55 News found
18/04/2016 - Alpinism
Chamlang Expedition 2016, Marco Farina and François Cazzanelli reach base of unclimbed north face Italian mountaineers Marco Farina and François Cazzanelli have reached the base of Chamlang Peak (7319 m), Nepal. In the coming days they will begin their attempts at forging a new route up the unclimbed, 2000m high north face.
11/12/2015 - Climbing
Gabriele Moroni claims Maestri di Vita at Metanodotto Italian rock climber Gabriele Moroni has made the first ascent of Maestri di Vita, Life Masters, a difficult and dangerous trad climb at Metanodotto in the aosta valley.
17/09/2015 - Competitions
Patrick Bohard wins the Tor des Géants 2015 The Tor des Géants 2015 was won yesterday by 51-year-old Frenchman Patrick Bohard. Gianluca Galeati from Italy placed second, Christophe Le Saux from France third.
14/09/2015 - Competitions
Tor des Géants 2015: Patrick Bohard and Sonia Locatelli take lead after yesterday's start On Sunday 13 September 760 runners set off from Courmayeur for the 6th Tor des Geants, considered the most difficult mountain race in the world. The athletes have until Saturday 19 September to complete the 330km, 24.000 meter elevation gain...
10/07/2015 - Events
Matterhorn Cervino 150, Italian Air Force aerobatic team lift off celebrations The tribute provided by the Italian Air Force aerobatic team marks the official start at Breuil-Cervinia Valtournenche to the great celebrations that, from 10 - 19 July 2015, the Region of Valle d'Aosta and the Municipality of Valtournenche are dedicating...
13/04/2015 - Alpinism
Piolet d'Or 2015: the grande finale at Courmayeur On Saturday 11 April the awards ceremony of the 23rd Piolets d'Or, the Oscars of alpinism, were held at Courmayeur, Italy. Americans Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold, Russians Aleksander Gukov and Aleksey Lonchinsky and Slovenians Marko Prezelj, Ales Cesen and...
17/02/2015 - Climbing
San Vito Lo Capo. Full stop and start over again. We have received and gladly publish the press release of the representatives of the two associations (Rocce di Sicilia, the organisers of the of San Vito Climbing Festival and YMCA Climbing House, the shop and meeting place for climbers, bikers...
09/09/2014 - Competitions
Tor des Géants, the race is in full swing The fifth edition of the Tor des Géant, the great endurance trail race across the 4000m peaks in Italy's Valle d'Aosta, is currently in full swing.
07/04/2014 - Interviews
Hervé Barmasse, interview after the first winter enchainment of the 4 Matterhorn ridges On Thursday 13 March Hervé Barmasse made the first winter solo enchainment of the four Matterhorn ridges in winter, as well as the first winter solo ascent of the Furggen Ridge via the overhangs. The interview.
03/02/2014 - Climbing
Bouldering at Ussel in Valle d'Aosta, Italy Marco Nardi talks about the redevelopment and expansion of the historic bouldering area Ussel in Italy's Valle d'Aosta.
07/01/2014 - Alpinism
B&B - Azione indecente, new dry tooling crag at Cogne Enrico Bonino introduces B & B - Azione indecente, a new dry tooling area Cogne (Aosta), Italy.
08/10/2013 - Environment
The Cogne mines, between the past and the future - part 1 On 31 October 2013 the mining concession grant in Cogne will terminate and consequently an important part of the mining history of Cogne and the aosta valley will come to an end. Now, more than never, the time has come...
03/09/2013 - Events
Gran Paradiso Film Festival: the big show of mother nature A look into a forgotten and neglected world that lies right under our nose: the Gran Paradiso Film Festival (August 26th – 31st in Cogne, Rhemes Saint Georges, Valsavarenche Villeneuve and Ceresole Reale) presented an opportunity to consider our relationship...
29/07/2013 - Alpinism
Women and the Mountains... towards Gran Paradiso Between 6 and 8 August 2013 Valle d'Aosta wishes to pay homage to female mountaineering with the initiative "Women and the mountains 2013"; three teams of female alpinists will climb Gran paradiso via three different routes. The Italians Anna Torretta,...
22/07/2013 - Trekking
SuperAlp second part: from Gran Paradiso to Mont Avic The new challenges of sustainable mobility, between big development projects and small steps. Courmayeur and the futuristic new Mont Blanc cable car. Cogne and its wonderful Sant’Orso meadows, searching for the right balance between tourist development and local economy. The...
10/06/2013 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi sends 9a at Tetto di Sarre, Italy Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated the climb Ground Zero at Tetto di Sarre, Aosta. This is the first 9a for the strong climber from Turin.
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