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30/06/2017 - Competitions
Red Bull X-Alps 2017 starts in 2 days time In 2 days time, on Sunday 2 July, the eighth edition of Red Bull X-Alps will start. 31 athletes will compete in this extenuating and incredible traverse across the Alps, by paraglider or on foot, from Salzburg to the Principality...
29/06/2017 - Competitions
IFSC European Climbing Championships, great climbing begins at Campitello di Fassa The IFSC European Climbing Championship (Lead and Speed) takes place from today until Saturday, July 1 at the ADEL Climbing Wall in Campitello di Fassa (Italy). 226 athletes from 21 different nations will take part in the most important competition...
28/06/2017 - Climbing
King of the Bongo, Silvestro Franchini and Tomas Franchini make swift repeat in Val di Mello On 22/05/2017 Silvestro Franchini and Tomas Franchini repeated King of the Bongo, the route first climbed in 2014 by the Ragni di Lecco climbers Paolo Marazzi, Matteo de Zaiacomo and Luca Schiera.
23/06/2017 - Climbing
Monte Limbara and the new trad climbing in Sardinia The latest trad climbs at Monte Limbara on the North of Sardinia, first ascended by Maurizio Oviglia and Filippo Manca. Oviglia provides the report.
21/06/2017 - Alpinism
Dent Blanche and Wandfluegrat, the normal South Ridge route Mountaineering in Switzerland: Italian mountain guide Alberto De Giuli introduces the famous Wandfluegrat, also referred to as the Dent Blanche South Ridge (4357m), the classic alpine ridge high above Val d'Herens in Switzerland’s canton Valais.
20/06/2017 - Interviews
Aaron Durogati and the unmissable, ever-changing air of Red Bull X-Alps 2017 Interview with paragliding champion Aaron Durogati who on 2 July will lift off from Salzburg in Austria and take part in his third Red Bull X-Alps, the 1100km race by paraglider or on foot across the Alps all the way...
20/06/2017 - Climbing
Chris Sharma climbs huge Pont d’Arc Deep Water Solo American rock climber Chris Sharma has made the first ascent of a circa 30m high deep water solo climb on Pont d’Arc, Ardèche, France.
19/06/2017 - Climbing
Ghisolfi, Puccio, Leslie-Wujastyk and Chanourdie: women’s climbing galore A brief roundup of the latest sport climbing and bouldering sends carried out by Claudia Ghisolfi, Alex Puccio, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, Katrin Gründler and Julia Chanourdie.
15/06/2017 - Climbing
Yosemite Misty Wall first free ascent by Sasha DiGiulian and Jon Cardwell On 27 May 2017 Sasha DiGiulian and Jon Cardwell made the first free ascent of Misty Wall up the west Face of Sentinel in Yosemite, USA.
15/06/2017 - Alpinism
First Ascent, the Kunyang Chhish East film featuring Simon Anthamatten, Matthias and Hansjörg Auer The film First Ascent is now available on demand, documenting Austria’s Hansjörg Auer and Matthias Auer and Switzerland’s Simon Anthamatten climbing the hitherto virgin Kunyang Chhish East in Karakoram (Pakistan) in July 2013.
09/06/2017 - Climbing
El Capitan: Peter Zabrok and Sean Warren make long-awaited first repeat of Adrift in Yosemite American rock climber Peter Zabrok and Britain's Sean Warren have made the long-awaited first repeat of Adrift, the difficult big wall aid climb up the SE Face of El Capitan first ascended in early 1994 by Steve Quinlan and Paul...
07/06/2017 - Climbing
Jorg Verhoeven and the life saving climbing helmet The video of Dutch rock climber Jorg Verhoeven as he falls headfirst off a trad climb in Colorado, USA and is saved by his climbing helmet.
06/06/2017 - Climbing
Steve McClure frees Rainman at Malham Cove, Britain's first 9b At Malham Cove in England Steve McClure has freed Rainman, the first sports climb in Great Britain graded 9b.
06/06/2017 - Climbing
Alex Honnold, the free solo beyond the norm Rock climbing beyond the limits: thoughts about the scope of Alex Honnold's recent free solo ascent of Freerider on El Capitan (Yosemite).
05/06/2017 - Alpinism
Ralf Dujmovits, dream vanishes of climbing Everest without supplementary oxygen At the end of May the German mountaineer Ralf Dujmovits was forced to abandon his attempt of climbing Everest without supplementary oxygen due to the strong winds and snowfall at 8,580 meters. In 2009, Dujmovits completed all fourteen 8000ers without...
04/06/2017 - Climbing
Alex Honnold free solo climbs El Capitan, Yosemite American rock climber Alex Honnold has made a free solo ascent of Freerider on El Capitan, Yosemite. In doing so he has become the first person to climb El Capitan without ropes.
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