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19/04/2011 - Climbing

Adam Ondra, Chilam Balam video

Video of Adam Ondra working Chilam Balam at Villanueva del Rosario, Spain.

19/04/2011 - Events

Piolet d'Or 2011, winners, diversity and the challenges of alpinism

Two Piolets d'Or were awarded on 15 April in Chamonix, France, during the IXX Piolet d'Or 2011: to the Greenland Big Walls by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse, Ben Ditto and Bob Shepton and to the ascent up Mount Logan in Canada by Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama from...

18/04/2011 - Competitions

Bouldering and Speed World Cup 2011, Milan results

The first stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2011 was won by Kilian Fischhuber (AUT) and Jain Kim (KOR). Jakob Schubert and Anna Stöhr placed second while Rustam Gelmanov (RUS) and Melissa La Neve (FRA) placed third. The Speed event was won by the Russians Sergey Sinitsyn and Kseniia Alekseeva....

18/04/2011 - Alpinism

Ueli Steck top speed solo on Shisha Pangma

On 17/04/2011 Swissman Ueli Steck ascended Shisha Pangma (8027m), Tibet in record time.

17/04/2011 - Climbing

new climbs at Indian Creek

new rock climbs at Indian Creek, Utah, USA, by Neil Kauffman and Trevor Bowman

16/04/2011 - Events

Piolet d'Or 2011: Mount Logan and Greenland Big Walls the winners

Two prizes awarded last night in Chamonix during the IXX Piolet d'Or: Mount Logan in Canada by Yasushi Okada and Katsutaka Yokoyama, and the Big Walls in Greenland by Sean Villanueva, Nicolas and Olivier Favresse and Ben Ditto.

15/04/2011 - Alpinism

Ueli Steck in the Himalaya

Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck is back in the Himalaya, at present in Shisha Pangma base camp, ready for an attempt up the South Face together with Don Bowie

14/04/2011 - Climbing

Adam Ondra, the Chilam Balam interview

Interview with Adam Ondra after his repeat of Chilam Balam 9b, the route claimed by Bernabé Fernandez in 2003 at Villanueva del Rosario, Spain.

12/04/2011 - Climbing

Eva Scroccaro and Tito Traversa, young Italians on the rise

Eva Scroccaro repeats "Il Padrone Assoluto" 8a/8a+ at Napoleonica and the video of Tito Traversa climbing "Je est un autre" 8b at Castillon in France, filmed by Andrea Tosi.

12/04/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering

Aiguille du Plan north face descents

Two recent descents of the North Face of the Aiguille du Plan (Mont Blanc), by Julien Herry, Lionel Hachemy and Roch Malnuit on 07/04/2011 and, a day later, by Davide Capozzi, Luca Rolli and Francesco Civra. With skis and snowboards down a face which has extremely few descents.

11/04/2011 - Events

Adam Ondra, bone marrow donor

Adam Ondra has become a bone marrow donor. Pietro Dal Pra and Giovanni Spitale of Climb for Life explain this important gesture for donors and the climbing community.

11/04/2011 - Environment

Kevin Jorgeson & Transporter Room, repeat two decades on

American climber Kevin Jorgeson has carried out the probable second ascent of Transporter Room, the highball boulder problem on the Grandpa Peabody at the Buttermilks, USA, established by Dale Bard in the late '80's.

08/04/2011 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering

Chamonix - Zermatt, new record

On 02/04/2011 the Frenchmen Jean-François Premat, Alain Premat and Sébastien Baud set a new record on the ski mountaineering Haute route Chamonix - Zermatt: 18 hours, 50 minutes and 29 seconds.

07/04/2011 - Alpinism

Piolet d'Or 2011, the program

The program of the IXX Piolet d'Or which will be held in Courmayeur and Chamonix (Mont Blanc) from 13 - 16 April 2011. All the awards, conferences, lectures and debates of one of the most important mountaineering events in the world.

06/04/2011 - Events

The earthquake in Abruzzo, two years on

Published below is an open letter written by Agostino Cittadini, a Mountain Guide from L'Aquila, who invites everyone to not forget the terrible earthquake which shook the Abruzzo region on 6 April two years ago...