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14/03/2016 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Ahrntal, the video of the Schneebiger Nock avalanche fracture line The video of the fracture line of the avalanche that on Saturday, March 12, 2016 killed six ski mountaineers on Schneebiger Nock (3358m) in Ahrntal, Italy. This is reportedly the most deadly avalanche accident in the South Tyrol in 25...
02/03/2016 - Alpinism
Patagonia: Riders on the Storm repeated by Mayan Smith-Gobat, Ines Papert and Thomas Senf Over a 15-day period from 16 January to 20 February Ines Papert, Mayan Smith-Gobat and Thomas Senf repeated Riders on the Storm (7c+, A2, 1300m), the iconic multi-pitch rock climb up the Central Tower of the Torres del Paine in...
25/02/2016 - Alpinism
Piolets d'Or 2016: Wojciech Kurtyka to receive Piolet d'Or Carrière and the 'big list' of elite alpinism 52 climbs carried out in 2015 have been included in the "Big list" of the Piolets d'Or, the prestigious mountaineering award that will be celebrated between 14 - 17 April 2016 at La Grave - La Meije in France. During...
15/01/2016 - Alpinism
Loretan and Georges' Imperial Crown, merely the thought inspires In the footsteps of Erhard Loretan and André Georges and their Imperial Crown, the great winter enchainment of 38 peaks in Switzerland’s Valais Alps, of which 30 are over 4000 meters, completed in 1986. By Ivo Ferrari.
15/12/2015 - Alpinism
Cerro San Lorenzo new Slovenian climbs in Patagonia The trip report of the Slovenian climbing expedition to Patagonia, during which the alpinists Dejan Koren, Boštjan Mikuz, Rok Kurinčič, Domen Petrovcic and Domen Kastelic established three new routes: Exit, Direct Route and No Fiesta (ED+, 1600m), the latter established...
15/12/2015 - Interviews
Annalisa De Marco and the disarming lightness of bouldering Interview with talented Italian climber Annalisa De Marco who, on only her third attempt, sent Disney Production, an 8A+ boulder problem at Brione, Canton Ticino, Switzerland.
02/12/2015 - Climbing
Chilam Balam Dani Andrada and Edu Marin video The video of the 4th and 5th ascent, carried out by Dani Andrada e Edu Marin, of Chilam Balam, the 9a+/b sports climb at Villanueva del Rosario in Spain.
26/11/2015 - Climbing
Beat Kammerlander attempts his Kampfzone project in the Rätikon The video of Austrian climber Beat Kammerlander attempting his cutting-edge new multi-pitch route Kampfzone, currently a project high up in the Rätikon mountain range.
23/11/2015 - Alpinism
Talung NNW Spur climbed by Nikita Balabanov and Mikhail Fomin From 18 - 25 October 2015 the Ukrainian mountaineers Nikita Balabanov and Mikhail Fomin made the first ascent of the NNW spur of Talung (7349m) in the Kangchenjunga region of Nepal. The 2350m long new route has been called Daddy...
16/11/2015 - Climbing
Daniel Andrada climbs Chilam Balam at Villanueva del Rosario in Spain At Villanueva del Rosario in Spain Dani Andrada has repeated the 9a+/b sports climb Chilam Balam.
15/11/2015 - Competitions
Adam Ondra and Mina Markovic win Lead World Cup 2015 in Kranj The last stage of the Lead World Cup 2015, held on 15 November at Kranj in Slovenia, was won by Adam Ondra and Mina Markovic. In doing so the two secured the overall World Cup 2015 title. Second place in...
23/10/2015 - Competitions
Jain Kim, Adam Ondra, Mariia Krasavina and Qixin Zhong all win in China The sixth stage of the IFSC Lead World Cup took place in Wujiang, China, last weekend and was won by Jain Kim from Korea and Adam Ondra from the Czech Republic. The Speed Climbing World Cup came to a close...
15/10/2015 - Alpinism
French forge new climb up Cerro Riso Patrón Central in Patagonia In September 2015 the French alpinists Lise Billon, Antoine Moineville, Diego Simari and Jérôme Sullivan made the first ascent of Hasta las Wuebas (1000m, ED-, WI5, M5, 90°), a new climb up the east face of Cerro Riso Patrón Central,...
14/10/2015 - Interviews
Ueli Steck #82Summits interview after the 82 4,000 meter peaks in the Alps Interview with Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck after climbing the 82 alpine four-thousanders, carried out in 62 days last summer from 11/06/2015 to 11/08/2015. The enchainment had previously been carried out in the same self-propelled style by Franco Nicolini and Diego...
28/09/2015 - Climbing
Kyparissi, a new sports climbing paradise in Greece Aris Theodoropoulos introduces Kyparissi, a mere 5 hours from Athens and a secluded paradise for sport climbing. Although currently there are just over 100 sport climbs, the potential is enormous and the Kyparissi Climbing Festival has been organised from 2...
05/09/2015 - Climbing
IFSC Youth World Championships in Arco: all the Lead titles Today, during the last day of the IFSC World Youth Championships at Arco, six Lead titles were awarded. Ashima Shiraishi (Usa) doubled her takings after winning the Youth B World Championship to be crowned Youth B Lead World Champion. Slovenia's...
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