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16/05/2012 - Climbing

Le Vrai Plaisir - (Pampers), new route on Piccolo Dain

On Piccolo Dain (Valle del Sarca, arco, Italy) Gianni Canale, Aldo Mazzotti and Franco Cavallaro have established Le Vrai Plaisir - (Pampers) (8a+, 7c obbl, 425m).

14/05/2012 - Climbing

Silvio Reffo frees Jungle Pockets at Lumignano

Silvio Reffo and the first free ascent of Jungle Pockets 8b+ at the crag Lumignano, Italy.

10/05/2012 - Climbing

Via del Det, the story and history in a film

The film and the first free ascent Sulla via del Det up Sasso Cavallo (Lecco, Italy) will be screened at Valmadrera, with special guests Giuseppe Alippi Det, Benigno Balatti and the Ragni Luca Passini and Matteo Piccardi.

18/04/2012 - Climbing

Adam Ondra and Bella Regis 8c+ on-sight

The report by Adam Ondra who on-sighted Bella Regis 8c+ at the Italian crag Bus de Vela on 7 April 2012.

11/04/2012 - Climbing

Mezzogiorno di Fuoco and Amico Fragile for Ciavaldini and Pearson in Sardinia

Caroline Ciavaldini and James Pearson have repeated Mezzogiorno di Fuoco (8b, 270m) at Punta Giradili and Amico Fragile (8b, 230m) at Monte Donneittu in Sardinia.

09/04/2012 - Alpinism

Presolana, first winter ascents of Via Paco and Via Bosio

On 16/03/2012 Daniele Natali and Tito Arosio made the first winter ascent of Via Paco (7b (6c+ obligatory), 400m), while a day later Maurizio Panseri and Fulvio Zanetti made the first winter ascent of Via Bosio (7a+ (6°+ obligatory) 430m)...

08/04/2012 - Climbing

Amuri Tepui, the Venezuela climbing details by Nico Favresse

In March 2012 Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva, Stephane Hanssens and Jean-Louis Wertz established Maria Rosa (7b, 500m) and Apichavai (8a+, 500m) on Amuri Tepui in Venezuela. The trip report by Nico Favresse.

03/04/2012 - Alpinism

Gran Sasso, Di Donato and Lemaire and the winter ascent of Il nagual e la farfalla

From 14 to 16 March 2012 the Italian climbers Andrea Di Donato and Bertrand Lemaire made the second winter ascent of the route Il nagual e la farfalla up Gran Sasso, Central Italy. The report about this outstanding ascent by...

02/04/2012 - Climbing

Ramon Julian Puigblanque, the video

The video of Ramon Julián Puigblanque climbing Escalatamasters 9a at Perles in Spain.

30/03/2012 - Events

Salewa Rockshow, the 2012 tour begins

April heralds the start of Rockshow 2012, the tour promoted by Salewa and open to everyone. This journey across nine European cuontries aims to discover the climber with the "vertical X-factor" and will culminate in July with the final at...

16/03/2012 - Competitions

Tris Rotondo, a great success in Valle Bedretto, Switzerland

The fith Tris Rotondo took place on 11 March in Valle Bredetto (San Gothard, Switzerland). The Super Tris event was won by Cédric Brodard, Vincent Mabboux and Nicolas Philipona, while the Main Tris (which also counted for the Swiss Championship)...

20/02/2012 - Alpinism

Cerro Torre an impossible mountain, the petition in favour of the bolt chopping

The petition, promoted by Rolando Garibotti, concerning the recent bolt chopping of the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre, Patagonia by the Americans Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk.

16/02/2012 - Alpinism

Forra del Vinadia, ice climbing in the Friuli, Italy

Five icefalls in the canyon Forra del Vinadia, Zia Mia, Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Zanna Bianca e Trip terapia introduced by Massimo Candolini and Marco Milanese

09/02/2012 - Alpinism

Cerro Torre bolt chopping, the debate in Italy

With regards to the bolt chopping on Cerro Torre's Compressor route, we have received and published the views of Stefano Lovison, shared by numerous Italian alpinists.

27/01/2012 - Alpinism

Alice in Wonderland, new route on Presanella

On 21 January 2012 the Italians Francesco Salvaterra, Marco Fedrizzi and Luca Tamburini established Alice in Wonderland (550m,TD M5+/A0), up the East Face of Presanella (3558m), Italy.