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New Tsaranoro multipitch in Madagascar by Thibau Grandjean, Jan Novak
16/12/2022 - Climbing
New Tsaranoro multipitch in Madagascar by Thibau Grandjean, Jan Novak
In July 2022 Jan Novak and Thibau Grandjean made the first ascent of Circoncision (150m, 7a+) a new 150m multipitch on Lemur Wall in the Tsaranoro mountains of Madagascar. Novak, usually behind the lens of his camera, reports.
Oriane Bertone at Fontainebleau frees her first 8C boulder problem
27/05/2020 - Climbing
Oriane Bertone at Fontainebleau frees her first 8C boulder problem
15-year-old climber Oriane Bertone has climbed what she believes to be her first 8C boulder problem, Satan I Helvete low start at Fontainebleau in France. As the name suggests, this adds a low start to the famous problem put...
Jacopo Larcher and Tribe, his most difficult trad climb at Cadarese / Interview
26/03/2019 - Interviews
Jacopo Larcher and Tribe, his most difficult trad climb at Cadarese / Interview
Interview with Jacopo Larcher after his first ascent of Tribe at Cadarese, Italy on 22 March 2019. The Italian rock climber defined the route as 'the most difficult thing I’ve ever climbed'.
12-year-old Oriane Bertone boulders 8B+
10/02/2018 - Climbing
12-year-old Oriane Bertone boulders 8B+
Oriane Bertone, the 12-year-old climber from France’s Réunion Island, has climbed Golden Shadow in Rocklands, South Africa. In doing so she has become the youngest person to climb an 8B+ boulder problem.
Caroline Ciavaldini repeats Voie Petit on Grand Capucin, Mont Blanc
09/07/2016 - Alpinism
Caroline Ciavaldini repeats Voie Petit on Grand Capucin, Mont Blanc
French climber Caroline Ciavaldini has repeated Voie Petit, the 450m 8b multi-pitch climb on Grand Capucin (3838m), Mont Blanc first ascended in 1997 by Arnaud Petit, Stephanie Bodet, Pascal Gaudin and Jean-Paul Petit and freed in 2005 by Alexander Huber.
Zembrocal, the Réunion island video
10/09/2013 - Climbing
Zembrocal, the Réunion island video
The video documenting the first ascent of Zembrocal (140m, 8c+), put up by Caroline Ciavaldini, Sam Elias, Yuji Hirayama, Jacopo Larcher and James Pearson on reunion island.
Zembrocal: new multi-pitch rock climb on Réunion Island
03/07/2013 - Climbing
Zembrocal: new multi-pitch rock climb on Réunion Island
A strong international team of climbers comprised of Caroline Ciavaldini, Sam Elias, Yuji Hirayama, Jacopo Larcher and James Pearson have just completed a 3 week trip to the reunion island in the Indian Ocean where they established a flurry of...
The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2012: a huge success
02/10/2012 - Climbing
The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival 2012: a huge success
Sun, sea, great climbing and partying. These are the ingredients of the first The North Face Kalymnos Climbing Festival which took place on the Greek island from 26 - 30 September 2012.
David Lama and Anna Stöhr win Reunion 2nd stage of Bouldering World Cup 2008
03/05/2008 - Competitions
David Lama and Anna Stöhr win Reunion 2nd stage of Bouldering World Cup 2008
David Lama and Anna Stöhr have won the second stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2008 on the reunion island.
Fischhuber and Stöhr win Bouldering World Cup 1st stage in Hall
24/04/2008 - Competitions
Fischhuber and Stöhr win Bouldering World Cup 1st stage in Hall
The first stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2008 took place in Hall, Austria, last weekend and was won by Kilian Fischhuber and Anna Stöhr.