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![Andrea Zanone climbs Coup de Grace, 9a in Switzerland's Val Bavona](/uploads/img/3/48407.jpg)
24/10/2017 - Climbing
Andrea Zanone climbs Coup de Grace, 9a in Switzerland's Val Bavona Italian climber Andrea Zanone has redpointed his first 9a sports climb Coup de Grace in the Canton of Ticino in Switzerland, first ascended in 2005 by America’s Dave Graham.
![Angela Eiter climbs historic first female 9b with La planta de shiva in Spain](/uploads/img/3/48403.jpg)
23/10/2017 - Climbing
Angela Eiter climbs historic first female 9b with La planta de shiva in Spain Austrian climber Angela Eiter has become the first woman in the world to climb 9b with her repeat of La planta de shiva, the sports climbed freed in 2011 by Adam Ondra nel 2011 at Villanueva del Rosario in Spain.
![Nuptse South Face, extraordinary new French route climbed by Degoulet, Guigonne, Millerioux](/uploads/img/3/48385.jpg)
21/10/2017 - Alpinism
Nuptse South Face, extraordinary new French route climbed by Degoulet, Guigonne, Millerioux French alpinists Hélias Millerioux, Frédéric Degoulet and Niçois Benjamin Guigonnet have made an alpine style ascent of a new route up the South Face of Nuptse, Nepal Himalaya
![Sasha DiGiulian / The state of the art of women's climbing](/uploads/img/3/8694.jpg)
20/10/2017 - Interviews
Sasha DiGiulian / The state of the art of women's climbing Top American climber Sasha DiGiulian talks to planetmountain.com about the current state of female sport climbing, starting from the latest great ascents carried out Margo Hayes and Anak Verhoeven.
![Bugaboos climbing: Leo Houlding and Will Stanhope enchain Howser Towers in a day](/uploads/img/3/48321.jpg)
18/10/2017 - Alpinism
Bugaboos climbing: Leo Houlding and Will Stanhope enchain Howser Towers in a day Leo Houlding and Will Stanhope climb the three Howser Towers at the Bugaboos in Canada in 23 hours and 30 minutes. The link-up consisted of 2,000m of climbing up to 5.12+ (7b/7b+). This is the first time the three towers...
![Alfredo Webber climbs 9a aged 48, Thunder Ribes at Massone](/uploads/img/3/48290.jpg)
17/10/2017 - Climbing
Alfredo Webber climbs 9a aged 48, Thunder Ribes at Massone A few days ago 48-year-old Alfredo Webber climbed his first 9a, Thunder Ribes at Massone, Arco, Italy. Matteo Pavana provides the report.
![Janja Garnbret wins Lead World Cup 2017, Anak Verhoeven and Keiichiro Korenaga win in Xiamen](/uploads/img/3/48267.jpg)
16/10/2017 - Competitions
Janja Garnbret wins Lead World Cup 2017, Anak Verhoeven and Keiichiro Korenaga win in Xiamen The penultimate stage of the Lead World Cup 2017 was won yesterday at Xiamen in China by Anak Verhoeven from Belgium and Keiichiro Korenaga from Japan. Slovenia's Janja Garnbret placed third and secured overall victory in the Lead World Cup....
![Farewell Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins, an indescribable tragedy for alpinism](/uploads/img/3/48079.jpg)
11/10/2017 - Alpinism
Farewell Hayden Kennedy and Inge Perkins, an indescribable tragedy for alpinism 27-year-old Hayden Kennedy and his girlfriend Inge Perkins have lost their lives. Kennedy was considered one of the leading climbers of his generation.
![Stefano Ghisolfi and Janja Garnbret win in China](/uploads/img/3/48061.jpg)
10/10/2017 - Competitions
Stefano Ghisolfi and Janja Garnbret win in China Italy’s Stefano Ghisolfi and Slovenia’s Janja Garnbret won the sixth stage of the Lead World Cup 2017 that took place at Wujiang in China last weekend. The sixth stage of the Speed World Cup was won by the Russians Aleksandr...
![Goodbye to Franček Knez, Slovenia's silent climber](/uploads/img/3/6743.jpg)
09/10/2017 - Alpinism
Goodbye to Franček Knez, Slovenia's silent climber 62-year-old Slovenian mountaineer Franček Knez died on 6 October 2017. Reserved and modest, Knez was considered by many as one of the strongest alpinists of his generation. Published below is a profile written by Slovenian journalist Urban Golob in 2010...
![Alix von Melle and Luis Stitzinger summit Manaslu](/uploads/img/3/48030.jpg)
06/10/2017 - Alpinism
Alix von Melle and Luis Stitzinger summit Manaslu On 30 September the German mountaineers Alix von Melle and Luis Stitzinger reached the summit of Manaslu, their seventh 8000er climbing without the use of supplementary oxygen.
![Top female climbing: Ievgeniia Kazbekova sends 8c+, Muriel Sarkany redpoints 9a](/uploads/img/3/48013.jpg)
04/10/2017 - Climbing
Top female climbing: Ievgeniia Kazbekova sends 8c+, Muriel Sarkany redpoints 9a While Belgium’s Muriel Sarkany has climbed Era Vella 9a at Margalef, Ukraine’s Jenya Kazbekova has redpointed her first 8c+, Güllich at the crag Red Stone in the Crimea.
![New King Line in Madagascar's Tsaranoro massif by Tobias Wolf and Chris-Jan Stiller](/uploads/img/3/48002.jpg)
04/10/2017 - Alpinism
New King Line in Madagascar's Tsaranoro massif by Tobias Wolf and Chris-Jan Stiller In September 2017 Tobias Wolf and Chris-Jan Stiller made the first ascent of Lalan’i Mpanjaka (8a+, 600m) up Tsaranoro Be, Tsaranoro massif, Madagascar.
![Cut off my leg!](/uploads/img/3/47741.jpg)
03/10/2017 - Climbing
Cut off my leg! The must-read report about the first ascent of the South East Ridge of Monte Muru Mannu (Domusnovas) Sardinia, carried out last June by Marco Marrosu and Lino Cianciotto. By Marco Marrosu.
![Slovaks climb new route up Pik Alexander Blok in Pamir Alay, Kyrgyzstan](/uploads/img/3/47908.jpg)
02/10/2017 - Alpinism
Slovaks climb new route up Pik Alexander Blok in Pamir Alay, Kyrgyzstan Mountaineering in the Pamir Alay, Kyrgyzstan: in the Ak-Su region the Slovak mountaineers Martin Grajciar, Ondrej Huserka, Jozef Kristoffy and Vladimir Linek spent seven weeks from July 27th to September 10th 2017 making the first ascent of 'Summer Bouquet', a...
![Cobra Crack at Squamish climbed by Mason Earle](/uploads/img/3/47882.jpg)
01/10/2017 - Climbing
Cobra Crack at Squamish climbed by Mason Earle The video of America’s Mason Earle climbing Cobra Crack, one of the hardest crack climbs in the world located at Squamish, Canada, first ascended by Peter Croft in the ’80’s and freed by Sonnie Trotter in 2006.
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