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05/02/2024 - Alpinism
Remote icefall climbed on Becca des Arbiére in Italy's aosta valley On 01/27/2024 François Cazzanelli, Stefano Stradelli and Giuseppe Vidoni made the first ascent of 'La Cascata dell'Arbiére' (100m, WI4) on Becca des Arbiére in the Saint-Barthélemy valley in Valle d'aosta.
29/11/2023 - Alpinism
Matterhorn's Carrel hut to be moved to avoid falling rocks The Carrel hut on the Matterhorn will be moved to avoid falling rocks. The new bivouac will be built a few meters from its current location and should be inaugurated in summer 2024. The cost of demolition and reconstruction is...
10/10/2023 - Climbing
Angelino Zeller vs Sarre 2000, 8a+ footless at Tetto di Sarre The video portrait of Austrian paraclimber Angelino Zeller whose ambitious goal is to climb Sarre 2000 footless. This 8a+ located at Tetto di Sarre in Valle d'aosta, Italy, was climbed without feet by Stefano Ghisolfi in 2014.
03/10/2023 - Environment
Grand Etret glacier in Valle d'aosta, Italy, loses another two hectares of surface area in summer 2023 Measurements carried out by the Gran Paradiso park rangers confirm a loss of surface area equivalent to three football fields.
21/09/2023 - Trail running
Tor des Géants 2023 breaks all records As it started in the sign of records, it couldn’t but continue with other impressive numbers. The curtain falls on the 14th edition of TorX Tor des Géants after it thrilled, excited, took the breath away, crowded the aosta Valley...
03/06/2023 - Climbing
Video: Marcello Bombardi climbs El puma (9a) at Chesod in Valle d’aosta, Italy Watch Marcello Bombardi making the first ascent of El puma (9a) at Chesod in Valle d’aosta, Italy
30/05/2023 - Climbing
Federica Mingolla checks in and out of Hotel Supramonte in Sardinia Italian climber Federica Mingolla has repeated Hotel Supramonte, the famous multi-pitch climb in the Gola di Gorropu gorge in Sardinia, established ground-up between 1998 and 1999 by Rolando Larcher and Roberto Vigiani.
23/03/2023 - Events
Survival by Emilio Ricci wins the XVI edition of Photographing the Park The winners of the 16th edition of the international photographic competition 'Photographing the Park' have been announced. Organised by the National Parks of Stelvio, Gran Paradiso, Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise and de la Vanoise, the competition attracted over 3000 entires,...
28/02/2023 - Alpinism
Repentance Super, the most coveted ice climb in Cogne The story of the first ascent of Repentance Super, established in Cogne in Italy’s aosta Valley in 1989 by Fulvio Conta, François Damilano and Giancarlo Grassi. One of the most famous icefalls in Europe.
15/02/2023 - Alpinism
New mixed climbs on Piccolo San Bernardo (aosta Valley) by Niccolò Bruni, Marco Farina, Giovanni Ravizza On 31 January 2023 Niccolò Bruni, Marco Farina and Giovanni Ravizza established two 'amazing' mixed climbs on Piccolo San Bernardo (La Thuile, Valle d'aosta): 'Tutte le Guide del Presidente' and 'Sento puzza di fuoco'.
12/10/2022 - Alpinism
Watch Nadir Maguet set FKT on Piz Bernina, Ortler, Grossglockner Last summer Nadir Maguet climbed Grossglockner, Piz Bernina and Ortles and in doing so set the Fastest Known Time for each mountain. The video portrait of the 28-year-old mountaineer from the aosta Valley
29/07/2022 - Alpinism
K2 summit success for François Cazzanelli, Jerome Perruquet, Pietro Picco Italian mountaineers François Cazzanelli, Pietro Picco and Jerome Perruquet summited K2 on 28 July 2022. The three climbed the second highest mountain in the world without supplementary oxygen, and all are now safely in base camp.
05/07/2022 - Alpinism
Six Italians summit Nanga Parbat with Cesar Rosales from Peru Italian alpinists Roger Bovard, Marco Camandona, François Cazzanelli, Emrik Favre, Jerome Perruquet and Pietro Picco all summited Nanga Parbat (8126m) yesterday without supplementary oxygen. Cesar Rosales from Peru reached the summit of the ninth highest mountain in the world with...
27/06/2022 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat aosta Valley Express variation climbed by François Cazzanelli, Pietro Picco On the Diamir face of Nanga Parbat the Italian mountaineers François Cazzanelli and Pietro Picco have added a difficult new variation start to the Kinshofer route. Called Valle d'aosta Express, the 1400m addition breaches difficulties up to AI 90° M6...
19/04/2022 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Paul Bonhomme skis Démocralinea on Aiguilles des Lacs, Italy French mountain guide Paul Bonhomme has made the first ski descent of Démocralinea on the NE Face of Aiguilles des Lacs (Valpelline, Valle d'aosta, Italy).
16/03/2022 - Events
Ukraine crisis: Grivel halts deliveries to Russia As a result of the war in the Ukraine, Grivel decided to temporarily stop deliveries to Russia. Published below is the 10/03/2022 press release of the historic Valle d'aosta climbing gear company.
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