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19/12/2012 - Climbing
Argyro Papathanasiou sends first 8b At Siurana in Spain Argyro Papathanasiou from Greece has send her first 8b, El Figot.

19/12/2012 - Alpinism
New winter routes up Pizzo del Becco On 8 and 9 December 2012 three new routes were established up the North Face of Piz Spallone Pizzo del Becco (Orobie, Alta Val Brembana, BG); Fò di B.A.L (250m, III - WI 2 - M5), Beccati questa Goulotte (250m,...

18/12/2012 - Climbing
Great Italian climbing action in Spain At Oliana in Spain Silvio Reffo has sent an 8c+, while at Siurana Jacopo Larcher has redpointed his second 9a.

17/12/2012 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Andreas Fransson: Reaching My Limit in Patagonia The video of Andreas Fransson and his extreme skiing trip to Patagonia during which he carried out the first ski descent of the Whillans Ramp on Aguja Poincenot.

17/12/2012 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Andreas Fransson: Reaching My Limit in Patagonia The video of Andreas Fransson and his extreme skiing trip to Patagonia during which he carried out the first ski descent of the Whillans Ramp on Aguja Poincenot.

16/12/2012 - Climbing
Zaghouan and the climbing in Tunisia The video of the climbing around Djebel Zaghouan in Tunisia.

14/12/2012 - Climbing
Ospo and Misja Pec access problems Urban Golob reports about pressing access problems at the Slovenian crags Ospo and Misja Pec.

13/12/2012 - Climbing
Jean-Pierre Ouellet adds difficult new rock climbs to Moab At Moab (USA) Jean-Pierre Ouellet has made the first ascents of two difficult new climbs: Mexican Snow Fairy 5.13+ and Fisting the Crack 5.13-.

13/12/2012 - Alpinism
Pillar del Sol Naciente, new route on Cerro Murallón in Patagonia On Cerro Murallón in Patagonia Lise Billon, Pedro Diaz, François Poncet, Jeremy Stagnetto, Jerome Sullivan have made the first ascent of Sol Naciente (1000m, 7b A1 WI6 M6).

12/12/2012 - Climbing
Nicolò Ceria boulders hard at Varazze At Varazze Nicolò Ceria has sent numerous hard boulder problems including Raptor Stand 8A+ and Gandalf 8A

12/12/2012 - Climbing
Nicolas Moineau, sport climbing World Champion Video profile of French climber Nicolas Moineau, sport climbing World Champion in the category Visual Impairment B1.

11/12/2012 - Interviews
Interview with Johanna Ernst Interview with Austrian competition athlete Johanna Ernst, certainly one of the most talented sports climbers in the world.

11/12/2012 - Climbing
Nacho Sánchez adds 8B+ boulder to Zarzalejo At the bouldering area Zarzalejo in Spain Nacho Sánchez has freed the problem Zarzafar 8B+.

06/12/2012 - Alpinism
New Ben Nevis testpiece by Greg Boswell On 29/11/2012 Greg Boswell and Adam Russell made the first ascent of Tomahawk Crack (VIII,9) on Ben Nevis in Scotland.

06/12/2012 - Events
Conrad Anker and Simone Moro at London for the TNF Speaker Series 2012 The final stage of the The North Face Speaker Series 2012 took place in London on 20/11/2012 with two great alpinists: America's Conrad Anker and Italy's Simone Moro. The themes couldn't have been any others than alpinism and the Himalaya,...

05/12/2012 - Alpinism
New mixed climbs up Hochgasser in Austria Two new routes have been established up the NW Face of Hochgasser in Austria: Ben Gassa and Wurzer Rinne.
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