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23/04/2024 - Climbing
Stefano Ghisolfi is Ready to Fail The video of Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi and his quest to repeat the first 9c in the world, 'Silence' at Flatanger in Norway, and the world's first 9A boulder problem, 'Burden of Dreams' at Lappnor in Finland.
04/01/2024 - Climbing
Seb Berthe bags Beyond (9a+) at Pic Saint Loup in France Belgium's Sébastien Berthe has climbed his third 9a+, Beyond at Pic Saint Loup in France.
15/12/2023 - Climbing
James Pearson suggests E12 for his Bon Voyage at Annot in France After the first ascent in February 2023, British climber James Pearson has now proposed the grade E12 for Bon Voyage at Annot in France. Currently there is no other trad route of this grade. In this great introspective piece the...
04/08/2023 - Competitions
Mickael Mawem Boulder World Champion 2023 French climber Mickael Mawem was crowned Boulder World Champion 2023 in Bern in Switzerland this evening. Teammate Mejdi Schalck won silver, Lee Dohyun bronze
16/05/2023 - Alpinism
Mick Fowler and Chris Harle climb Devil’s Castle sea stack in Ireland British mountaineers Mick Fowler and Chris Harle have made the first ascent of the Devil’s Castle sea stack in Ireland.
05/04/2023 - Climbing
Hugo Parmentier climbs his first 8C boulder, Le pied à Coulisse at Fontainebleau On 11 March 2023 French rock climber Hugo Parmentier sent his first 8C boulder problem, Le pied à Coulisse at Fontainebleau in France.
31/12/2022 - Climbing
Two multi-pitch climbs rebolted at Masua in Sardinia, Italy At Masua in Sardinia Maurizio Oviglia, Cecilia Marchi and mountain guide Marco Bigatti have rebolted two multi-pitch routes, 'Non spezzarmi il cuore' and 'Hard o Soft?'. The two climbs are located on the Parete del Sol Levante, an incredible rock...
04/11/2022 - Alpinism
Ines Papert makes free ascent of her Wolke 7 on Hinteres Feuerhörndl at Reiteralm Ines Papert has made a free ascent of Wolke 7 on Hintere Feuerhörndl at Reiteralm in the Berchtesgaden Alps in Germany. The 350m 8a was established ground-up by the German climber in 2020 with her Slovenian husband Luka Lindič, who...
03/07/2022 - Alpinism
Marmolada glacier collapse kills 11. 'Phase 2' now begins on the Queen of the Dolomites A huge portion of the Marmolada glacier in the Italian Dolomites collapsed below Punta Rocca early on Sunday afternoon, killing 11 mountaineers.
- All 11 victims have been identified
- Phase Two now begins, marked by drone searches for the...
- All 11 victims have been identified
- Phase Two now begins, marked by drone searches for the...
30/06/2022 - Climbing
James Pearson repeats Lexicon in England in smooth style British rock climber James Pearson has made a swift repeat of Lexicon, the E11 at Pavey Ark first ascended by Neil Gresham in 2021. After making a bold 'flash' attempt, Pearson worked the route ground-up before repeating one of Britain’s...
18/04/2022 - Climbing
Seb Berthe abandons Dawn Wall attempt on El Capitan Belgian climber Sébastien Berthe has abandoned his attempt to free climb Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA. First climbed by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson and repeated by Adam Ondra, this is known as the most difficult big...
31/03/2022 - Climbing
Sean Bailey in Proof of Concept The film Proof of Concept directed by Ben Neilson about Sean Bailey and his breakthrough year which resulted in 3 World Cup wins and a repeat of Bibliographie 9b+ at Céüse in France.
05/11/2021 - Interviews
Barbara Zangerl and the invisible bond of a climbing partnership One of the great all-round climbers of our time, 33-year-old Austrian Barbara Zangerl, talks about the bond that is created when climbing. Check out the third article of our series created with Vibram, to celebrate climbing yesterday, today and tomorrow...
20/09/2021 - Competitions
Natalia Grossman, Kokoro Fuji crowned Boulder World Champions 2021 at Moscow On Saturday at the Climbing World Championships in Moscow Natalia Grossman from the USA and Kokoro Fuji from Japan were crowned Bouldering World Champions 2021.
31/03/2021 - Alpinism
Alex Txikon, a Manaslu winter attempt and his mountaineering Basque mountaineer Alex Txikon recently returned from an attempt to climb Manaslu in winter. An expedition which ended without the hoped-for success but which, once again, teaches us to 'find more important goals than the summit.'
29/12/2020 - Interviews
James Pearson & Caroline Ciavaldini: the Black Rocks Hard Grit interview Interview with James Pearson and Caroline Ciavaldini after their respective repeats of Harder Faster and Gaia at Black Rocks in England. These hard grit testpieces were first ascended by Charlie Woodburn and Johnny Dawes and while Pearson’s is only the...
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