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Top female climbing: Ievgeniia Kazbekova sends 8c+, Muriel Sarkany redpoints 9a
04/10/2017 - Climbing
Top female climbing: Ievgeniia Kazbekova sends 8c+, Muriel Sarkany redpoints 9a
While Belgium’s Muriel Sarkany has climbed Era Vella 9a at Margalef, Ukraine’s Jenya Kazbekova has redpointed her first 8c+, Güllich at the crag Red Stone in the Crimea.
Silvestro Franchini climbs difficult new crack in Val Genova
27/09/2017 - Climbing
Silvestro Franchini climbs difficult new crack in Val Genova
Italian mountain guide Silvestro Franchini (30) reports about the first ascent of 'Fessura del Caret', a difficult new crack climb in Val di Genova within the Adamello - Brenta Natural Park.
New mixed climbs in Alaska's Revelation Mountains
26/09/2017 - Alpinism
New mixed climbs in Alaska's Revelation Mountains
Mountaineering in Alaska: in spring 2017 Lithuania’s Gediminas Simutis (28) and Germany's Frieder Wittmann (31) pulled off a series of interesting first ascents above the remote Fish Glacier in the Revelation Mountains. The trip report by Simutis.
Lead World Cup 2017 - Edinburgh
24/09/2017 - Competitions
lead World Cup 2017 - Edinburgh
Edinburgh, Scotland is currently hosting the fifth stage of the Speed and lead World Cup 2017. The semifinals take place at 10:30 while the finals take place at19:30. Both will be transmitted in live streaming.
Pirmin Bertle climbs first 9a in Bolivia
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
Anak Verhoeven claims 9a+ first female ascent at Pierrot Beach in France
13/09/2017 - Climbing
Anak Verhoeven claims 9a+ first female ascent at Pierrot Beach in France
Belgium's Anak Verhoeven has made the first ascent of 'Sweet Neuf' at Pierrot Beach in France, a sports climb she believes is 9a+. Should the grade be confirmed, Verhoeven becomes only the second woman to have climbed 9a+ and the first to have freed a route of this difficulty.
Larcher and Marazzi free Così parlò Zarathustra in Vallone di Sea, Italy
12/09/2017 - Climbing
Larcher and Marazzi free Così parlò Zarathustra in Vallone di Sea, Italy
On 28 July 2017 Jacopo Larcher and Paolo Marazzi made the first free ascent of Così parlò Zarathustra, a A3 aid climb in Vallone di Sea established in 1983 by Isidoro Meneghin and Daniele Caneparo.
Russia dominates Speed climbing at IFSC Youth World Championships Innsbruck
07/09/2017 - Competitions
Russia dominates Speed climbing at IFSC Youth World Championships Innsbruck
Russian athletes excelled on Sunday and Monday in the Speed climbing discipline at the IFSC Youth World Championships 2017 in Innsbruck, adding 11 more medals to the count.
L'or du temps on Grand Capucin, Slovaks claim first free ascent
06/09/2017 - Alpinism
L'or du temps on Grand Capucin, Slovaks claim first free ascent
The report by 16-year-old Slovak climber Pavel Kratochvíl who on 27/08/2017 with Róbert Luby (21) and Martin Krasňanský (34) made the first free ascent of L'or du temps, the new route put up on Grand Capucin, Mont Blanc, by Nina Caprez and Arnaud Petit.
Adam Ondra climbs Silence, world's first 9c at Flatanger in Norway
04/09/2017 - Interviews
Adam Ondra climbs Silence, world's first 9c at Flatanger in Norway
Interview with Czech climber Adam Ondra who on 3 September 2017 at Flatanger in Norway made the first free ascent of his Project Hard, a sport climb which the 24-year-old has graded 9c. Should this be confirmed, then the 45m line checks in as the first 9c in the world....
Bouldering in Valle dell'Orco and the Orcoblocco climbing meeting
01/09/2017 - Climbing
Bouldering in Valle dell'Orco and the Orcoblocco climbing meeting
One day before the Orcoblocco bouldering meeting in Italy’s Valle dell’Orco Andrea Migliano introduces the valley in the Gran Paradiso National Park and in particular the new El Dorado sector with its 120 new boulder problems.
Canada's Monarch Mountain SW Pillar first ascent by Simon Richardson and Michael Rinn
29/08/2017 - Alpinism
Canada's Monarch Mountain SW Pillar first ascent by Simon Richardson and Michael Rinn
The trip report by Simon Richardson who from 4 - 6 August together with Michael Rinn made the first ascent of Game of Thrones (ED2, 1250m), the first route up the South-West Face of Monarch Mountain (3572m) in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia in Canada.
Adam Ondra and Julia Chanourdie win Arco Rock Master 2017
28/08/2017 - Competitions
Adam Ondra and Julia Chanourdie win Arco Rock Master 2017
The 31st Arco Rock Master Trophy was won using the Duel formula on 26 August 2017 by Adam Ondra and Julia Chanourdie. A few hours earlier the fourth stage of the lead World Cup was won by Jakob Schubert and Jain Kim, while the Speed World ​​Cup was won by...
Rock Master Lead World Cup, live streaming from Arco
26/08/2017 - Competitions
Rock Master lead World Cup, live streaming from Arco
Live streaming today from the Arco Rock Master that acts as the fourth stage of the World Cup lead and Speed. At 11:00 the lead semifinals, at 17:00 the lead finals, followed at 19:00 by the Speed finals.
New Tsaranoro climb in Madagascar by Italian Ragni di Lecco
25/08/2017 - Alpinism
New Tsaranoro climb in Madagascar by Italian Ragni di Lecco
In July 2017 the Italian climbers Matteo de Zaiacomo, Dimitri Anghileri and Marco Maggioni belonging to the Ragni di lecco climbing club made the first ascent of Rivotra Mahery (strong wind) a new 700 meter rock climb with difficulties up to 8a+ on Tsaranoro Atsimo in Madagascar.
Mike Kosterlitz in Arco for the Climbing Ambassador
23/08/2017 - Events
Mike Kosterlitz in Arco for the Climbing Ambassador
On Friday 25 August at Arco, Italy, Mike Kosterlitz will be the special guest of the 12th Arco Rock Legends, the sport climbing Oscars. The climber and Nobel Prize in Physics laureate will receive the Climbing Ambassador by Dryarn® di Aquafil. The candidates for the Wild Country Rock Award are...