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19/10/2023 - Alpinism
Jirishanca, Pumari Chhish East, Jugal Spire win Piolets d'Or 2023, Northern Sun Spire in Greenland receives Special Mention The organisers of the Piolets d'Or 2023 have awarded the following climbs: Jirishanca in Peru by Alik Berg and Quentin Roberts, Pumari Chhish East in Pakistan by Christophe Ogier, Victor Saucede and Jérôme Sullivan, and Jugal Spire in Nepal by...
22/09/2023 - Alpinism
Piolets d'Or 2023 announces list of Significant Ascents The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the complete list of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2022. The honoured ascents will receive the 2023 Piolets d'Or award during the celebration in briançon, France, from...
23/11/2022 - Alpinism
Silvo Karo, the Piolet d'Or 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award video The video portrait of 61-year-old Slovenian mountaineer Silvo Karo who was awarded with the 14th Piolets d'Or Carrière 2022 last weekend at briançon in France.
18/11/2022 - Interviews
Silvo Karo / Interview with the climbing legend from Slovenia Interview with Slovenian climbing legend Silvo Karo who this weekend at briançon in France will receive the Piolet d'Or Carrière - Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 for his mountaineering that spans the last four decades and includes more than 300 first...
16/11/2022 - Alpinism
The Piolets d'Or 2022 list of significant ascents The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the complete list of most significant and innovative climbs carried out in 2021.The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated from 18 to 20 November 2022 at briançon in France.
17/10/2022 - Alpinism
Fitz Roy Moonwalk Traverse and Saraghrar NW win Piolets d’Or 2022, Annapurna III SE Ridge receives Special Jury Award The 2022 Piolets d'Or awards for alpinism will be conferred from 18- 20 November at briançon in France to Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll of Belgium for his Moonwalk Traverse of the Fitz Roy Group in Patagonia, and to Archil Badriashvili, Baqar...
07/10/2022 - Alpinism
Silvo Karo honoured with Piolet d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award 2022 Slovenian alpinist Silvo Karo is to receive the 14th Piolets d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated from 17 to 20 November at briançon in France. In the past the prestigious mountaineering prize has been...
29/12/2021 - Alpinism
Yasushi Yamanoi, the Piolet d'Or 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award video The video portrait of 56-year-old Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi who was awarded with the 13th Piolets d'Or Carrière 2021 at the end of November at briançon in France.
23/11/2021 - Alpinism
Yasushi Yamanoi to receive Lifetime Achievement Award Piolet d'Or Carrière 2021 Japanese mountaineer Yasushi Yamanoi is to receive the13th Piolets d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize giving ceremony will be celebrated in briançon, France, from 26 to 29 November.
17/10/2021 - Climbing
Vita Lukan climbs 8b+ onsight, Geminis at Rodellar in Spain Slovenian climber Vita Lukan has onsighted Geminis at Rodellar in Spain. Thanks to this ascent the 21-year-old has become one of the few women to onsight a route of these difficulties.
14/10/2021 - Climbing
Lorenzo Bogliacino, Gabriele Moroni nail Naturalmente 9a+ at San Rocchino, Italy At the crag San Rocchino close to Camaiore in Tuscany, Italy, Gabriele Moroni then Lorenzo Bogliacino have repeated Naturalmente. Graded 9a+, the route was freed by Adam Ondra in 2017 and unrepeated.
08/10/2021 - Alpinism
Piolets d'Or 2021 announces awarded ascents, Silvia Vidal receives Special Mention The 2021 Piolets d'Or awards for alpinism will be awarded in November at briançon, France, to Pierrick Fine and Symon Welfringer for their ascent of Sani Pakkush and Ethan Berman and Uisdean Hawthorn for their ascent of Mount Robson. Catalan...
19/07/2021 - Competitions
Stefano Ghisolfi, Eliška Adamovská win in briançon Last night Stefano Ghisolfi from Italy and Eliška Adamovská from the Czech republic won the fourth stage of the Lead World Cup in briançon in France.
18/07/2021 - Competitions
briançon Lead World Cup 2021 live briançon in France is currently hosting the fourth stage of the Lead World Cup 2021. Stefano Ghisolfi and Natalia Grossman currently lead the provisional ranking. The finals begin this evening at 19:30.
25/08/2020 - Climbing
Laura Rogora climbs 9a in a day, La Prophétie des Grenouilles at Rocher des Brumes At Rocher des Brumes in France, Italian climber Laura Rogora has sent a 9a sport climb in just one day, La Prophétie des Grenouilles.
23/08/2020 - Competitions
Laura Rogora, Adam Ondra claim historic victory at briançon Lead World Cup At briançon in France Laura Rogora from Italy and Adam Ondra from the Czech Republic won the first and probably only stage of the Lead World Cup 2020. Rogora is only the second Italian woman to win gold in a...
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