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![World Climbing Championship 2011 at Arco](/uploads/img/3/2901.jpg)
02/03/2009 - Competitions
World Climbing Championship 2011 at Arco On 28 February the Plenary Assembly of the IFSC - International Federation of Sport Climbing elected Arco (Trentino, Italy) as the seat of the World Championship 2011. The town in the Garda Trentino region beat the other two candidates, Paris...
![Piolets d'Or 2009, preview](/uploads/img/3/2899.jpg)
02/03/2009 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2009, preview From 22 - 25 April the 17th edition of the Piolets d'Or will take place between Chamonix and Courmayeur. This is possibly the most famous mountaineering award in the world, so much so that it has been defined as the...
![Jerry Moffatt interview](/uploads/img/3/2833.jpg)
26/02/2009 - Interviews
Jerry Moffatt interview Interview with Jerry Moffatt, one of the most successful climbers in the world during the 1980's and 1990's, with important first ascents such as Stone Love 8b+ in Germany's Frankenjura and Liquid Ambar 8c+ at Lower Pen Trwyn, Wales and...
![Spain climbing action: Chris Sharma at Margalef, Geoffray De Flaugergues at Alquezar](/uploads/img/3/2874.jpg)
24/02/2009 - Climbing
Spain climbing action: Chris Sharma at Margalef, Geoffray De Flaugergues at Alquezar Chris Sharma has made the first ascent of Demencia Senil 9a+ at Margalef while 13 year old Geoffray De Flaugergues from France has repeated El templo del cafe 8c+/9a at Alquezar.
![James Pearson grabs fast repeat of Gerty Berwick, Ilkley](/uploads/img/3/2839.jpg)
17/02/2009 - Climbing
James Pearson grabs fast repeat of Gerty Berwick, Ilkley James Pearson has made a fast first repeat of the gritstone testpiece Gerty Berwick at Ilkley Quarry, England.
![Paine South African Route, interview with Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto](/uploads/img/3/2821.jpg)
12/02/2009 - Alpinism
Paine South African Route, interview with Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto Interview with Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva and Ben Ditto after their first free ascent of the South African Route on the East Face of the Central Tower of Paine, Patagonia.
![Free South Africa, first free route up the Central Tower of Paine for Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto](/uploads/img/3/2803.jpg)
10/02/2009 - Climbing
Free South Africa, first free route up the Central Tower of Paine for Favresse, Villanueva and Ditto After 11 days on the wall Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva amd Ben Ditto have carried out the first free ascent of the South African route on the East Face of the Central Tower of Paine, Patagonia.
![ISPO Munich 2009. What crisis?](/uploads/img/3/2775.jpg)
10/02/2009 - Events
ISPO Munich 2009. What crisis? Last Wednesday the ISPO Winter 2009, the largest outdoor trade show in the world, drew to a successful end for both exhibitors and visitors. In the following article we attempt to analyse the current state of new products and...
![Ice World Cup 2009 won by Bendler and Tolokonina](/uploads/img/3/2792.jpg)
09/02/2009 - Competitions
Ice World Cup 2009 won by Bendler and Tolokonina Last weekend Markus Bendler from Austria and Maria Tolokonina from Russia won the third and final stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2009 Lead and in doing so they also won the overall Trophy 2009. Maria Tolokonina won the...
![Speed Ice Climbing World Cup Speed, Tolokonina and Batushev win in Mojstrana](/uploads/img/3/2768.jpg)
02/02/2009 - Climbing
Speed Ice Climbing World Cup Speed, Tolokonina and Batushev win in Mojstrana On 31/01/09 Russians Maria Tolokonina and Pavel Batushev won the third stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup Speed 2009 held in Mojstrana (Slovenia)
![Per Leila and 2 new icefalls in Friuli](/uploads/img/3/2766.jpg)
28/01/2009 - Alpinism
Per Leila and 2 new icefalls in Friuli On 17/01/2009 Luca Vuerich and Marco Milanese carried out the first ascent of 'Per Leila' (120m, III/6+) in Val Riofreddo (Cima delle Cenge, Julian Alps). 0n 9/01, Luca Vuerich, Eros Busetto and Michele Martina made the first ascents of...
![Alex Honnold climbing interview](/uploads/img/3/2749.jpg)
27/01/2009 - Interviews
Alex Honnold climbing interview Interview with Alex Honnold, the American climber who burst into international limelight with his solos in America and hard extremes on Britain's gritstone.
![Ice World Cup 2009: Markus Bendler and Angelika Rainer win in Saas Fee](/uploads/img/3/2746.jpg)
26/01/2009 - Competitions
Ice World Cup 2009: Markus Bendler and Angelika Rainer win in Saas Fee Markus Bendler from Austria and Angelika Rainer from Italy won the Ice Climbng World Championship and the second stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup, held in Switzerland's Saas Fee last weekend. Russian athletes Maria Tolokonina and Pavel Gulyaev doubled...
![Gianluca Daniele frees Grandi Gesti at the Grotta dell’Areonauta, Italy](/uploads/img/3/2730.jpg)
21/01/2009 - Climbing
Gianluca Daniele frees Grandi Gesti at the Grotta dell’Areonauta, Italy On 11 January Gainluca Daniele made the first ascent of "Grandi Gesti", proposing 9a for this long route which climbs through the massive roof at the Grotta dell'Areonauta and combines a series of exiting lines.
![Ice World Cup 2009: Bendler and Tolokonina win the Ice Master in Daone](/uploads/img/3/2711.jpg)
19/01/2009 - Competitions
Ice World Cup 2009: Bendler and Tolokonina win the Ice Master in Daone On 18/01/09 Markus Bendler from Austria and Maria Tolokonina from Russia won the 8th Ice Master in Valle di Daone, valid as the first stage of the Difficulty Ice Climbing World Cup 2009. Maria Tolokonina also won the Speed event...
![Gabriele Moroni, Lumignano and a step back into climbing history](/uploads/img/3/2707.jpg)
16/01/2009 - Climbing
Gabriele Moroni, Lumignano and a step back into climbing history Last weekend Gabriele Moroni visited the historic Lumignano Classica in N. Italy and returned home with a climbing sweep-stake: flash ascents of Boomerang 8a+ and Atomic Café 8a, and a fantastic 2nd go ascent of Mare Allucinante 8b+.
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