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The tallest Campus Board in the world
19/11/2017 - Climbing
The tallest Campus Board in the world
The video of Jeremy Bonder training on the extremely high Campus Board located in the Karma climbing wall at Fontainebleau in France.
Gabriele Moroni repeats perfect Valle Bavona highball
18/11/2017 - Climbing
Gabriele Moroni repeats perfect Valle Bavona highball
The video of Italian climber Gabriele Moroni repeating the 8A highball boulder problem ‘Grande gigante gentile’ at Sonlerto in Val Bavona, Switzerland.
Climbing video: Sardinia's spectacular Aguglia di Goloritzé
17/11/2017 - Climbing
Climbing video: Sardinia's spectacular Aguglia di Goloritzé
Two climbers, unknown and beautiful, reach the top of Aguglia di Goloritzè, the splendid limestone needle in Sardinia. A moment of pure joy high above the turquoise sea of the Gulf of Orosei.
Keita Kurakami free climbs The Nose on El Capitan
16/11/2017 - Climbing
Keita Kurakami free climbs The Nose on El Capitan
Japanese rock climber Keita Kurakami has made a free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan (Yosemite, USA). This is only the 5th free ascent of the monumental big wall.
Patrick Edlinger and what remains of climbing
16/11/2017 - Climbing
Patrick Edlinger and what remains of climbing
Precisely five years after the death of French climber Patrick Edlinger, some thoughts and a video of one of the absolute climbing legends.
Unstoppable Adam Ondra adds new 9b to Arco, Italy
14/11/2017 - Climbing
Unstoppable Adam Ondra adds new 9b to Arco, Italy
Adam Ondra has made the first ascent of One Slap, a new 9b sports climb at the crag Laghel close to Arco. This is the second 9b in Arco and the third in Italy.
Patxi Usobiaga surpasses himself on Pachamama at Oliana
14/11/2017 - Climbing
Patxi Usobiaga surpasses himself on Pachamama at Oliana
Basque climber Patxi Usobiaga has climbed his hardest route to date, Pachamama 9a+/b at Oliana in Spain.
Charles Albert frees Fontainebleau's first 8C+
10/11/2017 - Climbing
Charles Albert frees Fontainebleau's first 8C+
French climber Charles Albert has freed the extension to La Révolutionnaire, suggesting 8C+. If confirmed, this becomes the first problem in Fontainebleau (France) to be graded 8C+ and also one of the hardest boulder problems in the world.
Cuba, the new sports crag in Sardinia
09/11/2017 - Climbing
Cuba, the new sports crag in Sardinia
Maurizio Oviglia introduces Cuba, a new sports climbing crag in SE Sardinia.
Nalle Hukkataival Burden of Dreams, backstage video of world's first 9A boulder
08/11/2017 - Climbing
Nalle Hukkataival Burden of Dreams, backstage video of world's first 9A boulder
The backstage video di Burden of Dreams, the first boulder problem in the world graded 9A and freed by Nalle Hukkataival at Lappnor in Finland in October 2016.
Luca Rinaldi 8B boulder flash at Brione in Switzerland
08/11/2017 - Climbing
Luca Rinaldi 8B boulder flash at Brione in Switzerland
At Brione (Canton Ticino, Switzerland) Luca Rinaldi has flashed the 8B boulder problem Blinded by the light.
Midnight Lightning: Filippo Manca explores the legendary Ron Kauk boulder problem in Yosemite
06/11/2017 - Climbing
Midnight Lightning: Filippo Manca explores the legendary Ron Kauk boulder problem in Yosemite
Filippo Manca talks about his bouldering trip to America where, in Yosemite, he managed to repeat the legendary Midnight Lightning boulder problem. Moments later he encountered American climbing legend Ron Kauk who, in 1978, made the first ascent of what...
El Capitan: Big Stone vs Tiny Humans
05/11/2017 - Climbing
El Capitan: Big Stone vs Tiny Humans
The timelapse of climbers on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, USA, filmed by di Tristan Greszko.
Video: Patxi Usobiaga the fighter
03/11/2017 - Climbing
Video: Patxi Usobiaga the fighter
The second episode of the series 'Strange Heroes' by La Sportiva with Basque rock climber Patxi Usobiaga.
Val Daone: Silvestro Franchini completes fantastic free climb link-up
01/11/2017 - Climbing
Val Daone: Silvestro Franchini completes fantastic free climb link-up
Silvestro Franchini talks about his link-up of the routes Orion, Psycobar and Gatto Silvestro at Scoglio di Boazzo in Valle di Daone, described as the "most beautiful free climb combination" in this mini-Yosemite in Northern Italy.
Climbing Video: The World's Best Belayer
26/10/2017 - Climbing
Climbing Video: The World's Best Belayer
Some of the best climbers in the world explain the importance of a good belayer.