01/11/2013 - Competitions
Lead World Cup 2013 - Valence live The 7th stage of the Lead World Cup 2013 is about to begin at Valence in France.
31/10/2013 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Happy Winter, extreme skiing with Andreas Fransson The video Happy Winter produced by Bjarne Salén about Andreas Fransson and his extreme skiing.
30/10/2013 - Climbing
Adam Ondra single day Frankenjura 9a hattrick On 28 October 2013 Adam Ondra climbed three 9a's in a day in Germany's Frankenjura: The Elder Statesman, The House of Shock and Sever the Wicked Hand.
30/10/2013 - Alpinism
Gauri Shankar, first ascent of the south face by the Pamalade team On 23 October the French alpinists Mathieu Détrie, Mathieu Maynadier, Pierre Labbre and Jérôme Para made the first ascent of the virgin south Face of Gauri Shankar (7134m) in the Rolwaling Himal, located on the border between Nepal and Tibet.
29/10/2013 - Alpinism
Annapurna: Graziani and Benoist are safe and have been evacuated to Kathmandu The two French climbers Yannick Graziani and Stephane Benoist who reached the summit of Annapurna via the south face on October 24th have been taken by helicopter to Kathmandu. Benoist is reported to have suffered frostbite. They may be back in France already by tomorrow.
26/10/2013 - Alpinism
Annapurna south face, Yannick Graziani and Stephane Benoist’s reported ascent Last Thursday 24 October the French guides Yannick Graziani and Stephane Benoist are reported to have climbed the south face of Annapurna, repeating the route climbed by Ueli Steck on 9 October. This news, reported on many specialised web sites, has not been confirmed, nor is it known whether Graziani...
25/10/2013 - Climbing
Powerdab M13 at The Works for Greg Boswell Last weekend the Scottish climber Greg Boswell made the first dry tooling ascent of Powerdab at The Works (Lake District, Great Britain) to establish the UK’s second M13.
25/10/2013 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Steps - A journey to the edge of climate change The Ride Greener documentary is the first climate friendly snowboard and ski movie of its kind.
24/10/2013 - Alpinism
Superdad, new route up Punta Malanotte in the Cozie Alps In summer 2013 Fabio Ventre and his father Mauro made the first ascent of Superdad (120m, 5c) up Punta Malanotte in the Cozie Alps.
23/10/2013 - Alpinism
Hervé Barmasse, Patagonia and three first winter ascents In September Hervé Barmasse with Martin Castrillo made the first winter ascent of Cerro Pollone and with Martin Castrillo and Pedrito el "fino" the first ascent (in winter) of two of the three Colmillos summits in the Cordon Marconi area.
23/10/2013 - Alpinism
Kishtwar Kailash: first ascent by Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden In October 2013 British alpinists Mick Fowler and Paul Ramsden made the first ascent of Kishtwar Kailash (6,451m), Indian Himalaya.
22/10/2013 - Climbing
Jorg Verhoeven: Freerider rope solo up El Capitan in Yosemite Dutch rock climber Jorg Verhoeven talks about his recent solitary ascent of 5.13a up El Capitan, Yosemite.
21/10/2013 - Climbing
La Sportiva Sardinia Block Scouting La Sportiva athletes discover Sardinia’s unexplored blocks
21/10/2013 - Climbing
Yosemite, climbing recommences on Dawn Wall With the reopening of the U.S. National Parks climbing has recommenced in Yosemite. This season Tommy Caldwell will be joined on the demanding Dawn Wall project up El Capitan by Kevin Jorgeson, Jonathan Siegrist and Chris Sharma.
18/10/2013 - Alpinism
Greenland, new big walls climbed by small British expedition A small British expedition comprised of Tom Codrington, Jacob Cook, Ian Faulkner and Peter Hill and the skippers Angela Lilienthal and Clive Woodman have climbed a series of new routes close to Uummannaq, Greenland.
18/10/2013 - Climbing
Il mio Confine (My Limit), a climbing story by OpenCircle The OpenCircle video - fiction, directed by Pietro Bagnara about climbing on the fringe between everyday life and what it could be.
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