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![World Climbing Championships 2012, all the results from Paris.](/uploads/img/3/13708.jpg)
17/09/2012 - Competitions
World Climbing Championships 2012, all the results from Paris. The 12th World Climbing Championship took place in Paris last week. Lead was won by the Austrians Jakob Schubert and - for a record breaking fourth time - Angela Eiter. Boulder was won by Mélanie Sandoz from France and -...
![Dmitrii Sharafutdinov and Alex Puccio win Rock Master Boulder 2012](/uploads/img/3/13434.jpg)
02/09/2012 - Competitions
Dmitrii Sharafutdinov and Alex Puccio win Rock Master Boulder 2012 2/09/2012. At the Arco Climbing Stadium Alex Pucciogtom America won the Rock Master Boulder 2012, beating Melissa Le Neve (Fra) and Katharina Saurwein (Aut). Russia's Dmitrii Sharafutdinov won the men's event by beating his teammateRustam Gelmanov and Slovenia's Klemen Becan.
![Sasha DiGiulian and Anna Stöhr win Arco Rock Legends 2012](/uploads/img/3/13373.jpg)
01/09/2012 - Events
Sasha DiGiulian and Anna Stöhr win Arco Rock Legends 2012 On Friday 31/08/2012 during the VII edition of the Arco Rock Legends Sasha DiGiulian won the Salewa Rock Award, while Anna Stöhr received the La Sportiva Competition Award. Stefan Glowacz was awarded with the Climbing Ambassador by Aquafil prize.
![Wonderland, new trad crag in NW Italy](/uploads/img/3/13062.jpg)
20/08/2012 - Climbing
Wonderland, new trad crag in NW Italy Mario Brovia introduces Wonderland, the new trad crag close to Oncino (Cuneo), Piemonte, Italy
![Trango Tower, Eternal Flame for Lama, Ortner and Rich](/uploads/img/3/3834.jpg)
31/07/2012 - Alpinism
Trango Tower, Eternal Flame for Lama, Ortner and Rich On 30 July at 16:00 David Lama, Peter Ortner and Corey Rich reached the summit of Trango Tower in the Karakorum via the route Eternal Flame.
![Arco Rock Legends, the 2012 nominations](/uploads/img/3/8559.jpg)
27/07/2012 - Events
Arco Rock Legends, the 2012 nominations The nominations for the VII edition of the Arco Rock Legends, the sport climbing Oscars which will take place on 31 July 2012 during the Rock Master Festival 2012 and award the prestigious Salewa Rock Award and La Sportiva Competition...
![Pizzo Badile, first solo of Memento Mori by Rossano Libera](/uploads/img/3/12760.jpg)
24/07/2012 - Alpinism
Pizzo Badile, first solo of Memento Mori by Rossano Libera On 17 and 18 July Italian alpinist and mountain guide Rossano Libera made the first solo ascent and second repeat of the Direttissima Memento Mori route up the NE Face of Pizzo Badile. A route and ascent which many define...
![Mont Blanc - Mont Maudit avalanche: rescue updates](/uploads/img/3/2212.jpg)
12/07/2012 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc - Mont Maudit avalanche: rescue updates An update by Alessandro Cortinovis, director of the Valle D'Aosta Mountain Rescue Service about the avalanche on Mont Maudit which at 5:30 this morning killed 9 alpinists and injured 14 others.
![Avalanche on Mont Blanc: 9 deaths on Mont Maudit](/uploads/img/3/2213.jpg)
12/07/2012 - Alpinism
Avalanche on Mont Blanc: 9 deaths on Mont Maudit This morning an avalanche on Mount Maudit (Mont Blanc) killed 9 alpinists. 9 others have been injured, and unfortunately this toll is still only provisional.
![Record number of participants at the Vth Tris Rotondo in Val Bedretto, San Gothard](/uploads/img/3/10976.jpg)
09/03/2012 - Competitions
Record number of participants at the Vth Tris Rotondo in Val Bedretto, San Gothard A record number of athletes have signed up for most important ski mountaineering competition in the Gothard mountain range in Switzerland, scheduled to take place on Sunday 11 March in Val Bedretto.
![Natalija Gros retires from competition climbing](/uploads/img/3/10598.jpg)
26/01/2012 - Competitions
Natalija Gros retires from competition climbing Natalija Gros has officially retired from climbing competitions. During her career the Slovenian climber stepped onto the World Cup podium 23 times and one of the highlights includes winning the European Bouldering and combined Championship in Paris in 2008.
![Adam Ondra, the routes I cannot climb!](/uploads/img/3/10479.jpg)
12/01/2012 - Interviews
Adam Ondra, the routes I cannot climb! Czech climber Adam Ondra talks to Planetmountain about the sport climbs he has failed to climb. Hubble, Three Degrees of Separation, Underground and many more.
![Adam Ondra, his total climbing progression via Tough Enough in Madagascar](/uploads/img/3/7462.jpg)
21/12/2011 - Climbing
Adam Ondra, his total climbing progression via Tough Enough in Madagascar The video of the first one day free ascent of Tough Enough in Tsaranoro (Madagascar) in October 2010 and the total climbing progression of Adam Ondra, the Czech climber who amazed the world.
![Aguja Guillaumet, Patagonia](/uploads/img/3/10166.jpg)
15/12/2011 - Alpinism
Aguja Guillaumet, Patagonia The North Ridge of Aguja Guillaumet (2579m) in the Fitz Roy massif in Patagonia was first climbed in 1981 by the Argentines Eduardo Brenner and Eduardo Moschioni. Damiano Barabino, Sergio De Leo and Marcello Sanguineti repeated the route on 8...
![Kalymnos bolt alert](/uploads/img/3/9438.jpg)
18/10/2011 - Climbing
Kalymnos bolt alert Aris Theodoropoulos warns climbers visiting the Greek island of Kalymnos about defective bolts placed on a series of new routes, listed in this post.
![Walter Bonatti, thoughts and memories from the world of alpinism](/uploads/img/3/9131.jpg)
15/09/2011 - Alpinism
Walter Bonatti, thoughts and memories from the world of alpinism The thoughts for Walter Bonatti which PlanetMountain received from the alpinists...
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