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![Earthquake in Central Italy, climbing and solidarity: Rebuild Boulder raises 11,000 euro](/uploads/img/3/43108.jpg)
03/02/2017 - Climbing
Earthquake in Central Italy, climbing and solidarity: Rebuild Boulder raises 11,000 euro During the first 12 stages of Rebuild Boulder, the series of informal bouldering competitions currently taking place at climbing walls throughout Italy, over 11,000 euro have been raised to help those affected by the earthquakes that rocked central Italy in...
![Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner discover new ice climbs in Iceland](/uploads/img/3/42251.jpg)
16/12/2016 - Alpinism
Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner discover new ice climbs in Iceland Ice climbing: in February 2016 the Austrian alpinists Albert Leichtfried and Benedikt Purner established a flurry of new ice climbs in Iceland, including Tröll leikhus at Austurárdalur, currently the hardest on the island.
![Eiger: Tom Ballard and Marcin Tomaszewski climb new route up North Face](/uploads/img/3/42080.jpg)
06/12/2016 - Alpinism
Eiger: Tom Ballard and Marcin Tomaszewski climb new route up North Face Mountaineering: from 29 November to 6 December 2016 Tom Ballard and Marcin Tomaszewski made the first ascent of 'Titanic' (A3/M5/6b, 1800m), a new climb up the North Face of the Eiger (Switzerland).
![Silvio Reffo shoots up Hotel Supramonte and Mezzogiorno di Fuoco in Sardinia](/uploads/img/3/41772.jpg)
06/12/2016 - Interviews
Silvio Reffo shoots up Hotel Supramonte and Mezzogiorno di Fuoco in Sardinia Interview with Italian climber Silvio Reffo who recently repeated two of Sardinia’s most difficult multi-pitch sport climbs: Hotel Supramonte at Gola di Gorropu and Mezzogiorno di Fuoco at Punta Giradili. Climbing onsight, on both routes Reffo fell just once and...
![Motion Vol.4, the mountain timelapse by Yuri Palma](/uploads/img/3/41866.jpg)
23/11/2016 - Environment
Motion Vol.4, the mountain timelapse by Yuri Palma The new time-lapse by Yuri Palma featuring Baffin island, Val di Mello, Grigne, the Dolomites with its Tre Cime di Lavaredo and Marmolada, as well as Monte Ginnircu in Sardinia.
![Shifting Dreams: Caroline Ciavaldini climbing Voie Petit, Grand Capucin](/uploads/img/3/41817.jpg)
21/11/2016 - Alpinism
Shifting Dreams: Caroline Ciavaldini climbing Voie Petit, Grand Capucin The documentary tracing the efforts of French climber Caroline Ciavaldini to make the first female free ascent of Voie Petit (8b, 450m), the difficult multi-pitch climb up Grand Capucin in the Mont Blanc massif.
![Jernej Kruder climbing Es Pontas DWS on Mallorca](/uploads/img/3/41710.jpg)
16/11/2016 - Climbing
Jernej Kruder climbing Es Pontas DWS on Mallorca Climbing video: Jernej Kruder makes the first repeat of Es Pontas, the famous deep water solo climb on the island of Mallorca, Spain, first ascended in 2006 by Chris Sharma.
![Jernej Kruder / the Es Pontas deep water solo interview](/uploads/img/3/41285.jpg)
02/11/2016 - Interviews
Jernej Kruder / the Es Pontas deep water solo interview Interview with Slovenian climber Jernej Kruder who on 01/11/2016 made the first repeat of Es Pontas, the famous deep water solo climb first ascended a decade ago by Chris Sharma on the island of Mallorca, Spain.
![Nalle Hukkataival climbs Burden of Dreams and proposes world’s first 9A boulder problem](/uploads/img/3/41066.jpg)
24/10/2016 - Climbing
Nalle Hukkataival climbs Burden of Dreams and proposes world’s first 9A boulder problem Finnish rock climber Nalle Hukkataival has made the first ascent of Burden of Dreams, his project at Lappnor in Finland, for which he has now suggested 9A. Should the grade be confirmed, this would be the first boulder problem to...
![British first ascents in South Georgia](/uploads/img/3/41025.jpg)
24/10/2016 - Alpinism
British first ascents in South Georgia On the remote island of South Georgia (Southern Atlantic Ocean) Stephen Venables, Skip Novak, Crag Jones, Henry Chaplin, David Lund and Simon Richardson climbed 8 mountains, including the first ascent of the spectacular Starbuck peak and the remote and difficult Mount...
![Tavolara, climbing on the Sardinian island shrouded in myth](/uploads/img/3/40518.jpg)
18/10/2016 - Climbing
Tavolara, climbing on the Sardinian island shrouded in myth Maurizio Oviglia explores the fascinating climbing history of Tavolara island, off the NE coast of Sardinia, and repeats 'Affora sa nato’ (6b, 215m) first ascended by Enzo Lecis and Simone Sarti in the ’90’s.
![Jernej Kruder climbs Pontax, 8c DWS on Mallorca](/uploads/img/3/40703.jpg)
14/10/2016 - Climbing
Jernej Kruder climbs Pontax, 8c DWS on Mallorca Slovenian climber Jernej Kruder has made what is most likely to be the first repeat of Pontax, the 8c deep water solo climb first ascended by Chris Sharma in 2005 at Es pontas in Mallorca, Spain.
![Mike Kosterlitz awarded Nobel Prize in Physics](/uploads/img/3/40439.jpg)
10/10/2016 - Alpinism
Mike Kosterlitz awarded Nobel Prize in Physics Mike Kosterlitz was recently awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. Apart from his scientific genius, the Scotsman was an expert climber and mountaineer who left his mark in particular in Italy’s Orco valley with his famous Fessura Kosterlitz. By Giovanni...
![Alexander Huber rides Onda Azzurra up Monte Donneneittu in Sardinia](/uploads/img/3/40457.jpg)
07/10/2016 - Climbing
Alexander Huber rides Onda Azzurra up Monte Donneneittu in Sardinia In January 2016 Alexander Huber made the first ascent, alone, of Onda Azzurra up Monte Donneneittu at Codula di Luna in Sardinia. 240m high and with difficulties up to 8a+, this multi-pitch sports climb was freed by Huber together with...
![Dún Briste sea stack, second ascent by Iain Miller and Paulina Kaniszewska](/uploads/img/3/40394.jpg)
05/10/2016 - Climbing
Dún Briste sea stack, second ascent by Iain Miller and Paulina Kaniszewska At the end of August 2016 Iain Miller and Paulina Kaniszewska made what is believed to be only the second ascent of the iconic Dún Briste sea stack at Downpatrick Head, Ireland.
![Kalymnos climbing, new crags Arginonta Valley and Black Buddha](/uploads/img/3/40345.jpg)
03/10/2016 - Climbing
Kalymnos climbing, new crags Arginonta Valley and Black Buddha Aris Theodoropoulos introduces Arginonta Valley and Black Buddha, two new crags on the island of Kalymnos, Greece.
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