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16/02/2014 - Alpinism
Helmcken Falls: difficult new ice climbs in Canada Difficult new ice climbs have been established at the Helmcken Falls in Canada by Will Gadd, Tim Emmett and Klemen Premrl. The latter two have made the first asent of Clash of Titans WI10+, repeated on Friday by Angelika Rainer.
15/02/2014 - Alpinism
Everest fees reduced by Nepal government Nepal has reduced the climbing fee to Mount Everest and hundreds of other mountains.
14/02/2014 - Climbing
Silvio Reffo 8b+ onsight at Margalef During a brief climbing trip to Spain the Italian climber Silvio Reffo has onsighted his first 8b+, Super Vixens at Margalef.
13/02/2014 - Climbing
Jacopo Larcher repeats Prinzip Hoffnung in Austria Italy's Jacopo Larcher has made the third ascent of Prinzip Hoffnung (8b/8b+, E9-E10), the trad climb first ascended in 2009 by Beat Kammerlander at Bürser Platte, Vorarlberg, Austria.
12/02/2014 - Alpinism
The Balloon Highline The video of the highline between two hot air ballons by Sébastien Montaz-Rosset.
12/02/2014 - Alpinism
Nanga Parbat in winter: attempt #2 Simone Moro from Italy, David Göttler from Germany and the Poles Tomek Mackiewicz and Pawel Dunaj have set off on their second attempt to reach the summit of Nanga Parbat in winter.
11/02/2014 - Alpinism
Hansjörg Auer and the cornice collapse Austrian alpinist Hansjörg Auer talks about the snow cornice that collapsed beneath his feet during a recent climb in the Ötztaler Alps.
10/02/2014 - Events
Piolets d'Or 2014, the big list The complete list of all 2013 ascents taken into consideration by the Piolets d'Or, from which the choice of nominees for the Piolets d'Or 2014 will be made.
10/02/2014 - Climbing
America, Bouldering, Climbing = Bishop, Buttermilks, California Claudia Colonia and Alessandro Penna report about their climbing trip to one of the most beautiful, and important bouldering areas in the USA: Buttermilks close to Bishop, California.
09/02/2014 - Competitions
Kilian Jornet Burgada and Laetitia Roux win Pitturina Ski Race in Val Comelico The third stage of the Scarpa ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2014 was won in Val Comelico, Italy, yesterday by Kilian Jornet Burgada and Laetitia Roux. The Spaniard Oriol Cardona Coll and Giulia Compagnoni won the Junior categories. In the...
06/02/2014 - Environment
Deer seek shelter in a barn in Cortina, the video by Diego Gaspari Bandion Photographer Diego Gaspari Bandion has documented a herd of deer, exhausted after the recent exceptional snowfall, that has found shelter in a barn in Cortina, Dolomites, Italy.
05/02/2014 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
How (not) to shovel snow off a roof... A video showing how to shovel snow off a roof. Or rather, how not to, regardless of the excellent results...
05/02/2014 - Competitions
Ice Climbing World Cup 2014: Kuzovlev and Tolokonina win at Champagny en Vanoise. The Italian stage at Rabenstein has been cancelled. Last weekend at Champagny en Vanoise in France Nikolay Kuzovlev and Maria Tolokonina won the fourth stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2014. The next stage, scheduled to take place at Rabenstein in Val Passiria (Italy) has been cancelled...
04/02/2014 - Interviews
Adam Ondra, interview after First Round First Minute repeat at Margalef Interview with Adam Ondra after his repeat of First Round First Minute, the 9b sport climb freed by Chris Sharma at Margalef, Spain.
31/01/2014 - Climbing
Manolo: climbing and informed choices Some thoughts by Maurizio 'Manolo' Zanolla about climbing and the need to be conscious of the choices you make.
30/01/2014 - Snow Ski-skimountaineering
Let's smile again when saying freeride. By Giulio Caresio Using the Courmayeur stage of the Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face as a pretext, Giulio Caresio explores the freeride world by interviewing Nicolas Hale-Woods.
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