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Meiringen hosts Boulder World Cup 2022 season debut
09/04/2022 - Competitions
Meiringen hosts Boulder World Cup 2022 season debut
The first stage of the Boulder World Cup started yesterday at Meiringen, Switzerland. The women's Semifinals and Finals today, the men's on Sunday.
IFSC announces 3-year broadcast deal with Discovery Sports
28/03/2022 - Competitions
IFSC announces 3-year broadcast deal with Discovery Sports
On Friday 25 March the IFSC announced a 3-year broadcast deal with Discovery Sports for live streaming of IFSC World Cup and World Championship events. This puts to an abrupt end the free live streaming service of IFSC competitions...
Watch Yuji Hirayama sending Hanabi at Mt Futago
22/03/2022 - Climbing
Watch Yuji Hirayama sending Hanabi at Mt Futago
The video of Japanese climber Yuji Hirayama making the first free ascent of Hanabi, the 8c+ freed by the 52-year-old at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in japan at the end of 2021.
Niccolò Ceria fires La Révolutionnaire, Charles Albert's Fontainebleau testpiece
16/03/2022 - Climbing
Niccolò Ceria fires La Révolutionnaire, Charles Albert's Fontainebleau testpiece
At Fontainebleau in France Italian climber Niccolò Ceria has repeated La Révolutionnaire, the boulder problem put up by Charles Albert and graded 8C+.
Yuji Hirayama (53) liberates Peaceful Mountain 9a at Mt Futago, Japan
07/03/2022 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama (53) liberates Peaceful Mountain 9a at Mt Futago, japan
53-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of Peaceful Mountain 9a at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in japan.
Jerry Moffat's Frankenjura Stone Love in Lines Of Legends
18/02/2022 - Climbing
Jerry Moffat's Frankenjura Stone Love in Lines Of Legends
The second episode of Lines Of Legends directed by Yuri Palma features Andrea and Marco Zanone versus Stone Love, the famous 8b+ first ascended by British rock climber Jerry Moffatt in Germany's Frankenjura in 1988.
Yasushi Yamanoi, the Piolet d'Or 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award video
29/12/2021 - Alpinism
Yasushi Yamanoi, the Piolet d'Or 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award video
The video portrait of 56-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi who was awarded with the 13th Piolets d'Or Carrière 2021 at the end of November at Briançon in France.
Watch Ryuichi Murai free Floatin at Mizugaki in Japan
27/12/2021 - Climbing
Watch Ryuichi Murai free Floatin at Mizugaki in japan
The video documenting the first ascent of Floatin, the 8C+ boulder problem at Mizugaki in japan freed by Ryuichi Murai at the start of December 2021.
Yuji Hirayama (52) fires first ascent of Hanabi 8c+ at Mt Futago in Japan
22/12/2021 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama (52) fires first ascent of Hanabi 8c+ at Mt Futago in japan
52-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of the 8c+ Hanabi at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in japan.
Ryuichi Murai fires Launch Pad project, 8C+ boulder problem at Mizugaki in Japan
12/12/2021 - Climbing
Ryuichi Murai fires Launch Pad project, 8C+ boulder problem at Mizugaki in japan
Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has made the first ascent of his Launch Pad Project at Mizugaki in japan, grading his short and intense line 8C+ and calling it Floatin.
Yasushi Yamanoi to receive Lifetime Achievement Award Piolet d'Or Carrière 2021
23/11/2021 - Alpinism
Yasushi Yamanoi to receive Lifetime Achievement Award Piolet d'Or Carrière 2021
Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi is to receive the13th Piolets d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated in Briançon, France, from 26 to 29 November.
Josune Bereziartu, Lynn Hill, Luisa Iovane: three women who have left their mark in the history of rock climbing
22/11/2021 - Climbing
Josune Bereziartu, Lynn Hill, Luisa Iovane: three women who have left their mark in the history of rock climbing
Three women, and three climbs, which helped change the course of rock climbing: Luisa Iovane on Comeback in Val San Nicolò in 1986, Lynn Hill on The Nose in 1993 and Josune Bereziartu on Bain de Sang in 2002. Our...
Janja Garnbret makes climbing history with first female 8c onsight, Fish Eye at Oliana
03/11/2021 - Climbing
Janja Garnbret makes climbing history with first female 8c onsight, Fish Eye at Oliana
Slovenian rock climber Janja Garnbret has onsighted Fish Eye at Oliana in Spain. In doing so, the 22-year-old has become the first woman in the world to onsight 8c.
The Wall - Climb for Gold feat. Janja Garnbret, Shauna Coxsey, Brooke Raboutou, Miho Nonaka
20/10/2021 - Climbing
The Wall - Climb for Gold feat. Janja Garnbret, Shauna Coxsey, Brooke Raboutou, Miho Nonaka
The trailer to the documentary The Wall - Climb for Gold that follows the efforts of elite climbers Janja Garnbret, Shauna Coxsey, Brooke Raboutou and Miho Nonaka as they battle to qualify for the first ever Olympic climbing competition at...
James Price summits unclimbed Passu Sar North in Pakistan's Karakoram
13/10/2021 - Alpinism
James Price summits unclimbed Passu Sar North in Pakistan's Karakoram
This summer James Price made a first ascent of Passu Sar North (6884m) and opened new routes on Passu Diar (7295m) and Maidon Sar (6090m), also referred to as Darmyani Peak, by climbing the mountain's south ridge.
Seo Chaehyun and Jakob Schubert crowned Lead World Champions 2021
22/09/2021 - Competitions
Seo Chaehyun and Jakob Schubert crowned Lead World Champions 2021
Last night at Moscow, Russia, during the Climbing World Championships Seo Chaehyun from South Korea and Jakob Schubert from Austria won the 2021 Lead World Championships. Natalia Grossman and Luka Potocar took home the silver medal, Laura Rogora and Hamish...