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16/09/2011 - Environment
Experience Zero Gravity… the dream of flying Two videos by Betty Wants about the magic of flying, for parachuters and BASE-jumpers and also for all those, including alpinists, who look at the world from other points of view.
15/09/2011 - Alpinism
Walter Bonatti, thoughts and memories from the world of alpinism The thoughts for Walter Bonatti which PlanetMountain received from the alpinists...
14/09/2011 - Alpinism
Walter Bonatti, goodbye Last night Walter Bonatti passed away. He was 81 years old and one of the greatest legends of alpinism of all times.
11/09/2011 - Climbing
Flatanger, Jorg Verhoeven climbs Nordic Flower in Norway Dutch climber Jorg Verhoeven has made the first ascent of Nordic Flower 9a in Flatanger, Norway.
01/09/2011 - Alpinism
Mario Prinoth: Silbergeier and the Battisti - Weiss On 2 August 2011 Italian climber Mario Prinoth carried out a rare repeat of Silbergeier (8b/8b+, 240m) in the Rätikon, Switzerland, while on 25 May he had managed to on-sight the via Battisti - Weiss (400m, max 8a+) on Spiz delle Roe de Ciampiè (Larsec, Catinaccio, Dolomites).
12/08/2011 - Events
Rock Junior 2011 - registration now online Registration is now open for the Rock Junior, which will be held Saturday 1 and Sunday 2 October 2011 in Arco, Lake Garda, Italy.
09/08/2011 - Climbing
Crepo Longo, sport climbing in the Dolomites Crepo Longo, a new crag on Mount Faloria above Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites, with 20 routes from 4a - 6c.
05/08/2011 - Climbing
Adam Ondra hits Margalef Adam Ondra climbed in Margalef, Spain, for a week where he repeated Coma Sant Pere 8c+ and Era Bella and Gancho Perfecto 9a. Vojtech Vrzba provides the details.
01/08/2011 - Climbing
James McHaffie repeats The Big Bang at Lower Pen Trwyn James McHaffie has made the first repeat of The Big Bang 9a at Lower Pen Trwyn, first climbed in 1996 by Neil Carson.
24/07/2011 - Competitions
Arco World Championship: Ondra and Chereshneva win Duel Adam Ondra (CZE) and Yana Chereshneva (RUS) won the Duel competition and in doing so also the special Rock master 2011. The Combined ranking was won by Ondra, DiGiulian while the National ranking went to Russia.
22/07/2011 - Events
Arco Rock Legends and the sport climbing legends During the VI Arco Rock Legends the Salewa Rock Award was given to Adam Ondra. The La Sportiva Competition Award went to Ramon Julien Puigblanque.
20/07/2011 - Competitions
Climbing World Championship Arco: all the favourites qualify for the Semifinal Lead. In the first round of the Women's Qualification the following qualified with flying colours and two tops: Ernst, Kim, Röck and Eiter. The Italian Jenny Lavarda has also qualified for the Semifinal.
19/07/2011 - Competitions
World Climbing Championship in Arco as seen by PlanetMountain The Planetmountain team is at the IFSC World Championship in Arco: our live reports, our videos and the unbelievable photos by Giulio Malfer and Anna Piunova.
18/07/2011 - Climbing
Naranjo de Bulnes, Pou brothers free Gorilas en la Roca Iker and Eneko Pou have freed Gorilas en la Roca (7b+, 200m) on the Naranjo de Bulnes, Picos de Europa, Spain.
14/07/2011 - Competitions
IFSC World Championship in Arco a 10 day climbing celebration The IFSC World Championship kicks off in Arco and expectations for this great sport event are simply enormous.
12/07/2011 - Competitions
Chamonix, World Cup Lead & Speed The first stage of the Lead World Cup 2011 started in Chamonix this morning, along with the Speed event.
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