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Astroman, the legendary climb in Yosemite Valley
11/01/2018 - Climbing
Astroman, the legendary climb in Yosemite Valley
Maurizio Oviglia introduces Astroman on the East Face of Washington Column, one of the most famous rock climbs in Yosemite Valley and the world.
Logan Barber frees hardest crack climb in Australia
08/01/2018 - Climbing
Logan Barber frees hardest crack climb in Australia
At Mt Buffalo in Australia Logan Barber has made the first ascent of Japanese Deep Freeze, a route hat might well be the hardest crack climb in the country.
Dolomites: French winter ascent of Civetta Solleder climb
03/01/2018 - Alpinism
Dolomites: French winter ascent of Civetta Solleder climb
Winter mountaineering: an interview with French alpinist Max Bonniot after his repeat of the historic Solleder - Lettenbauer climb up the North-West Face of Mt. Civetta in the Dolomites, carried out together with Léo Billon and Benjamin Védrines from 22...
New Austrian Climbs in Indian Himalaya
01/01/2018 - Alpinism
New Austrian Climbs in Indian Himalaya
The Austrian Alpine Club cadet team 'Naturfreunde' celebrated the end of the 2015-2017 triennial with a successful mountaineering expedition to the Zanskar region in India that results in new climbs in the Indian Himalaya.
Antarctica success for American exploratory expedition
19/12/2017 - Alpinism
Antarctica success for American exploratory expedition
Climbers Conrad Anker, Jimmy Chin, Savannah Cummins, Alex Honnold, Anna Pfaff, Cedar Wright and Pablo Durana have concluded their expedition to Queen Maud Land in Antarctica. The American alpinists succeed in climbing numerous routes, including the first ascent of a...
Chris Sharma climbing at Yosemite and Bishop
08/12/2017 - Climbing
Chris Sharma climbing at Yosemite and Bishop
The video of Chris Sharma attempting an old project in Yosemite with Tommy Caldwell before moving on to Bishop to claim the first repeat of Everything is Karate, a difficult new sports climb established by Ethan Pringle.
Johnny Dawes walks up The Devil's Slide on Lundy
30/11/2017 - Climbing
Johnny Dawes walks up The Devil's Slide on Lundy
The short film 'A walk on the wild slide' by David Linnett featuring Johnny Dawes, one of the UK's most brilliant and influential rock climbers, walking up the ultra-classic The Devil's Slide on Lundy Island, UK.
El Capitan: Big Stone vs Tiny Humans
05/11/2017 - Climbing
El Capitan: Big Stone vs Tiny Humans
The timelapse of climbers on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, USA, filmed by di Tristan Greszko.
From Italy with love, new Italian trad climb in Canada's Bugaboos
25/10/2017 - Alpinism
From Italy with love, new Italian trad climb in Canada's Bugaboos
From 15 - 16 August 2017 the XMountain Mountain Guide Luca Montanari and Arianna Del Sordo made the first ascent of 'From Italy with love', a trad climb up the Crescent Towers in the heart of the Bugaboo Spires, Canada.
Andrea Zanone climbs Coup de Grace, 9a in Switzerland's Val Bavona
24/10/2017 - Climbing
Andrea Zanone climbs Coup de Grace, 9a in Switzerland's Val Bavona
Italian climber Andrea Zanone has redpointed his first 9a sports climb Coup de Grace in the Canton of Ticino in Switzerland, first ascended in 2005 by America’s Dave Graham.
El Capitan rockfall continues / New video from Yosemite
23/10/2017 - Alpinism
El Capitan rockfall continues / New video from Yosemite
New rockfall has taken place on the SE Face of El Capitan in Yosemite Valley (USA). The video filmed by Maurizio Oviglia from Middle Cathedral Rock.
Bugaboos climbing: Leo Houlding and Will Stanhope enchain Howser Towers in a day
18/10/2017 - Alpinism
Bugaboos climbing: Leo Houlding and Will Stanhope enchain Howser Towers in a day
Leo Houlding and Will Stanhope climb the three Howser Towers at the Bugaboos in Canada in 23 hours and 30 minutes. The link-up consisted of 2,000m of climbing up to 5.12+ (7b/7b+). This is the first time the three towers...
New King Line in Madagascar's Tsaranoro massif by Tobias Wolf and Chris-Jan Stiller
04/10/2017 - Alpinism
New King Line in Madagascar's Tsaranoro massif by Tobias Wolf and Chris-Jan Stiller
In September 2017 Tobias Wolf and Chris-Jan Stiller made the first ascent of Lalan’i Mpanjaka (8a+, 600m) up Tsaranoro Be, Tsaranoro massif, Madagascar.
El Capitan: second larger rockfall. The photos from Yosemite
29/09/2017 - Alpinism
El Capitan: second larger rockfall. The photos from Yosemite
After the first rockfall on on Wednesday 27/09/2017, yesterday Thursday 28 September a second, larger rockfall occurred on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley (USA).
Enormous El Capitan rockfall leaves one dead and one injured in Yosemite
28/09/2017 - Alpinism
Enormous El Capitan rockfall leaves one dead and one injured in Yosemite
Rockfall on El Capitan in Yosemite, USA, that took place shortly before 14:00 on 27/09/2017 has killed one person and injured another according to park officials.
Silvestro Franchini climbs difficult new crack in Val Genova
27/09/2017 - Climbing
Silvestro Franchini climbs difficult new crack in Val Genova
Italian mountain guide Silvestro Franchini (30) reports about the first ascent of 'Fessura del Caret', a difficult new crack climb in Val di Genova within the Adamello - Brenta Natural Park.

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