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Filip Babicz climbs Pizzo Badile North Ridge in 43 minutes
14/09/2021 - Alpinism
Filip Babicz climbs Pizzo Badile North Ridge in 43 minutes
On Friday 10 September 2021 Filip Babicz climbed the North Ridge of Pizzo Badile in 42 minutes and 52 seconds.
Dolomites Civetta coup: Léo Billon, Enzo Oddo climb Colonne d’Ercole in a day
19/08/2021 - Alpinism
Dolomites Civetta coup: Léo Billon, Enzo Oddo climb Colonne d’Ercole in a day
Léo Billon and Enzo Oddo have climbed Colonne d’Ercole (1200m, IX) on Mount Civetta in the Dolomites onsight and in a single day. A few days earlier the French mountaineers had teamed up with Silvia Loreggian, climbing Specchio di Sara with the starting variant Coitus Interruptus and the Larcher-Vigiani (8a...
XS Eco, last days to test the new Vibram climbing rubber
22/06/2021 - Climbing
XS Eco, last days to test the new Vibram climbing rubber
These are the final days for the free Vibram customization of your climbing shoes with the new Vibram XS Eco compound, made with 20% of processing offcuts. Register on the Vibram Testerplace platform until 25 June; climbers will receive free resoling and become ‘testers’ of the new climbing rubber.
Vibram XS Eco, until 25 June the Vibram Sole Factor Mobile Lab
17/06/2021 - Climbing
Vibram XS Eco, until 25 June the Vibram Sole Factor Mobile Lab
Until the 25th of June 2021 Vibram XS Eco, Vibram's new green climbing rubber, is the main feature of the Vibram Sole Factor Mobile Lab Virtual Tour. Register at Vibram Testerplace, receive free customisation of your climbing shoes and become ‘testers’ of the new compound.
Vibram Sole Factor Mobile Lab and the Vibram XS Eco climbing shoe rubber

14/06/2021 - Climbing
Vibram Sole Factor Mobile Lab and the Vibram XS Eco climbing shoe rubber

Vibram XS Eco is the new green climbing shoe rubber which from today until the 25th of June main feature of the Vibram Sole Factor Mobile Lab. A limited number of climbers, by registering on the Vibram Testerplace platform, will receive a free customisation of their climbing shoes and...
Heart of Stone on Mount Huntington in Alaska. Luka Lindič reports
11/05/2021 - Alpinism
Heart of Stone on Mount Huntington in Alaska. Luka Lindič reports
Luka Lindič reports about the first ascent, carried out with Ines Papert, of Heart of Stone on Mount Huntington’s West face, Central Denali Range, Alaska in April 2021.
Claudia Ghisolfi grand on Noia 8c+ at Andonno
09/05/2021 - Climbing
Claudia Ghisolfi grand on Noia 8c+ at Andonno
At Andonno in Italy 24-year-old climber Claudia Ghisolfi has repeated Noia, the legendary 8c+ established in 1993 by Severino Scassa.
Marcello Bombardi makes no mistakes on Lapsus at Andonno, Italy
08/05/2021 - Climbing
Marcello Bombardi makes no mistakes on Lapsus at Andonno, Italy
Two days ago at Andonno in Italy 27-year-old Marcello Bombardi made the third ascent of Lapsus, after Stefano Ghisolfi and Adam Ondra.
Brette Harrington, Dylan Cunningham devour Just a Nibble on Mount Niblock in Canada
22/04/2021 - Alpinism
Brette Harrington, Dylan Cunningham devour Just a Nibble on Mount Niblock in Canada
On 17 April 2021 Dylan Cunningham and Brette Harrington established Just a Nibble (M6R, 5.10-, WI5, 500m), a tenuous mixed climb up the virgin NE Face of Mount Niblock in Canada.
Aiguille de Pélerins, John McCune and Will Sim go Above and Beyond
14/04/2021 - Alpinism
Aiguille de Pélerins, John McCune and Will Sim go Above and Beyond
British mountaineers John McCune and Will Sim have climbed what is likely to be a new route to the left of Beyond Good and Evil on the North Face of Aiguille de Pélerins in the Mont Blanc massif. Above and Beyond has been graded ED M6 6b+.
Legrima on Langkofel, Dolomites, finally repeated by Titus Prinoth, Alex Walpoth
09/03/2021 - Alpinism
Legrima on Langkofel, Dolomites, finally repeated by Titus Prinoth, Alex Walpoth
From 21 to 22 December 2020 Titus Prinoth and Alex Walpoth from the South Tyrol Italy, completed the first repeat of La Legrima on the northeast face of Langkofel / Sassolungo in the Dolomites. The difficult mixed climb was established in 2013 by Adam Holzknecht and Hubert Moroder.
Simon Gietl completes winter solo of Große Mauer on Heiligkreuzkofel, Dolomites
05/03/2021 - Alpinism
Simon Gietl completes winter solo of Große Mauer on Heiligkreuzkofel, Dolomites
Yesterday Simon Gietl made a winter solo ascent of Große Mauer / Grande Muro on Heiligkreuzkofel / Sass dla Crusc in the Dolomites. The mountaineer the South Tyrol, Italy, returned to valley by paraglider.
Nubra Valley Ice Climbing Festival in India
19/02/2021 - Alpinism
Nubra Valley Ice Climbing Festival in India
The report about the first Ice Climbing Meeting that took place in January in the wonderful Nubra Valley, India. This event proved to be important, above all because it’s the first of its kind in the Ladakh region. The report by Ladakh Nomad Expeditions.
Simon Lorenzi talks Soudain seul, his 9A boulder problem at Fontainebleau in France
18/02/2021 - Interviews
Simon Lorenzi talks Soudain seul, his 9A boulder problem at Fontainebleau in France
Interview with Simon Lorenzi after the first ascent of Soudain seul, ie the sit start to Big Island at Fontainebleau in France, which the Belgian rock climber has graded 9A.
Farewell to Galliano Bordin, founder of AKU
02/02/2021 - Environment
Farewell to Galliano Bordin, founder of AKU
Galliano Bordin, the founder of the Italian footwear company AKU, passed away aged 85 on Saturday. The son of a family of shoemakers, Bordin founded the company at Montebelluna in Northern Italy and exported walking shoes, trekking and mountaineering boots and outdoor footwear to over 30 countries around the world...
Space Shuttle on Kleine Rodelheilspitze, new mixed climb in the Dolomites
25/01/2021 - Alpinism
Space Shuttle on Kleine Rodelheilspitze, new mixed climb in the Dolomites
Markus Huber from the South Tyrol reports about the first ascent of Space Shuttle, a new mixed climb on Kleine Rodelheilspitze (Sass dla Lùesa), above Passo Gardena in the Sella group of the Italian Dolomites.

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