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23/11/2019 - Climbing
Barbara Zangerl and Jacopo Larcher free climb The Nose on El Capitan On El Capitan in Yosemite Austria’s Barbara Zangerl and South Tyrol’s Jacopo Larcher have made a free ascent of The Nose, the most famous big wall in the world.
21/11/2019 - Climbing
Jernej Kruder climbs childhood dream, Dreamtime at Cresciano 28-year-old Slovenian climber Jernej Kruder has repeated Dreamtime at Cresciano in Switzerland, the frist boulder probelm in the world to be graded 8C, established by Fred Nicole in 2000.
20/11/2019 - Alpinism
Scottish winter climbing kickoff / Greg Boswell, Guy Robertson add Local Hero to An Teallach Winter climbing in Scotland has begun in earnest with the first ascent of Local Hero at An Teallach by Greg Boswell and Guy Robertson
19/11/2019 - Climbing
Buster Martin climbs First Ley 9a+ at Margalef in Spain Buster Martin has repeated First Ley 9a+ at Margalef in Spain. In doing so he has become only the second Briton to climb a confirmed 9a+ after Steve McClure.
19/11/2019 - Alpinism
Stefan Glowacz & Team climb new Greenland Grundtvigskirken route by fair means Stefan Glowacz, Philipp Hans, Markus Dorfleitner, Christian Schlesener and Moritz Attenberger have established a new route up Grundtvigskirken (1977m) in Greenland. The entire German expedition was carried out by fair means.
13/11/2019 - Climbing
Ryuichi Murai frees United, 8C+ boulder in Japan 25-year-old boulderer Ryuichi Murai has made the first ascent of United, an 8C+ boulder problem at Mizugaki in Japan.
12/11/2019 - Climbing
Sébastien Berthe free climbs The Nose on El Capitan, Yosemite Belgian rock climber Sébastien Berthe has made a rare free ascent of The Nose on El Capitan, Yosemite.
04/11/2019 - Alpinism
Tommy Caldwell, Alex Honnold free new big wall climb up El Capitan, Yosemite US climbers Alex Honnold and Tommy Caldwell have added a new free climb to El Capitan in Yosemite. The big wall roughly follows the line of New Dawn.
02/11/2019 - Climbing
Cédric Lachat redpoints La Rambla at Siurana Swiss climber Cédric Lachat has repeated La Rambla, the benchmark 9a+ sport climb at Siurana in Spain
23/10/2019 - Alpinism
Tengi Ragi Tau virgin West Face climbed alpine style by Alan Rousseau, Tino Villanueva American alpinists Tino Villanueva and Alan Rousseau have made a rare ascent of Tengi Ragi Tau (6,938m) in Nepal. Climbing alpine style for 5 days, the duo established a new route up the hitherto unclimbed west face.
11/10/2019 - Climbing
Elias Iagnemma establishes Ten at Vado di Sole, hardest sport climb in Abruzzo Italian boulderer Elias Iagnemma has made the first ascent of Ten at Vado di Sole in Abruzzo, Italy. This is the first route in the region graded 9a/a+.
09/10/2019 - Alpinism
Tre Cime di Lavaredo, new Cima Piccola rock climb in the Dolomites On 13/07/2019 the two mountain guides Manuel Baumgartner and Mark Oberlechner made the first ascent of Nostalgie, a new multi-pitch rock climb up the north face of Cima Piccola, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites. Baumgartner reports.
03/10/2019 - Alpinism
Pizzo Badile Free Nardella climbed by Marcel Schenk, David Hefti Swiss climbers Marcel Schenk and David Hefti have climbed Via Nardella up Piz Badile, opened in 1973 by Daniele Chiappa, Giulio Martinelli, Tiziano Nardella and Elio Scarabelli in 1973. Hefti and Schenk onsighted all pitches, except for two which were...
26/09/2019 - Alpinism
Dani Arnold makes swift free solo climb up Cima Grande di Lavaredo, Dolomites On 5 September 2019 Swiss alpinist Dani Arnold made a free solo ascent of the Comici - Dimai route up Cima Grande di Lavaredo in the Tre Cime di Lavaredo massif, Dolomites, in just 46 minutes and 30 seconds.
23/09/2019 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Christophe Henry, Juan Señoret ski Colmillo Del Diablo in Patagonia France’s Christophe Henry is currently on an extended skiing trip to Chile where he has scored a number of first ski descents, including Colmillo Del Diablo in Patagonia with Juan Señoret.
21/09/2019 - Climbing
Adam Ondra crushes Qui, first repeat of Stefan Fürst 1996 masterpiece The Czech climber Adam Ondra has made the first repeat of Qui at Geisterschmiedwand in Austria, established in 1996 by Austria’s Stefan Fürst.
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