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Yannick Flohé fires Brixen Boulder World Cup 2022
13/06/2022 - Competitions
Yannick Flohé fires Brixen Boulder World Cup 2022
Yannick Flohé claimed his first World Cup podium last night after winning the fifth stage of the Boulder World Cup 2022 at Brixen, Italy. The German beat Britain’s Maximillian Milne and japan’s Tomoa Narasaki.
Natalia Grossman wins Brixen Boulder World Cup 2022
11/06/2022 - Competitions
Natalia Grossman wins Brixen Boulder World Cup 2022
The fifth stage of the Boulder World Cup 2022 was won in Brixen / Bressanone, Italy, by Natalia Grossman of the USA ahead of Hannah Meul from Germany and 16-year-old Zhilu Luo from China.
Seb Berthe breezes up El Niño on El Capitan in Yosemite
01/05/2022 - Climbing
Seb Berthe breezes up El Niño on El Capitan in Yosemite
Belgian rock climber Sébastien Berthe has made a swift repeat of El Niño on El Capitan, managing to onsight or flash almost all of this classic Huber testpiece in a single day.
Janja Garnbret, Tomoa Narasaki dominate Meiringen 2022 Boulder World Cup debut
11/04/2022 - Competitions
Janja Garnbret, Tomoa Narasaki dominate Meiringen 2022 Boulder World Cup debut
At Meiringen in Switzerland last weekend Janja Garnbret of Slovenia and Tomoa Narasaki of japan won the first stage of the Boulder World Cup 2022. Natalia Grossman and Yoshiyuki Ogata won silver, Andrea Kümin and Mejdi Schalck won bronze.
Meiringen hosts Boulder World Cup 2022 season debut
09/04/2022 - Competitions
Meiringen hosts Boulder World Cup 2022 season debut
The first stage of the Boulder World Cup started yesterday at Meiringen, Switzerland. The women's Semifinals and Finals today, the men's on Sunday.
IFSC announces 3-year broadcast deal with Discovery Sports
28/03/2022 - Competitions
IFSC announces 3-year broadcast deal with Discovery Sports
On Friday 25 March the IFSC announced a 3-year broadcast deal with Discovery Sports for live streaming of IFSC World Cup and World Championship events. This puts to an abrupt end the free live streaming service of IFSC competitions on youtube in all countries and territories covered by Discovery...
Watch Yuji Hirayama sending Hanabi at Mt Futago
22/03/2022 - Climbing
Watch Yuji Hirayama sending Hanabi at Mt Futago
The video of Japanese climber Yuji Hirayama making the first free ascent of Hanabi, the 8c+ freed by the 52-year-old at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in japan at the end of 2021.
Niccolò Ceria fires La Révolutionnaire, Charles Albert's Fontainebleau testpiece
16/03/2022 - Climbing
Niccolò Ceria fires La Révolutionnaire, Charles Albert's Fontainebleau testpiece
At Fontainebleau in France Italian climber Niccolò Ceria has repeated La Révolutionnaire, the boulder problem put up by Charles Albert and graded 8C+.
Yuji Hirayama (53) liberates Peaceful Mountain 9a at Mt Futago, Japan
07/03/2022 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama (53) liberates Peaceful Mountain 9a at Mt Futago, japan
53-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of Peaceful Mountain 9a at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in japan.
Jerry Moffat's Frankenjura Stone Love in Lines Of Legends
18/02/2022 - Climbing
Jerry Moffat's Frankenjura Stone Love in Lines Of Legends
The second episode of Lines Of Legends directed by Yuri Palma features Andrea and Marco Zanone versus Stone Love, the famous 8b+ first ascended by British rock climber Jerry Moffatt in Germany's Frankenjura in 1988.
Yasushi Yamanoi, the Piolet d'Or 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award video
29/12/2021 - Alpinism
Yasushi Yamanoi, the Piolet d'Or 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award video
The video portrait of 56-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi who was awarded with the 13th Piolets d'Or Carrière 2021 at the end of November at Briançon in France.
Watch Ryuichi Murai free Floatin at Mizugaki in Japan
27/12/2021 - Climbing
Watch Ryuichi Murai free Floatin at Mizugaki in japan
The video documenting the first ascent of Floatin, the 8C+ boulder problem at Mizugaki in japan freed by Ryuichi Murai at the start of December 2021.
Yuji Hirayama (52) fires first ascent of Hanabi 8c+ at Mt Futago in Japan
22/12/2021 - Climbing
Yuji Hirayama (52) fires first ascent of Hanabi 8c+ at Mt Futago in japan
52-year-old Japanese rock climber Yuji Hirayama has made the first ascent of the 8c+ Hanabi at Futagoyama (Mt Futago) in japan.
Ryuichi Murai fires Launch Pad project, 8C+ boulder problem at Mizugaki in Japan
12/12/2021 - Climbing
Ryuichi Murai fires Launch Pad project, 8C+ boulder problem at Mizugaki in japan
Japanese rock climber Ryuichi Murai has made the first ascent of his Launch Pad Project at Mizugaki in japan, grading his short and intense line 8C+ and calling it Floatin.
Yasushi Yamanoi to receive Lifetime Achievement Award Piolet d'Or Carrière 2021
23/11/2021 - Alpinism
Yasushi Yamanoi to receive Lifetime Achievement Award Piolet d'Or Carrière 2021
Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi is to receive the13th Piolets d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated in Briançon, France, from 26 to 29 November.
Josune Bereziartu, Lynn Hill, Luisa Iovane: three women who have left their mark in the history of rock climbing
22/11/2021 - Climbing
Josune Bereziartu, Lynn Hill, Luisa Iovane: three women who have left their mark in the history of rock climbing
Three women, and three climbs, which helped change the course of rock climbing: Luisa Iovane on Comeback in Val San Nicolò in 1986, Lynn Hill on The Nose in 1993 and Josune Bereziartu on Bain de Sang in 2002. Our article written in conjunction with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday,...