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20/06/2012 - Climbing

The Bachar - Yerian rock climb at Tuolumne Meadows

Video by Kevin Jaramillo of Hayden Kennedy and Ivo Ninov on the famous rock climb Bachar - Yerian (5.11c R/X) at Tuolumne Meadows, Yosemite, USA.

14/06/2012 - Climbing

Silvio Reffo frees L'attimo 9a at Covolo

On 13/06/2012 the Italian climber Silvio Reffo made the first ascent of L'attimo 9a at the crag Covolo.

13/06/2012 - Alpinism

Latok II, new French route in the Karakorum

From 3 to 6 June 2012 the French alpinists Antoine Bletton, Pierre Labbre, Mathieu Maynadier and Sebastien Ratel made the first ascent of Théorême de la Peine (2000m, M5, ED-) up Latok II (7020m), Karakorum, Pakistan.

08/06/2012 - Alpinism

Valery Rozov and the B.A.S.E. jump off Shivling in Himalaya

On 25 May 2012 Valery Rozov from Russia made the highest BASE Jump in the world by leaping from 6420m just below the summit of Shivling in the Himalaya.

08/06/2012 - Events

Karl Unterkircher Award 2012, the nominations

The second edition of the Karl Unterkircher Award will take place on 6 July 2012 at Selva di Val Gardena in the Italian Dolomites. The alpinists nominated for this award are Simone Moro, Denis Urubko and Cory Richards for the first winter ascent of Gasherbrum II, Sean Villanueva, Ben Ditto,...

07/06/2012 - Climbing

Adam Ondra frees Jungle Boogie 9a+ at Ceuse

Today at Ceuse in France Adam Ondra made the first ascent of the climb Jungle Boogie 9a+.

06/06/2012 - Climbing

Roland Hemetzberger frees Bügeleisen at Kufstein in Austria

The video of Roland Hemetzberger and the first ascent of Bügeleisen 8b+ close to Kufstein, Austria.

01/06/2012 - Climbing

Sergey Nefedov frees climbs on Mount Morcheka, Crimea

Sergey Nefedov and partners have freed a number of old routes up Mount Morcheka in the Crimea mountain range in the Ukraine.

29/05/2012 - Climbing

Hansjörg Auer onsights Strawberries at Tremadog

In May Hansjörg Auer from Austria on-sighted the famous route Strawberries first ascended by Ron Fawcett in 1980 at Tremadog in Wales. In more than 30 years this trad climb has only been on-sighted by Stefan Glowacz and Jorg Verhoeven.

28/05/2012 - Alpinism

Lagoni trad climbing by Michele Caminati

Michele Caminati has made the first ascent of Il Dado è tratto!, a new trad climb graded E7 6c at Lagoni, Italy.

25/05/2012 - Alpinism

Großglockner North Face

The North Face of Grossglockner: Pallavicinirinne and Mayerlrampe introduced by Vittorio Messini, Mountain Guide Kals am Großglockner.

23/05/2012 - Climbing

Daniel Woods and the Entlinge video

The video of American climber Daniel Woods and his flash ascent of the boulder problem Entlinge 8B+/C at Murgtal in Switzerland.

23/05/2012 - Climbing

Bernd Zangerl frees Normopath and repeats Ragtime

At Murgtal in Switzerland Bernd Zangerl has freed the traverse Normopath and also made the first repeat of Ragtime ay Amden. Both boulder problems are graded 8B+.

21/05/2012 - Climbing

Bavella 2012, two new rock climbs in Corsica by Giupponi, Larcher, Oviglia and Sartori

At the start of May 2012 in Corsica's Bavella massif the Italians Rolando Larcher and Maurizio Oviglia made the first ascent of Vecchia Felpa on Punta U Peru (190m, 7c max /RS2/I) while Luca Giupponi and Nicola Sartori made the firts ascent of Tafunata Galattica up the Contrafforti di...

19/05/2012 - Alpinism

David Lama repeats Les Barbares on Pointe Raphel Borgis du Pré de Bar

On 14/05/2012 Austrian alpinist David Lama has carried out a remarkable, fast and solitary repeat of Les Barbares on Pointe Raphel Borgis du Pré de Bar (Argentière, Mont Blanc, France).