158 News found
20/12/2017 - Climbing
finale '68, in search of the climbing history and pioneering exploration of finale Ligure In order to celebrate 50 years of rock climbing at finale Ligure in NW Italy, Michele Fanni and Gabriele Canu have started a project to retrace finale's explorative phase that took place between 1968 and 1975. After following in the footsteps of the early pioneers up 13 major cliffs, a...
15/12/2017 - Alpinism
First-class Italian mountaineering in China: the Mount Edgar report After the initial fragmentary news, François Cazzanelli now reports about the expedition to Mount Edgar (6618 m) in the Nanmengou Valley in Sichuan, China which included Francesco Ratti, Emrik Favre, Tomas Franchini, Matteo Faletti and Fabrizio Dellai. The Italian alpinists succeeded in establishing numerous routes including the first ascent of...
09/12/2017 - Alpinism
Gordon McArthur vs Storm Giant, world's first proposed D16 drytooling climb The video of Gordon McArthur climbing his route Storm Giant at Fernie, Canada. Freed last August, this is the first dry tooling climb in the world to receive the grade D16.
30/11/2017 - Alpinism
Phungi Peak, big Himalayan first ascent by Koshelenko and Lonchinskii On 28 October 2017 Russian mountaineers Yury Koshelenko and Aleksei Lonchinskii completed the first ascent of Phungi Peak (6538 m) in the Nepalese Himalaya. Climbing in alpine style, the two required five days to forge their route up the mountain’s SW Face.
20/09/2017 - Climbing
Pirmin Bertle climbs first 9a in Bolivia At El Eden near Potosì German climber Pirmin Bertle has made the first ascent of 'En este luz te ves como Poseidon', the first 9a sports climb in Bolivia
14/07/2017 - Competitions
Lead World Cup 2017: Marcello Bombardi and Janja Garnbret win in Chamonix The second stage of the Lead World Cup 2017 was won last night at Chamonix by Marcello Bombardi from Italy and Janja Garnbret from Slovenia.
11/07/2017 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps: the tough finale gets even tougher Day 10 held no great surprises in store but proved difficult for all athletes. While many reached the Matterhorn, Christian Maurer is now 120km from the finish line, ahead of Benoit Outters and Paul Guschlbauer.
01/07/2017 - Competitions
Marcin Dzienski, Iuliia Kaplina crowned European Speed Climbing Champions Last night at Campitello di Fassa, Italy, Marcin Dzienski (POL) and Iuliia Kaplina (RUS) won the European Championship Speed. Italy’s Ludovico Fossali placed fourth.
23/06/2017 - Climbing
Monte Limbara and the new trad climbing in Sardinia The latest trad climbs at Monte Limbara on the North of Sardinia, first ascended by Maurizio Oviglia and Filippo Manca. Oviglia provides the report.
10/05/2017 - Climbing
Climbing video: Pietro Biagini repeats historic Ombra at finale Pietro Biagini repeats Ombra (8b/+), the historic sport climb freed in 1988 by Andrea Gallo at Rocca di Perti close to finale Ligure in Italy.
03/03/2017 - Alpinism
Jeff Lowe awarded Piolet d'Or Carrière 2017 American alpinist Jeff Lowe has been awarded the Piolets d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize will be assigned during the 25th edition of the mountaineering prize that will be celebrated in Grenoble, France, from 12 - 15 April. In the past the prize has been awarded to Walter Bonatti, Reinhold...
24/02/2017 - Competitions
Damiano Lenzi and Laetitia Roux Individual Ski Mountaineering World Champions 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...
16/02/2017 - Alpinism
Cerro Murallón, Patagonia, alpinism and a story of former times: the East Face first ascent by Bacci, Bernasconi and Della Bordella The alpinism and adventure up 'El Valor del Miedo’ (1000m, 90°, M6+, A2), the new mixed route established by the Ragni di Lecco climbers David Bacci, Matteo Bernasconi and Matteo Della Bordella who finally resolved the long-standing problem of the East Face of Cerro Murallon in Patagonia. The first ascent...
02/02/2017 - Climbing
Melloblocco is forever, 2017 to go ahead as usual From Thursday 11 to Sunday 14 May 2017 Italy’s Val Masino - Val di Mello will host the 14th edition of Melloblocco, the world’s biggest international climbing and bouldering meeting. Just like every year the event will be organised by Associazione Operatori Val Masino.
27/11/2016 - Competitions
Kranj Lead World Cup 2016 - the grand sport climbing finale At 16.30 today live streaming from Kranj, Slovenia, of the last stage of Climbing Lead World Cup 2016.
23/09/2016 - Competitions
World Climbing Championships Paris 2016 final report The report about the IFSC World Championships that took place in Paris, France, last week. Janja Garnbret and Adam Ondra hanno won the Lead title, while Petra Klingler and Tomoa Narasaki were crowned Bouldering World Champions.
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