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European Climbing Championships, Stefano Ghisolfi provisional third after Lead qualifiers
30/06/2017 - Competitions
European Climbing Championships, Stefano Ghisolfi provisional third after Lead qualifiers
This morning Italy’s Stefano Ghisolfi placed third in the qualifications of the European Climbing Championships Lead, behind Romain Desgranges (FRA) and Domen Skofic (SLO) but ahead of Adam Ondra (CZE) and Jakob Schubert (AUT). The other Italians to qualify for...
IFSC European Climbing Championships, great climbing begins at Campitello di Fassa
29/06/2017 - Competitions
IFSC European Climbing Championships, great climbing begins at Campitello di Fassa
The IFSC European Climbing Championship (Lead and Speed) takes place from today until Saturday, July 1 at the ADEL Climbing Wall in Campitello di Fassa (Italy). 226 athletes from 21 different nations will take part in the most important competition...
Climbing video: who I am
29/06/2017 - Climbing
Climbing video: who I am
The search for yourself and climbing: in this video Gabriele Moroni, Valdo Chilese, Francesco Spadea, Filippo Manca interpret the climbing's various facets and meanings. by E9
Ghisolfi, Puccio, Leslie-Wujastyk and Chanourdie: women’s climbing galore
19/06/2017 - Climbing
Ghisolfi, Puccio, Leslie-Wujastyk and Chanourdie: women’s climbing galore
A brief roundup of the latest sport climbing and bouldering sends carried out by Claudia Ghisolfi, Alex Puccio, Mina Leslie-Wujastyk, Katrin Gründler and Julia Chanourdie.
Christoph Hainz, Tre Cime di Lavaredo man: the evening at Arco
29/05/2017 - Events
Christoph Hainz, Tre Cime di Lavaredo man: the evening at Arco
On Friday 2 June 2017 at 21:00 at Caffé Trentino in Arco an evening talk with Christoph Hainz, for the last two decades one of the leading climbers and mountaineers, not only in the Dolomites. The evening will be hosted...
Alexander Megos claims second 9a onsight with TCT at Gravere
23/05/2017 - Climbing
Alexander Megos claims second 9a onsight with TCT at Gravere
Interview with Alexander Megos who on Sunday, May 21, 2017 at Gravere in Italy managed to onsight the 9a sport climb TCT. This is the German’s second 9a onsight after the historic world’s first 9a onsight in 2013.
Aletsch: the immense glacier in Switzerland
16/05/2017 - Trekking
Aletsch: the immense glacier in Switzerland
Franco Voglino and Annalisa Porporato introduce the spectacular area surrounding the Aletsch glacier in Switzerland: more than thirty 4000m peals, just a few minutes away from the Bettmerhorn cable car. An amazing experience for both young and old.
Ueli Steck dies in Everest accident
30/04/2017 - Alpinism
Ueli Steck dies in Everest accident
Swiss alpinist Ueli Steck has died near Mount Everest. The body of the 40-year-old ace mountaineer was found close to Camp 1 on the nearby Nuptse Face, where he was acclimatising for one of the most incredible mountaineering projects in...
Climbing World Cup 2017: Boulder & Speed live from Nanjing
30/04/2017 - Competitions
Climbing World Cup 2017: Boulder & Speed live from Nanjing
The third stage of the Bouldering World Cup 2017 is currently taking place at Nanjing in China, as is the second stage of the Speed World Cup 2017.
Climbing World Cup live streaming no longer free sparks outrage on social media
06/04/2017 - Competitions
Climbing World Cup live streaming no longer free sparks outrage on social media
The IFSC, the International Federation of Sport Climbing, has announced a deal with Flosports. As of tomorrow and for the next three years, the sport climbing World Cups will no longer be streamed online free of charge, but on the...
Jacopo Larcher climbs La Rambla at Siurana / Interview
23/03/2017 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher climbs La Rambla at Siurana / Interview
Interview with Italian climber Jacopo Larcher after his repeat of the legendary sport climb La Rambla 9a+ at Siurana in Spain.
Torres del Paine, interview with Nicolas Favresse after the first free ascent of El Regalo de Mwono in Patagonia
10/03/2017 - Alpinism
Torres del Paine, interview with Nicolas Favresse after the first free ascent of El Regalo de Mwono in Patagonia
Interview with Nicolas Favresse after the first free ascent, carried out with fellow-Belgians Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll and Siebe Vanhee, of the big wall rock climb El Regalo de Mwono (1200m, 8a) located on the East Face of the Central Tower...
Walter Bonatti archive acquired by Turin Mountain Museum
14/02/2017 - Alpinism
Walter Bonatti archive acquired by Turin Mountain Museum
In October 2016 the Turin-based Mountain Museum acquired the archive of Italian alpinist Walter Bonatti; a immense treasure that still needs to be catalogued, studied and archived for the history of mountaineering and more.
Troll Wall, first solo winter ascent by Marek Raganowicz in Norway
02/02/2017 - Alpinism
Troll Wall, first solo winter ascent by Marek Raganowicz in Norway
Interview with Polish alpinist Marek Raganowicz who, from 11 - 26 January 2017, made the first solo winter ascent of Troll Wall (Trollveggen) in Norway by repeating the climb Suser gjennom Harryland (6/A3).
Ice Climbing World Cup 2017, live streaming from Corvara
27/01/2017 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2017, live streaming from Corvara
Over the coming weekend the small village of Corvara in Val Passiria, Dolomites, Italy, will host a stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2017. A total of 100 ice climbers from 20 countries and three continents have registered. Live...
Tre Cime di Lavaredo winter trilogy by Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini
19/01/2017 - Alpinism
Tre Cime di Lavaredo winter trilogy by Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini
Winter mountaineering: on 31/12/2016 at the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Dolomites the alpinists Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini climbed in a singole day Via Comici-Dimai on Cima Grande (in 1:45), the Cassin route up Cima Ovest (2:45) and...

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