336 News found
23/04/2024 - Climbing
James Pearson repeats Bernd Zangerl's huge highball 29Dots in Valle dell'Orco, Italy British climber James Pearson has made the third ascent of Bernd Zangerl’s 8A+ highball boulder problem '29 Dots' in Val Noasca, Valle dell'Orco, Italy.
20/03/2024 - Book-press
JB Liautard wins Grand Prize of 34th Memorial María Luisa Photo Contest The Grand Prize of the 34th edition of the Memorial Maria Luisa Photo contest was awarded to French photographer JB Liautard for his photograph entitled The Dune. Fifteen major awards and nine honorable mentions were assigned this year.
16/02/2024 - Climbing
Watch Neil Dickson onsight The Hollowman (E8) at Gogarth, North Wales The Brit Rock video of Neil Dickson onsighting 'The Hollowman' (E8 6c) at Gogarth in North Wales in 2008. Even by today's standards this is considered one of the most impressive onsight ascents of a British trad route.
07/02/2024 - Climbing
New Chironico parking & sleeping rules for 2024 New rules for parking and overnight stays have been implemented at Switzerland's top bouldering area Chironico. Climbers are asked to adhere to these regulations in order to safeguard future access to this premier Ticino bouldering area.
23/01/2024 - Events
Melloblocco 2024, registration online for the 20th legendary bouldering meet Registration is open online for Melloblocco 2024, the world’s biggest bouldering and climbing meeting scheduled to take place from Wednesday 8 to Saturday 11 May in Italy's magical Val Masino and Val di Mello Nature Reserve.
21/12/2023 - Gear
European Outdoor Group members vote to join Race To Zero Members of the European Outdoor Group (EOG) have voted to make committing to a Race To Zero initiative by the end of 2024 a mandatory requirement of association membership. In a process that was open to all members, 88% of...
10/11/2023 - Events
Brit Rock Film Tour 2022 streaming on demand until 13 November The Brit Rock V Film Tour is available to stream on demand until 13 November only. The 2023 program contains five films: Goddess of Craic featuring Freja Shannon, Shining Stones featuring Robbie Phillips, Helmcken Falls featuring Emma Powell, Neil Gresham,...
06/11/2023 - Environment
A petition to 'save' the Sassolungo mountain group in the Dolomites An online petition has been launched to 'save' the Sassolungo Group in the Dolomites from privatisation. Over 45 thousand signatures have been collected so far.
10/09/2023 - Events
Welcome to the new planetmountain website Planetmountain has unveiled a new site for its readers. Features of the redesign include responsive mobile-friendly viewing and major reorganisation of contents and articles.
26/06/2023 - Climbing
Bike & climb: watch Watch Pablo Recourt search for the most beautiful 8a in France The film 'À la recherche du plus beau 8A de France', featuring Belgian climber Pablo Recourt and his quest to climb the most beautiful 8a's in France. The 24-year-old cycled to the 40 crags over a period of 174 days.
22/05/2023 - Climbing
Celebrations in Crete as Paligremnos - Plakias declared monument of Natural and Cultural Heritage The cliff Paligremnos - Plakias on the island of Crete in Greece has been declared a monument of Natural and Cultural Heritage. A recent Greek court order now prohibits the construction of a tourist resort above the crag which was...
28/04/2023 - Alpinism
Tom Livingstone, Rob Smith climb NW Face of Aiguille du Blaitiere British mountaineer Livingstone reports about his January ascent with Rob Smith of the North-West face of Aiguille du Blaitiere (3522m) in the Mont Blanc massif. In all likelihood the second half of their climb shares the line ascended by Joe...
23/04/2023 - Climbing
Watch Anna Hazlett repeat Prinzip Hoffnung E9/10 in Austria The video of Anna Hazlett, aka Anna Hazelnutt, repeating, and Tom Randall attempting, Prinzip Hoffnung at Bürs in Austria.
21/04/2023 - Events
Bouldering at Melloblocco with Dave Graham, Camilla Moroni, Giovanni Placci, Giorgia Tesio At Melloblocco 2023 there's the chance to climb with four top Petzl athletes: Dave Graham, Camilla Moroni, Giovanni Placci and Giorgia Tesio. Register online until 25 April.
05/04/2023 - Events
Melloblocco 2023: a return to its roots Melloblocco, the biggest climbing and bouldering meeting in the world, viewed through the eyes of the historic promoters Michele Comi, Nicola Noè and Stefano Scetti. Over 2000 climbers have already registered for the 16th edition which will be held in...
24/03/2023 - Climbing
Anna Hazlett tiptoes up Prinzip Hoffnung at Bürs in Austria American rock climber Anna Hazlett, aka. Anna Hazelnutt, has repeated the 8b/+ E9/E10 trad climb Prinzip Hoffnung located at Bürser Platte, Austria.
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