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30/05/2012 - Alpinism
Antonio Boscacci, legendary Val di Mello climber, has gone forever Antonio Boscacci, the great climber, alpinist, mathematician, writer, photographer and one of the most visionary inventors of the new climbing in Val di Mello and further afield died tody aged 63 after battling long against illness.
29/05/2012 - Climbing
Hansjörg Auer onsights Strawberries at Tremadog In May Hansjörg Auer from Austria on-sighted the famous route Strawberries first ascended by Ron Fawcett in 1980 at Tremadog in Wales. In more than 30 years this trad climb has only been on-sighted by Stefan Glowacz and Jorg Verhoeven.
28/05/2012 - Alpinism
Everest, the crowd and the race to nowhere The race towards the highest mountain on earth: a multitude of summits, long queues and, like every year, too many deaths. By Vinicio Stefanello.
28/05/2012 - Alpinism
Lagoni trad climbing by Michele Caminati Michele Caminati has made the first ascent of Il Dado è tratto!, a new trad climb graded E7 6c at Lagoni, Italy.
25/05/2012 - Alpinism
Großglockner North Face The North Face of Grossglockner: Pallavicinirinne and Mayerlrampe introduced by Vittorio Messini, Mountain Guide Kals am Großglockner.
24/05/2012 - Climbing
Yosemite Big Walls by Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell On 18-19 May 2012 Alex Honnold amd Tommy Caldwell became the first climbers to ascend El Capitan, Half Dome and Mount Watkins in Yosemite in less than 24 hours.
21/05/2012 - Climbing
Bavella 2012, two new rock climbs in Corsica by Giupponi, Larcher, Oviglia and Sartori At the start of May 2012 in Corsica's Bavella massif the Italians Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia made the first ascent of Vecchia Felpa on Punta U Peru (190m, 7c max /RS2/I) while Luca Giupponi and Nicola Sartori made the firts ascent of Tafunata Galattica up the Contrafforti di...
19/05/2012 - Alpinism
David Lama repeats Les Barbares on Pointe Raphel Borgis du Pré de Bar On 14/05/2012 Austrian alpinist David Lama has carried out a remarkable, fast and solitary repeat of Les Barbares on Pointe Raphel Borgis du Pré de Bar (Argentière, Mont Blanc, France).
17/05/2012 - Climbing
Yosemite Valley in HD Video of Yosemite Valley, the heart of rock climbing in the USA and the world.
17/05/2012 - Climbing
Spigolo Sam, new climb on Tofana di Rozes by Massimo Da Pozzo On the Pilastro della Tofana di Rozes in the Dolomites Massimo Da Pozzo, Natasha Alexander and Samuele Majoni have made the first ascent of Spigolo Sam (6c, 500m circa).
16/05/2012 - Climbing
Le Vrai Plaisir - (Pampers), new route on Piccolo Dain On Piccolo Dain (Valle del Sarca, Arco, Italy) Gianni Canale, Aldo Mazzotti and Franco Cavallaro have established Le Vrai Plaisir - (Pampers) (8a+, 7c obbl, 425m).
15/05/2012 - Climbing
Inspiration, new sector on Telendos On the island of Telendos opposite Kalymnos in Greece Simon Montmory has equipped the new sector Inspiration.
15/05/2012 - Climbing
Pirmin Bertle frees two 9a's at Charmey At the Swiss crag Charmey Pirmin Bertle has freed Chromosome X and Chromosome Y, two routes both graded 9a.
14/05/2012 - Climbing
Silvio Reffo frees Jungle Pockets at Lumignano Silvio Reffo and the first free ascent of Jungle Pockets 8b+ at the crag Lumignano, Italy.
10/05/2012 - Climbing
Via del Det, the story and history in a film The film and the first free ascent Sulla via del Det up Sasso Cavallo (Lecco, Italy) will be screened at Valmadrera, with special guests Giuseppe Alippi Det, Benigno Balatti and the Ragni Luca Passini and Matteo Piccardi.
09/05/2012 - Climbing
Dean Potter: Race for the Nose The video of Dean Potter and Sean Leary and their speed ascent of The Nose, El Capitan, Yosemite.
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