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12/06/2018 - Climbing
Rock climbing in Jordan: new rock climbs at Wadi Sulam Maurizio Oviglia reports about an expedition of the Italian Alpine Club and the JTB (Jordan Tourism Board) which resulted in series of new climbs in the unexplored area of Wadi Sulam in Jordan. Expedition members included Maurizio Giordani, Manrico Dell'Agnola, Andrea Cattarossi, Marco Scagnetto, Luca Schiera, Umberto Del Vecchio, Erik...

09/06/2018 - Climbing
Hotel Supramonte climbed in Sardinia by Lara Neumeier, Christoph Hanke, Jozef Kristoffy Lara Neumeier, Christoph Hanke and Jozef Kristoffy have all repeated Hotel Supramonte, the famous multi-pitch climb first ascended in the Gole di Gorropu in Sardinia by Rolando Larcher and Roberto Vigiani.

07/06/2018 - Climbing
New multi-pitch rock climb up Punta Cusidore in Sardinia Between autumn 2017 and spring 2018 Giovanni Manconi and Maurizio Oviglia established Passavamo sulla terra leggeri, a new rock climb on Punta Cusidore, a mountain considered by many as one of the most important 'alpine' peaks in Sardinia.

06/06/2018 - Climbing
Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell climb The Nose in under 2 hours to set new El Capitan speed record This morning American climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell set another speed record on The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite. This time the duo broke the legendary 2-hour barrier, climbing the big wall route in 1:58:07.

06/06/2018 - Climbing
Michael Kemeter frees hard climb on Mont-Rebei in Spanish Pyrenees Austria’s Michael Kemeter has made the first free ascent of a big multi-pitch climb at Mont-Rebei in Spain, established in 2018 by Ignasi Miralpeix Llobet e Gil Furriols.

05/06/2018 - Climbing
Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell break The Nose Speed record again Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell have broken the speed record on The Nose once again, climbing the iconic big wall on El Capitan Yosemite in 2:01:50. In other news, on 2 June the two well-known rock climbers Jason Wells and Tim Klein lost their lives on El Capitan.

30/05/2018 - Climbing
Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold smash The Nose Speed record American climbers Tommy Caldwell and Alex Honnold have set a new speed record on The Nose, climbing El Capitan in Yosemite in 2:10:15.

29/05/2018 - Alpinism
French forge new routes in Alaska's Revelation Mountains In early April 2018 French alpinists Thomas Auvaro, Jeremy Fino, Matthieu Rideau and Antoine Rolle climbed two new routes in the Revelation Mountains in Alaska. Rideau provides the trip report.

19/05/2018 - Climbing
Jonathan Siegrist = Jumbo Love 9b American sports climber Jonathan Siegrist has repeated Jumbo Love, the 9b sports climb freed by Chris Sharma at Clark Mountain, USA in 2008 and repeated only by Ethan Pringle.

18/05/2018 - Alpinism
Changabang North Face alpine style by France's Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti, Sébastien Ratel Climbing alpine style from 11 - 13 May, French alpinists Léo Billon, Sébastien Moatti and Sébastien Ratel belonging to Groupe Militaire de haute montagne (GMHM) have repeated the impressive North Face of Changabang (6864 m) in the Garhwal Himalaya in India.

18/05/2018 - Climbing
Climbing video: New Zealand and Australia through the eyes of Charlotte Durif and Josh Larson Sport climbing in New Zealand and Australia, as seen through the eyes of Charlotte Durif and Josh Larson. The climbers are currently on their ‘A World Less Traveled’ trip discovering the lesser-known climbing areas of 18 countries on 6 continents.

11/05/2018 - Events
Dolorock 2018 climbing festival in the Dolomites From 25 to 27 May 2018 the sixth edition of the Dolorock Climbing Festival will take place all around the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites.

10/05/2018 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Altai Mountains / Steep skiing in Siberia by Daniel Ladurner & Co In April 2018 Daniel Ladurner, Klaus Gruber, Michael Sinn, Wolfgang Hell and Lukas Schäfer scored a series of interesting ski descents in the Altai massif of Siberia.

10/05/2018 - Alpinism
Thomas Bubendorfer climbs new route up Großglockner after Dolomites accident 13 months after his life-threatening accident at Sottoguda in the Dolomites, Austrian mountaineer Thomas Bubendorfer has established a new mixed climb up on the South Face of Grossglockner (3798 m) in Austria. The new route is called Das dritte Leben, The Third life, and Bubendorfer established the line with Max...

06/05/2018 - Climbing
Melloblocco in Tour 2018, thoughts and words The 15th edition of Melloblocco, the great climbing and bouldering festival that took place from 3 to 6 May between Lugano and Cresciano (Switzerland) together with MBB Street Boulder Lugano, was completed.

05/05/2018 - Climbing
Video: Jernej Kruder climbing at Omiš in Croatia The video of Jernej Kruder attempting his project at the beautiful crags close to Omiš in Croatia.
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