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19/01/2019 - Climbing
Charles Albert at Fontainebleau climbs world's second 9A boulder problem At Fontainebleau in france Charles Albert, climbing barefoot, has established No Kapote Only, a boulder problem he believes to be 9A. This is only the second boulder in the world graded 9A, after Burden of Dreams freed by Nalle Hukkataival in 2016 in Finland.

06/01/2019 - Climbing
No country for old bolts - Nina Caprez & Cédric Lachat climbing at Rocher Crespin The film No country for old bolts, featuring Nina Caprez and Cédric Lachat climbing at Rocher Crespin in france.

01/01/2019 - Climbing
Sardinia sport climbing: the new guidebook to Domusnovas Maurizio Oviglia introduces the new climbing guidebook to Domusnovas, in the south-west of Sardinia, one of the 'historic' sport climbing areas on the Italian island.

18/12/2018 - Alpinism
Cogne ice climbing: mountain guides in defence of Bearded Vulture in Valnontey planetmountain.com has received and is publishing the press release of the Italian Mountain Guides regarding the Bearded Vulture in Valnontey (Cogne). Ice climbing is currently prohibited on the Money summit plateau and the adjacent icefalls: L’ago di Money, Di fianco alla leggenda, Repentance super, La volpe e l’uva, Monday Money,...

14/12/2018 - Interviews
Stefano Ghisolfi portrays his Perfecto Mundo at Margalef Interview with Stefano Ghisolfi after his repeat of Perfecto Mundo, the 9b+ at Margalef in Spain considered one of the most difficult sport climbs in the world. After Adam Ondra, Chris Sharma and Alexander Megos, the 25-year-old climber from Italy is now only the fourth climber to master these difficulties.

05/12/2018 - Book-press
La Sportiva 90th, mountaineering, climbing and footwear history in a prize-winning book The book 'La Sportiva 90th, a history of alpinism, passion, innovation' celebrating the first 90 years of the famous Italian outdoor footwear and clothing company is now on sale at www.lasportiva.com.

29/11/2018 - Climbing
Shawn Raboutou climbs Off the Wagon Low, first 8C+ in Switzerland American climber Shawn Raboutou has made the long-awaited first ascent of Off the Wagon Low, in Val Bavona. Reportedly graded 8C+, this is now the hardest boulder problem in Switzerland.

28/11/2018 - Climbing
Mélissa Le Nevé shines on Golden Ticket 8c+ at Red River Gorge French climber Mélissa Le Nevé has repeated Golden Ticket, an 8c+ sports climb at Red River Gorge, USA.

26/11/2018 - Climbing
The Real Thing, the original bouldering movie with Ben Moon and Jerry Moffat One of the most famous bouldering films, The Real Thing, featuring British climbers Ben Moon, Jerry Moffatt and Sean Myles, as well as Germany’s Kurt Albert and france’s Marc Le Menestrel.

21/11/2018 - Climbing
Anna Stöhr at Buoux climbs Antoine le Menestrel's La Rose et le Vampire The video of Anna Stöhr repeating La Rose et le Vampire, the famous sports climb at Buoux in france first ascended in 1985 by Antoine le Menestrel.

20/11/2018 - Climbing
Sébastien Bouin repeats Agincourt at Buoux, france’s historic first 8c At Buoux Sébastien Bouin has repeated Agincourt, france’s first 8c sports climb freed by Ben Moon in 1989.

18/11/2018 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Aiguille de la Glière, south ridge ski & snowboard descent by Yannick Boissenot, Julien Herry The video of the ski and snowboard descent, carried out by Yannick Boissenot and Julien Herry, of Arête sud de l’Aiguille de la Glière, Aiguilles Rouges, france.

17/11/2018 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Dolomites steep skiing: big first ski descent of Croda Marcora SW Face On 07/05/2018 Francesco Vascellari, Marco Gasperin, Loris De Barba and Tiziano Canal made the probable first descent of the impressive south-west face of Croda Marcora, Sorapis, Dolomites.

12/11/2018 - Climbing
Adam Ondra onsights Just Do It at Smith Rock, America’s first 8c+ Czech climber Adam Ondra has made an onsight ascent of Just Do It, the first 5.14c (8c+) in the USA located at Smith Rock, freed by French climber Jean-Baptiste Tribout in 1992.

04/11/2018 - Competitions
Lead World Cup 2018: Jessica Pilz and Domen Škofic win last stage in Xiamen The last stage of the Lead World Cup 2018 took place in Xiamen in China last weekend and was won by Jessica Pilz and Domen Škofic. Janja Garnbret and Jakob Schubert won the Lead World Cup 2018, Jessica Pilz and Stefano Ghisolfi took silver, Jain Kim and Škofic and Romain...

31/10/2018 - Interviews
Liv Sansoz / Beyond climbing the 82 4000m peaks in the Alps Interview with French climber and alpinist Liv Sansoz after having completed all 82 alpine four-thousanders.
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