2218 News found

28/02/2012 - Climbing
Katy Whittaker and Michele Caminati, English gritstone repeats British climber Katy Whittaker has repeated the gristone testpiece The Angel's Share E8 7a at Black Rocks, while Michele Caminati has sent the boulder problem Careless Torque 8A at Stanage.

17/02/2012 - Alpinism
Dave MacLeod climbs his Castle in the Sky Scottish climber Dave MacLeod has created the new drytooling route Castle in the Sky at Druim Shionnach, Scotland.

13/02/2012 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2012: Markus Bendler wins in Busteni, Maxim Tomilov wins the 2012 World Cup 11/02/2012. At Busteni in Romania the 4th stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup was won by Markus Bendler from Austria and Maria Tolokonina from Russia. The Speed event was won by Maria Tolokonina once again, along with her team-mate Kirill Kolchegoshev. Maxim Tomilov has already won the 2012 World...

10/02/2012 - Climbing
Argyro Papathanasiou and her first 8a Greek climber Argyro Papathanasiou has sent her first 8a, Minimal Techno at Siurana.

08/02/2012 - Alpinism
Dani Arnold repeats The Hurting in Scotland Swiss alpinist Dani Arnold has repeated The Hurting XI 11 at Coire an t-Sneachda in Scotland.

23/01/2012 - Climbing
Michele Caminati and his boulder problem Ultimo dei Moicani at Amiata Michele Caminati talks about the first ascent of his latest creation, Ultimo dei Moicani 8B+ freed on 19 January at Amiata in Tuscany.

23/01/2012 - Alpinism
David Lama frees the Compressor route… while Kruk & Kennedy's bolt chopping is hotly debated Yesterday 22/01/2012 David Lama made the first free ascent of the Compressor Route on Cerro Torre, Patagonia. The news has been confirmed by David Lama's team. There are no further details but this update will certainly add fuel to the controversy which has followed the bolt chopping carried out recently...

23/01/2012 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2012: Angelika Rainer and Maxim Tomilov win in Saas Fee 0-21/01/2012. At Saas Fee (Switzerland) Angelika Rainer from Italy and Maxim Tomilov from Russia won the second stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2012. In doing so they have won two events in a row and, in addition, the Swiss stage also counts as the European Championship. The Speed...

20/01/2012 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre, Kennedy and Kruk and the Compressor route by fair means On 17/01/2012 Hayden Kennedy and Jason Kruk climbed the SE Ridge (the Compressor route) of Cerro Torre (Patagonia) via a route "by fair means" with difficulties up to 5.11 A2. In descent the two removed a significant portion of the Compressor route established by Cesare Maestri in 1970.

19/01/2012 - Climbing
Alex Honnold, interview after Too Big To Flail at the Buttermilks A short interview with Alex Honnold after his first ascent of the boulder Too Big To Flail at the Buttermilks, Bishop, USA.

19/01/2012 - Alpinism
Voie Lesueur, free ascent by Steck and Griffith on Petit Dru On the North Face of Petit Dru (3754m) Ueli Steck and Jonathan Griffith have carried out what is likely to be the first free ascent of the Voie Lesueur (ED3, M8+, 900m) with some drytooling sections and a new variation finish.

16/01/2012 - Climbing
Alex Honnold, new super highball at Bishop At the Buttermilks in Bishop (USA) Alex Honnold has freed Too Big to Flail, a super highball up the immense Luminance Block.

15/01/2012 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2012: Angelika Rainer and Maxime Tomilov win in Korea The first of five stages of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2012 took place in Cheongsong (Korea) on 14 and 15 January. The Lead event was won by Angelika Rainer and Maxime Tomilov, while the Speed discipline went to the Russians Viktoria Shabalina and Ivan Spitsyn.

13/01/2012 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat in winter, Moro and Urubko aim to climb route attempted by Messner and Eisendle On 12/01/2012 Simone Moro and Denis Urubko acclimatised at 5400m on the Diamir Face of Nanga Parbat. Their attempt at the first winter ascent of Nanga Parbat will be via the line attempted by Messner and Eisendle in 2000, and not via the Kinshofer route.

12/01/2012 - Interviews
Adam Ondra, the routes I cannot climb! Czech climber Adam Ondra talks to Planetmountain about the sport climbs he has failed to climb. Hubble, Three Degrees of Separation, Underground and many more.

12/01/2012 - Climbing
Paul Robinson tops Meadowlark Lemon, an 8C boulder problem in Nevada Yesterday at Gateway Canyon in Nevada Paul Robinson freed his boulder problem Meadowlark Lemon 8C, the sitdown variation Meadowlark Lemon Stand.
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