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ACTS open letter to IFSC protesting against NEOM Beach Games and environmental and ethical policy
05/12/2023 - Environment
ACTS open letter to IFSC protesting against NEOM Beach Games and environmental and ethical policy
The ACTS For Our Summits association has written an Open Letter to the IFSC expressing its concerns about the NEOM Masters 2023 climbing competition, and urging the IFSC to take stronger actions regarding environmental and social issues. Over 110 IFSC...
Connor Herson's staggering Squamish sending spree
17/08/2023 - Climbing
Connor Herson's staggering Squamish sending spree
American climber Connor Herson has made the second ascent of Crack of Destiny (5.14b/8c) and a fast repeat of Cobra Crack (5.14b/8c) at Squamish, Canada. Other repeats include Spirit Quest (5.14d/9a), Tainted Love (5.13d R/8b) and the multipitch Télmexw (5.13c/8a+).
Didier Berthod makes first ascent of The Crack of Destiny at Squamish in Canada
27/06/2023 - Climbing
Didier berthod makes first ascent of The Crack of Destiny at Squamish in Canada
Swiss climber Didier berthod has made the first ascent of The Crack of Destiny on The Chief at Squamish in Canada. Graded 5.14, this checks in as one of the hardest crack climbs in North America.
Chris Frick (54) climbs Stop Sika (8c) at Rawyl, Switzerland
06/10/2022 - Climbing
Chris Frick (54) climbs Stop Sika (8c) at Rawyl, Switzerland
54-year-old Swiss climber Chris Frick reports about his recent repeat of Stop Sika, an 8c at Rawyl in Switzerland.
Histoire sans Fin free at last on Petit Clocher du Portalet by Seb Berthe, Siebe Vanhee
17/08/2021 - Alpinism
Histoire sans Fin free at last on Petit Clocher du Portalet by Seb Berthe, Siebe Vanhee
Belgian climbers Siebe Vanhee and Sébastien Berthe have made the first free ascent of Histoire sans Fin on Petit Clocher du Portalet in Switzerland, an 8b+ multi-pitch they describe ravingly as 'the best granite multipitch of the grade in...
Watch Marco Sappa climb Greenspit in Valle dell'Orco, Italy
28/06/2021 - Climbing
Watch Marco Sappa climb Greenspit in Valle dell'Orco, Italy
The video of Marco Sappa climbing Greenspit, the difficult roof crack freed by Didier berthod in Valle Orco, Italy, in 2005.
Watch Didier Berthod is Back / Interview with Swiss crack climbing legend
19/05/2021 - Climbing
Watch Didier berthod is Back / Interview with Swiss crack climbing legend
Video Interview with Swiss crack climbing legend Didier berthod
Brittany Goris climbs 8b+ trad with East Coast Fist Bump
22/01/2021 - Climbing
Brittany Goris climbs 8b+ trad with East Coast Fist Bump
American climber Brittany Goris has repeated East Coast Fist Bump, an 8b+ trad climb at Flagstaff, Arizona.
Barbara Zangerl climbs Greenspit in Valle dell’Orco
15/10/2020 - Climbing
Barbara Zangerl climbs Greenspit in Valle dell’Orco
Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has become the first woman to climb Greenspit, the difficult trad route first ascended by Didier berthod in Valle dell’Orco, Italy.
Sonnie Trotter climbing Cobra Crack at Squamish in Canada
25/06/2020 - Climbing
Sonnie Trotter climbing Cobra Crack at Squamish in Canada
The video of Sonnie Trotter making the first free ascent of Cobra Crack at Squamish in Canada, freed in 2006 and to this day one of the hardest crack climbs in the world.
Michele Caminati's Greenspit comeback in Valle dell'Orco
14/10/2019 - Climbing
Michele Caminati's Greenspit comeback in Valle dell'Orco
Italian climber Michele Caminati has repeated Greenspit, the difficult trad climb freed in Italy’s Valle Orco by Didier berthod. The ascent marks a significant comeback after his fall on England’s gritstone in 2017.
Greenspit, the dream of a generation climbed in Valle Orco by Matteo della Bordella, Francesco Deiana
03/05/2019 - Climbing
Greenspit, the dream of a generation climbed in Valle Orco by Matteo della Bordella, Francesco Deiana
Matteo della Bordella and Francesco Deiana have both repeated Greenspit, one of the most famous crack climbs in the world in Valle Orco freed by Didier berthod.
Cobra Crack at Squamish climbed by Mason Earle
01/10/2017 - Climbing
Cobra Crack at Squamish climbed by Mason Earle
The video of America’s Mason Earle climbing Cobra Crack, one of the hardest crack climbs in the world located at Squamish, Canada, first ascended by Peter Croft in the ’80’s and freed by Sonnie Trotter in 2006.
Greenspit, Fred Moix climbing The Warrior's Roof in Valle dell'Orco
19/09/2017 - Climbing
Greenspit, Fred Moix climbing The Warrior's Roof in Valle dell'Orco
The short film The Warrior’s Roof by Christophe Margot retracing the first ascent of Greenspit in Valle dell’Orco, Italy at the hands of Didier berthod and documenting the October 2016 repeat by Fred Moix.
The routes climbing photographers dream of
28/11/2016 - Climbing
The routes climbing photographers dream of
Separate Reality climbed free solo by Wolfgang Güllich and Heinz Zak, Greenspit in Valle dell’Orco by Didier berthod and Fred Moix. Maurizio Oviglia takes a closer look at the link between photographers and the climbs they have photographed.
British climbers free Disco 2000 on Blåmman in Norway
02/09/2015 - Climbing
British climbers free Disco 2000 on Blåmman in Norway
Dave MacLeod, Calum Muskett and Jacob Cook have made the first free ascent of Disco 2000 (8a+) on Blamman, island of Kvaløya in Norway.

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