4411 News found
27/10/2015 - Climbing
Sport climbing safety, some big little steps to start off with Some quick thoughts and an "outburst" by Nicola Tondini - Italian mountain guide and director of the King Rock climbing wall in Verona - about sport climbing safety. Safe climbing must begin with big little steps (such as the correct...
27/10/2015 - Climbing
Südwind, new Wilder Kaiser climb by Alexander Huber and Guido Unterwurzacher On 30 September 2015 Alexander Huber and Guido Unterwurzacher made the first free ascent of Südwind (X, 250m) a new multi-pitch rock climb up Maukspitze in the Wilder Kaiser massif in Austria.
21/10/2015 - Alpinism
Swiss trio climb three virgin summits in India's Kashmir Himalaya In September and October 2015 Andreas Abegglen, Thomas Senf and Stephan Siegrist made the first ascents of Bhala 5900m, Tupendeo 5700m and Maha Dev Phobrang 5900m and its famous Te tower, three hitherto unclimbed mountains in the Kashmir region of...
18/10/2015 - Alpinism
Escape from Reality - Grigna in winter The trailer of the short film Escape from Reality - Grigna in Winter, directed by Yuri Palma, produced by Ragni di Lecco and selected for the international short film festival Yperia 2015.
16/10/2015 - Climbing
Alexander Huber climbs Il Capitano at Capo Monte Santo in Sardinia German climber Alexander Huber has established two new rock climbs on the sea cliffs at Capo Monte Santo in Sardinia, Il Capitano and Solemar. The peculiarities: a boat start, difficulties up to 8b+, trad protection.
15/10/2015 - Alpinism
French forge new climb up Cerro Riso Patrón Central in Patagonia In September 2015 the French alpinists Lise Billon, Antoine Moineville, Diego Simari and Jérôme Sullivan made the first ascent of Hasta las Wuebas (1000m, ED-, WI5, M5, 90°), a new climb up the east face of Cerro Riso Patrón Central,...
14/10/2015 - Interviews
Ueli Steck #82Summits interview after the 82 4,000 meter peaks in the Alps Interview with Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck after climbing the 82 alpine four-thousanders, carried out in 62 days last summer from 11/06/2015 to 11/08/2015. The enchainment had previously been carried out in the same self-propelled style by Franco Nicolini and Diego...
13/10/2015 - Climbing
New Australian rock climbs in Siberia's Bilibino In July and August this year, Chris Fitzgerald, Natasha Sebire and Gemma Woldendorp from Australia climbed several new routes on the previously unclimbed granite wall of the Finger Crack Cirque and on Weasel Tower close to the town of Bilibino,...
13/10/2015 - Alpinism
Chris Bonington - Life and Climbs selected for Banff and Graz Mountain Film Festivals The film about Chris Bonington has been selected as one of the finalists of the 2015 Banff Mountain Film Festival and of Mountainfilm Graz 2015.
13/10/2015 - Trekking
Via ferrata del Vajont, the original idea by Fabio Bristot Fabio Bristot, member of the Bellunese Dolomites Mountain Rescue Service, explains his reasoning that resulted in the construction of the Via Ferrata della Memoria, the new via ferrata which commemorates the 1910 victims of the Vajont disaster that occurred on...
12/10/2015 - Climbing
Much Mayr frees the Spanish Route on Cima Grande di Lavaredo On 27/08/2015 Much Mayr, climbing with Guido Unterwurzacher, made the first free ascent of the Spanish Route on the North Face of Cima Grande di Lavaredo, Dolomites.
10/10/2015 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Apogée - Andreas Fransson and JP Auclair memorial film The film Apogée in memory of the skiers Andreas Fransson and JP Auclair who were killed just over a year ago, on 29 September 2014, by an avalanche on Monte San Lorenzo in Patagonia.
09/10/2015 - Trekking
Via ferrata del Vajont, the new via ferrata della Memoria above Longarone On 2 October 2015 at Longarone (Italy) the new Via ferrata della Memoria, also referred to as Via ferrata del Vajont, was inaugurated above the Vajont Gorge. Constructed by the Cortina Mountain Guides, this is a different way to remember...
08/10/2015 - Climbing
Big new rock climb on Monte Fibbion in the Brenta Dolomites Rolando Larcher talks about the first ascent of 50 anni son volati, 25 regalati! (215m, 8a+ max, 7b obl.), a new rock climb established to celebrate his first 50 years together with Herman Zanetti, Luca Giupponi and Alessandro Larcher up...
08/10/2015 - Competitions
Angelika Rainer and Tim Emmett win the Red Bull White Cliffs 2015 The dry tooling climbing competition Red Bull White Cliffs 2015 took place on 3 and 4 October 2015 on the Isle of Wight, England and was won by Tim Emmett (England) and Angelika Rainer (Italy). The report by Marco Servalli.
07/10/2015 - Climbing
David Lama discovers Avaatara in the Baatara Gorge, Lebanon On 18 June 2015 Austrian climber David Lama made the first ascent of Avaatara, a stunning 9a in the Baatara Gorge, Lebanon.
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