9052 News found

The International Federation of Sport Climbing has announced the list of nominated officials for the Summer Olympics, scheduled to take place from 26 July to 11 August in Paris, France.

The Grand Prize of the 34th edition of the Memorial Maria Luisa Photo contest was awarded to French photographer JB Liautard for his photograph entitled The Dune. Fifteen major awards and nine honorable mentions were assigned this year.

On 10/03/2024 the 20-year-old Italian climber Iris Bielli repeated 'Prinzip Hoffnung', the famous trad climb on the Bürser Platte, Austria, freed in 2009 by Beat Kammerlander.

On 29 February Mathieu Maynadier, Louna Ladevant and Tristan Ladevant made the first ascent of 'Syndrome de l’oubli' (400m/5/M7) on the SE Face of Point 3359m, also referred to as Deuxième Pointe de Nantillons, in the Envers des Aiguilles of the Mont Blanc massif

The first stage of the European Speed Cup was won by Italy's Gian Luca Zodda and Germany's Franziska Ritter in Lublin, Poland, last weekend.

The first episode of The Traditionalist a new 3-part film series following Jacopo Larcher, as he explores hard trad climbing around the world.

On 24 and 25 February 2024 Sebastian Pelletti and Hernan Rodriguez made the first ascent of 'Arma de doble filo' (5.11+, A1, 800m) on the East face of La Espada in the Torres del Paine massif in Patagonia.

25-year-old Italian Stefano Carnati has made the first repeat of 'Vicious Circle' (9a+/b) at Mišja peč in Slovenia.

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.

British rock climber Buster Martin has repeated 'Furia de Jabali' (9a+) at Siurana in Spain.

Over a period of 10 days from 28/02 to 08/03/2024 Polish mountaineers Paweł Hałdaś and Marcin Tomaszewski made the first ascent of 'Zimne wojny', Cold Wars, a huge big wall in the Mooses Tooth massif in Alaska.

The video of Jorge Díaz-Rullo and the road to sending 'Bibliographie', the famous 9b+ at Céüse in France he repeated on 16 October 2023.

Slovenian climbers Luka Krajnc and Luka Lindič have established 'Pot' (6c, A3, 750m), a new climb on the south face of Aguja Poincenot in Patagonia.

At La Pedriza in Spain, British rock climber Shauna Coxsey climbed 'Fotofobia Sit' (8B+/V14+).

Toru Nakajima has made the first ascent of 'Regret' at Ena in Japan. No grade has been put forward as yet but this 3-move problem promises to be intense.

The video of the 2022 climbing trip to the Ak-Su Valley in the Pamir Alay in Kyrgyzstan of Federica Mingolla and Niccolò Bartoli, during which they made the first ascent of the big wall 'Vivere la vita' (7b, 800m) on the south buttress of Peak Slesova, also called Peak 3850,...