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German photographer Lorenz Holder has won one of the most prestigious photographic competitions in the world for “action & adventure”, namely the Red Bull Illume 2016. All the winning photos.

The video of Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein sampling some of the best climbing and bouldering in australia and Tasmania.

Action Directe was established by Wolfgang Güllich on 14 September 1991 at Waldkopf in Germany's Frankenjura. The route set new new standards in sport climbing and now, precisely twenty-five years after the first ascent, Planetmountain.com takes a step back in time to discover more about one of the most famous...

On 12 July 2016 Slovenian alpinists Aleš Česen and Luka Lindič reached the summit of Broad Peak. Two weeks later they climbed the Northwest Ridge of Gasherbrum IV, reaching the North Summit (7900m) on 26 July 2016.

Motivated by debates on facebook, the Italian climber and photographer Riky Felderer shares his point of view about an issue that knows no end: climbing grades.

The video of Sonnie Trotter climbing the Totem Pole in Tasmania via the Ewbank Route. Established by John Ewbank and Allan Keller with the use of aid in 1968, in 2009 Doug McConnell and Dean Rollins freed the individual pitches on separate days. Trotter’s ascent is the first free ascent...

For those who are lost in climbing or want to get lost climbing, the date is set from 5 to 8 May in Val Masino - Val di Mello, Italy, for the world’s most famous international bouldering meeting, Melloblocco 2016.

On April 4, 2016 British climber Paul Pritchard summited the Totem Pole, the amazing obelisk in Tasmania where he suffered a nigh fatal fall in 1998. As a result of that incident Pritchard was left partially paralysed and now, 18 years later, his ascent celebrates a conquest and circle that...

Dutch climber Jorg Verhoeven repeating Ammagamma, the V13 boulder problem established by Austria's Klem Loskot in the Grampians, australia.

Three climbing videos featuring the Grampians mountains in australia where Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein climbed the routes Eye of the Tiger and Groove Train as well as the boulder problem Wheel of Life.

The video of Jorg Verhoeven and Katharina Saurwein rock climbing in Tasmania.

The video Their Land - an aerial Odyssey through Tasmania’s wilderness.

In July and August this year, Chris Fitzgerald, Natasha Sebire and Gemma Woldendorp from australia climbed several new routes on the previously unclimbed granite wall of the Finger Crack Cirque and on Weasel Tower close to the town of Bilibino, Siberia, Russia.

Finish rock climber Nalle Hukkataival has made the first ascent of The stepping stone V15 at the Grampians in australia, describing the ascent of this V15 boulder problem as possibly "the most memorable climbing experience of my life!"

The video of Finnish climber Nalle Hukkataival attempting a king line boulder problem in the Grampians, australia.

In July 2015 Hansjörg Auer, Jacopo Larcher, Eneko Pou, Iker Pou and Siebe Vanhee climbed 8 new routes up the granite big walls close to Bilibino in Russia.