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Mont Blanc Super Integrale de Peutèrey: François Cazzanelli, Francesco Ratti climb in the footsteps of Renato Casarotto
Mountain guides François Cazzanelli and Francesco Ratti have enchained the Ratti-Vitali route on Aiguille Noire de Peutèrey, the Gervasutti - Boccalatte route on Picco Gugliermina and the Central Pillar of Frêney, first climbed in 1961 by Chris Bonington, Ian Clough, Jan Duglosz, Don Whillans before proceeding to the summit of Mont Blanc. The so-called Super Integrale de Peutèrey, or Frêney trilogy, was climbed in 1982 by the great Italian mountaineer Renato Casarotto alone and in winter during an epic ascent that has gone down in the history of mountaineering as one of the all-time greatest climbs.
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Ben Moon / The British rock climbing legend interview
Interview with British rock climber Ben Moon, one of the world’s greatest rock climbers throughout the 1980’s and early 1990’s with landmark first ascents such one of Britain’s first 8a, Statement of Youth at Lower Pen Trwyn in Wales and Hubble at Raven Tor, hailed as the world’s first 8c+ and increasingly considered the world’s first 9a.
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Laura Rogora: the second woman to climb 9b interview
Interview with 19-year old Italian climber Laura Rogora after her repeat at Rodellar in Spain of Ali hulk sit extension total, thanks to which she became the second woman in the world to climb 9b.
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Laura Rogora climbs 9b at Rodellar in Spain!
At Rodellar in Spain Laura Rogora has redpointed Ali hulk sit extension total, becoming only the second woman in the world to climb 9b.
HIGHLIGHTS this weekThe biggest climbing news and mountaineering highlights
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Mont Blanc Super Integrale de Peutèrey: François Cazzanelli, Francesco Ratti climb in the footsteps of Renato Casarotto
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Ben Moon / The British rock climbing legend interview
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Alexey Rubtsov: bouldering at world-class Djan Tugan in Russia
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Brenta Dolomites Via ferrata Bocchette Alte reopens
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Stefano Carnati makes his Moon Landing 9a at Passo della Presolana
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Help save Magic Wood's climber-run camping and hotel
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Laura Rogora: the second woman to climb 9b interview
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Siebe Vanhee repeats Orbayu, 8c multi-pitch on Naranjo de Bulnes in Picos de Europa
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Laura Rogora climbs 9b at Rodellar in Spain!
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Adam Ondra climbing Genius Loci at Paklenica in Croatia
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Adam Ondra onsights Il Maratoneta, Manolo’s historic 8b+ at Paklenica in Croatia
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Simon Gietl, Andrea Oberbacher decipher their DNA on Cima Ovest di Lavaredo
