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19/09/2018 - Climbing
Corsica: summer rock climbing on the island’s best crags Sport climbing in Corsica: the best summer crags to climb in the shade and avoid the sweltering heat. By Thierry Souchard and Maurizio Oviglia

08/09/2018 - Climbing
Extreme trad climbing in Scotland: Gérome Pouvreau and Florence Pinet repeat Rhapsody and Requiem At Dumbarton Rock in Scotland, French climber Gérome Pouvreau has repeated Rhapsody E11, while Florence Pinet climbed Requiem E8 6b.

10/08/2018 - Climbing
Daniel Jung reaps first repeat of Recovery drink, Favresse's difficult crack climb in Norway German climber Daniel Jung has made the first repeat of Recovery drink, the difficult trad climb on the Profilveggen wall at Jøssingfjord in Norway. First ascended in 2013 by Nicolas Favresse, the route had foiled some of the best crack...

02/08/2018 - Alpinism
Grivel 200: alpinism, climbing gear, techniques and evolutioN Second episode dedicated to Espace Grivel, or to the first 200 years of the history of Grivel and alpinism.

25/07/2018 - Climbing
Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher repeat The Path in Canada During a climbing trip to Canada Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher repeated a string of difficult routes, including the trad climb The Path at Lake Louise.

10/07/2018 - Alpinism
El Ojo Critico in Ordesa repeated by James Pearson British rock climber James Pearson reports about his repeat of El Ojo Critico, the difficult multi-pitch trad climb ascended in Spain’s Ordesa National Park by Josune Bereziartu and Rikar Otegi in 2007 and repeated previously only by Unai Mendia and...

24/06/2018 - Climbing
Magic Wood, new trad climb in Swiss bouldering paradise At Magic Wood in Switzerland Lorin Etzel and Samuel Würtz have established 'Alte Flamme, neuer Docht', not a new boulder problem but a new 5-pitch trad climb.

12/06/2018 - Climbing
Rock climbing in Jordan: new rock climbs at Wadi Sulam Maurizio Oviglia reports about an expedition of the Italian Alpine Club and the JTB (Jordan Tourism Board) which resulted in series of new climbs in the unexplored area of Wadi Sulam in Jordan. Expedition members included Maurizio Giordani, Manrico Dell'Agnola,...

11/06/2018 - Climbing
Sean Villanueva climbs freaky Frankenjura trad The video of Belgian rock climber Sean Villanueva repeating 'Der Ungeheuer sei Mutter', a difficult and somewhat particular trad climb at the Vogelherdgrotte crag in the Frankenjura, Germany.

26/05/2018 - Climbing
Hard trad repeats at Dyer's Lookout in Devon, UK Walk of Life has been repeated at Dyer's Lookout in Britain by James McHaffie, while he, Madeleine Cope and Emma Twyford have repeated Once Upon a Time in the South West. Graded E9, these are some of the finest and...

21/05/2018 - Climbing
Barbara Zangerl sends Speed Intégrale at Voralpsee, her first 9a Austrian climber Barbara Zangerl has redpointed Speed Intégrale at Voralpsee in Switzerland, her first 9a sports climb.

15/04/2018 - Climbing
Caroline Ciavaldini makes first female ascent of The Quarryman in Wales France's Caroline Ciavaldini has made the long-awaited first female ascent of The Quarryman in the slate quarries above Llanberris in North Wales. First ascended by Johnny Dawes back in 1986, this climb is one of the most famous multi-pitch rock...

04/04/2018 - Climbing
Young Nemuel Feurle masters Prinzip Hoffnung 16-year-old Austrian climber Nemuel Feurle has repeated Prinzip Hoffnung, the difficult trad climb freed by Beat Kammerlander on the Bürser Platte in Vorarlberg, Austria in 2009.

10/03/2018 - Climbing
The metamorphosis of James Pearson / Power Ranger at Sunset Rocks, USA The tongue-in-cheek video of British climber James Pearson and the transformation he underwent to make the first ascent of Power Ranger (5.14R / 8c) at Sunset Rocks, Chattanooga, USA.

04/03/2018 - Climbing
Mauro Calibani: 60 sec on Batman The climbing video of Mauro Calibani interpreting Batman, a spectacular trad climb at Punta Istiotta in Sardinia.

23/02/2018 - Climbing
Adam Ondra live streaming of the Silence premiere at Riva del Garda This evening at Riva del Garda, Italy, Adam Ondra and Garda Trentino present the world premiere of the film Silence. The path that led to the world’s first 9c will be explored by Ondra with legendary British climber Jerry Moffatt....
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