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Trango Tower, Eternal Flame for Lama, Ortner and Rich
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.
Greenland, new climb on the Impossible Wall
30/07/2012 - Climbing
Greenland, new climb on the Impossible Wall
A small team comprised of Steve Bradshaw, Dave Glass, Clinton Marteningo and Andrew Porter have established a series of new rock climbs in Greenland.
Latok II, the video of the French route Théorême de la Peine
30/07/2012 - Alpinism
Latok II, the video of the French route Théorême de la Peine
Video of Théorême de la Peine established on Latok 2 last June in alpine style by Antoine Bletton, Pierre Labbre, Mathieu Maynadier and Sebastien Ratel.
Jimmy Chin, the video portrait
26/07/2012 - Climbing
Jimmy Chin, the video portrait
The video portrait produced by Evan Swinehart about American photographer and alpinist Jimmy Chin.
The Meltdown, video of Johnny Dawes and Jerry Moffatt on the Welsh slate testpiece
25/07/2012 - Climbing
The Meltdown, video of Johnny Dawes and Jerry Moffatt on the Welsh slate testpiece
The video filmed by Alun Hughes of Johnny Dawes and Jerry Moffatt during their early attempts on The Meltdown, the super testpiece freed recently by James McHaffie at the Dinorwig slate quarries in Wales.
Mayan Smith-Gobat repeats Donnafugata on Torre Trieste, Dolomites
24/07/2012 - Climbing
Mayan Smith-Gobat repeats Donnafugata on Torre Trieste, Dolomites
Mayan Smith-Gobat, together with David Falt, has made the third free ascent of Donnafugata on Torre Trieste, Civetta, Dolomites. 750m, 8a in a ground-up, in a 32 hour single push with no bivy gear. Falt provides the report.
Kemaliye International Outdoor Sport Festival - rock climbing in Turkey
20/07/2012 - Climbing
Kemaliye International Outdoor Sport Festival - rock climbing in Turkey
The report by Maurizio Oviglia about the Kemaliye International Outdoor Sport Festival, the largest outdoor activity meeting in Turkey in an area which has all the makings of an Asian Verdon.
Mazeno Ridge: Sandy Allan and Rick Allen safe at Base Camp. Summit of Nanga Parbat confirmed!
19/07/2012 - Alpinism
Mazeno Ridge: Sandy Allan and Rick Allen safe at Base Camp. Summit of Nanga Parbat confirmed!
Today 19 July at circa 12:00 local time British alpinists Sandy Allan and Rick Allen returned to Base Camp safe and sound after having reached the summit of Nanga Parbat on 15 July and after having completed the historic first...
Stefan Glowacz and the Verdon climbing project
18/07/2012 - Climbing
Stefan Glowacz and the Verdon climbing project
Video of Stefan Glowacz and Christian Schlesener and their project, a new route in the Verdon Gorge, France.
The Core Training, Christian Core and his climbing training regime
18/07/2012 - Climbing
The Core Training, Christian Core and his climbing training regime
Multiple climbing champion Christian Core launches his climbing and bouldering training App for iPad, iPhone, iPod touch.
Brooke Raboutou, 8c at a mere 11 years of age
17/07/2012 - Climbing
Brooke Raboutou, 8c at a mere 11 years of age
At Rodellar in Spain 11-year-old Brooke Raboutou has repeated Welcome to Tijuana. In doing so she has become the youngest climber in the world to master this grade.
Mont Blanc and the avalanche Mont Maudit
17/07/2012 - Alpinism
Mont Blanc and the avalanche Mont Maudit
With regards to last Thursday's tragedy which claimed the lives of 9 climbers on Mont Maudit, we have received the thoughts of Dr. Luigi Festi, director of the International Masters Course in Mountain Medicine at the University of Insubria...
Zombie Roof at Squamish and the Will Stanhope free solo
17/07/2012 - Climbing
Zombie Roof at Squamish and the Will Stanhope free solo
Video story of the historic rock climb Zombie Roof at Squamish (Canada) which includes the first free solo by Will Stanhope, narrated by local rock climber Perry Beckham.
Adam Ondra's latest 8c+ on-sight and much more...
16/07/2012 - Climbing
Adam Ondra's latest 8c+ on-sight and much more...
Video of the future 9b project bolted by Adam Ondra at the Flatanger cave in Norway, where he on-sighted another two 8c+ and made the first ascent of a 9a+.
Mazeno Ridge, updates directly from Pakistan
16/07/2012 - Alpinism
Mazeno Ridge, updates directly from Pakistan
South African alpinist Cathy O'Dowd and Sherpa Nuru, Rangduk and Zarok are said to be safely at Base Camp of Nanga Parbat (Diamir Face) while the British mountaineers Sandy Allan and Rick Allen are said to be at 7100m. The...
Monaco di Clausura, new rock climb at San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily
16/07/2012 - Climbing
Monaco di Clausura, new rock climb at San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily
On 02/06/2012 Fabio Failla and Luigi Filocamo made the first ascent of Monaco di Clausura (5 pitches, 6c max, 6b+ obligatory) up the north face of Pizzo Monaco, San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily.