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12/01/2015 - Alpinism
Dlacion de Frea, new ice and mixed climb on Sella Dolomites At the end of December and at the start of January Lukas Runggaldier, Alex Peristi and Willi Comploi made the first ascent of Dlacion de Frea (WI6 / M6, 110m), a new ice and mixed climb in the Sella group, Dolomites.
07/01/2015 - Alpinism
Jeff Merçier climbs first Italian D14 at Bus Quai On December 28, 2014 at the drytooling crag Bus del Quai, Iseo, French climber Jeff Mercier made the first ascent of Low G Man, a combination of three existing drytooling routes. Graded D14 this is now the hardest total dry climb in the country. The report by Matteo Rivadossi.
07/01/2015 - Alpinism
Water Resistant, new ice climb in Valle di Trona On 03/01/2015 Cristian Candiotto, Riccardo Coppa and Carlo Ravelli climbed the icefall Water Resistant (II/4+5, 300m), a probable new first ascent in Valle di Trona, Lombardy, Italy.
06/01/2015 - Climbing
Luca Bana climbs his first 8a at Nasolino At the Italian crag Nasolino (Valle Seriana) young Luca Bana celebrated his 17th birthday by climbing his first 8a.
05/01/2015 - Climbing
Dawn Wall Push: Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson reach new highpoint in Yosemite Huge progress has been made by Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson on their ground-up attempt to free the Dawn Wall on El Capitan in Yosemite.
03/01/2015 - Climbing
Klemen Becan 8c+ onsight first ascent at Chulilla At Chulilla in Spain Klemen Becan has made the first ascent, onsight, of Siempre se Puede Hacer Menos which may well be graded 8c+.
31/12/2014 - Alpinism
Exo-Ciuc!, new ice climb in Valgrisenche by Bonino and Parru On 25/12/2014 Enrico Bonino and Tiziana Parru made the first ascent of Exo-Ciuc! (70m, WI5/II) a new icefall at Valgrisenche (Valle d'Aosta, Saxe Savoie). The report by Enrico Bonino
27/12/2014 - Climbing
Nacho Sánchez frees his Crisis 8C/+ at Crevillente Spanish climber Ignacio Sánchez González has made the first ascent of Crisis 8C/+ at Crevillente, Spain.
25/12/2014 - Alpinism
Sas Rigais, La Salieria by Dejori, Walpoth and Moroder in the Dolomites The video of Martin Dejori, Alex Walpoth and Aaron Moroder making the first ascent of La Salieria on 7/03/2014 up Sas Rigais, Dolomites
22/12/2014 - Alpinism
Monte Nero di Presanella according to Claudio Migliorini Claudio Migliorini talks about the first ascent of two mixed climbs on Monte Nero di Presanella (Adamello - Presanella massif, Italy) carried out in 2013, Rolling Stones and Una via per te fatta in tre, as well as the first repeat of Wind of Change.
19/12/2014 - Alpinism
Cerro Torre, Italian climbing action in Patagonia Currently there are numerous Italian teams climbing in Patagonia, in particular in the Chalten massif, where Cerro Torre was climbed via the Ragni route by Marcello Cominetti, Massimo Lucco, Francesco Salvaterra, Majori Marco, Marco Farina and François Cazzanelli. The route's first ascent this season was made in September by Ermanno...
19/12/2014 - Climbing
Crag certification and classification, bolter responsibilities and training: the French example and Philipp Brass interview Interview with Philippe Brass, mountain guide and expert new routes, about crag certification and classification, the responsibilities new bolters have the the training they receive. By Maurizio Oviglia
19/12/2014 - Climbing
Toni Lamprecht makes first ascent of Black Flag 8c+/9a at Rockywand in Germany 43-year-old German climber Toni Lamprecht has made the first ascent of Black Flag 8c+/9a at Rockywand, Kochel, Germany.
17/12/2014 - Alpinism
Michel Piola and his passion for new routing The film by Yannick Boissenot called Passion d'ouverture that documents the life and climbing activity of Swiss alpinist and rock climber Michel Piola.
11/12/2014 - Alpinism
Patagonia first ascent by Colin Haley and Rob Smith American alpinists Colin Haley and Rob Smith have made the first ascent of Romance Explosion (500m, 5.10R, M5R) and in doing so have made the first ascent of Aguja Antipasto, the beautiful tower located next to Cerro San Lorenzo, Patagonia.
05/12/2014 - Interviews
Adam Ondra, the 100 x 9a or harder interview Interview with Czech climber Adam Ondra after his 100th sport climb graded 9a or harder.
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