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![Open Letter from the IFSC Athletes Commission against end to free livestream](/uploads/img/3/44595.jpg)
12/04/2017 - Competitions
Open Letter from the IFSC Athletes Commission against end to free livestream We have received and publish an Open Letter from the IFSC Athletes Commission, the body that provides a channel for communication between athletes and the IFSC Board, following the shock decision of the International Federation of Sport Climbing to put...
![Climbing World Cup live streaming no longer free sparks outrage on social media](/uploads/img/3/44573.jpg)
06/04/2017 - Competitions
Climbing World Cup live streaming no longer free sparks outrage on social media The IFSC, the International Federation of Sport Climbing, has announced a deal with Flosports. As of tomorrow and for the next three years, the sport climbing World Cups will no longer be streamed online free of charge, but on the...
![Michele Caminati survives gritstone ground-fall in England](/uploads/img/3/44480.jpg)
30/03/2017 - Climbing
Michele Caminati survives gritstone ground-fall in England Michele Caminati, an expert of England’s gritstone, fell to the ground while climbing The Elder Statesman at Curbar in the Peak District. Miraculously, the Italian walked away with nothing more than a fractured wrist and heel.
![Patagonia: Franchini brothers climb new route on Cerro Penitentes](/uploads/img/3/44466.jpg)
29/03/2017 - Alpinism
Patagonia: Franchini brothers climb new route on Cerro Penitentes Climbing in Patagonia: on 26/01/2017 Tomas Franchini and his brother Silvestro Franchini made a quick, alpine style first ascent up Cerro Penitentes. The new route is called ‘El Mariano’ (750m, 85° M4).
![Pedra Longa in Sardinia / The Spigolo dell'Ospitalità rock climb](/uploads/img/3/43839.jpg)
13/03/2017 - Climbing
Pedra Longa in Sardinia / The Spigolo dell'Ospitalità rock climb The multi-pitch rock climb Spigolo dell’Ospitalità was first ascended in 1982 by Umberto Marampon up the beautiful Pedra Longa tower in Sardinia. Maurizio Oviglia and Fabio Erriu recently made a rare, possibly even first, repeat of this climb above the...
![Jeff Lowe awarded Piolet d'Or Carrière 2017](/uploads/img/3/43685.jpg)
03/03/2017 - Alpinism
Jeff Lowe awarded Piolet d'Or Carrière 2017 American alpinist Jeff Lowe has been awarded the Piolets d'Or Lifetime Achievement Award. The prize will be assigned during the 25th edition of the mountaineering prize that will be celebrated in Grenoble, France, from 12 - 15 April. In the...
![Patagonia Cerro Murallón, new East Face climb by Ragni di Lecco](/uploads/img/3/43220.jpg)
07/02/2017 - Alpinism
Patagonia Cerro Murallón, new East Face climb by Ragni di Lecco Mountaineering: Italian alpinists Matteo Bernasconi, Matteo Della Bordella and David Bacci have made the first ascent of the East Face of Cerro Murallon (Patagonia). This is the second Ragni di Lecco success after the historic first ascent, carried out by...
![Troll Wall, first solo winter ascent by Marek Raganowicz in Norway](/uploads/img/3/43094.jpg)
02/02/2017 - Alpinism
Troll Wall, first solo winter ascent by Marek Raganowicz in Norway Interview with Polish alpinist Marek Raganowicz who, from 11 - 26 January 2017, made the first solo winter ascent of Troll Wall (Trollveggen) in Norway by repeating the climb Suser gjennom Harryland (6/A3).
![Happy Ending, new icefall in Val Trementina, Paganella](/uploads/img/3/42832.jpg)
24/01/2017 - Alpinism
Happy Ending, new icefall in Val Trementina, Paganella Alessio Miori reports about the first ascent of Happy Ending, a new ice climb in Val Trementina (Paganella, Italy), first ascended on on 22-23/12/2016 together with the Luca Caldini, Giordano Faletti, Mattia Piffer and Stefano Vulcan.
![New Dolomites icefall La Pissa climbed by Luca Vallata and Santiago Padrós](/uploads/img/3/42773.jpg)
17/01/2017 - Alpinism
New Dolomites icefall La Pissa climbed by Luca Vallata and Santiago Padrós On 04/01/2017 Luca Vallata and Santiago Padrós made what is likely to be the first ascent of La Pissa (WI6, M9?, 105m), the obvious icefall at Termine di Cadore, Dolomites.
![Malga Spora: another Brenta Dolomites climbing gem](/uploads/img/3/42086.jpg)
29/12/2016 - Climbing
Malga Spora: another Brenta Dolomites climbing gem Alessio Tait introduces the stunning crag Malga Spora at Croz of Giovan. Another little sport climbing gem in the Brenta Dolomites.
![Eiger: Tom Ballard and Marcin Tomaszewski climb new route up North Face](/uploads/img/3/42080.jpg)
06/12/2016 - Alpinism
Eiger: Tom Ballard and Marcin Tomaszewski climb new route up North Face Mountaineering: from 29 November to 6 December 2016 Tom Ballard and Marcin Tomaszewski made the first ascent of 'Titanic' (A3/M5/6b, 1800m), a new climb up the North Face of the Eiger (Switzerland).
![Thomas Huber: a ground fall, Latok I and the gratitude for being alive](/uploads/img/3/41945.jpg)
29/11/2016 - Alpinism
Thomas Huber: a ground fall, Latok I and the gratitude for being alive German alpinist Thomas Huber recounts the last three months that, in his words, 'have left a profound mark on my life.' Starting with a 16m ground fall, followed by the dream of climbing Latok I in the Karakorum and the...
![Adam Ondra: the Dawn Wall El Capitan interview](/uploads/img/3/41801.jpg)
25/11/2016 - Interviews
Adam Ondra: the Dawn Wall El Capitan interview Interview with Czech rock climber Adam Ondra who, leading all pitches from 14 to 21 November 2016, completed the second free ascent of Dawn Wall on El Capitan, Yosemite. Considered the hardest big wall in the world, this climb was...
![Tsirku, skiing and snowboarding’s final frontier](/uploads/img/3/41500.jpg)
09/11/2016 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Tsirku, skiing and snowboarding’s final frontier The three episodes of 'Tsirku', ie skiing and snowboarding that defy imagination above the Tsirku Glacier in Canada, featuring Ralph Backstrom, Hadley Hammer and Samuel Anthamatten.
![Ray Jardine's Friends, a teacup and a blue bag](/uploads/img/3/41176.jpg)
07/11/2016 - Climbing
Ray Jardine's Friends, a teacup and a blue bag Maurizio Oviglia recalls the invention of the Friend, the revolutionary camming device invented in the 1970s by the America’s Ray Jardine. A fun story that retraces an important moment in the history of rock climbing.
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