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06/06/2012 - Interviews
Emily Harrington summits Everest Interview with the American climber Emily Harrington who reached the top of Everest on 25 May 2012

06/06/2012 - Climbing
Roland Hemetzberger frees Bügeleisen at Kufstein in Austria The video of Roland Hemetzberger and the first ascent of Bügeleisen 8b+ close to Kufstein, Austria.

05/06/2012 - Climbing
Rock climbing on Mongioie and Rocca dei Campanili, Italy Trial, Afa and Due bottoni nel pozzo. Three rock climbs located at 2000m on the beautiful South Face of Rocca dei Campanili in Piemonte, Italy, introduced by Mirko Rizzo.

05/06/2012 - Climbing
Daniel Woods boulders for Hueco The video of Daniel Woods bouldering during the Hueco Rock Rodeo 2012.

05/06/2012 - Events
Rock Junior 2012 – registration online for the event which kicks off the Rock Master Festival Registration is now online for Rock Junior, the youth climbing festival which will take place on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 August 2012 at Arco (Lake Garda - Trentino, Italy) and which introduces the Rock Master Festival, 9 days of events, shows and competitions driven by a great love for...

04/06/2012 - Climbing
Jon Glassberg bouldering at Mt. Evans, Colorado The video of Jon Glassberg on the boulder problem The Great War for Civilisation V13 at Mt. Evans, Colorado, USA

04/06/2012 - Alpinism
Ueli Steck and Everest: the ascent of a great alpinist The report of Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck who on 18 May 2012 reached the summit of Everest along with Tenji Sherpa. We have published the account in its entirety as this provides insight into the crowds present during this pre-monsoon season, the job of the Sherpa and what it means...

01/06/2012 - Climbing
Sergey Nefedov frees climbs on Mount Morcheka, Crimea Sergey Nefedov and partners have freed a number of old routes up Mount Morcheka in the Crimea mountain range in the Ukraine.

31/05/2012 - Climbing
Gratta e Vinci, new rock climb in the Dolomites by Christoph Hainz & Simon Kehrer On 14/05/2012 Christoph Hainz and Simon Kehrer made the first free ascent of Gratta e Vinci (7b, 420m), a new rock climb they established in 2011 up the SW Face of Sas dai Tamersc, Fanis, Dolomites.

31/05/2012 - Alpinism
Shattered, the Steve House video The video by Tyler Stableford with the introspection of Steve House.

30/05/2012 - Alpinism
Antonio Boscacci, legendary Val di Mello climber, has gone forever Antonio Boscacci, the great climber, alpinist, mathematician, writer, photographer and one of the most visionary inventors of the new climbing in Val di Mello and further afield died tody aged 63 after battling long against illness.

30/05/2012 - Climbing
Gaz Parry on Reservoir Dogs at Widdop The video of Gaz Parry climbing Reservoir Dogs E8 7a at Widdop, England.

29/05/2012 - Climbing
Hansjörg Auer onsights Strawberries at Tremadog In May Hansjörg Auer from Austria on-sighted the famous route Strawberries first ascended by Ron Fawcett in 1980 at Tremadog in Wales. In more than 30 years this trad climb has only been on-sighted by Stefan Glowacz and Jorg Verhoeven.

29/05/2012 - Alpinism
Erri De Luca: Everest and the million dollar queue We asked Italian writer and alpinist Erri De Luca to comment the photo of the queue on Everest which recently made its way across the internet... here's his vision.

28/05/2012 - Alpinism
Everest, the crowd and the race to nowhere The race towards the highest mountain on earth: a multitude of summits, long queues and, like every year, too many deaths. By Vinicio Stefanello.

28/05/2012 - Alpinism
Lagoni trad climbing by Michele Caminati Michele Caminati has made the first ascent of Il Dado è tratto!, a new trad climb graded E7 6c at Lagoni, Italy.
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