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14/08/2019 - Alpinism
Lucie Hrozová dials Digital Crack on Mont Blanc Czech climber Lucie Hrozová has repeated Digital Crack, the famous 8a freed by Thierry Renault and Alain Ghersen above Arête des Cosmiques on Aiguille du Midi in the Mont Blanc massif.

12/08/2019 - Climbing
Luka Lindič fires End of Silence on Germany's Feuerhorn Slovenian alpinist Luka Lindič has repeated End of Silence up Feuerhom (Berchtesgaden Alps, Germany). Freed by Thomas Huber in 1994, this multi-pitch 8b+ is considered one of the reference routes for alpine sports climbs.

07/08/2019 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher climbing Tribe at Cadarese The video of Jacopo Larcher and his journey to free Tribe at Cadarese, one of the most difficult trad climbs in the world.

07/08/2019 - Alpinism
Nina Caprez, Aymeric Clouet climb Eiger's La Vida es Silbar Swiss climbers Nina Caprez and Aymeric Clouet have repeated 'La Vida es Silbar' up the North Face of the Eiger.

05/08/2019 - Alpinism
Laserz North Face, 80-year-old Lienz Dolomites Direttissima climbed by 70-year-old On 5 August 1939 the North Face of Laserz in the Lienz Dolomites, Austria was climbed by Gustl Thaler and Gerald Leinweber. Mountain guide Lisi Steurer reports about this historic first ascent 80 years ago and her recent repeat with Christine Regoutz, her rather special client. And not only because...

03/08/2019 - Alpinism
Gendarme du Cardinal / New rock climb in Mont Blanc massif French alpinists Antoine Bletton and Sébastien Moatti have established Armand Marley (350m, 6a+), a new rock climb up Gendarme du Cardinal in the Mont Blanc massif.

01/08/2019 - Alpinism
Neunerspitze, Fanis, Dolomites: Kofler, Gietl and Wenter shine on Somnium On Mt. Neunerspitze (Sasso delle Nove) in the Fanes group of the Dolomites, Michael Kofler, Manuel Gietl and Florian Wenter have completed the first ascent of Somnium, a new multi-pitch rock climb with difficulties up to 7a. Kofler reports.

29/07/2019 - Alpinism
Squamish, Skywalker, and the sublime rock climbing in Canada Maurizio Oviglia introduces Squamish, one of the world's foremost crack climbing areas, as well as Skywalker, a not too difficult multi-pitch rock climb still fairly unknown outside the borders of Canada.

28/07/2019 - Alpinism
Siebe Vanhee, David Leduc sweep up new climb in the Dolomites Belgian climbers Siebe Vanhee and David Leduc have made the first ascent of Spazzacamino up the Terza Pala di San Lucano (Pale di San Lucano, Dolomites). The new multi-pitch climb was established ground-up, all free and with one bivouac on the face.

26/07/2019 - Climbing
El Capitan Gigapixel climbing photo The high resolution image of El Capitan in Yosemite, USA, and all its big wall rock climbs produced by BluePlanet VR. Zoom in to explore The Nose, the Salathé, Zodiac and all the other big wall climbs on El Cap.

20/07/2019 - Alpinism
Nina Caprez flys up Grand Capucin Voie Petit Swiss climber Nina Caprez has made a fast repeat of Voie Petit, up Grand Capucin (3838m), Mont Blanc. Established in 1997 by Arnaud Petit, Stephanie Bodet, Pascal Gaudin and Jean-Paul Petit, this 450m 8b multi-pitch was freed by Alexander Huber in 2005.

18/07/2019 - Alpinism
Christoph Hainz adds new climb to Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites On the south face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo (Dolomites) Christoph Hainz and Gerda Schwienbacher have established Via Grohmann - Hainz, a big new rock climb timed to celebrate the first ascent the mountain carried out 150 years ago, on 21 August 1869 by the Austrian mountaineer Paul Grohmann together...

17/07/2019 - Climbing
Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein single-pitch climbing in Yosemite Watch Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein climbing some of the most famous single pitch rock climbs in Yosemite after retiring from climbing competitions.

16/07/2019 - Climbing
Camilla Bendazzoli at Arco climbs her first 8c At Narango above Lake Garda close to Arco, Italy, Camilla Bendazzoli has redpointed Cinque Uve. This is her first 8c sports climb.

14/07/2019 - Climbing
Jorge Díaz-Rullo dials Biographie at Céüse in France Spaniard Jorge Díaz-Rullo has repeated Biographie, the 9a+ at Ceuse freed by Chris Sharma in 2001 and recognised as a benchmark for its grade

12/07/2019 - Interviews
Robert Leistner climbs cutting edge traditional Elbsandstein masterpiece German rock climber Robert Leistner has made the first free ascent of Vertreibung der letzten Idealisten up the Nonnengärtner tower in the Elbsandstein massif in Germany. Graded 12a, or French 8c, this is now the most difficult climb in the German part of the Elbsandsteingebirge. What makes this climb remarkable...
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