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Multiple limb amputee Andrea Lanfri summits Aconcagua twice!
26/01/2023 - Alpinism
Multiple limb amputee Andrea Lanfri summits Aconcagua twice!
Precisely 8 years after contracting meningitis and meningococcal septicaemia, Italian mountaineer and multiple limb amputee Andrea Lanfri successfully made two ascents of Aconcagua, at 6961 meters the highest mountain in South America. This is Lanfri’s fourth Seven Summits peak, after Mont...
World Climbing Championships Paris 2016 final report
23/09/2016 - Competitions
World Climbing Championships Paris 2016 final report
The report about the IFSC World Championships that took place in Paris, France, last week. Janja Garnbret and Adam Ondra hanno won the Lead title, while Petra Klingler and Tomoa Narasaki were crowned Bouldering World Champions.
IFSC World Climbing Championships Paris 2016
13/09/2016 - Competitions
IFSC World Climbing Championships Paris 2016
From 14 - 18 September 2016 the best sport climbers in the world compete in Paris for the 2016 IFSC World Climbing and Paraclimbing Championships.500 athletes will compete in the three disciplines Lead, Speed and Boulder.
Mina Markovic and Ramòn Julien Puigblanque take gold at European Lead Championship in Chamonix
14/07/2015 - Competitions
Mina Markovic and Ramòn Julien Puigblanque take gold at European Lead Championship in Chamonix
On Sunday night in Chamonix the European Lead Championship, and first stage of the Lead World Cup 2015, was won by Ramon Julien Puigblanque and Mina Markovic. Adam Ondra and Janja Garnbret placed second, Sebastian Halenke and Jessica Pilz third.
Bouldering: Ronnie Dickson climbs Resident Evil 7C+
21/04/2015 - Climbing
Bouldering: Ronnie Dickson climbs Resident Evil 7C+
American climber Ronnie Dickson has sent Resident Evil V10/7C+ in Joe's Valley, Utah, USA, becoming the first above knee amputee to climb a boulder problem of this difficulty.
Helicopter rescue in the Himalayas, interview with Moro, Folini and Senoner
07/06/2013 - Alpinism
Helicopter rescue in the Himalayas, interview with Moro, Folini and Senoner
In this interview we ask Simone Moro, Maurizio Folini and Armin Senoner to speak about their helicopter rescue operations carried out between April and May this year in the Nepalese Himalayas, about their records but also about the prospects and...
World Climbing Championships 2012, all the results from Paris.
17/09/2012 - Competitions
World Climbing Championships 2012, all the results from Paris.
The 12th World Climbing Championship took place in Paris last week. Lead was won by the Austrians Jakob Schubert and - for a record breaking fourth time - Angela Eiter. Boulder was won by Mélanie Sandoz from France and -...
International Paraclimbing Cup, the power of sport at the Rock Master Festival
28/08/2012 - Competitions
International Paraclimbing Cup, the power of sport at the Rock Master Festival
The International Paraclimbing Cup took place today at the Arco Climbing Stadium with 21 athletes from 5 nations. Paul Pritchard and Vladimir Netsvetaev were the protagonists of the evening lecture.
Banff Mountain Festival 2002 winners
09/12/2002 - Events
Banff Mountain Festival 2002 winners
The Second Step wins the Banff Mountain Film Festival 2002. The Banff Mountain Book Festival Grand Prize was awarded to The Evidence of Things Not Seen, while the Photography Competition was won by James Delano