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![Orco Valley: Silvan Schüpbach climbs new trad variation up Torre di Aimonin](/uploads/img/3/59028.jpg)
02/06/2019 - Climbing
Orco Valley: Silvan Schüpbach climbs new trad variation up Torre di Aimonin On Torre di Aimonin in Italy’s Valle dell’Orco Swiss alpinist Silvan Schüpbach has made the first ascent of 'Know your cat', a new trad variant to the rock climbs Know yourself and Cani & Gatti
![Melloblocco... an end and new beginning](/uploads/img/3/23813.jpg)
16/04/2019 - Climbing
Melloblocco... an end and new beginning Melloblocco, the largest climbing meeting in the world that has taken place for 14 years in Val Masino - Val di Mello before going on tour to Cresciano in Switzerland, will not take place this May as per tradition.
![Dani Arnold, Martin Echser climb thin ice in Switzerland’s Schöllenen Gorge](/uploads/img/3/58092.jpg)
13/04/2019 - Alpinism
Dani Arnold, Martin Echser climb thin ice in Switzerland’s Schöllenen Gorge Swiss alpinists Dani Arnold and Martin Echser have made the first ascent of the 9-pitch mixed climb Uristier Schöllenen (WI6+/M8) in the Schöllenen Gorge, Switzerland.
![La Vierge du Flambeau in Mont Blanc massif / Miss Go by Ezio Marlier](/uploads/img/3/57832.jpg)
04/04/2019 - Alpinism
La Vierge du Flambeau in Mont Blanc massif / Miss Go by Ezio Marlier Ezio Marlier introduces the modern mixed climb Miss No which he first ascended with Elisabetta Ceaglio up the NE Face of La Vierge du Flambeau (3244m), Mont Blanc massif in April 2017.
![Aiguille de l'Amône, new East Face climb by Simon Chatelan and Silvan Schüpbach](/uploads/img/3/57887.jpg)
02/04/2019 - Alpinism
Aiguille de l'Amône, new East Face climb by Simon Chatelan and Silvan Schüpbach On Aiguille de l'Amône (3586m), Swiss mountaineers Simon Chatelan and Silvan Schüpbach have made the first ascent of L'accidentelle et l'accidenté, described as being a 'challenging mixed climb’ up the mountain’s relatively unknown East Face.
![Val di Mello online petition against path for the disabled](/uploads/img/3/57496.jpg)
13/03/2019 - Environment
Val di Mello online petition against path for the disabled The Committee for the defence of Val Di Mello, Italy, has launched an online petition against the planned expansion of an existing path that would make it accessible to wheelchairs and the disabled. While thousands have already signed in protest, Luca Maspes,...
![Oscars: Free Solo featuring Alex Honnold climbing El Capitan wins Best Documentary](/uploads/img/3/55485.jpg)
25/02/2019 - Climbing
Oscars: Free Solo featuring Alex Honnold climbing El Capitan wins Best Documentary The film Free Solo that chronicles the extraordinary solo, ropeless ascent of Alex Honnold up El Capitan in Yosemite has won an Oscar for Best Documentary. Directed by Jimmy Chin and Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, this is the first time a...
![Giuliano Cameroni potent on Poison the Well, 8C+ boulder at Brione in Switzerland](/uploads/img/3/57207.jpg)
20/02/2019 - Climbing
Giuliano Cameroni potent on Poison the Well, 8C+ boulder at Brione in Switzerland Swiss rock climber Giuliano Cameroni has made the first ascent of Poison the Well, an 8C+ boulder problem at Brione in Switzerland.
![Enrico Sasso makes solo first ascent up Marguareis North Face](/uploads/img/3/56448.jpg)
17/01/2019 - Alpinism
Enrico Sasso makes solo first ascent up Marguareis North Face Enrico Sasso reports about his 11 December 2018 solo first ascent of Rose (ED, 380m, WI4, M7) a new mixed route up the north face of Marguareis in the Ligurian Alps, Italy.
![Asta Nunaat in Greenland, Andrea Ghitti and Fabio Olivari climb Gioielli Viventi](/uploads/img/3/55673.jpg)
10/12/2018 - Alpinism
Asta Nunaat in Greenland, Andrea Ghitti and Fabio Olivari climb Gioielli Viventi On Asta Nunaat in eastern Greenland Andrea Ghitti and Fabio Olivari have made the first ascent of 'Gioielli Viventi', a new rock climb (320m, VI+/A1) established on 9 August 2018. This is likely to be only the second ascent of...
![Sonnie Trotter frees North America Wall variation on El Capitan](/uploads/img/3/55979.jpg)
07/12/2018 - Climbing
Sonnie Trotter frees North America Wall variation on El Capitan Climbing with Tommy Caldwell, on 19 November Sonnie Trotter made the first one day free ascent of a new all free variation to North America Wall / El Nino. The Canadian had discovered the 3-pitch variation, now called Pineapple Express,...
![Langdung: new Spanish route in Nepalese Himalayas](/uploads/img/3/55731.jpg)
22/11/2018 - Alpinism
Langdung: new Spanish route in Nepalese Himalayas At the end of October 2018 Spanish mountaineers Pablo Ruix (Blín), Jesús Ibarz and Edu Recio established a new route up Langdung (6357 m) above the Rolwaling valley in Nepal. Ibarz reports about their Bihâna (6c+, 1500 m, ED+).
![Pakistan 2018: Kiris Peak and a yesteryear mountaineering adventure. By Maurizio Giordani](/uploads/img/3/54428.jpg)
16/11/2018 - Alpinism
Pakistan 2018: Kiris Peak and a yesteryear mountaineering adventure. By Maurizio Giordani Italian alpinist Maurizio Giordani reports about his climbing expedition to Pakistan during which, with Massimo Faletti, he completed a stylish ascent of Water World, a beautiful and difficult big wall up the hitherto unclimbed Kiris Peak (5428m). The other expedition...
![Carlo Traversi repeats Meltdown, the Beth Rodden masterpiece in Yosemite](/uploads/img/3/55500.jpg)
09/11/2018 - Climbing
Carlo Traversi repeats Meltdown, the Beth Rodden masterpiece in Yosemite American climber Carlo Traversi has made the first repeat of Meltdown (5.14c) in Yosemite, first ascended in 2008 by Beth Rodden.
![Big Dutch climbs in Kyrgyzstan Djangart Range](/uploads/img/3/55107.jpg)
26/10/2018 - Alpinism
Big Dutch climbs in Kyrgyzstan Djangart Range In the Djangart Range in Kyrgyzstan, last summer a Dutch mountaineering expedition comprised of Noël Diepens, Line van den Berg, Wout Martens, Rik van Odenhoven, Mats Wentholt, Jorian Bakker, Court Haegens and Boris Textor carried out a series of notable...
![Kilian Fischhuber and Co climb Siberia’s Sundrun Pillars](/uploads/img/3/55155.jpg)
24/10/2018 - Climbing
Kilian Fischhuber and Co climb Siberia’s Sundrun Pillars Kilian Fischhuber, Robert Leistner and Galya Terenteva have made a series of first ascents up the Sundrun Pillars, Ulakhan-Sis in Siberia.
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