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Alannah Yip and Colin Duffy qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
02/03/2020 - Competitions
Alannah Yip and Colin Duffy qualify for Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Canada’s Alannah Yip and Colin Duffy from the USA have qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.
Stefan Scarperi flashes 8B and repeats Bügeleisen 8B+ in Maltatal
02/03/2020 - Climbing
Stefan Scarperi flashes 8B and repeats Bügeleisen 8B+ in Maltatal
During a three-day bouldering stint in Austria’s Maltatal, Stefan Scarperi has sent a handful of testpieces: Bügeleisen 8B+ and Emotional Landscapes stand 8B, as well as a flash ascent of Wrestling with an alligator 8B. All these boulder problems were...
Dolomites Full Contact climbed by Albert Leichtfried, Benedikt Purner
28/02/2020 - Alpinism
Dolomites Full Contact climbed by Albert Leichtfried, Benedikt Purner
Austrian mountain guide Albert Leichtfried reports about his first ascent, with Benedikt Purner, of the mixed climb up the Murfrëitturm tower in the Sella group of the Dolomites.
The World’s Hardest Ice Climb? Mission to Mars at Helmcken Falls by Tim Emmett, Klemen Premrl
27/02/2020 - Alpinism
The World’s Hardest Ice climb? Mission to Mars at Helmcken Falls by Tim Emmett, Klemen Premrl
The video of Mission to Mars at Helmcken Falls in Canada, established earlier this month by Tim Emmett and Klemen Premrl. This is the first climb ever to be graded WI 13 and as such checks in as the hardest...
Jimmy Webb claims first repeat of Off the Wagon sit in Val Bavona, Switzerland
26/02/2020 - Climbing
Jimmy Webb claims first repeat of Off the Wagon sit in Val Bavona, Switzerland
The video of American climber James Webb who made the first repeat of Off the Wagon sit, the 8C+/V16 boulder problem freed by Shawn Raboutou in Val Bavona, Switzerland in 2018.
Young French FFME team with Arnaud Petit establish new route in Wadi Rum, Jordan
26/02/2020 - Alpinism
Young French FFME team with Arnaud Petit establish new route in Wadi Rum, Jordan
French mountain guide Arnaud Petit and Jonathan Crison have led a young FFME expedition to Jordan where they established a new route up Jebel Rum in the Wadi Rum massif. Voie du Coeur (430m, 7c+ max, 7b obligatory) was first...
Simon Gietl completes solo Tre Cime di Lavaredo winter enchainment
25/02/2020 - Alpinism
Simon Gietl completes solo Tre Cime di Lavaredo winter enchainment
From 24 to 25 February the South Tyrolean mountaineer Simon Gietl carried out a winter crossing of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo on his own, linking Cima Ovest, Cima Grande, Cima Piccola, Punta di Frida and Cima Piccolissima.
Aguja Poincenot, Patagonia: 40º Gruppo Ragni route finally repeated
25/02/2020 - Alpinism
Aguja Poincenot, Patagonia: 40º Gruppo Ragni route finally repeated
Italian mountaineer Matteo Della Bordella reports about his repeat with Matteo Bernasconi and Matteo Pasquetto of the 40º Gruppo Ragni di Lecco climb on the north face of Aguja Poincenot in Patagonia, established in 1986 by Mario Panzeri, Paolo Vitali,...
Robbie Phillips sends shallow water solo of Edinburgh bridge crack
24/02/2020 - Climbing
Robbie Phillips sends shallow water solo of Edinburgh bridge crack
Buildering in Scotland: after the first ascent of a hand crack below a bridge in Edinburgh, Robbie Philips has now returned to make a free solo ascent.
Jonathan Siegrist fires One Hundred Proof, new 9a+ at Mount Potosi
24/02/2020 - Climbing
Jonathan Siegrist fires One Hundred Proof, new 9a+ at Mount Potosi
American climber Jonathan Siegrist has made the first ascent of One Hundred Proof, a 9a+ sports climb at Mount Potosi above Las Vegas in Nevada, USA.
First European Climbing Championships, Frankfurt 1992
22/02/2020 - Competitions
First European Climbing Championships, Frankfurt 1992
Three videos from the first European Lead and Speed ​​Climbing Championships, held in Frankfurt, Germany, in 1992.
Julien Herry, Yannick Boissenot score new new descent on Aiguille du Peigne in Mont Blanc massif
Julien Herry, Yannick Boissenot score new new descent on Aiguille du Peigne in Mont Blanc massif
On 9 February 2020 Julien Herry and Yannick Boissenot made what is likely to be the first ski and snowboard descent of the Boeuf - Sara couloir on Aiguille du Peigne in the Mont Blanc massif. Herry reports.
Apus added to Rocchetta Alta di Bosconero in Zoldo Dolomites
20/02/2020 - Alpinism
Apus added to Rocchetta Alta di Bosconero in Zoldo Dolomites
Winter mountaineering in the Zoldo Dolomites: on Rocchetta Alta di Bosconero the mountaineers Mirco Grasso and Alvaro Lafuente have made the first ascent of Apus, a mixed route that shares the first 5 pitches of Madre Tierra then ascends an...
Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva climb new route on Cerro Standhardt in Patagonia
19/02/2020 - Alpinism
Nicolas Favresse, Sean Villanueva climb new route on Cerro Standhardt in Patagonia
On Aguja Standhardt in Patagonia Belgian climbers Nico Favresse and Sean Villanueva O’Driscoll have made the first ascent the mixed climb El Flechazo (850m, 7b, M3, WI5+).
Cerro Torre Climb & Fly Fabian Buhl interview
18/02/2020 - Interviews
Cerro Torre climb & Fly Fabian Buhl interview
Interview with 29-year-old German mountaineer Fabian Buhl who on 7 February flew off Cerro Torre in Patagonia with his paraglider.
Brittany Goris makes first female ascent of Stingray at Joshua Tree, USA
17/02/2020 - Climbing
Brittany Goris makes first female ascent of Stingray at Joshua Tree, USA
American rock climber Brittany Goris has made the first female ascent of Stingray 5.13d at Joshua Tree, USA.