356 News found

06/06/2012 - Interviews
Emily Harrington summits Everest Interview with the American climber Emily Harrington who reached the top of Everest on 25 May 2012

16/05/2012 - Interviews
Simone Moro between Everest, Lhotse and helicopter rescues Interview with Simone Moro, currently at Everest Base Camp preparing to ascend Everest and Lhotse in a single push while still finding the time to co-ordinate and take part in helicopter rescues.

06/04/2012 - Climbing
Miss Acopan, new route in Venezuela by Krajnc and Obid In December 2011 and January 2012 Slovenian climbers Luka Krajnc and Matic Obid repeated a number of routes on Acopan Tepui and established their Miss Acopan (7b, 250m).

01/03/2012 - Alpinism
Massive new ice climbs in Romsdalen, Norway A team comprised of Ines Papert, Rudi Hauser, Lukas Seiwald, Kurt Astner, Emanuele Ciullo, Thomas Senf and Scott Milton has just returned from the Romsdalen region in Norway where they repeated a series of routes and made the first ascents...

08/11/2011 - Climbing
Cose Turche in Ala Daglar, new route by Bernasconi and Spini in Turkey Matteo Bernasconi and Davide Spini have established Cose Turche (300m 7a obligatory/8b?) up Kazilin Basi (2944m) in the Ala Daglar, Turkey.

11/10/2011 - Alpinism
Cho Oyu and the Mountain Kingdom expedition On 5 October the Mountain Kingdom Cho Oyu expedition returned to Kathmandu, unfortunately without having reached the 8201m summit of the Turquoise Goddess. Fabrizio Beozzi managed the first ski descent of the Messner variation from 6900m to 6000m.

03/10/2011 - Alpinism
Super slovenian new route on K7 Slovenian alpinists Urban Novak, David Debeljak, Luka Strazar and Nejc Marcic have established Dreamers of the Golden Caves up the K7 (6934m) in the Charakusa valley, (Karakoram, Himalaya).

28/09/2011 - Alpinism
Kyrgyzstan, Djangart new routes by Danish expedition Danish alpinist Kristoffer Szilas reports about his expedition to the Djangart Region in Kyrgyzstan which resulted in four new routes.

22/09/2011 - Book-press
2011 Rowell Award for the Art of Adventure Applications for 2011 Rowell Award nominations are accepted by the American Alpine Club until November 15, 2011.

21/09/2011 - Alpinism
Infinite Jest, new route by Matteo Della Bordella and Fabio Palma in Wenden On 03/09/2011 Matteo Della Bordella and Fabio Palma made the first one-day ascent of their "Infinite Jest" (640m 8a+/8b max, 7b obl.), the new route forged by the Ragni di Lecco members up the Mahren rock face in Wenden, Switzerland.

20/09/2011 - Book-press
Emilio Previtali, The STORY.teller A new story written by Emilio Previtali to present his latest project: the The North Face STORY.teller yearbook, a book distributed by The North Face which recounts the stories, thoughts and adventures of his fellow Team TNF members.

16/09/2011 - Alpinism
No Fear, new Russian route on Trango Nameless Tower In August 2011 a Russian expedition established No Fear (6b+, A3, 1120m) up Nameless Tower, Trango group, Karakorum

14/09/2011 - Alpinism
Walter Bonatti, goodbye Last night Walter Bonatti passed away. He was 81 years old and one of the greatest legends of alpinism of all times.

26/08/2011 - Climbing
In memory of Giovanni Quirici Swiss alpinist Giovanni Quirici fell to his death on 12 August while ascending the North Face of the Eiger.... a friend remembers him.

23/08/2011 - Alpinism
Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner summits K2! At 18:18 local time Gerlinde Kaltenbrunner from Austria reached the summit of K2. In doing so she has become the first woman in the world to climb all fourteen 8000m peaks without the use of supplementary oxygen.

18/08/2011 - Alpinism
Alaska, Denali - Cassin Ridge video Video by Jonathan Griffith of his fast Cassin Ridge ascent up Denali in Alaska together with Will Sim.
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