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![Help save Magic Wood's climber-run camping and hotel](/uploads/img/3/29677.jpg)
28/07/2020 - Climbing
Help save Magic Wood's climber-run camping and hotel A petition has been launched to support the Saluz family who run the hotel, campsite and restaurant in Magic Wood in Switzerland and are recognised as being the true custodians for one of the greatest bouldering destinations in the world.
![Catherine Destivelle awarded Piolet d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award](/uploads/img/3/66344.jpg)
23/07/2020 - Alpinism
Catherine Destivelle awarded Piolet d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award French mountaineer Catherine Destivelle will become the first woman to receive the Piolet d'Or Carrière Lifetime Achievement Award at the Ladek Mountain Festival in Poland in September. In the past the coveted prize has been awarded to greatest mountaineers of...
![Incroyable on Red Pillar of Brouillard, a dream climb by Della Bordella, Cazzanelli, Ratti](/uploads/img/3/66120.jpg)
16/07/2020 - Alpinism
Incroyable on Red Pillar of Brouillard, a dream climb by Della Bordella, Cazzanelli, Ratti Matteo Della Bordella, president of the Ragni di Lecco mountaineering club, reports about Incroyable, the superb and difficult new route on Red Pillar of Brouillard (Mont Blanc) first ascended on 30 June and 1 July with Matterhorn mountain guides François...
![Final farewell to Matteo Bernasconi on Pizzo Badile by Ragni di Lecco](/uploads/img/3/65991.jpg)
06/07/2020 - Alpinism
Final farewell to Matteo Bernasconi on Pizzo Badile by Ragni di Lecco On Sunday 5 July 2020 the Ragni di Lecco mountaineering club climbed Pizzo Badile and bid farewell to Matteo Bernasconi who was tragically killed in a ski mountaineering accident on 12/05/2020.
![Wolkenreise, a journey through the clouds in the Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/65869.jpg)
24/06/2020 - Alpinism
Wolkenreise, a journey through the clouds in the Dolomites Enrico Maioni, Cortina Mountain Guide, introduces Wolkenreise, a multi-pitch alpine sports climb
Pilastro di Misurina in the Cadini Group of the Italian Dolomites, first ascended in 2017 by Peter Manhartsberger and Stefan Kopeinig and dedicated to Florian Thamer.
![New climb up Cima Cee in Brenta Dolomites by Rolando Larcher, Luca Giupponi](/uploads/img/3/65810.jpg)
19/06/2020 - Alpinism
New climb up Cima Cee in Brenta Dolomites by Rolando Larcher, Luca Giupponi On Cima Cee in Val di Tovel, Brenta Dolomites, Rolando Larcher and Luca Giupponi have made the first ascent of Fine di un’Epoca, the end of an era, dedicated to Larcher’s father Renato. Larcher provides the report.
![Adieu Luce Douady, brilliant French climbing prodigy](/uploads/img/3/65745.jpg)
15/06/2020 - Climbing
Adieu Luce Douady, brilliant French climbing prodigy On Sunday 14 June the brilliant 16-year-old French climber Luce Douady lost her life in an accident at a crag close to Grenoble, France.
![Hike & Fly with Angela Bonato, Giovanni Spitale](/uploads/img/3/65487.jpg)
11/06/2020 - Alpinism
Hike & Fly with Angela Bonato, Giovanni Spitale Giovanni Spitale and Angela Bonato discuss their Hike & Fly; powered only by their own means they reach point where to liftoff and fly their paragliders. An eco-friendly and sensible way to enjoy the mountains in these particular times. By...
![Multicolor: new multi-pitch rock climb in Val Pramper, Zoldo Dolomites](/uploads/img/3/65624.jpg)
10/06/2020 - Alpinism
Multicolor: new multi-pitch rock climb in Val Pramper, Zoldo Dolomites On Monte Petorgnon in Val Pramper in the Zoldo Dolomites, Daniele Geremia, Santiago Padrós and Fulvio Trentini have made the first ascent of Multicolor (280m, 7a+)
![Oriane Bertone at Fontainebleau frees her first 8C boulder problem](/uploads/img/3/65464.jpg)
27/05/2020 - Climbing
Oriane Bertone at Fontainebleau frees her first 8C boulder problem 15-year-old climber Oriane Bertone has climbed what she believes to be her first 8C boulder problem, Satan I Helvete low start at Fontainebleau in France. As the name suggests, this adds a low start to the famous problem put...
![Petr Slanina and the traditional climbing on Czech Republic
's sandstone towers](/uploads/img/3/65370.jpg)
22/05/2020 - Climbing
Petr Slanina and the traditional climbing on Czech Republic
's sandstone towers The fascinating portrait of Petr Slanina, the Czech rock climber better known as Špek, and the complicated game of traditional climbing on the sandstone towers of the Czech Republic.
![Mélissa Le Nevé makes first female ascent of Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's Frankenjura masterpiece](/uploads/img/3/65351.jpg)
21/05/2020 - Climbing
Mélissa Le Nevé makes first female ascent of Action Directe, Wolfgang Güllich's Frankenjura masterpiece French climber Melissa Le Nevé has made the first female ascent of Action Directe, the masterpiece established by Wolfgang Güllich in Germany’s Frankenjura in 1991. This milestone 9a is one of the most famous and coveted sport climbs in the...
![Podenzoi, rock climbing in the hanging garden of Longarone. By Sandro Neri](/uploads/img/3/65253.jpg)
18/05/2020 - Climbing
Podenzoi, rock climbing in the hanging garden of Longarone. By Sandro Neri Sandro Neri introduces Podenzoi, the historic crag above Longarone (Belluno, Veneto, Italy) discovered in the 1980’s by Gigi Dal Pozzo.
![A beer with Berna: a drink on Sunday evening for Matteo Bernasconi](/uploads/img/3/65262.jpg)
17/05/2020 - Alpinism
A beer with Berna: a drink on Sunday evening for Matteo Bernasconi On Sunday 17 May 2020 at 18:30 the Italian Ragni di Lecco climbing club invites everyone to have a drink in memory of Matteo Bernasconi. Here is how the Ragni di Lecco, to which Berna belonged, explain the initiative.
![Ski mountaineering in Turkey's Aladağlar mountains](/uploads/img/3/65066.jpg)
11/05/2020 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Ski mountaineering in Turkey's Aladağlar mountains Slovak mountain guide Miroslav Peťo reports about his ski touring trip to the Ala Dağlar mountain range in Turkey with Robert Vrlák and Rastislav Križan which resulted in a number of interesting descents including what is likely to be the...
![Big Balls & Ground Falls: difficult and dangerous Peak District gritstone climbs](/uploads/img/3/64984.jpg)
06/05/2020 - Climbing
Big Balls & Ground Falls: difficult and dangerous Peak District gritstone climbs The video Big Balls & Ground Falls featuring a selection of some of most famous trad climbs on the gritstone crags in England’s Peak District.
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