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On the first day of the Ski Mountaineering World Championships 2017 at Alpago - Piancavallo, Italy’s Damiano Lenzi and France’s Laetitia Roux were crowned Individual world champions. Silver went to Kilian Jornet Burgada from Spain and Maude Mathys from Switzerland, while bronze went to Anton Palzer from Germany and Axelle...

Politically incorrect thoughts after a climbing trip to Chulilla, Spain, one of the best rock climbing destinations in the world and currently extremely popular among the climbing community. By Maurizio Oviglia.

Twin Caves, one of the best sport climbing crags at Leonidio in greece. Presented by Vertical-Life.info as part of our series 'Crags for each season', for which the routes and topos can be downloaded free of charge until Wednesday.

The report about the first Leonidio Climbing Festival that took place from 10 - 13 November and attracted 300 participants to this area in the greece's Peloponnese.

Nathalie Bini shares her experience in a refugee camp at Vasilika (Thessaloniki, greece) and appeals to everyone, climber and non climbers, to help make a little magic.

Aris Theodoropoulos introduces Arginonta Valley and Black Buddha, two new crags on the island of Kalymnos, greece.

Michele Boscacci and Laetitia Roux win the ski mountaineering World Cup 2016.Good numbers of competitors and record audience figures for the 2016 ISMF World Cups and the European Championship. Next June Albufeira, Portugal, will host the federal plenary assembly.

The rebolting project of a massive number of sport climbs on the Greek islands of Kalymnos and Telendos has been completed.

On the East Face of Garden of Dionysus above Leonidio in greece the Italian climbers Dimitri Anghileri, Simone Pedeferri and Luca Schiera have opened Fuori di Zucca, a new 155m multi-pitch sports climb graded 7c+/8a (7b obligatory). The report by Dimitri Anghileri.

Interview with American climber Kevin Jorgeson, famous for his first free ascent of the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite (together with Tommy Caldwell in January 2015), who is about to embark on a two week trip to the Greek island of Lesbos together with his fiancée Jacqui Becker....

Christos Boukoros, one of greece’s premier outdoor photographers, died on Wednesday 30 December 2015 in a car crash while traveling from Volos to Larissa.

Download free of charge today’s crag in the climbing advent calendar by Vertical Life and planetmountain.com: Spartan Wall at Kalymnos, greece with 37 climbs from 4a to 8c+

The video of Austrian Angela Eiter and the endless climbing potential at Kyparissi in greece.

Aris Theodoropoulos introduces Kyparissi, a mere 5 hours from Athens and a secluded paradise for sport climbing. Although currently there are just over 100 sport climbs, the potential is enormous and the Kyparissi Climbing Festival has been organised from 2 - 4 October 2015 to celebrate the recent development in...

In August 2015 in Madagascar's Tsaranoro massif Sean Villanueva made the first ascent of Fire in the Belly (8a+, 700m) on Tsaranoro Atsimo together with Siebe Vanhee. In September Villanueva teamed up with Rakotomalala Herynony Samuel to make the first ascent of the hitherto untouched Angavoa wall via the new...

French climbers Simon Montmory and Vincent Lauzon have developed Gerovraxo, an excellent new climbing venue close to Leonidio in greece