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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.
Delicatessen in Corsica's Bavella repeated by Romy Fuchs, Lara Neumeier
28/04/2022 - Alpinism
Delicatessen in Corsica's Bavella repeated by Romy Fuchs, Lara Neumeier
Delicatessen on Punta d’u Corbu at Col de la Bavella, Corsica has been repeated by Romy Fuchs and Lara Neumeier from Germany. The 120m 8b was established by Arnaud Petit and Stéphane Husson in 1992 and is regarded as one...
Slabducation: watch Sean Villanueva and Talo Martin slab climbing at La Pedriza in Spain
27/04/2022 - Climbing
Slabducation: watch Sean Villanueva and Talo Martin slab climbing at La Pedriza in Spain
The video of Talo Martin and Sean Villanueva slab climbing at La Pedriza in Spain.
Benjamin Lieber solos Moose's Tooth in Alaska
27/04/2022 - Alpinism
Benjamin Lieber solos Moose's Tooth in Alaska
On 14/04/2022 American alpinist Benjamin Lieber has made a solo ascent of Moose's Tooth in Alaska, via the classic Ham & Eggs Couloir
Smooth Criminal uncovered in Floitental, Austria by Johannes Kehrer, Martin Sieberer
15/04/2022 - Alpinism
Smooth Criminal uncovered in Floitental, Austria by Johannes Kehrer, Martin Sieberer
Johannes Kehrer and Martin Sieberer have made the first ascent of Smooth Criminal (M9/WI7-/150m), a testing mixed climb established in the Floitental in Austria.
Simon Messner, Martin Sieberer establish Goodbye Innsbrooklyn in Valsertal, Austria
06/04/2022 - Alpinism
Simon Messner, Martin Sieberer establish Goodbye Innsbrooklyn in Valsertal, Austria
The report by Simon Messner who at the end of March with Martin Sieberer made the first ascent of Goodbye Innsbrooklyn, a difficult mixed climb up the North Face of Schrammacher in the Valsertal, Austria.
Alex Honnold completes free solo of Dolomites Gelbe Mauer and American Direct on Petit Dru
04/03/2022 - Alpinism
Alex Honnold completes free solo of Dolomites Gelbe Mauer and American Direct on Petit Dru
Last summer American climber Alex Honnold made a free solo ascent of Gelbe Mauer / Muro Giallo on Cima Piccola at the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites, and most of the American Direct on Petit Dru in...
Cuerno Este of Cuernos del Paine in Patagonia climbed by Jurado, Marcotti, Pelletti
03/02/2022 - Alpinism
Cuerno Este of Cuernos del Paine in Patagonia climbed by Jurado, Marcotti, Pelletti
An international team comprised of Pepo Jurado from Ecuador, Romano Marcotti from Chile and Sebastian Pelletti from Australia have made the first ascent of Cuerno Este, one the striking Cuernos del Paine peaks in the Paine massif in Patagonia, Chile.
Adieu Korra Pesce
02/02/2022 - Alpinism
Adieu Korra Pesce
Corrado 'Korra' Pesce, the Italian mountain guide known as one of the strongest climbers of his generation, lost his life on Cerro Torre in Patagonia.
Patagonia: Matteo Della Bordella and David Bacci climb Aguja Rafael Juarez
21/01/2022 - Alpinism
Patagonia: Matteo Della Bordella and David Bacci climb Aguja Rafael Juarez
Italian mountaineers Matteo Della Bordella and David Bacci have climbed Aguja Rafael Juarez in Patagonia via the classic route Corallo. This is their first summit this season and comes before attempting the east face of Cerro Torre with Matteo De...
Marcin Tomaszewski and Damian Bielecki battle up Frozen Fight Club on Uli Biaho Gallery, Trango
21/12/2021 - Alpinism
Marcin Tomaszewski and Damian Bielecki battle up Frozen Fight Club on Uli Biaho Gallery, Trango
Over a period of 11 days at the start of December 2021 Polish mountaineers Marcin Tomaszewski and Damian Bielecki made the first ascent of Frozen Fight Club (A3, M7, 780m)on Uli Biaho Gallery, Trango, Krakorum, Pakistan.
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.
Video: The legendary Yosemite Valley drug plane crash
09/12/2021 - Climbing
Video: The legendary Yosemite Valley drug plane crash
An excerpt from the award-winning film 'Valley Uprising' that documents one of the most legendary moments in Yosemite climbing history: the 1977 drug plane crash.
Cascata Major on Mont Blanc East Face climbed by Francesco Civra Dano, Giuseppe Vidoni
24/11/2021 - Alpinism
Cascata Major on Mont Blanc East Face climbed by Francesco Civra Dano, Giuseppe Vidoni
On the east face of Mont Blanc Giuseppe Vidoni and Francesco Civra Dano have climbed an icefall that had never been ascended before. Described as 'a real icefall at 4000m, about 200 meters high in the middle of the Brenva...
A Brief Climbing History to Mont Vert de Greuvetta, Mont Blanc massif
17/11/2021 - Alpinism
A Brief Climbing History to Mont Vert de Greuvetta, Mont Blanc massif
The brief climbing history to Mont Vert de Greuvetta in the Mont Blanc massif, summarised by Simon Richardson who, this autumn with Michael Rinn, climbed a series of new routes in the range.
Jacopo Larcher adds two difficult trad climbs to Valle dell’Orco, Italy
05/11/2021 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher adds two difficult trad climbs to Valle dell’Orco, Italy
The report by Jacopo Lacher who, at the end of October in Valle dell’Orco, Italy, freed the trad climbs ‘Blood Diamond’ at the crag Diamante and an old project of Adriano Trombetta at the base of Sergent, now called Shikantaza...