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![Risht Peak first ascent in Pakistan's unexplored Yarkhun valley](/uploads/img/3/60572.jpg)
05/09/2019 - Alpinism
Risht Peak first ascent in Pakistan's unexplored Yarkhun valley Symon Welfringer reports about an expedition with fellow French mountaineers Aurélien Vaissière, Pierrick Fine and Antoine Rolle to Yarkhun valley in Pakistan which resulted in the first ascent of Risht Peak (5960m) right at the end of the Risht glacier.
![Simon Richardson and Ian Welsted traverse Mount Waddington West Ridge in Canada](/uploads/img/3/60442.jpg)
28/08/2019 - Alpinism
Simon Richardson and Ian Welsted traverse Mount Waddington West Ridge in Canada British mountaineer Simon Richardson reports about the first ascent of the entire west ridge of Mount Waddington in Canada’s Coast Mountains, climbed with Ian Welsted alpine style from 3 to 7 August 2019. On 22 July the duo climbed the...
![Muztagh Tower Black Tooth, first ascent details by Simon Messner, Martin Sieberer](/uploads/img/3/60090.jpg)
08/08/2019 - Alpinism
Muztagh Tower Black Tooth, first ascent details by Simon Messner, Martin Sieberer Details of the first ascent of Black Tooth, the 6718m mountain next to Muztagh Tower in the Karakorum, Pakistan, carried out by Simon Messner and Martin Sieberer on 26 July 2019.
![Cashan West climbed in Peru by Iker Pou, Eneko Pou, Manu Ponce](/uploads/img/3/60111.jpg)
06/08/2019 - Alpinism
Cashan West climbed in Peru by Iker Pou, Eneko Pou, Manu Ponce Iker Pou, Eneko Pou and Manu Ponce have made the first ascent of Andean Kingdom (800m, 7a+), the first route up the North Face of Cashan West (5,686m) in the Cordillera Blanca mountain range of the Andes, Peru.
![Janez Svoljšak, goodbye to the promising climber from Slovenia](/uploads/img/3/59893.jpg)
19/07/2019 - Alpinism
Janez Svoljšak, goodbye to the promising climber from Slovenia Slovenian alpinist Janez Svoljšak passed away on 15 July at base camp while on an expedition to climb Tahu Rutum (6650m), Karakorum, Pakistan. The promising mountaineer was just 25 years old.
![Cala Cimenti summits and skis Nanga Parbat](/uploads/img/3/59528.jpg)
05/07/2019 - Alpinism
Cala Cimenti summits and skis Nanga Parbat Italian alpinist Carlo Alberto Cala Cimenti has climbed Nanga Parbat (8126m, Karakorum, Pakistan) with the Russians Vitaly Lazo and Anton Pugovkin. Cimenti and Lazo managed to descend on skis from just below the summit.
![Chamlang UFO Line: Márek Holeček reports of alpine style first ascent in Nepal](/uploads/img/3/59170.jpg)
11/06/2019 - Alpinism
Chamlang UFO Line: Márek Holeček reports of alpine style first ascent in Nepal Czech mountaineer Márek Holeček reports about his alpine style ascent, carried out with climbing partner Zdeněk Hák of the virgin NW Face of Chamlang (7321 m) in the Nepalese Himalaya. The new climb has been called UFO Line and is...
![Five first ascents in Alaska by Simon Richardson and Mark Robson](/uploads/img/3/59112.jpg)
07/06/2019 - Alpinism
Five first ascents in Alaska by Simon Richardson and Mark Robson Despite challenging conditions Simon Richardson and Mark Robson have made the first ascent of five hitherto unclimbed peaks in the Stikine Range in South-East Alaska, including Peak 7180, one of the highest unclimbed mountains in the region. Richardson reports.
![Piz Morteratsch in Switzerland, East Face ski descent by Costa, Terraneo, Varchetti](/uploads/img/3/58968.jpg)
30/05/2019 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Piz Morteratsch in Switzerland, East Face ski descent by Costa, Terraneo, Varchetti Saro Costa reports about the first ski descent of the ENE Face of Piz Morteratsch (3752m) in the Bernina range in Switzerland, climbed and skied via the Zippert / Kohler route on 23/05/2019 together with Davide Terraneo and Mattia Varchetti.
![Everest new route attempt by Cory Richards and Esteban Mena](/uploads/img/3/58695.jpg)
15/05/2019 - Alpinism
Everest new route attempt by Cory Richards and Esteban Mena Mountaineers Cory Richards from the USA and Esteban ‘Topo’ Mena from Ecuador are currently trying to forge a new climb up the NE Face of Everest. Kami Rita Sherpa has just climbed the highest mountain in the world for a...
![Jannu East Face, Dmitry Golovchenko and Sergey Nilov complete their Unfinished Sympathy](/uploads/img/3/58367.jpg)
30/04/2019 - Interviews
Jannu East Face, Dmitry Golovchenko and Sergey Nilov complete their Unfinished Sympathy Interview with Dmitry Golovchenko after the 18-day alpine style first ascent of a new route up the East Face of Jannu in the Nepalese Himalaya with Sergey Nilov. The two Russian mountaineers have called their climb Unfinished Sympathy (ED,...
![Mezzalama Trophy 2019 / The hardest edition ever](/uploads/img/3/58295.jpg)
28/04/2019 - Competitions
Mezzalama Trophy 2019 / The hardest edition ever The most difficult Mezzlama ski mountaineering competition of all times was won on Sunday 28 April 2019 by the Italians Robert Antonioli, Michele Boscacci and Matteo Eydallin. France’s Lorna Bonnel and Axelle Mollaret and Italy’s Alba de Silvestro dominated the...
![Mezzalama 2019 live streaming](/uploads/img/3/30172.jpg)
28/04/2019 - Competitions
Mezzalama 2019 live streaming Live streaming of the XXII edition of the Mezzalama Trophy, the legendary ski mountaineering competition across the Monte Rosa massif. At 5.30am the 279 teams (837 athletes) set off from Breuil-Cervinia for the long high altitude traverse to Gressoney-La-Trinité via...
![Brazilians blaze big new climb up Ulamertorsuaq in Greenland](/uploads/img/3/58237.jpg)
26/04/2019 - Alpinism
Brazilians blaze big new climb up Ulamertorsuaq in Greenland Vinicius Todero reports about a 40-day climbing trip to southern Greenland with fellow Brazilian climber Marcos Costa in August 2018, during which the two repeated the famous Moby Dick on Ulamertorsuaq and, on the west face of the same mountain,...
![Mezzalama 2019 ski mountaineering marathon postponed to Sunday 28 April](/uploads/img/3/44807.jpg)
24/04/2019 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Mezzalama 2019 ski mountaineering marathon postponed to Sunday 28 April The Mezzalama Trophy 2019 has been postponed due to adverse weather conditions. The legendary ski mountaineering competition on Monte Rosa will now take place on Sunday 28 April.
![Marco Pedrini, Cumbre and the first solo ascent of Cerro Torre in 1985](/uploads/img/3/58063.jpg)
11/04/2019 - Alpinism
Marco Pedrini, Cumbre and the first solo ascent of Cerro Torre in 1985 The 1985 film Cerro Torre Cumbre by Fulvio Mariani that documents the first solo ascent of Cerro Torre in Patagonia, carried out by Swiss alpinist Marco Pedrini on 26/11/1985 via the Cesare Maestri Compressor Route.
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