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Stefano Ghisolfi sends 9a at Tetto di Sarre, Italy
10/06/2013 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi sends 9a at Tetto di Sarre, Italy
Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated the climb Ground Zero at Tetto di Sarre, Aosta. This is the first 9a for the strong climber from Turin.
Valerio Ballardini and the crag Bus de Vela
09/06/2013 - Climbing
Valerio Ballardini and the crag Bus de Vela
Video by The Vertical Eye about Valerio Ballardini, one of the most active bolters of the crag Bus de Vela at Trento, Italy.
Felipe Camargo climbing at Passa Vinte in Brazil
31/05/2013 - Climbing
Felipe Camargo climbing at Passa Vinte in Brazil
Video of Felipe Camargo and the first ascent of Sinairo 8b+ at Passa Vinte in Brazil.
Valle di Daone bouldering in Italy
31/05/2013 - Climbing
Valle di Daone bouldering in Italy
Valle di Daone, one of the most beautiful bouldering areas in Italy, introduced by Stefania Pellizzari e Angelo Davorio.
Roland Hemetzberger and Fabian Hagenauer add difficult new climb to Morocco's Taghia Gorge
28/05/2013 - Alpinism
Roland Hemetzberger and Fabian Hagenauer add difficult new climb to Morocco's Taghia Gorge
German climbers Roland Hemetzberger and Fabian Hagenauer have made the first ascent of Tabula Rasa (250m, 8b) on the Paroi de la Cascade, Taghia, Morocco.
Niccolò Ceria drifts up The ghost ship at Champorcher
28/05/2013 - Climbing
Niccolò Ceria drifts up The ghost ship at Champorcher
At Champorcher in Italy's Valle d'Aosta, Niccolò Ceria has made the first ascent of the boulder problem The ghost ship 8b+. Ceria provides the report.
Palinuro, climbing above the sea and the climBrave Festival
22/05/2013 - Events
Palinuro, climbing above the sea and the climBrave Festival
Giancarlo Maritano talks about the climbing and climBrave Festival which took place last April on the beautiful beach called Molpa di Palinuro in Campania, Southern Italy.
Pete Whittaker frees Baron Greenback at Wimberry
16/05/2013 - Climbing
Pete Whittaker frees Baron Greenback at Wimberry
On 4 May Pete Whittaker made the first ascent of Baron Greenback ta the gritstone outcrop Wimberry in England, while Tom Randall made the first repeat of Appointment with Death and Nathan Lee repeated Order of the Phoenix.
Jordan Buys climbs 9a at Malham Cove in England
08/05/2013 - Climbing
Jordan Buys climbs 9a at Malham Cove in England
On 03/05/2013 English climber Jordan Buys repeated Rainshadow 9a at Malham Cove, England.
Dave Graham and the story of Bridge of Ashes at Elkland
04/05/2013 - Climbing
Dave Graham and the story of Bridge of Ashes at Elkland
Video documentary of Dave Graham and the boulder problem Bridge of Ashes V15 at Elkland, Colorado, USA.
Alexander Megos frees Frankenjura Classified 9a+
02/05/2013 - Climbing
Alexander Megos frees Frankenjura Classified 9a+
In Germany's Frankenjura Alexander Megos has made the first ascent of Classified 9a+.
James Pearson & Caroline Ciavaldini, hard trad ascents at Cadarese and Balmanolesca
30/04/2013 - Climbing
James Pearson & Caroline Ciavaldini, hard trad ascents at Cadarese and Balmanolesca
At Balmanolesca in NW Italy James Pearson made the first repeat, and first trad ascent, of A Denti Stretti 8b+, while at nearby Cadarese Caroline Ciavaldini made a trad ascent of Grazie Rickie 8a+ .
Nalle Hukkataival repeats Bügeleisen in the Maltatal
16/04/2013 - Climbing
Nalle Hukkataival repeats Bügeleisen in the Maltatal
Finnish rock climber Nalle Hukkataival has climbed Bügeleisen, the 8b+ boulder problem established in 2001 by Klem Loskot in Maltatal, Austria.
Punta Giradili, Sardinia: difficult new multi-pitch rock climb Oiscura... L'eco del Baratro
11/04/2013 - Climbing
Punta Giradili, Sardinia: difficult new multi-pitch rock climb Oiscura... L'eco del Baratro
During three weekends between 2012 and 2013 Gianni Canale, Aldo Mazzotti, Stefano Salvaterra, Franco Cavallaro and Adriano Cavallaro made the first ascent of Oiscura... L'eco del Baratro up beautiful Punta Giradili above Baunei in Sardinia. 230m high, established ground-up, with 7c obligatory climbing and two crux pitches still to be...
Niccolò Ceria and the bouldering at Västervik in Sweden
02/04/2013 - Climbing
Niccolò Ceria and the bouldering at Västervik in Sweden
The report by Niccolò Ceria currently getting to grips with the boulders as Västervik in southern Sweden, where he added a sit-down start to Primitive 8A+ and flashed The Hourglass 8b.
Alexander Megos interview after world's first 9a onsight
29/03/2013 - Interviews
Alexander Megos interview after world's first 9a onsight
Interview with 19-year-old German climber Alexander Megos after the historic first on-sight of a 9a climb, Estado Critico at Siurana in Spain.

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