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Shepherds and Alpine guides. Worlds apart?
27/03/2014 - Environment
Shepherds and Alpine guides. Worlds apart?
Shepherds and alpine guides, two professions connected to the mountains and nature that, in this frenetically changing world, can inspire us in day-to-day life and live out our passions without forgetting our roots. By Teddy Soppelsa for Good For Alps, magazine AKU trekking & outdoor footwear.
Benjamin Letham speed flying off Mt. Tasman in New Zealand
18/11/2013 - Alpinism
Benjamin Letham speed flying off Mt. Tasman in New Zealand
Video of Benjamin Letham speed flying off the summit of Mt. Tasman, New Zealand.
Video: See you at the bottom!
05/08/2013 - Alpinism
Video: See you at the bottom!
Benjamin Letham documents his paragliding and wingsuit flights in Switzerland.
Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Peter Gebhard fifth
17/07/2013 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Peter Gebhard fifth
The Italian Peter Gebhard has placed fifth in the Red Bull X-Alps 2013
Red Bull X-Alps 2013: historic hat-trick for Christian Maurer
15/07/2013 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2013: historic hat-trick for Christian Maurer
Christian 'Chrigel' Maurer (SUI1) today, Sunday July 14th, set a new record after racing from Salzburg to Monaco in an extraordinary 6 days 23 hours and 40 minutes to win the 2013 Red Bull X-Alps.
Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Maurer's appointment with Monaco
13/07/2013 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Maurer's appointment with Monaco
Monaco beckons! In less than a week since setting off from the Austrian city of Salzburg, Christian Maurer (SUI1), a 30-year-old athlete from Switzerland, is approaching the final leg to Monaco and could arrive as early as Sunday.
Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Sunday start!
05/07/2013 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2013: Sunday start!
On Sunday, July 7 at 11:30am the Red Bull X-Alps 2013 gets underway, the extremely difficult paragliding and running competition all the way from Salzburg in Austria to the Principality of Monaco.
Red Bull X-Alps 2013 and the Italian athletes: Andy Frötscher
28/06/2013 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2013 and the Italian athletes: Andy Frötscher
Andy Frötscher from Klobenstein (BZ) is the veteran of the Red Bull X-Alps 2013, he has competed in all editions. On July 7th he will leave for his sixth crossing paragliding and running across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco. With Aaron Durogati and Peter Gebhard to defend the Italian...
Red Bull X-Alps 2013 and the Italian athletes: Peter Gebhard
20/06/2013 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2013 and the Italian athletes: Peter Gebhard
Born in 1985, Peter Gebhard will take part in his first ever Red Bull X-Alps on July 7 2013. Together with the other two Italians, Aaron Durogati and expert Andy Frötscher, the man from Val Gardena will fly and run across the Alps from Salzburg in Austria to the Principality...
Red Bull X-Alps 2013 and the Italian athletes: Aaron Durogati
12/06/2013 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2013 and the Italian athletes: Aaron Durogati
Interview with Aaron Durogati, the 26-year-old from Meran and winner of the paragliding World Cup. Together with Peter Gebhard and expert Andy Frötscher he will take part in the superb Red Bull X-Alps 2013 paragliding and running marathon: across the Alps from Salzburg to Monaco, beginning on 7 July.
Amiata trad climbing in Tuscany
13/02/2013 - Climbing
Amiata trad climbing in Tuscany
Trad climbing around Monte Amiata in Tuscany, Italy, introduced by Federico Schlatter.
Water and rock 2012, the Sardinian climbing meeting at Roccadoria Monteleone
10/10/2012 - Events
Water and rock 2012, the Sardinian climbing meeting at Roccadoria Monteleone
The climbing meeting "L'acqua e la roccia" will take place on 20 and 21 October 2012 at Roccadoria Monteleone, Sardinia.
The Red Helmet - our dreams and fears
24/07/2012 - Climbing
The Red Helmet - our dreams and fears
The video The Red Helmet which explores, through the eyes of a child, our dreams and teaches us how to confront our fears.
National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2012 to Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and Sano Babu Sunuwar
29/02/2012 - Events
National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2012 to Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and Sano Babu Sunuwar
Everest Guide Lakpa Tsheri Sherpa and kayaker Sano Babu Sunuwar have won the National Geographic People's Choice Adventurer of the Year 2012.
Antoine Montant
Antoine Montant
On Sunday Antoine Montant was found dead in the French Alps. The 30-year-old was a forerunner of paragliding and speedriding. Capable of interpreting skiing in the mountains in a new and above all revolutionary manner, his death leaves behind an enormous void. By Luca Rolli.
Quantum of Solace, Ines Papert and Wolfgang Russegger breach the Great Wall of China in Kyrgyzstan
19/10/2011 - Alpinism
Quantum of Solace, Ines Papert and Wolfgang Russegger breach the Great Wall of China in Kyrgyzstan
After an aborted attempt on Mount Kyzyl Asker, Ines Papert and Wolfgang Russegger established Quantum of Solace (ABO, WI 7+, M7, 600m) up the Great Wall of China in Kyrgyzstan.