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On Punta Aurelia on the south face of Sass Pordoi (Sella, dolomites), Simon Messner and Martin Sieberer have established the multi-pitch rock climb Semifreddo (IX, 7c, 200m).

Florian Harasser reports about the first ascent, carried out with Simon Gietl, of two new multipitch climbs in Val Badia / Gadertal in the dolomites: 'Halli Galli' on Crep de Boè and 'La perla nera' on Torre Colfosco.

On the 18th of July German climber Alexander Huber made the first free ascent of Ramayana, a 6-pitch 8b+ on Waidringer Steinplatte in Austria.

In the Ak-Su Valley in the Pamir Alay in Kyrgyzstan, Italian alpinists Federica Mingolla and Niccolò Bartoli have made the first ascent of Vivere la vita, an 800m big wall with difficulties up to on the South Buttress of Pik...

Alpinists Simon Kehrer and Hubert Eisendle from the South Tyrol, Italy, have made the first ascent of 'La Gana tla Pera' on the south face of Neunerspitze / Sasso delle Nove in the dolomites.

Alpinists Simon Messner and Martin Sieberer, after a first attempt by Messner and Barbara Vigl, have established 'La vita è bella', a new rock climb on Lagazuoi Nord in the dolomites.

The video of Edu Marín and his father Novato Marin making an early repeat of Pan Aroma on Cima Ovest di Lavaredo, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, dolomites, carried out in July 2014.

Simon Messner reports about his new climb 'Männer die auf Wände starren’ on Rotwand / Roda di Vael in the Rosengarten group of the dolomites, Italy, first ascended with Philipp Prünster and Martin Sieberer.

Peter Manhartsberger and Florian Wenter have made the first ascent of AramsamsAnna (6c+, 150m), a new multi-pitch rock climb on Pilastro di Misurina in the Cadini Group of the Italian dolomites.

Maurizio Giordani and Nancy Paoletto have made the first ascent of ‘Su e giù' on Monte La Banca (2680m) close to the San Pellegrino Pass in the dolomites, Italy. The new rock climb in the Marmolada group is dedicated to...

Last week Simon Gietl completed a new route up the Arête of the North-West Pillar of Peitlerkofel / Sass de Putia (2875m) in the dolomites. The South Tyrolean mountaineer climbed alone and rope-solo and made one bivouac on the climb.

All 11 victims involved in the glacier collapse on Sunday 3 July 2022 on Marmolada, dolomites, have been identified. The Mountain Rescue service has announced that Phase Two will now begin.

A huge portion of the Marmolada glacier in the Italian dolomites collapsed below Punta Rocca early on Sunday afternoon, killing 11 mountaineers.
- All 11 victims have been identified
- Phase Two now begins, marked by drone searches for the...

Sweden’s Mimmi Kotk and Germany's Hannes Namberger won the La Sportiva Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB 2022. Namberger set a new race record and doubled his takings after winning last year, while Kotk dominated after placing third in 2021. The...

Federica Mingolla reports about her Thursday 16 June ascent, belayed by Niccolò Bartoli, of Bellavista on Cima Ovest di Lavaredo (dolomites), first ascended by Alexander Huber in 1999. Mingolla and Bartoli descended from where the route joins the classic Cassin...

The Dolorock Climbing Festival that took place from 27 - 29 May in Val di Landro / Höhlensteintal proved to be a great success, with over 200 climbers taking part in the great climbing meeting of the dolomites.