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![Climbing banned at Taipan Wall in Australia](/uploads/img/3/66902.jpg)
15/08/2020 - Climbing
Climbing banned at Taipan Wall in Australia Rock climbing has been temporarily banned at one of Australia’s premier crags, Taipan Wall in the Grampians.
![Paraclimbers Massimo Coda, Andrea Lanfri summit Mont Blanc](/uploads/img/3/66895.jpg)
14/08/2020 - Alpinism
Paraclimbers Massimo Coda, Andrea Lanfri summit Mont Blanc Interview with Andrea Lanfri who climbed Mont Blanc via the normal Italian route with Massimo Coda. In all likelihood they are theirs is the first paraclimbing partnership to achieve this undertaking.
![New rock climb on Rienzwand in Rienztal, Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/66702.jpg)
13/08/2020 - Alpinism
New rock climb on Rienzwand in Rienztal, Dolomites On the east pillar of Rienzwand in Rienztal (Höhlensteintal, Dolomites) Peter Manhartsberger and Martin Wibmer have established Osttiroler Marende, a new alpine sports climb graded 7b.
![Piolets d’Or 2020: Chamlang, Tengi Ragi Tau, Link Sar and Rakaposhi the winning climbs](/uploads/img/3/59520.jpg)
12/08/2020 - Alpinism
Piolets d’Or 2020: Chamlang, Tengi Ragi Tau, Link Sar and Rakaposhi the winning climbs Four remarkable ascents will be awarded the Piolets d'Or 2020 at the Ladek Mountain Festival in Poland from 11 - 22 September: Chamlang by Marek Holeček and Zdeněk Hák, Tengi Ragi Tau by Alan Rousseau and Tino Villanueva, Link Sar...
![Adam Ondra discusses climbing grades](/uploads/img/3/50466.jpg)
11/08/2020 - Climbing
Adam Ondra discusses climbing grades The video of Adam Ondra analysing one of the most debated aspects in sport climbing: the grades of routes.
![Nicolas Favresse, Sébastien Berthe bike & climb the Alps](/uploads/img/3/66799.jpg)
11/08/2020 - Climbing
Nicolas Favresse, Sébastien Berthe bike & climb the Alps Seb Berthe and Nico Favresse are currently on a bike and climbing trip across the Alps. The Belgian climbers have made swift work of Silbergeier and Headless Children in the Rätikon massif and are now cycling towards Wilder Kaiser in...
![Kai Lightner launches Climbing for Change](/uploads/img/3/66788.jpg)
10/08/2020 - Climbing
Kai Lightner launches Climbing for Change American rock climber Kai Lightner has launched Climbing for Change, a non-profit organisation that aims to readdress racial inequality in rock climbing and make the outdoor industry.
![Barbara Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher make first repeats of Beat Kammerlander’s Rätikon Kampfzone](/uploads/img/3/66766.jpg)
09/08/2020 - Climbing
Barbara Zangerl, Jacopo Larcher make first repeats of Beat Kammerlander’s Rätikon Kampfzone On 06/08/2020 Barbara Zangerl made the first repeat of Kampfzone, an 8b+ multi-pitch in the Rätikon first ascended by Beat Kammerlander ground-up in 2013 and freed in 2017. Jacopo Larcher followed suit yesterday.
![Matteo Pasquetto perishes on Grandes Jorasses](/uploads/img/3/63707.jpg)
08/08/2020 - Alpinism
Matteo Pasquetto perishes on Grandes Jorasses Yesterday afternoon Matteo Pasquetto, the talented Italian alpinist and aspirant mountain guide, lost his life while descending from the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif.
![Filip Babicz speed solo ascent of Mont Blanc Integralissima de Peuterey](/uploads/img/3/66718.jpg)
07/08/2020 - Alpinism
Filip Babicz speed solo ascent of Mont Blanc Integralissima de Peuterey Polish mountaineer Filip Babicz has made a solo ascent of the Integralissima de Peuterey in the Mont Blanc massif in an astounding 17 hours. This is the first repeat of the 'Longest ridge in the Alps’, first climbed in full...
![Alexander Megos frees Bibliographie at Céüse, the world’s second 9c](/uploads/img/3/61958.jpg)
06/08/2020 - Climbing
Alexander Megos frees Bibliographie at Céüse, the world’s second 9c At Céüse in France the German climber Alex Megos has made the first ascent of Bibliographie and suggested the grade 9c. This is now the most difficult sport climb in France and only the second in the world this difficult.
![Video: retreating Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc’s largest glacier](/uploads/img/3/66710.jpg)
06/08/2020 - Environment
Video: retreating Mer de Glace, Mont Blanc’s largest glacier The video by Bertrand Delpierre illustrating the retreat of the Mer de Glace glacier in the Mont Blanc massif.
![Video: Adam Ondra and the intricate climbing ethics of Czech sandstone](/uploads/img/3/66684.jpg)
05/08/2020 - Climbing
Video: Adam Ondra and the intricate climbing ethics of Czech sandstone The video on Adam Ondra explaining, with Petr Slanina, how a new climb is first ascended on the sandstone towers in the Czech Republic. With archive footage of the first 9a established ground-up by Ondra at Labak in 2012.
![Grandes Jorasses North Face: Federica Mingolla, Leo Gheza repeat Manitua](/uploads/img/3/66629.jpg)
05/08/2020 - Alpinism
Grandes Jorasses North Face: Federica Mingolla, Leo Gheza repeat Manitua Italian alpinist Federica Mingolla reports about her repeat with Leonardo Gheza of Manitua, the difficult route first ascended solo by Slavko Svetičič in 1991 on the north face of the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif.
![Simon Messner, Martin Sieberer discover L Pilaster Desmincià on Sass Rigais in Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/66609.jpg)
04/08/2020 - Alpinism
Simon Messner, Martin Sieberer discover L Pilaster Desmincià on Sass Rigais in Dolomites Following a line traced 50 years ago by Reinhold Messner, on 29/07/2020 Simon Messner and Martin Sieberer made the first ascent of L Pilaster Desmincià, a new multi-pitch rock climb up the NW face of Sass Rigais in the Geislerspitzen...
![Simon Gietl, Andrea Oberbacher establish Lifestyle on Torre del Lago, Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/66579.jpg)
03/08/2020 - Alpinism
Simon Gietl, Andrea Oberbacher establish Lifestyle on Torre del Lago, Dolomites The two mountain guides Simon Gietl and Andrea Oberbacher have made the first ascent of Lifestyle, a new multi-pitch rock climb up the west face of Torre del Lago (Fanis Group - Lagazuoi group) in the Dolomites.
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