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Successful Scottish-Slovak climbing expedition adds multiple new routes to Torsukattak Fjord in Greenland
01/10/2024 - Climbing
Successful Scottish-Slovak climbing expedition adds multiple new routes to Torsukattak Fjord in Greenland
A Scottish-Slovak team comprised of Callum Johnson, Tim Miller, Simon Smith and Miška Izakovičová recently returned from a highly successful climbing expedition to the Torsukattak Fjord in southern Greenland where they established multiple new climbs, including 'Mussels for Tea, Packrafts in the Sea' (E6 6b (7b), 1350m) and 'Texture like...
Janja Garnbret grabs gold in Paris 2024 Olympic Games!
10/08/2024 - Competitions
Janja Garnbret grabs gold in Paris 2024 Olympic Games!
  • Janja Garnbret gold, Brooke Raboutou silver, Jessica Pilz bronze at the Paris 2024 Olympics
  • 1. Janja Garnbret 2. Brooke Raboutou 3. Jessica Pilz 4. Ai Mori 5. Erin McNeice 6. Chaehyun Seo 7. Oceania Mackenzie 8. Oriane Bertone
  • Toby Roberts wins Gold! Combined Boulder & Lead Olympic Champion at Paris 2024
    09/08/2024 - Competitions
    Toby Roberts wins Gold! Combined Boulder & Lead Olympic Champion at Paris 2024
    19-year-old Brit Toby Roberts has won the Combined Boulder & Lead at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
  • Toby Roberts gold, Sorato Anraku silver, Jakob Schubert bronze
  • 1. Toby Roberts 2. Sorato Anraku 3. Jakob Schubert 4. Colin Duffy 5. Hamish McArthur 6. Adam Ondra 7. Alberto Ginés Lopez 8. Paul Jenft
  • Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 2, Women's Boulder & Men's Speed
    06/08/2024 - Competitions
    Paris 2024 Olympics LIVE: sport climbing day 2, Women's Boulder & Men's Speed
    Tuesday 6 August: all latest sport climbing news from the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
  • Janja Garnbret leads the provisional ranking with 99.6 points. Home-favourite Orianne Bertone blows the roof off and places second, ahead of Brooke Raboutou
  • Speed: Sam Watson sets new world record 4.75 seconds.
  • Siebe Vanhee teams up Tommy Caldwell to send Eiger Odyssee in a day
    05/08/2024 - Alpinism
    Siebe Vanhee teams up Tommy Caldwell to send Eiger Odyssee in a day
    On Tuesday 30 July Siebe Vanhee, supported Tommy Caldwell, succeeded in making a one-day ascent of 'Odyssee' on the Eiger North Face. The 33-pitch outing was completed in 2015 by Roger Schaeli, Simon Gietl and Robert Jasper with difficulties up to 8a+.
    Tuva Stavø makes first female ascent of Arctandria on Blåmann in Norway
    24/07/2024 - Climbing
    Tuva Stavø makes first female ascent of Arctandria on Blåmann in Norway
    On 14 July 2024 Norwegian climber Tuva Stavø made the first female ascent of 'Arctandria' on Store Blåmann in Norway.
    Innsbruck Paraclimbing World Cup 2024 results
    26/06/2024 - Competitions
    Innsbruck Paraclimbing World Cup 2024 results
    The second stop of the 2024 IFSC Para Climbing World Cup series came to a close at the Kletterzentrum Innsbruck, Austria as the medals were decided on a full night of Lead climbing.
    Epaule Sallière North East Ramp first known ski descent by Fay Manners, Anna Tybor
    Epaule Sallière North East Ramp first known ski descent by Fay Manners, Anna Tybor
    On 12/04/2024 Fay Manners and Anna Tybor skied the North East Ramp on Epaule Sallière at Les Marécottes. This is believed to be the first ski descent of this 5.3 line.
    James Pearson repeats Bernd Zangerl's huge highball 29Dots in Valle dell'Orco, Italy
    23/04/2024 - Climbing
    James Pearson repeats Bernd Zangerl's huge highball 29Dots in Valle dell'Orco, Italy
    British climber James Pearson has made the third ascent of Bernd Zangerl’s 8A+ highball boulder problem '29 Dots' in Val Noasca, Valle dell'Orco, Italy.
    Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll completes solo Torres del Paine skyline traverse
    02/04/2024 - Interviews
    Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll completes solo Torres del Paine skyline traverse
    Interview with Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll after the first traverse of the four main peaks of the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia, Chile. The Belgian alpinist climbed Torre Sur, Torre Central, Torre Norte and La Peineta solo from 23 - 26 February 2024 and called the enchainment 'Travesía Doble M'.
    Seb Berthe makes 3rd ascent of Bon Voyage (E12) at Annot in France
    26/03/2024 - Climbing
    Seb Berthe makes 3rd ascent of Bon Voyage (E12) at Annot in France
    Sébastien Berthe has repeated 'Bon Voyage', the E12 at Annot in France established by James Pearson in February 2023. The route was repeated for the first time by Adam Ondra in February 2023, and Berthe's is now the third ascent. The Belgian climber, who in 2023 flashed the adjacent 'Le...
    Video: Blind climber Jesse Dufton & Tamara Lunger ice climbing in Norway
    20/03/2024 - Alpinism
    Video: Blind climber Jesse Dufton & Tamara Lunger ice climbing in Norway
    The video of blind British climber Jesse Dufton and Italian mountaineer Tamara Lunger ice climbing at Rjukan in Norway.
    Martin Feistl finds his Daily Dose of Luck on Hammerspitze in Pinnistal, Austria
    12/03/2024 - Alpinism
    Martin Feistl finds his Daily Dose of Luck on Hammerspitze in Pinnistal, Austria
    Without a rope, alone, into the unknown. Martin Feistl reports about the solo first ascent of the mixed climb 'Daily Dose of Luck' (400m, WI 5, M4) established on 24 January 2024 on Hammerspitze in Pinnistal, a small side valley of the Stubaital in Austria.
    First winter ascent of Scream of the Butterfly on Tsouka Rossa in Greece
    22/02/2024 - Alpinism
    First winter ascent of Scream of the Butterfly on Tsouka Rossa in Greece
    Dimitris Daskalaki, Spyros Kyriakou and Christos Tsoutsias have made the coveted first winter ascent of 'Scream of the Butterfly' on Tsouka Rossa (1987m) in Greece.
    Big new mixed climb on Crozzon di Val d'Agola (Brenta Dolomites) by Nicola Castagna,  Francesco Salvaterra
    12/02/2024 - Alpinism
    Big new mixed climb on Crozzon di Val d'Agola (Brenta Dolomites) by Nicola Castagna, Francesco Salvaterra
    On 25/01/2024 Nicola Castagna and Francesco Salvaterra made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'La Concha de la lora' on the north-east face of Crozzon di Val d'Agola (Brenta Dolomites). Salvaterra reports.
    Brenta Dolomites: new mixed climb on Castello di Vallesinella by Marco Cordin, Martino Piva
    09/01/2024 - Alpinism
    Brenta Dolomites: new mixed climb on Castello di Vallesinella by Marco Cordin, Martino Piva
    On 31/12/2023 Marco Cordin and Martino Piva made the first ascent of 'Nunca con prisa, siempre con gana', a new mixed climb on Castello di Vallesinella in the Brenta Dolomites, Italy. Cordin reports.

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